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The Waterview Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Waterview 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.

$270k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$120k
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 2025.

Human Services$574kFood & Nutrition$564kInternational$509kHealth$156kEducation$105kCivil Rights$70kPhilanthropy$50kArts & Culture$40kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $95k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $175k
$20,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$3.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FEEDING AMERICA$120,000
SERVICES FOR THE UNDERSERVED$55,000
REMOTE AREA MEDICAL$40,000
TIDES CENTER$20,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERSMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES$15,000
NORTHWEST CT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$10,000
HEIFER INTERNATIONAL$10,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $65k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%TIDES CENTER: $20k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $10k → 10%Lenox Hill Neighborhood House: $5k → 17%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE: $10k → 17%Charity Water: $20k → 17%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

WA
IL
NY
CT
CA
AR
TN
DC
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 80% of The Waterview Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Waterview Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 10 repeat orgs$120k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
8

Total granted

$2.0M
$120k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+9%

Still filing today

50%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Human ServicesInternationalCivil RightsFood & NutritionEducationAnimalsOther
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

  • Feeding America
    6× · 2020–2025 · $564k · revenue +40%
  • RA
    REMOTE AREA MEDICAL
    4× · 2022–2025 · $156k · revenue +3%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    3× · 2022–2025 · $65k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • NC
    NUTMEG CONSERVATORY FOR THE ARTS INC
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +9%
  • C
    CODEORG
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue -5%
  • GL
    GOSHEN LAND TRUST INC
    one grant, 2019 · $20k · revenue -47%
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
Connecticut Farmland Trust Inc

Protect Connecticuts farmland for agricultural use by purchasing and accepting donations of agricultural conservation easements

Food & Nutrition
2
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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3
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
4
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
5
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
6
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
7
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
8
Natural Areas Conservancy Inc

The natural areas conservancy champions urban natural areas in new york city and across the nation through innovative research, partnerships, and advocacy. we increase the health and resilience of urban forests and wetlands, catalyze…

Environment
9
National Taxpayers Union Foundation

National taxpayers union foundation (ntuf) provides crucial, impactful research and analysis showing americans how taxes, government spending, and regulations affect them. with our unique combination of policy expertise, outreach know-how,…

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10
National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors

Empowering financial professionals and consumers through world-class advocacy and education.

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11
New York Road Runners Inc

As a new york city based nonprofit, we're dedicated to transforming the health and well-being of our communities through inclusive and accessible running experiences, empowering all to achieve their potential.

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12
United States Artists Inc

To invest in america's finest artists and illuminate the value of artists to society.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Medecins Sans Frontieres Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Charity Global Inc. 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

15 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. 15 of the 20 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
10/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SERVICES FOR THE UNDERSERVED: $549,000 · OtherSERVICES FOR THE UNDERSERVEDHeifer International: $444,000 · OtherHeifer InternationalADL: $94,000 · OtherADLNOBODY LEAVES MID-HUDSON EDUCATION FUND CO TIDES CENTER: $80,000 · OtherNOBODY LEAVES MID-HUDSON EDUCATION FUND CO TIDES CENTER+5 more: $80,000 · Other+5 moreFeeding America: $564,000 · Food & NutritionFeeding AmericaREMOTE AREA MEDICAL: $156,000 · InternationalREMOTE AREA…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $65,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SA…AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · Civil RightsROCK THE VOTE: $10,000 · Civil RightsTIDES CENTER: $30,000 · Human ServicesCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesLENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesNUTMEG CONSERVATORY FOR THE ARTS INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureCODEORG: $25,000 · Education
Other$1,247,000Food & Nutrition$564,000International$221,000Civil Rights$70,000Human Services$65,000Arts & Culture$25,000Education$25,000

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 budgetFeeding America: $564,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetREMOTE AREA MEDICAL: $156,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $65,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTIDES CENTER: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNUTMEG CONSERVATORY FOR THE ARTS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCODEORG: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBIDEAWEE INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGOSHEN LAND TRUST INC: $20,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROCK THE VOTE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PERFORMANCE ZONE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $5,000 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.

Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
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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 Waterview Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Waterview Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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 20 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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