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The Risc Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$395k
Granted FY2021
19
Grants FY2021
4
States reached
$275k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

99% of The Risc Foundation Inc’s FY2024 grant dollars went to The Community Foundation For Greater New Haven, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year The Risc Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 15 organizations, $395k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

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17
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17
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16
’20
15
’21
1
’22
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’23
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’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$13MHuman Services$1.4MArts & Culture$455kEducation$111kHealth$26kHousing & Shelter$13kCivil Rights$13kFood & Nutrition$10kOther$0
02FY2021 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k13 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $42k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+1 grant · $275k
$2,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$279M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALL OUR KIN INC$275,000
JACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL INC$50,000
THE NEW HAVEN READS COMMUNITY BOOK BANK$12,000
FOOTE SCHOOL INC - HORIZONS AT FOOTE$10,000
LEAP INC$10,000
CALVIN HILL DAY CARE CENTER$10,000
FRIENDS CENTER FOR CHILDREN$5,000
INTEGRATD REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT SERVICES INC (IRIS)$4,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND$3,000
CONNECTICUT FOOD BANK$2,500
NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF NEW HAVEN$2,500
CONNECTICUT VOICES FOR CHILDREN$2,500
MUSIC HAVEN$2,500
DOWNTOWN EVENING SOUP KITCHENINC$1,000
GROWERS INC$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $120k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 15% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%FRIENDS CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 12%LEAP INC: $10k → 14%FRIENDS CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 12%LEAP INC: $5k → 14%FRIENDS CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 12%LEAP INC: $1k → 14%FRIENDS CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 12%LEAP INC: $1k → 14%FRIENDS CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 12%LEAP INC: $1k → 14%CALVIN HILL DAY CARE CENTER: $12k → 12%CALVIN HILL DAY CARE CENTER: $12k → 12%CALVIN HILL DAY CARE CENTER: $10k → 12%CALVIN HILL DAY CARE CENTER: $10k → 12%CALVIN HILL DAY CARE CENTER: $10k → 12%R'KIDS FAMILY CENTER: $5k → 12%CONNECTICUT VOICES FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 12%CONNECTICUT VOICES FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 12%CONNECTICUT VOICES FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 12%CONNECTICUT VOICES FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 12%CONNECTICUT VOICES FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 12%GROWERS INC: $1k → 12%GROWERS INC: $1k → 12%GROWERS INC: $1k → 12%GROWERS INC: $1k → 12%GROWERS INC: $1k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 21 repeat orgs$23k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +93% since the first grant, against -20% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2021, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call). Read against FY2021, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
4

Total granted

$2.0M
$17k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+93%
-20%

Still filing today

86%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationHealthHousing & ShelterEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • ALL OUR KIN INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $1.3M · revenue +96%
  • JP
    JACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $400k · revenue +95%
  • NH
    NEW HAVEN READS COMMUNITY BOOK BANK INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $60k · revenue +66%

Funded once

  • DD
    DORRANCE DANCE INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue -20%
  • 'K
    'R KIDS INC
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue -83%
  • OJ
    Online Journalism Project Incorporatedgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +459%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
New Haven Works Inc

To grow the local economy and improve economic stability in all communities by providing employers with a trained and qualified workforce and connecting residents to jobs.

Education
2
Connecticut Housing Coalition Inc

The connecticut housing coalition works to expand housing opportunity and to increase the quantity and quality of affordable housing available to people with low and moderate incomes in connecticut through advocacy, education and…

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3
New Neighborhoods Inc

New neighborhoods, inc.'s purpose is to develop, redevelop, own and manage quality housing for low and moderate income persons and families and to work to assist in the planning, re-planning, development and improvement of low and moderate…

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4
Community Action Agency of New Haven Inc

Community action agency of new haven, inc. offers pathways to prosperity to those in poverty in the greater new haven area through: service - collaboration - advocacy - knowledge generation.

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5
Jewish Family Service of Greater New Hav

Jewish family service of greater new haven (jfsgnh) supports and strengthens individual, family, and community life by providing a wide range of social services. we welcome people of all ages, races, ethnicities, sexual orientations,…

Human Services
6
Community Health Services Inc

To provide medical services for the residents of the greater hartford connecticut area. to provide quality health care services to low and moderate income individuals in the greater hartford connecticut area regardless of ability to pay.

Health
7
Community Residences Inc

Housing and programs for persons with intellectual disabilities.

Human Services
8
Children in Placement Inc

The organization provides advocacy, monitoring, and guardian ad litem services to children in the connecticut foster care system.

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9
Arc of Greater New Haven Inc

To provide quality services to meet selected needs of individuals with intellectual disabilities in the greater new haven region.

Education
10
New Haven Promise Inc

New Haven Promise works to build a culture in the public schools in which students aspire to attend and graduate from college; to provide financial incentives and support for those students; and to facilitate their return to live, work and…

Human Services
11
The Connecticut Center for Nursing Workforce Inc

To foster collaborations to ensure a highly educated, diverse and sustainable nursing workforce to support the healthcare needs of connecticut residents.

Health
12
New Canaan Community Nursery School Inc

Our mission is to provide a safe and nurturing environment for children to develop socially, creatively, emotionally, physically and cognitavely through the various programs we offer. we operate on the premise that a child's natural…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Greater New Haven Inc; the most unlike its peers is Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 29 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
18/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER NEW HAVEN: $13,366,237 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER NEW HAVEN+1 more: $2,000 · PhilanthropyALL OUR KIN INC: $1,300,767 · EducationALL OUR KI…NEW HAVEN READS COMMUNITY BOOK BANK INC: $60,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationJACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL INC: $400,000 · Arts & CultureBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $30,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $22,500 · Arts & CultureCALVIN HILL DAY CARE CENTER INC: $54,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesLEAP INC: $18,000 · Human ServicesCONNECTICUT VOICES FOR CHILDREN INC: $12,500 · Human Services'R KIDS INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesGROWERS INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesFOOTE SCHOOL INC - HORIZONS AT FOOTE: $50,000 · OtherIRIS: $7,000 · OtherNEW HAVEN LEGAL ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 · OtherINTEGRATD REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT SERVICES INC (IRIS): $4,000 · OtherCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $3,500 · OtherEDGERTON PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $3,500 · OtherCITY SEED INC: $3,000 · Other+4 more: $6,000 · OtherNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF NEW HAVEN INC: $12,500 · Housing & ShelterPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INC: $7,500 · HealthOnline Journalism Project Incorporated: $1,000 · Health
Philanthropy$13,368,237Education$1,361,767Arts & Culture$452,500Human Services$119,500Other$82,000Housing & Shelter$12,500Health$8,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER NEW HAVEN: $13,366,237 over 4y, 12% of budgetALL OUR KIN INC: $1,300,767 over 5y, 4.6% of budgetJACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL INC: $400,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetNEW HAVEN READS COMMUNITY BOOK BANK INC: $60,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetCALVIN HILL DAY CARE CENTER INC: $54,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetLEAP INC: $18,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF NEW HAVEN INC: $12,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMUSIC HAVEN INC: $12,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCONNECTICUT VOICES FOR CHILDREN INC: $12,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetDORRANCE DANCE INCORPORATED: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INC: $7,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budget'R KIDS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGROWERS INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNEW HAVEN LEGAL ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEDGERTON PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $3,500 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetCITY SEED INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNEW HYTES INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER NEW HAVEN INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOnline Journalism Project Incorporated: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew Haven Free Public Library Foundation Incorporated: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Yale UniversityThe Community Foundat…William Caspar Graust…Seedlings FoundationNewalliance Foundatio…Roslyn Milstein Meyer…Ethel & Abe Lapides F…Eder Family Foundatio…United Way of Greater…Liberty Bank Foundati…The Chicago Community…The Daniel & Sharon M…
Yale UniversityCT32.1× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Yale University · The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · Seedlings Foundation · Newalliance Foundation Inc · Roslyn Milstein Meyer and Jerome Meyer Foundation R&J Meyer Trustees · Ethel & Abe Lapides Foundation Inc · Eder Family Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater New Haven Inc · Liberty Bank Foundation Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · The Daniel & Sharon Milikowsky Family Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Risc Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Risc Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • City Seed Inc: 87% of income from government
  • 'R Kids Inc: 82% of income from government
  • United Way of Greater New Haven Inc: 42% of income from government
  • Friends Center for Children Inc: 21% of income from government
  • Music Haven Inc: 15% of income from government
  • New Haven Reads Community Book Bank Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Calvin Hill Day Care Center Inc: 5% of income from government
  • New Haven Free Public Library Foundation Incorporated: 4% of income from government
  • The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven: 2% of income from government
  • New Haven Legal Assistance Association Inc: 2% of income from government
  • All Our Kin Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 29 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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