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The Tara Circle Inc at a glance

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The Tara Circle Inc

Foster the interest and awareness of irish - american culture by sponsoring classes in irish music, dance, history, language, art and literature.

$334k
Granted FY2023
7
Grants FY2023
2
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2023.

Employment$595kHuman Services$573kPhilanthropy$284kHealth$46kEducation$10kArts & Culture$5kRecreation & Sports$200Other$0
02FY2023 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k3 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $74k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$4.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GAA MINOR BOARD$250,000
FIDELITY$34,000
AISLING CENTER$30,000
SOLACE HOUSE$10,000
IONA UNIVERSITY NATIONAL COLLEGIATE IRISH DANCE CHAMPIONS$5,000
ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS$5,000
UNITED IRISH COUNTIES ASSOC OF NY FEIS$200
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 (FY19–23, $705k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 65% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%EMERALD ISLE IMMIGRATION CENTER: $400k → 13%ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS: $5k → 14%EMERALD ISLE IMMIGRATION CENTER: $50k → 28%GAA MINOR BOARD: $250k → 9%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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 3 repeat orgs$75k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2023, 0 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
3

Total granted

$1.4M
$65k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-16%
+164%

Still filing today

100%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 ServicesEducationEmploymentArts & CultureOther
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

  • AI
    AISLING IRISH COMMUNITY CENTER
    6× · 2018–2023 · $718k · revenue -16% · 80% of their budget
  • CN
    Charity Navigator
    2× · 2022–2023 · $650k · revenue -47%
  • SH
    SOLACE HOUSE INC
    4× · 2019–2023 · $46k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • EI
    EMERALD ISLE IMMIGRATION CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue +164%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +112%
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
Irish American Cultural Society of Stamford Saint Patricks Day Parade
Arts & Culture
2
Ancient Order of Hibernians Div 7

The ancient order of hibernians is a catholic, irish american fraternal organization founded in new york city, may 4, 1836. the order seeks to aid the newly arrived irish, both socially and politically. the order has also provided a…

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3
Irish Cultural and Historical Society of the Mohawk Valley

The mission of the irish cultural and historical society of the mohawk valley is to establish and maintain a state-of-the-art cultural center that will be regional in scope, researching, cataloguing, and displaying the history and…

Arts & Culture
4
Coalition of Irish Immigration Centers Inc C/O Celine Kennelly

Ciic provides service to the irish/irish american community across the us in partnership with its direct service member centers, thus impacting constituents. ciic provides a national perspective of issues facing irish immigrants, while…

Human Services
5
Altruism for New York Foundationinc
Civil Rights
6
Peace Islands Institute New York Inc
Religion
7
Irish American Building Society Inc

Support of public charities and new york catholic schools.

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8
Irish American Heritage Center

The mission of the irish american heritage center is to nurture and strengthen irish culture and heritage through programs emphasizing irish music, literature, drama, traditional dancing, fine arts and the constructive contributions of the…

Arts & Culture
9
New York Immigration Coalition Inc

To unite immigrants, members and allies so all new yorkers can thrive.

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10
Irish Cultural Center Inc of Western New England

The mission of the irish cultural center is to cultivate a connection with ireland, through the arts, culture, history, language, and heritage. the center offers opportunities to engage in educational, travel, and social events that…

Arts & Culture
11
African American Irish Diaspora Nework

The aim of african american irish diaspora network is to foster relationships between african americans and ireland through shared heritage and culture. it will provide a framework for the exchange of information, research, exploration and…

Arts & Culture
12
New York Congregational Community Services
Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Aisling Irish Community Center; the most unlike its peers is Rockland County Ancient Order of Hibernians 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

9 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. 9 of the 10 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
7/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AISLING IRISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $718,050 · EmploymentAISLING IRISH COMMUNITY CENTERCharity Navigator: $650,000 · Human ServicesCharity NavigatorEMERALD ISLE IMMIGRATION CENTER INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesEMERALD ISLE IMMIGRATION CENTER INC+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesSOLACE HOUSE INC: $46,000 · Arts & CultureFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $34,000 · Community ImprovementIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · Other+1 more: $200 · OtherIONA UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Education
Employment$718,050Human Services$705,000Arts & Culture$46,000Community Improvement$34,000Other$10,200Education$10,000

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 budgetAISLING IRISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $718,050 over 6y, 80% of budgetCharity Navigator: $650,000 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetEMERALD ISLE IMMIGRATION CENTER INC: $50,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetSOLACE HOUSE INC: $46,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $34,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIONA UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROCKLAND COUNTY ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED IRISH COUNTIES OF NEW YORK INC: $200 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%23%51%90%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
    2get no government money at all
    2report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    Find your warmest path to The Tara Circle Inc 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 10 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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