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The Selander Foundation at a glance

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The Selander Foundation

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.

$5.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$3.9M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Philanthropy$4.5MEducation$4.0MInternational$2.3MHuman Services$1.8MFood & Nutrition$575kRecreation & Sports$550kHealth$547kArts & Culture$535kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $3k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $185k
  • $250k+4 grants · $4.9M
$300,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$35M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CORNELL UNIVERSITY$3,894,687
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$400,000
PROMISES 2 KIDS$300,000
AMERICARES$300,000
FAMILY CENTERS$185,000
CONNECTICUT FOOD BANK$10,000
MEALS ON WHEELS$10,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREENWICH$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–22, $325k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 92% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN INC: $150k → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN INC: $150k → 16%CASA DE AMISTAD: $25k → 11%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
NV
PA
CT
CA
TN
FL
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.

61%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.8M · 17 repeat orgs$4.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
16

Total granted

$6.8M
$419k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+13%

Still filing today

100%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 24% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.9M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationInternationalArts & CultureHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +20%
  • AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +50%
  • FC
    FAMILY CENTERS INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $803k · revenue +67%

Funded once

  • CL
    CHILDREN'S LITERACY INITIATIVE
    one grant, 2021 · $150k · revenue -59%
  • KI
    KIDS IN CRISIS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $51k · revenue +32%
  • NL
    NYU LANGONE MEDICAL CENTER
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
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
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
2
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
3
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
4
Stony Brook Childrens Services University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
5
Community Medical Centers Inc

The organization provides primary medical, behavior health, and dental care to the population of san joaquin, and solano counties without regard to patients' ability to pay.

Health
6
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Central Maine Healthcare Corporation

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustful environment through the expertise, committment, and compassion of our family of caregivers.

Health
8
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
Nuvance Health Medical Practice Ct Inc

Improve the health of every person in our community through the efficient delivery of excellent, innovative and compassionate care.

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11
Commonwealth Care Alliance Inc

Commonwealth care alliance, inc.'s mission is to improve the health and well-being of people with significant needs by innovating, coordinating and providing the highest quality, individualized care.

Health
12
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Neighbor to Neighbor Inc; the most unlike its peers is Bruce Museum 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

30 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 30 of the 36 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
22/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $4,504,980 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING …+1 more: $2,500 · PhilanthropyCornell University: $3,894,687 · EducationCornell UniversityCHILDREN'S LITERACY INITIATIVE: $150,000 · EducationPROMISES2KIDS FOUNDATION: $900,000 · OtherPROMISES2KIDS FOUNDATIONFAMILY CENTERS INC: $803,000 · OtherFAMILY CENTERS INCNEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR INC: $505,000 · OtherNEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR INCHELEN WOODWARD ANIMAL CENTER: $400,000 · OtherHELEN WOODWARD ANIMAL CE…HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $300,000 · OtherHORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CH…+17 more: $415,500 · Other+17 moreMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,200,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FR…AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $1,050,000 · InternationalAMERICARES FOUND…Northwestern University: $550,000 · Recreation & SportsBRUCE MUSEUM INC: $530,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $5,000 · Arts & CultureChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $350,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $35,000 · HealthSCRIPPS HEALTH: $25,000 · Health+2 more: $11,000 · Health
Philanthropy$4,507,480Education$4,044,687Other$3,323,500International$2,250,000Recreation & Sports$550,000Arts & Culture$535,000Health$421,000

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 budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $4,504,980 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCornell University: $3,894,687 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,200,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $1,050,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPROMISES2KIDS FOUNDATION: $900,000 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetFAMILY CENTERS INC: $803,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $550,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBRUCE MUSEUM INC: $530,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetNEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR INC: $505,000 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetHELEN WOODWARD ANIMAL CENTER: $400,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $350,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $300,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCHILDREN'S LITERACY INITIATIVE: $150,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBoys to Men Mentoring Network Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetKIDS IN CRISIS INC: $51,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS-ON-WHEELS INC: $35,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetGREENWICH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSCRIPPS HEALTH: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASA DE AMISTAD CENTRO DE ENSENANZA: $25,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetLA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST VINCENT DE PAUL VILLAGE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREENWICH: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FIBROLAMELLAR CANCER FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOLD GLOBE THEATRE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF CAPE COD INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRANCHO SANTA FE FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF NATHANIEL WITHERELL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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 Conrad Prebys Fou…The San Diego Foundat…The Parker FoundationRancho Santa Fe Found…Jewish Community Foun…Morgan Stanley Global…The Blackbaud Giving …National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…The Pfizer Foundation…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…
The Conrad Prebys FoundationCA15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Conrad Prebys Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · The Parker Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Kids in Crisis Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Horizons for Homeless Children: 21% of income from government
  • Family Centers Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Community Health Center of Cape Cod Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich: 7% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Bruce Museum Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 36 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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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home