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The Tom Morgan and Erna J McReynolds Charitable Foundation at a glance

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The Tom Morgan and Erna J McReynolds Charitable 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.

$48k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$46k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0180% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$175kHealth$103kReligion$18kEducation$13kAnimals$7kPublic Benefit$6kPhilanthropy$4kCommunity Improvement$800Other$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $2k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $46k
$46,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$348k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HELIOS CARE$46,000
FRANKLIN CENTRAL SCHOOL$2,240
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 (FY19–24, $86k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HELIOS CARE: $46k → 13%HELIOS CARE: $21k → 13%HELIOS CARE: $18k → 13%HELIOS CARE: $1k → 13%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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$300k · 19 repeat orgs$42k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
29

Total granted

$300k
$42k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+48%

Still filing today

47%
24%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 & CulturePhilanthropyHuman ServicesHealthEducationCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • CA
    CATSKILL AREA HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE INC DBA HELIOS CARE
    4× · 2019–2024 · $86k · revenue +16%
  • GO
    GLIMMERGLASS OPERA THEATRE INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $76k · revenue +87%
  • FA
    FENIMORE ART MUSEUM
    7× · 2017–2023 · $50k · revenue +193%

Funded once

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF BASSETT HEALTHCARE
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF BASSET HEALTHCARE
    one grant, 2020 · $7k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
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
Adirondack Theatre Festival Inc

The organization strives to challenge entertain and nourish its audience through the development and production of new and contemporary musicals and plays. this relationship engages the community as audience members and participants in…

Arts & Culture
2
State University of New York At Oneonta Foundation Corporation

To support and strengthen the fundraising programs of the state university of new york at oneonta so that gifts and grants are raised for student scholarships, faculty/student research, lectureships, and numerous academic and institutional…

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3
Catskill Symphony Orchestra Inc

The mission of the catskill symphony orchestra is to entertain, educate, and inspire audiences of all ages by presenting a professional ensemble of the highest artistic quality performing the full range of symphonic literature. the…

Arts & Culture
4
Cny Arts Inc

CNY Arts' mission is to promote, support, and celebrate arts and culture in Central New York.

Arts & Culture
5
Center for the Arts At Ithaca Inc

The center for the arts at ithaca, inc., d/b/a the hangar theatre, is committed to providing exceptional theatre experiences of high professional quality to enrich, enlighten, educate, and entertain the diverse audience in the finger lakes…

Arts & Culture
6
Finger Lakes Opera Inc

FLO is committed to the professional creation and production of opera in Rochester and the Finger Lakes region with a roster of mainstage and emerging young artists drawn from diverse regions and backgrounds. Through engagement and…

Arts & Culture
7
Binghamton Philharmonic Inc

The mission of the Binghamton Philharmonic is building community through the power of live music.

Arts & Culture
8
Oneida County Historical Society Inc

The society's mission is to preserve the past of oneida county and central new york for present and future generations. the society seeks to make this rich heritage readily available to researchers, families and students, enhancing the…

Arts & Culture
9
Musical Associates of Central New York

To engage and inspire community members throughout Central New York through outstanding orchestra and ensemble performances, and innovative education and outreach initiatives.

Arts & Culture
10
The Orchestra Association of Northern New York Inc

To enrich the quality of life in our region by sharing the power of music to inspire, educate, and entertain

Arts & Culture
11
New City Free Library

To provide free public library services

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12
Upper Hudson Northern Catskill Natural Resource Trust Inc

To hold and manage open space property for the public's benefit and assist in the preservation and stewardship of the scenic beauty, natural communities and recreational amenities in greene county, ny and surrounding areas.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Central New York Community Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Telluride Aids Benefit 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

18 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. 18 of the 50 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
15/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GLIMMERGLASS OPERA THEATRE INC: $76,050 · Arts & CultureGLIMMERGLASS OPERA THEATRE INCFENIMORE ART MUSEUM: $49,980 · Arts & CultureFENIMORE ART MUSEUM+5 more: $8,026 · Arts & Culture+5 moreGLIMMERGLASS FESTIVAL: $34,500 · OtherGLIMMERGLASS FESTIVALST PAULS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $14,700 · OtherST PAULS EPISCOPAL CHURCHFRIENDS OF BASSETT HEALTHCARE: $10,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF BASSETT HEALTHCAREFRIENDS OF BASSET HEALTHCARE: $7,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF BASSET HEALTHCAREONEONTA ROTARY CLUB: $6,100 · OtherONEONTA ROTARY CLUBFOOTHILLS PERFORMING ARTS: $6,000 · OtherFOOTHILLS PERFORMING ARTSIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherFRANKLIN CENTRAL SCHOOL: $4,980 · Other+27 more: $23,635 · Other+27 moreCATSKILL AREA HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE INC DBA HELIOS CARE: $85,728 · Human ServicesCATSKILL AREA HOSPICE AND PA…Friends of Bassett Inc: $7,250 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF OTSEGO COUNTY INC: $1,600 · PhilanthropyCENTRAL NEW YORK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $500 · Philanthropy+1 more: $250 · PhilanthropyMISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY: $2,000 · EducationCENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP INC: $300 · Community ImprovementTELLURIDE AIDS BENEFIT INC: $200 · Health
Arts & Culture$134,056Other$111,915Human Services$85,728Philanthropy$9,600Education$2,000Community Improvement$300Health$200

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 budgetCATSKILL AREA HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE INC DBA HELIOS CARE: $85,728 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetGLIMMERGLASS OPERA THEATRE INC: $76,050 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetFENIMORE ART MUSEUM: $49,980 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetFriends of Bassett Inc: $7,250 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHYDE HALL INC: $3,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMUSIC ON THE DELAWARE INC: $2,050 over 3y, 7.4% of budgetMISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF OTSEGO COUNTY INC: $1,600 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFIRST NIGHT ONEONTA INC: $1,250 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetFRANKLIN FREE LIBRARY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHONEST BROOK MUSIC FESTIVAL INC: $726 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetCATSKILL CHORAL SOCIETY INC: $500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetFRANKLIN RAILROAD & COMMUNITY MUSEUM: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCENTRAL NEW YORK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFUTURE FOR ONEONTA FOUNDATION: $350 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF DELAWARE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTELLURIDE AIDS BENEFIT INC: $200 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds CATSKILL AREA HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE INC DBA HELIOS CARE ↗
  • Who funds GLIMMERGLASS OPERA THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds FENIMORE ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds Friends of Bassett Inc ↗
  • Who funds HYDE HALL INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSIC ON THE DELAWARE INC ↗
  • Who funds MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF OTSEGO COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds FIRST NIGHT ONEONTA INC ↗
  • Who funds FRANKLIN FREE LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds HONEST BROOK MUSIC FESTIVAL INC ↗
  • Who funds CATSKILL CHORAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds FRANKLIN RAILROAD & COMMUNITY MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL NEW YORK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗

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 National Ban…The Tianaderrah Found…The Community Foundat…Dewar Foundation IncAllstadt Hardin Found…The Nycm FoundationA Lindsay & Olive B O…The Drogen FoundationCommunity Foundation …The Patricia M & H Wi…Richland County Found…The New York Communit…
Delaware National Bank of Delhi CorporateNY20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Delaware National Bank of Delhi Corporate · The Tianaderrah Foundation (NY) · The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region Inc · Dewar Foundation Inc · Allstadt Hardin Foundation · The Nycm Foundation · A Lindsay & Olive B O'Connor Foundation Inc · The Drogen Foundation · Community Foundation of Otsego County Inc · The Patricia M & H William Smith Jr Foundation · Richland County Foundation · The New York Community Trust

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 Tom Morgan and Erna J McReynolds Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Tom Morgan and Erna J McReynolds Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 58%
  • United Way of Delaware: 58% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 50 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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