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The Robin Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$176k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
9
Grants FY2024
12
Organizations funded FY2023
50%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
7 to 17
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
4
Total assets, FY2024
$2.4M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 50% of the organizations The Robin Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 58% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $109k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementHousing & ShelterArts & CultureHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving9$176k44%
FY202312$188k50%
FY20227$160k57%
FY20219$126k78%
FY202017$226k59%
FY20199$113k78%
FY20188$109k75%
FY201710$100kn/a
91% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Housing & Shelter$195kYouth Development$141kHealth$124kHuman Services$123kFood & Nutrition$120kCommunity Improvement$114kArts & Culture$107kCrime & Legal$87kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NY
MA
SD
PA
VA
DE
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 44 grantees
All grantees of The Robin Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Bear Project Inc$80,000411%
Homeless Prevention Council Inc$79,00033%
Down Syndrome Association of Delaware Inc$75,60047%
Family Counseling Center of St Paul's$62,50043%
Project New Start Inc$57,00056%
Food Connects$50,00014%
West End Neighborhood House Inc$45,00040%
Outright Vermont$25,00011%
Champ Homes Inc$22,50022%
Leading Youth Through Empowerment Inc$20,00015%
Gedakina Inc$20,00014%
Christina Cultural Arts Center Inc$20,00011%
Theatre Adventure Inc$20,000114%
The Garage Community & Youth Center$20,00012%
Central Delaware Housing Collaborative Inc$20,00014%
Delaware Center for Justice$20,00011%
Ethiopian Community Dev Council Inc$20,00010%
Community Asylum Seekers Project Inc$20,00016%
Susu Community Farm Inc$20,00011%
Veterans Watchmaker Initiative Inc$20,00017%
The Salvation Army$20,0002n/a
Duffys Hope Inc$20,00014%
Elevated Community Development Corporation$18,7502n/a
EDGE For Tomorrow$17,50024%
Teensharp$15,00012%
Community Action Committee of Cape Cod & Islands Inc$15,00020%
Delaware Theatre Company$12,00010%
Southern Delaware Therapeutic & Recreational Horseback Riding Inc$11,20014%
Family Promise of Northern New Castle County$10,00011%
Stehm Inc$10,00014%
Community Education Building Corp$10,00010%
The Delaware Contemporary Arts Inc Arts Inc$10,00011%
Stop the Violence Prayer Chain Foundation$10,0001n/a
La Esperanza Inc$10,00011%
In-Sight Photography Project Inc$10,00012%
Preston's March for Energy Inc$10,00015%
Cape Cod Children's Place Inc$10,00010%
Kingswood Community Center Inc$10,00010%
Our Place Drop in Center Inc Our Place Drop-In Center$10,00013%
The John W Graham Emergency Shelter and Service Inc$8,66011%
Delaware Center for Horticulture Inc$7,62011%
Delaware Association for Children of Alcoholics Inc$6,800111%
Food Bank of Delaware Inc$5,00010%
Root Social Justice Center Inc$5,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($210k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Robin Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBear Project Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetHomeless Prevention Council Inc: $79,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetDown Syndrome Association of Delaware Inc: $75,600 over 4y, 7.4% of budgetFamily Counseling Center of St Paul's: $62,500 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetProject New Start Inc: $57,000 over 5y, 6.5% of budgetFood Connects: $50,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetWest End Neighborhood House Inc: $45,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetOutright Vermont: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetChamp Homes Inc: $22,500 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetLeading Youth Through Empowerment Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetGedakina Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetChristina Cultural Arts Center Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTheatre Adventure Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetThe Garage Community & Youth Center: $20,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetCentral Delaware Housing Collaborative Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetDelaware Center for Justice: $20,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetEthiopian Community Dev Council Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Asylum Seekers Project Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetSusu Community Farm Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetVeterans Watchmaker Initiative Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetDuffys Hope Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetEDGE For Tomorrow: $17,500 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetTeensharp: $15,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCommunity Action Committee of Cape Cod & Islands Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDelaware Theatre Company: $12,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSouthern Delaware Therapeutic & Recreational Horseback Riding Inc: $11,200 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetFamily Promise of Northern New Castle County: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetStehm Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetCommunity Education Building Corp: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Delaware Contemporary Arts Inc Arts Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLa Esperanza Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetIn-Sight Photography Project Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetPreston's March for Energy Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetCape Cod Children's Place Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKingswood Community Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOur Place Drop in Center Inc Our Place Drop-In Center: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetThe John W Graham Emergency Shelter and Service Inc: $8,660 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDelaware Center for Horticulture Inc: $7,620 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetDelaware Association for Children of Alcoholics Inc: $6,800 over 1y, 11% of budgetFood Bank of Delaware Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 40.

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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.

Delaware Community Foundation IncDE50.4× affinity23 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Delaware Community Foundation Inc · Laffey-McHugh Foundation · Longwood Foundation Inc · Welfare Foundation Inc · Wsfs Cares Foundation · Chichester Dupont Foundation Inc · Crestlea Foundation Inc · The Vermont Community Foundation · Incyte Charitable Giving Foundation · Milton and Hattie Kutz Foundation · The Windham Foundation Inc · Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc

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.

Compare The Robin Foundation with peer funders

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How do I get to The Robin Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Robin Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About The Robin Foundation

How much does The Robin Foundation give?
The Robin Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $175,600 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Robin Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (16%), Youth Development (12%), Health (10%).
Who are The Robin Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Bear Project Inc ($80k), Homeless Prevention Council Inc ($79k), Down Syndrome Association of Delaware Inc ($76k).
Does The Robin Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Robin Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Robin Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Delaware Community Foundation Inc, Laffey-McHugh Foundation, Longwood Foundation Inc.
Where is The Robin Foundation based?
The Robin Foundation is based in DE.

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 54 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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