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The Stony Point Foundation at a glance

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The Stony Point Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$886k
Granted FY2021
79
Grants FY2021
21
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.1MEnvironment$786kHealth$769kEducation$501kFood & Nutrition$313kPhilanthropy$116kInternational$46kAnimals$39kOther$0
02FY2021 · 79 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k55 grants · $165k
  • $10k–50k22 grants · $365k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $355k
$5,000
Median grant
21
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SHELBURNE MUSEUM INC$200,000
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION$155,344
SOUTH CAROLINA COASTAL CONSERVATION LEAGUE$41,000
GREENSBORO LAND TRUST$30,000
OPEN SPACE INSTITUTE$25,000
VERMONT LAND TRUST$25,000
GREEN HEART PROJECT$20,000
LOWCOUNTRY LAND TRUST$20,000
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA DARDEN SCHOOL FOUNDATION$15,000
TROUT UNLIMITED$15,000
SHARE OUR STRENGTH NO KID HUNGRY$15,000
STERLING COLLEGE$15,000
CENTER FOR AN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY$15,000
GREEN MOUNTAIN FARM TO SCHOOL$15,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY IN VERMONT$15,000
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, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HOME RUN HITTERS INTERNATIONAL: $5k → 16%CRAFTSBURY SAPLINGS: $3k → 14%CRAFTSBURY SAPLINGS: $2k → 14%Craftsbury Community Care Center: $2k → 14%CRAFTSBURY COMMUNITY CARE CENTER: $500 → 14%CRAFTSBURY COMMUNITY CARE: $500 → 14%RURAL ARTS COLLABORATIVE: $3k → 14%Wonder & Wisdom: $1k → 14%DRAYTON HALL PRESERVATION TRUST: $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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NH
WA
MT
IL
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
KY
VA
MD
KS
TN
NC
SC
DC
AL
GA
TX
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.6M · 76 repeat orgs$306k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +64% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

76 repeat relationships: 58 still active in FY2021, 18 since wound down; 21 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

76
55

Total granted

$3.6M
$182k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+64%
+26%

Still filing today

71%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $124k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentHealthHuman ServicesInternationalOther
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

  • SM
    SHELBURNE MUSEUM INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $972k · revenue +261%
  • MU
    MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION
    4× · 2018–2021 · $580k · revenue +8%
  • The Madeira School
    4× · 2017–2021 · $120k · revenue +254%

Funded once

  • TH
    THE HOTCHKISS SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +88%
  • WC
    WASHINGTON COLLEGE
    one grant, 2018 · $20k · revenue +16%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +89%
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
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
3
Hillwood Estate Museum & Gardens

Hillwood estate, museum & garden's (hillwood) mission is to share the renowned art collections, exceptional gardens and related public and educational programs with a wide and diverse audience. since its opening, hillwood has served…

Arts & Culture
4
Rhode Island School of Design

The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…

Education
5
Gettysburg College

Gettysburg college is a residential, undergraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences.

Education
6
New York Botanical Garden

The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…

Environment
7
Bartlett Arboretum Association Inc

To cultivate and develop an expansive collection of trees, gardens, and plants for all to explore, enjoy and study; and to provide through education and stewardship, a greener, healthier, more beautiful environment.

Environment
8
Williams College

Williams College strives to achieve educational excellence by fostering a community of learning in collaboration with students, faculty, staff, devoted alumni and parents.

Education
9
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
10
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
11
Barton College

Founded in 1902, barton college is a four-year, private, liberal arts college located in wilson, n.c. the barton experience focuses on academic excellence within a wide range of professional and liberal arts programs leading to…

Education
12
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lowcountry Land Trust Inc; the most unlike its peers is Belle W Baruch Foundation. 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

102 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. 102 of the 153 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
27
Early backer (in before they grew)
101/102
Grantees still filing
77/102
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SHELBURNE MUSEUM INC: $971,875 · Arts & CultureSHELBURNE MUSEUM INC+19 more: $103,460 · Arts & Culture+19 moreCOASTAL CONSERVATION LEAGUE: $135,000 · OtherCOASTAL CONSERVATION LEAGUESHARE OUR STRENGTH: $65,000 · OtherSHARE OUR STRENGTHDARDEN SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $62,500 · OtherDARDEN SCHOOL FOUNDATIONTHE HOTCHKISS FUND: $60,000 · OtherTHE HOTCHKISS FUNDTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY IN VERMONT: $55,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY IN VE…THE NATURE CONSERVANCY IN SC: $40,000 · Other+83 more: $565,599 · Other+83 moreMEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION: $580,344 · HealthMEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF…PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $60,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FE…Roper St Francis Foundation: $55,000 · HealthRoper St Francis Foun…+8 more: $51,856 · Health+8 moreVERMONT LAND TRUST INC: $100,000 · EnvironmentVERMONT LAND TR…LOWCOUNTRY LAND TRUST INC: $85,000 · EnvironmentLOWCOUNTRY LAND…Green Heart Project Inc: $67,600 · EnvironmentGreen Heart Pro…GREENSBORO LAND TRUST INC: $55,000 · EnvironmentGREENSBORO LAND…South Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc: $41,000 · EnvironmentSouth Carolina …CENTER FOR AN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY INC: $37,500 · EnvironmentCENTER FOR AN A…LEELANAU CONSERVANCY: $35,000 · EnvironmentLEELANAU CONSER…CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $33,000 · EnvironmentCHESAPEAKE BAY …OPEN SPACE INSTITUTE INC: $30,000 · EnvironmentOPEN SPACE INST…GREENSBORO ASSOCIATION INC: $21,000 · EnvironmentTHE MONTANA LAND RELIANCE: $21,000 · Environment+1 more: $3,135 · EnvironmentThe Madeira School: $120,000 · EducationThe Madeir…STERLING COLLEGE: $42,500 · EducationSTERLING C…Vanderbilt University: $32,500 · EducationVanderbilt…THE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL: $25,000 · EducationTHE HOTCHK…FUTURES AND OPTIONS INC: $25,000 · EducationFUTURES AN…WASHINGTON COLLEGE: $20,000 · EducationWASHINGTON…Northern Forest Center Inc: $17,500 · EducationLEELANAU CHILDREN'S CENTER: $17,000 · EducationFOUNTAIN VALLEY SCHOOL OF COLORADO: $16,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA DARDEN SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Education+7 more: $14,572 · EducationTROUT UNLIMITED INC: $90,500 · AnimalsSAVING BIRDS THRU HABITAT: $14,500 · AnimalsLINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $5,000 · AnimalsVERMONT FARM-TO-SCHOOL INC: $85,000 · Food & Nutrition
Arts & Culture$1,075,335Other$983,099Health$747,200Environment$529,235Education$345,072Animals$110,000Food & Nutrition$85,000

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 budgetSHELBURNE MUSEUM INC: $971,875 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetMEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION: $580,344 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetThe Madeira School: $120,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetVERMONT LAND TRUST INC: $100,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTROUT UNLIMITED INC: $90,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLOWCOUNTRY LAND TRUST INC: $85,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetVERMONT FARM-TO-SCHOOL INC: $85,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetGreen Heart Project Inc: $67,600 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $65,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $60,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRoper St Francis Foundation: $55,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetGREENSBORO LAND TRUST INC: $55,000 over 4y, 39% of budgetSTERLING COLLEGE: $42,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSouth Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc: $41,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCENTER FOR AN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY INC: $37,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetLEELANAU CONSERVANCY: $35,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $33,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University: $32,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOPEN SPACE INSTITUTE INC: $30,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTHE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFUTURES AND OPTIONS INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetHOPEFUL HORIZONS: $23,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetIBU Foundation: $21,664 over 2y, 9.5% of budgetLOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INC: $21,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGREENSBORO ASSOCIATION INC: $21,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetCopley Health Systems Inc: $21,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetTHE MONTANA LAND RELIANCE: $21,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Petey Greene Program Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetWASHINGTON COLLEGE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAROLINA ART ASSOCIATION DBA GIBBES MUSEUM OF ART: $20,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMUNSON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONS: $19,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGREENSBORO FREE LIBRARY: $18,500 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetNorthern Forest Center Inc: $17,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetLEELANAU CHILDREN'S CENTER: $17,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetCharleston Library Society: $17,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFOUNTAIN VALLEY SCHOOL OF COLORADO: $16,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CIRCUS BARN INC: $16,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetREADING POWER INC: $15,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA DARDEN SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE LOWCOUNTRY INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSAVING BIRDS THRU HABITAT: $14,500 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetMILL REEF FUND: $14,500 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetHANDS ACROSS THE SEA INC: $14,015 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetETV Endowment of South Carolina Inc: $12,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFAIRBANKS MUSEUM & PLANETARIUM: $12,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JOHNSBURY ATHENAEUM INC: $10,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $10,010 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds SHELBURNE MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Madeira School ↗
  • Who funds VERMONT LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds TROUT UNLIMITED INC ↗
  • Who funds LOWCOUNTRY LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds VERMONT FARM-TO-SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds Green Heart Project Inc ↗
  • Who funds SHARE OUR STRENGTH ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds Roper St Francis Foundation ↗
  • Who funds GREENSBORO LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds STERLING COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds South Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR AN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY INC ↗
  • Who funds LEELANAU CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Vanderbilt University ↗
  • Who funds OPEN SPACE INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds FUTURES AND OPTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPEFUL HORIZONS ↗
  • Who funds IBU Foundation ↗
  • Who funds LOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds GREENSBORO ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Copley Health Systems Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE MONTANA LAND RELIANCE ↗
  • Who funds The Petey Greene Program Inc ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds CAROLINA ART ASSOCIATION DBA GIBBES MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds MUNSON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONS ↗
  • Who funds GREENSBORO FREE LIBRARY ↗

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.

Coastal Community Fou…The Vermont Community…The Wisdom Connection…Guffey Family Foundat…Ben & Jerry's Foundat…Gaylord and Dorothy D…South Carolina Humani…The Joanna FoundationAmg Charitable Gift F…Marilynn and John Hil…Magnolia Plantation F…Post and Courier Foun…
Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina IncSC38.4× affinity18 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · The Vermont Community Foundation · The Wisdom Connection Inc · Guffey Family Foundation · Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc · Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation · South Carolina Humanities Council Inc · The Joanna Foundation · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Marilynn and John Hill Foundation Inc · Magnolia Plantation Foundation · Post and Courier 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 Stony Point Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Stony Point Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 110%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Institute for Sustainable Communities: 100% of income from government
  • Vermont Humanities Council: 67% of income from government
  • Vermont Works for Women Inc: 52% of income from government
  • Vermont Land Trust Inc: 42% of income from government
  • Craftsbury Saplings Inc: 40% of income from government
  • The Petey Greene Program Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Preservation Trust of Vermont Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Center for an Agricultural Economy Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Shelburne Museum Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Vermont Farm-to-School Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium: 7% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • St Johnsbury Athenaeum Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Craftsbury Community Care Center: 1% of income from government
  • Copley Health Systems Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Greensboro Free Library: 1% of income from government
  • Washington College: 0% of income from government
  • Vermont Journalism Trust Ltd: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Vermont Community Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
11get no government money at all
24report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
3rely 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 153 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $959k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2021, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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