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The Trailviews 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.

$356k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% 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$1.3MEducation$1.1MAnimals$550kHealth$258kYouth Development$75kInternational$35kEmployment$25kPublic Benefit$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $500
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $105k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LEGACY THEATRE$250,000
REPRESENT US EDUCATION FUND$25,000
BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY$25,000
JORDAN PORCO FOUNDATION$15,000
HAMDEN HALL SCHOOL INC$10,000
BRANFORD COMPASSION CLUB$10,000
DIRECT RELIEF$10,000
LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION$10,000
AMERICAS TOOTHFAIRY NATIONAL CHILDRENS ORAL HEALTH$500
02The need
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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 (FY24–24, $100k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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%THE CONNECTICUT HOSPICE INC: $100k → 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

NY
MA
IN
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
VA
NC
DC
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 24% of The Trailviews Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Trailviews Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 4.2% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 16 repeat orgs$596k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

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18

Total granted

$2.1M
$526k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+26%

Still filing today

81%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $71k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsEducationEnvironmentArts & CulturePhilanthropyInternationalOther
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

  • TL
    THE LEGACY THEATRE INC
    4× · 2017–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +69%
  • GO
    GOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2019–2021 · $128k · revenue +27%
  • TS
    THE SATO PROJECT
    3× · 2021–2024 · $75k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • TO
    TOWN OF BRANFORD
    one grant, 2020 · $150k
  • TC
    THE CONNECTICUT HOSPICE INC
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue +0%
  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
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
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
2
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The aspca's mission, as stated by founder henry bergh in 1866, is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the united states." the aspca was founded on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and…

Animals
3
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
4
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
5
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
6
Humane Farm Animal Care

Every farmer and rancher participating in the Certified Humane program had to modify their operations to meet the Animal Care Standards and be certified. Schedule O

Animals
7
Humane World Action Fund

To pass animal protection laws, educate the public, and support humane candidates for office.

Animals
8
Humane World for Animals Inc

Humane World for Animals, Inc., formerly known as the Humane Society of the United States (The Organization), seeks to tackle the root causes of animal cruelty and suffering. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O

Animals
9
Denver Zoological Foundation

Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.

Animals
10
Wildlife Conservation Society

The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.

Animals
11
Wildlife Alliance Inc

Wildlife alliance is the leader in direct protection of forests and wildlife in tropical asia. our mission is to combat deforestation, biodiversity loss, climate change, and poverty by partnering with local communities and governments.…

Animals
12
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Animal Legal Defense Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is Coalition for a Better Wallingford. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

34 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. 34 of the 40 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/34
Grantees still filing
24/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE LEGACY THEATRE INC: $1,137,650 · Arts & CultureTHE LEGACY THEATRE INCGOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $127,500 · Arts & CultureGOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE FOUNDATION INCYALE UNIVERSITY: $400,000 · OtherYALE UNIVERSITYTOWN OF BRANFORD: $150,000 · OtherTOWN OF BRANFORDTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER: $100,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD…Ulbrich Boys and Girls Club Inc 2021 990: $50,000 · OtherUlbrich Boys and Girls Clu…+12 more: $92,500 · Other+12 moreUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $610,000 · EducationUniversity of Notre Dame…ALBERTUS MAGNUS COLLEGE: $40,000 · EducationALBERTUS MAGNUS COLLEGEBRANFORD COMPASSION CLUB INC: $32,500 · EducationLEADERSHIP EDUCATION AND ATHLETICS IN PARTNERSHIP INC: $25,000 · Education+1 more: $20,000 · EducationTHE SATO PROJECT: $75,000 · AnimalsTHE SATO PRO…INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $65,000 · AnimalsINTERNATIONA…Humane World for Animals International: $60,000 · AnimalsHumane World…THE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $60,000 · AnimalsTHE WILD ANI…PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $26,000 · AnimalsPEOPLE FOR T…BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $25,000 · AnimalsBEST FRIENDS…Defenders of Wildlife: $20,000 · AnimalsDefenders of…+5 more: $28,000 · Animals+5 moreTHE CONNECTICUT HOSPICE INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesTHE JORDAN PORCO FOUNDATION: $52,500 · PhilanthropyCOALITION FOR A BETTER WALLINGFORD: $5,000 · PhilanthropyPROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEF: $10,000 · International
Arts & Culture$1,265,150Other$792,500Education$727,500Animals$359,000Human Services$100,000Philanthropy$57,500International$35,000

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 budgetTHE LEGACY THEATRE INC: $1,137,650 over 4y, 17% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $610,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $127,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetTHE CONNECTICUT HOSPICE INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE SATO PROJECT: $75,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $65,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHumane World for Animals International: $60,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $60,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE JORDAN PORCO FOUNDATION: $52,500 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetUlbrich Boys and Girls Club Inc 2021 990: $50,000 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetALBERTUS MAGNUS COLLEGE: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRANFORD COMPASSION CLUB INC: $32,500 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $26,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER NEW HAVEN INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetLEADERSHIP EDUCATION AND ATHLETICS IN PARTNERSHIP INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHAMDEN HALL SCHOOL INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALLIANCE FOR INT'L REFORESTATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSAVE THE SOUND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSUNRISE CAFE NEW HAVEN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetCOALITION FOR A BETTER WALLINGFORD: $5,000 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPeaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA PLACE CALLED HOPE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICA'S TOOTHFAIRY NATIONAL CHILDREN'S ORAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $500 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.

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 Community Foundation for Greater New HavenCT21.7× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven · Newalliance Foundation Inc · Joe & Cindy Goldberg Family Foundation Inc · Seedlings Foundation · Ion Bank Foundation Inc · Ibm International Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Aetna Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment 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 Trailviews Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Trailviews Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 17%
  • Coalition for a Better Wallingford: 79% of income from government
  • Save the Sound: 37% of income from government
  • Leadership Education and Athletics in Partnership Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Albertus Magnus College: 6% of income from government
  • The Legacy Theatre Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Goodspeed Opera House Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Trailviews Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Trailviews Foundation 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 40 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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