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The Topfield Foundation Inc

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.

$5k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
3
Grants FY2025
15
Organizations funded FY2024
27%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$2,500
Organizations funded a year
15 to 35
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$1k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 27% of the organizations The Topfield Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 77% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEnvironmentHealthHuman ServicesEducationOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving3$5k0%
FY202415$1.3M27%
FY202321$2.3M0%
FY202225$66k8%
FY202130$1.5M17%
FY202035$3.8M17%
FY201926$60k19%
FY201833$670k6%
95% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$6.5MRecreation & Sports$2.1MPhilanthropy$1.5MFood & Nutrition$1.3MArts & Culture$860kReligion$35kHealth$22kEducation$9kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NH
MN
MI
NY
IA
OH
NJ
CA
UT
VA
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Open Space Institute Inc$4,366,120620%
Palisades Parks Conservancy Inc$1,073,500771%
Scenic Hudson Inc$1,007,00084%
Therapeutic Equestrian Center Inc$930,004362%
Sanborn Mills Inc$800,000322%
Natural Heritage Trust$500,00013%
Open Space Institute Land Trust Inc$500,00011%
Glynwood Center Inc$230,00044%
Stonecrop Gardens Inc$125,00032%
Parks & Trails New York Inc$53,00081%
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All grantees of The Topfield Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Open Space Institute Inc$4,366,120620%
Palisades Parks Conservancy Inc$1,073,500771%
Scenic Hudson Inc$1,007,00084%
Therapeutic Equestrian Center Inc$930,004362%
Sanborn Mills Inc$800,000322%
Natural Heritage Trust$500,00013%
Open Space Institute Land Trust Inc$500,00011%
Glynwood Center Inc$230,00044%
Stonecrop Gardens Inc$125,00032%
Parks & Trails New York Inc$53,00081%
New York-New Jersey Trail Conference Inc$30,00080%
Wnet$25,50050%
Merck Forest Foundation Inc$20,00080%
First Presbyterian Church of Philipstown$15,0004n/a
United Way of Westchester and Putnam$15,00040%
Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic Inc$8,00070%
Hudson Highlands Land Trust Inc$5,50070%
American Museum of Natural History$5,00040%
564 Park Avenue Preservation Foundation$3,50050%
Hudson Highlands Nature Center$3,50070%
Putnam History Museum$3,50070%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$3,00040%
New York Public Radio$3,00020%
Philipstown Volunteer Ambulance Corp Inc$3,00030%
National Parks Conservation Association$2,50040%
New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc$2,50050%
Environmental Advocates Ny Inc$2,00020%
Chatham Hall$1,90070%
The Brearley School$1,70060%
Alice Curtis Desmond and Hamilton Fish Library dba Desmond-Fish Public Library$1,50020%
The Tandana Foundation Inc$1,50030%
Hawkwatch International Inc$1,00010%
National Wildlife Federation$50040%
Haldane School Foundation Inc$50011%
The Poughkeepsie-Highland Railroad$50010%
Highlands Current Inc$46040%
Constitution Island Association Inc$25010%
Boscobel Restoration Inc$2001n/a
Interschool Orchestras of New York Inc$20020%
Philipstown Garden Club Inc$11010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Topfield Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 38 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOpen Space Institute Inc: $4,366,120 over 6y, 20% of budgetPalisades Parks Conservancy Inc: $1,073,500 over 7y, 71% of budgetScenic Hudson Inc: $1,007,000 over 8y, 4.4% of budgetTherapeutic Equestrian Center Inc: $930,004 over 3y, 62% of budgetSanborn Mills Inc: $800,000 over 3y, 22% of budgetNatural Heritage Trust: $500,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetOpen Space Institute Land Trust Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetGlynwood Center Inc: $230,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetStonecrop Gardens Inc: $125,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetParks & Trails New York Inc: $53,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetNew York-New Jersey Trail Conference Inc: $30,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetWnet: $25,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMerck Forest Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Way of Westchester and Putnam: $15,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Hudson Peconic Inc: $8,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHudson Highlands Land Trust Inc: $5,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budget564 Park Avenue Preservation Foundation: $3,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHudson Highlands Nature Center: $3,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPutnam History Museum: $3,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Public Radio: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPhilipstown Volunteer Ambulance Corp Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNational Parks Conservation Association: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNew York-Presbyterian Fund Inc: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Advocates Ny Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChatham Hall: $1,900 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Brearley School: $1,700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAlice Curtis Desmond and Hamilton Fish Library dba Desmond-Fish Public Library: $1,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Tandana Foundation Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHawkwatch International Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Wildlife Federation: $500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHaldane School Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThe Poughkeepsie-Highland Railroad: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHighlands Current Inc: $460 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetConstitution Island Association Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetInterschool Orchestras of New York Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPhilipstown Garden Club Inc: $110 over 1y, 0.4% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 38.

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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 New York Community TrustNY23.6× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The New York Community Trust · Ibm International Foundation · Lostand Foundation · The D J McManus Foundation Inc · Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley Inc · The Lanegate Foundation · Land Family Foundation · Open Space Institute Inc · The Walbridge Fund · Open Space Institute Land Trust Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Lavori Sterling 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.

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Find your warmest path to The Topfield Foundation 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.

About The Topfield Foundation Inc

How much does The Topfield Foundation Inc give?
The Topfield Foundation Inc reported 3 grants totaling $4,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 35 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Topfield Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (53%), Recreation & Sports (17%), Philanthropy (12%).
Who are The Topfield Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Open Space Institute Inc ($4.4M), Palisades Parks Conservancy Inc ($1.1M), Scenic Hudson Inc ($1.0M).
Does The Topfield Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Topfield Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Topfield Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The New York Community Trust, Ibm International Foundation, Lostand Foundation.
Where is The Topfield Foundation Inc based?
The Topfield Foundation Inc is based in NY.

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 66 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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