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The Roger W Follett Foundation Inc Co Lee Emerson and Palmer LLP

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$275k
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$610kArts & Culture$314kHousing & Shelter$212kEducation$201kEnvironment$141kHuman Services$130kCommunity Improvement$110kReligion$100kOther$0
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $115k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $125k
$12,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$5.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHENANGO VALLEY HOME$75,000
NORWICH BUILDING TOMORROW FOUNDATIO$50,000
MORRISVILLE COLLEGE FOUNDATION$35,000
PROMOTE OXFORD NOW$25,000
CORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION$15,000
FRIENDS OF ROGERS ENVIRONMENTAL EDU$15,000
NORWICH THEATER COMPANY INC$12,600
THE IMPACT PROJECT$12,000
CHENANGO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY$7,494
EARLVILLE OPERA HOUSE$7,312
Individual grant recipient$7,250
AUNT MARY'S HOUSE$5,000
CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER OF NO$3,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000
OTSELIC VALLEY FISHING HERITAGE ASS$2,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $39k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 13% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%FRIENDS OF RECOVERY OF DEL OTS CNTY: $5k → 13%CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $18k → 12%AUNT MARY'S HOUSE: $8k → 12%AUNT MARY'S HOUSE: $5k → 12%CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $3k → 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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 22 repeat orgs$263k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +54% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
15

Total granted

$1.8M
$185k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+31%

Still filing today

68%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $78k 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHealthCommunity ImprovementEducationOther
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

  • CM
    CHENANGO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $600k · revenue +59%
  • MC
    MORRISVILLE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $150k · revenue +203%
  • TC
    THE CHENANGO VALLEY HOME INC DBA THE CHENANGO VALLEY APARTMENTS
    2× · 2021–2024 · $100k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • NB
    NORWICH BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $35k · revenue +52% · 60% of their budget
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
  • CG
    CHENANGO GREENWAY CONSERVANCY INC
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -61%
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
Commerce Chenango Inc

To serve our members and the people of chenango county through partnership with businesses and all levels of government,to leverage resources for sustainable economic growth.

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2
Colorscape Chenango Arts Festival

Promote develope expouse to art

Arts & Culture
3
Hospice of Chenango County Inc

To provide end of life care and bereavement counseling to the terminally ill and their families in chenango county, new york.

—
4
Chenango Valley Nursery Inc

Provide Nursery School services.

Education
5
Chenango Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc

Chenango memorial hospital foundation, inc. is a not-for-profit corporation organized to provide funds for the improvement of patient care at chenango memorial hospital.

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6
Chemung County Performing Arts Inc Clemens Center

The purpose of the clemens center is to enhance the quality of life for all the region's residents by providing a diversity of excellent performing arts programming in a superior facility.

Arts & Culture
7
Cortland Chenango Rural Services Inc
Human Services
8
Chenango Nursery School Inc

To provide childcare services for approximately 140 children in the hamilton, ny area.

—
9
The Central New York Land Trust Inc

The central new york land trust seeks to preserve and protect natural areas in order to provide our communities clean water, clean air, wildlife habitat, and a chance to connect with the land.

Environment
10
Chenango County Habitat for Humanity

Habitat for humanity works in partnership with god and people everywhere, from all walks of life, to develop communities with god's people in need by building and renovating houses so that there are decent houses in decent communities in…

—
11
North Country Center for the Arts Inc

A premier center for the arts in the white mountain area of new hampshire

Arts & Culture
12
Downtown Schenectady Improvement Corporation

Our mission is to promote downtown schenectady as a premier location for commerce, recreation and residence by enhancing, facilitating and supporting economic growth.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chenango Housing Improvement Prgm Inc; the most unlike its peers is 6 On the Square 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

27 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. 27 of the 40 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
22/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHENANGO CNTY AG SOCIETY: $102,000 · OtherCHENANGO CNTY AG SOCIETYTHE CHENANGO VALLEY HOME INC DBA THE CHENANGO VALLEY APARTMENTS: $100,000 · OtherTHE CHENANGO VALLEY HOME INC DBA THE CHENAN…BROAD ST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $100,000 · OtherBROAD ST UNITED METHODIST CHURCHCHENANGO HOUSING IMPROVEMENT PRGM INC: $86,873 · OtherCHENANGO HOUSING IMPROVEMENT PRGM INCIndividual grant recipient: $53,550 · OtherIndividual grant recipientEARLVILLE OPERA HOUSE INC: $51,612 · OtherEARLVILLE OPERA HOUSE INCCORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION: $48,425 · OtherCORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSIONIndividual grant recipient: $45,250 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+14 more: $186,168 · Other+14 moreCHENANGO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC: $600,000 · HealthCHENANGO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC+1 more: $10,000 · HealthFRIENDS OF ROGERS ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER: $87,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF ROGER…Northeast Classic Car Museum Inc: $83,300 · Arts & CultureNortheast Classi…THE IMPACT PROJECT: $52,000 · Arts & CultureTHE IMPACT PROJE…CHENANGO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $34,249 · Arts & CultureCHENANGO COUNTY …CHENANGO COUNTY BLUES ASSOCIATION: $18,000 · Arts & CultureCHENANGO COUNTY …NORWICH THEATER COMPANY INC: $14,850 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $12,000 · Arts & CultureMORRISVILLE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · EducationNORWICH BUILDING TOMORROW FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Community ImprovementNORWICH BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT INC: $35,000 · Community ImprovementCHENANGO COUNTY SPCA: $59,394 · AnimalsPROMOTE OXFORD NOW INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyTHE CHENANGO FOUNDATION INC: $21,600 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF MID RURAL NEW YORK INC: $10,000 · Philanthropy
Other$773,878Health$610,000Arts & Culture$301,399Education$150,000Community Improvement$85,000Animals$59,394Philanthropy$56,600

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHENANGO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC: $600,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetMORRISVILLE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetTHE CHENANGO VALLEY HOME INC DBA THE CHENANGO VALLEY APARTMENTS: $100,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF ROGERS ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER: $87,000 over 7y, 4.6% of budgetCHENANGO HOUSING IMPROVEMENT PRGM INC: $86,873 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetNortheast Classic Car Museum Inc: $83,300 over 4y, 6.8% of budgetCHENANGO COUNTY SPCA: $59,394 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetTHE IMPACT PROJECT: $52,000 over 4y, 18% of budgetEARLVILLE OPERA HOUSE INC: $51,612 over 6y, 4.9% of budgetNORWICH BUILDING TOMORROW FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetNORWICH BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT INC: $35,000 over 1y, 60% of budgetCHENANGO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $34,249 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetPROMOTE OXFORD NOW INC: $25,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetCHENANGO GREENWAY CONSERVANCY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetTHE CHENANGO FOUNDATION INC: $21,600 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetTHE CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER OF NORWICH INC: $21,307 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetSouth New Berlin Free Library: $20,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetCHENANGO COUNTY BLUES ASSOCIATION: $18,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetNORWICH THEATER COMPANY INC: $14,850 over 3y, 20% of budgetCHENANGO SOCCER CLUB: $13,500 over 1y, 28% of budgetAUNT MARY'S HOUSE INC: $12,961 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF MID RURAL NEW YORK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTHE RURAL HEALTH NETWORK OF SCNY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCHENANGO COUNTY COUNCIL OF THE ARTS: $5,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF RECOVERY DEDICATED TO OTHERS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHENANGO RIVER THEATRE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.1% 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.

The R C Smith Foundat…The Greater Norwich F…The Frederick B and R…The Community Foundat…Otis a Thompson Found…The Everett & Pearl G…The Higley Foundation…Thomas &Esther Flanag…The Nycm FoundationThe Phyllis a and Dar…Preferred Mutual Insu…Raymond Foundation
The R C Smith Foundation IncNY47.5× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The R C Smith Foundation Inc · The Greater Norwich Foundation · The Frederick B and Ramona E Mirabito Foundation · The Community Foundation for South Central New York Inc · Otis a Thompson Foundation Inc · The Everett & Pearl Gilmour Foundation Inc · The Higley Foundation Inc · Thomas &Esther Flanagan Charitable Trust · The Nycm Foundation · The Phyllis a and Daryl R Forsythe Foundation · Preferred Mutual Insurance Company Foundation · Raymond 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 Roger W Follett Foundation Inc Co Lee Emerson and Palmer LLP funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Roger W Follett Foundation Inc Co Lee Emerson and Palmer LLP. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.
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    Find your warmest path to The Roger W Follett Foundation Inc Co Lee Emerson and Palmer LLP 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.

    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 40 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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