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The Turtle Pond 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.

$1.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
26
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its fieldRead
03Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0181% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$373kHealth$307kPhilanthropy$100kArts & Culture$7kReligion$3kEnvironment$1kFood & Nutrition$1kHuman Services$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 26 grants below total $791,750, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,281,750 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $490,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k16 grants · $42k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $75k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $675k
$5,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Wake Forest University$150,000
Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation$125,000
St. Christopher's School Foundation$100,000
Texas Children's Hospital$100,000
Robin Hood Foundation$100,000
Red Bank Catholic High School$50,000
Ask Childhood Cancer Foundation$50,000
Kenyon College$40,000
Parker Family Health Center$25,000
St. James's Children's Center$10,000
The Branch Museum of Architecture and Design$5,000
Kenyon College$5,000
St. Catherine's School Foundation$5,000
Cancercrusher Foundation$5,000
St. Paul's School$5,000
02Its 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
Seton Hall University

Seton hall university is a catholic institution of higher education

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2
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
3
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
4
Saint Joseph's University

As philadelphia's jesuit catholic university, saint joseph's provides a rigorous, student-centered education rooted in the liberal arts. we prepare students for personal excellence, professional success, and engaged citizenship. striving…

Education
5
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
6
University of Mount Saint Vincent

Founded by the sisters of charity of new york, the university of mount saint vincent is an academically excellent, authentically inclusive, catholic and ecumenical liberal arts university. (cont. in sch.o)

Education
7
Roger Williams University

At Roger Williams University, students are prepared to be thinkers and doers ready to solve challenging problems with innovative solutions. RWU offers robust offerings of undergraduate, graduate and professional programs across eight…

Education
8
Fairleigh Dickinson University

Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…

Education
9
William & Mary Foundation

The William & Mary Foundation advances the university's highest aspirations by securing private support, guiding a multi-asset investment portfolio, and offering strategic leadership. In this work, we propel the university toward national…

Education
10
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
11
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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12
University of Lynchburg

The mission of the University is to inspire independent thinkers who become trustworthy, effective leaders that shape caring communities. The vision of the University of Lynchburg is to cultivate a world that is innovative, authentic, and…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Robin Hood Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Wake Forest University. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

20 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. 20 of the 23 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
9/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $150,000 · EducationWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITYST CHRISTOPHER'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $100,000 · EducationST CHRISTOPHER'S SCHOOL FOUNDATIONKENYON COLLEGE: $45,000 · EducationKENYON COLLEGE+4 more: $27,500 · Education+4 moreHackensack Meridian Health Foundation: $125,000 · OtherHackensack Meridian Health Founda…Red Bank Catholic High School: $50,000 · OtherRed Bank Catholic High SchoolASK CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherASK CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION+3 more: $8,500 · OtherTexas Children's Hospital: $100,000 · HealthTexas Children's H…Parker Family Health Center Inc: $25,000 · HealthParker Family Heal…CANCERCRUSHER FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Health+1 more: $1,500 · HealthROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $100,000 · PhilanthropyROBIN HOOD FOU…MAYMONT FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Arts & CultureThe Byrd Theatre Foundation: $750 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $500 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY: $1,000 · EnvironmentSHALOM FARMSINC: $1,000 · Human Services
Education$322,500Other$233,500Health$131,500Philanthropy$100,000Arts & Culture$2,250Environment$1,000Human Services$1,000

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 budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $150,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTexas Children's Hospital: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST CHRISTOPHER'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetASK CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetKENYON COLLEGE: $45,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetParker Family Health Center Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetST JAMES'S CHILDREN'S CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetST CATHERINE'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Virginia Foundation for Architecture Incorporated: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCANCERCRUSHER FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetST PAUL'S SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HEALING WATERS FLY FISHING INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Innerwork Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSHALOM FARMSINC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAYMONT FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Byrd Theatre Foundation: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $500 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.

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 Foundat…Virginia Sargeant Rey…The Pauley Family Fou…Robert G Cabell III a…The Mary Morton Parso…The Capa FoundationThe Mraz Charitable T…Massey Family Foundat…Windsor Fdn Trust Uw …Wilbur Moreland Haven…The William H - John …Tesco Foundation
The Community Foundation IncVA23.5× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation Inc · Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation · The Pauley Family Foundation · Robert G Cabell III and Maude Morgan Cabell Foundation · The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation · The Capa Foundation · The Mraz Charitable Trust · Massey Family Foundation · Windsor Fdn Trust Uw Quincy Cole · Wilbur Moreland Havens Charitable Foundation · The William H - John G - Emma Scott Foundation · Tesco 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.
03Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Turtle Pond Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Turtle Pond 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 23 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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