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The Van Steen Foundation

Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$6k
Granted FY2020
34
Grants FY2020
32
Organizations funded FY2020
47%
First-time grantees FY2020
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Median grant, FY2020
$100
Largest grant, FY2020
$700
Organizations funded a year
13 to 32
FY2017 to FY2020
States reached, FY2020
7
Total assets, FY2020
$48k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2020, 47% of the organizations The Van Steen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20
InternationalArts & CulturePublic BenefitHousing & ShelterHealthAnimalsOther
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
FY202032$5k47%
FY201918$3k22%
FY201813$4k38%
FY201716$3kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.

Arts & Culture$5kEducation$5kYouth Development$1kReligion$900Environment$800Food & Nutrition$700International$600Recreation & Sports$411Other$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Hudson Valley Art Association Inc$2,8004n/a
Pace University$1,65040%
Brieant Youth Alliance$1,26542%
Westchester Collaborative Thearter$1,12141%
Hobart and William Smith Colleges$1,00040%
Americares Foundation Inc$50010%
Ossining Food Pantry$45030%
Camp Sloane Young Mens Christian Association Inc$41130%
The Harvey School$40040%
Ossining Arts Council$3503n/a
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All grantees of The Van Steen Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Hudson Valley Art Association Inc$2,8004n/a
Pace University$1,65040%
Brieant Youth Alliance$1,26542%
Westchester Collaborative Thearter$1,12141%
Hobart and William Smith Colleges$1,00040%
Americares Foundation Inc$50010%
Ossining Food Pantry$45030%
Camp Sloane Young Mens Christian Association Inc$41130%
The Harvey School$40040%
Ossining Arts Council$3503n/a
Ossining Historical Society and Museum Inc$33530%
Feeding Westchester Inc$25010%
Riverkeeper Inc$25030%
Gullotta House Inc$22520%
Jug Tavern of Sparta Inc$20021%
Interfaith Council for Action Inc$20020%
Ossining Volunteer Ambulance Corps Inc$10010%
Incentive & Scholarship Fund of Ossining Inc$1001n/a
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$10010%
Sing Sing Prison Museum$10010%
The Salvation Army$1001n/a
Rehabilitation Through the Arts Inc$10010%
National Wildlife Federation$5010%
Ossining Police Athletic League Inc$5010%

Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($4k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Van Steen Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPace University: $1,650 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBrieant Youth Alliance: $1,265 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetWestchester Collaborative Thearter: $1,121 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetHobart and William Smith Colleges: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmericares Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOssining Food Pantry: $450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCamp Sloane Young Mens Christian Association Inc: $411 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Harvey School: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOssining Historical Society and Museum Inc: $335 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFeeding Westchester Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRiverkeeper Inc: $250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGullotta House Inc: $225 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJug Tavern of Sparta Inc: $200 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetInterfaith Council for Action Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOssining Volunteer Ambulance Corps Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSing Sing Prison Museum: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRehabilitation Through the Arts Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Wildlife Federation: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOssining Police Athletic League Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.2% 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 20.

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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.

Hudson Road Foundation IncNY17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hudson Road Foundation Inc · Cogitandum Inc · Chapman Family Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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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About The Van Steen Foundation

How much does The Van Steen Foundation give?
The Van Steen Foundation reported 34 grants totaling $5,631 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 32 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
What does The Van Steen Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (33%), Education (29%), Youth Development (8%).
Who are The Van Steen Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Hudson Valley Art Association Inc ($3k), Pace University ($2k), Brieant Youth Alliance ($1k).
Does The Van Steen Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2020, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Van Steen Foundation 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 Van Steen Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hudson Road Foundation Inc, Cogitandum Inc, Chapman Family Foundation.
Where is The Van Steen Foundation based?
The Van Steen Foundation 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 42 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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