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The Van Steen Foundation at a glance

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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
7
States reached
$700
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% 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
02FY2020 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$100
Median grant
7
States reached
$48k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HUDSON VALLEY ART ASSOCIATION$700
VIRTUOUS COLLECTIVE OF THE GREATER OSSINING$500
WESTCHESTER COLLABORATIVE THEATER$250
CLEARVIEW SCHOOL$250
FEEDING WESTCHESTER$250
OSSINING FOOD PANTRY$250
BRIEANT YOUTH ALLIANCE$250
HOBART & WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGE$250
PACE UNIVERSITY$250
CAMP SLOANE$205
OSSINING ARTS COUNCIL$200
ALZHERIMERS ASSOCIATION$200
CHANNEL 13$150
BAKER COLLIER SCHOLARSHIP FUND$100
THE JUG TAVERN OF SPARTA$100
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 (FY17–20, $450) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%OSSINING FOOD PANTRY: $250 → 9%OSSINING FOOD PANTRY: $100 → 9%OSSINING FOOD PANTRY: $100 → 9%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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$13k · 18 repeat orgs$3k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2020, 1 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
7

Total granted

$13k
$1k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+158%

Still filing today

67%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
Arts & CultureEducationInternationalYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • PU
    PACE UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2017–2020 · $2k · revenue +24%
  • WC
    Westchester Collaborative Thearter
    4× · 2017–2020 · $1k · revenue +210%
  • HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES
    4× · 2017–2020 · $1k · revenue +67%

Funded once

  • AMERICARES FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $500 · revenue +77%
  • K
    KICKSTARTER
    one grant, 2018 · $250
  • AR
    AMERICAN RED CROSS
    one grant, 2017 · $100
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
Westchester Land Trust Inc

The primary mission of the Westchester Land Trust is to conserve, maintain and enhance the natural environment and resources of Westchester County and eastern Putnam County. The Trust acquires interests in land exhibiting important natural…

Environment
2
Dutchess Land Conservancy Inc

Dutchess land conservancy (dlc) is dedicated to preserving the scenic, agricultural and environmental resources of dutchess county, new york, and the surrounding area. dlc, as a private non-profit land conservation organization, carries…

Environment
3
The County Chamber of Commerce

The business council of westchester's mission is to work hard to grow the economy, create jobs and build a strong business community in westchester county.

—
4
Orange County Land Trust Inc

The mission of the orange county land trust is to preserve water resources, critical habitat, rural and urban farmland, scenic viewsheds and ecosystems in and around orange county for the benefit of all who depend on them.

Environment
5
Hudson River Foundation for Science and Environmental Research Inc

The mission of the hudson river foundation is to inspire and inform action through science and engaging people to enhance the hudson river, estuary, and watershed (see schedule o).

Environment
6
Owasco Lake Watershed Management Council Inc

To coordinate actions for protecting and restoring the health of owasco lake and its watershed to ensure that owasco lake will serve as a source of public drinking water, a recreational asset, an economic driver, and an important natural…

Environment
7
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

The western pennsylvania conservancy protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with clean waters and healthy forests, wildlife and natural areas for the benefit of present and future generations. the conservancy…

Environment
8
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
9
Hudson River Museum of Westchester

Situated on the banks of the hudson river in yonkers, new york, the hudson river museum's mission is to engage, inspire, and connect diverse communities through the power of the arts, sciences, and history.

Arts & Culture
10
Wmc-New York Inc

Wmc new york, inc. shall at all times be operated exclusively for charitable, scientific, and educational purposes within the meaning of section 170(c)(2)(b) and 501(c)(3) of the code, and for the purpose of engaging in various activities…

Health
11
Marist University

Marist university is dedicated to helping students develop the intellect, character and skills required for enlightened, ethical, and productive lives in the global community of the 21st century.

Education
12
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Interfaith Council for Action Inc; the most unlike its peers is National Wildlife Federation. 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

22 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. 22 of the 42 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)
22/22
Grantees still filing
16/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HUDSON VALLEY ART ASSOCIATION INC: $2,800 · OtherHUDSON VALLEY ART ASSOCIATION INCCLEARVIEW SCHOOL: $1,500 · OtherCLEARVIEW SCHOOLVIRTUOUS COLLECTIVE OF THE GREATER OSSINING: $500 · OtherVIRTUOUS COLLECTIVE OF THE GREATER OSSININGOSSINING ARTS COUNCIL: $350 · OtherCHANNEL 13: $350 · Other+25 more: $3,387 · Other+25 morePACE UNIVERSITY: $1,650 · EducationPACE UNIVERSITYHOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES: $1,000 · EducationHOBART AND WILLIAM SM…THE HARVEY SCHOOL: $400 · EducationTHE HARVEY SCHOOLWestchester Collaborative Thearter: $1,121 · Arts & CultureWestchester…OSSINING HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM INC: $335 · Arts & CultureOSSINING HI…SING SING PRISON MUSEUM: $100 · Arts & CultureSING SING P…REHABILITATION THROUGH THE ARTS INC: $100 · Arts & CultureREHABILITAT…BRIEANT YOUTH ALLIANCE: $1,265 · Youth DevelopmentAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $500 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $100 · InternationalOssining Food Pantry: $450 · Human ServicesCAMP SLOANE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $411 · Recreation & Sports
Other$8,887Education$3,050Arts & Culture$1,656Youth Development$1,265International$600Human Services$450Recreation & Sports$411

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 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 budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $200 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 budgetRSF SOCIAL FINANCE 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
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.

Hudson Road Foundatio…Cogitandum IncChapman Family Founda…The Bank of America C…Jewish Communal FundJpmorgan Chase Founda…Morgan Stanley Global…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Van Steen Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Van Steen Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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 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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