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Theodore L Cross Family Charitable 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.

$1.4M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
61
Grants FY2024
45
Organizations funded FY2023
13%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$85,000
Organizations funded a year
41 to 47
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
16
Total assets, FY2024
$12M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 13% of the organizations Theodore L Cross Family Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Civil RightsHuman ServicesHealthInternationalEducationEnvironmentOther
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
FY2024still arriving58$1.4M31%
FY202345$1.4M13%
FY202242$1.4M14%
FY202141$1.2M7%
FY202041$1.1M7%
FY201946$1.1M9%
FY201847$1.0M6%
FY201745$910kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$2.0MEducation$1.3MFood & Nutrition$1.2MArts & Culture$940kCivil Rights$795kHuman Services$543kPublic Benefit$540kPublic Safety & Disaster$420kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
WI
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
NC
DC
AL
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Theodore L Cross Family Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Project Horseshoe Farm$500,00089%
Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc$395,00080%
International Center for Clubhouse Development Inc$390,00084%
Child First Inc$330,00082%
Nantucket Historical Association$330,00081%
Long Island Cares Inc$310,00080%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$305,00040%
Lee Memorial Health System Foundation Inc$275,0008n/a
World Central Kitchen Inc$275,00070%
Archbishop Molloy High School$260,0005n/a
Perkins School for the Blind$215,00080%
The Foundation for City College$210,00040%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$205,00050%
Prep for Prep$195,00080%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$180,00080%
Pro Publica Inc$165,00080%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$155,00070%
Access Youth Academy$140,00082%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$140,00060%
Guadalupe Center Inc$130,00070%
Commack Volunteer Ambulance Corporation$125,00051%
Guttmacher Institute Inc$120,00080%
The Center for Investigative Reporting formrly Foundation for National Progress$100,00070%
Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc$95,00080%
Ali Forney Center Inc$95,00080%
Naples Children Foundation Inc$80,00040%
Human Rights Watch Inc$60,00060%
She Should Run$35,00022%
Glen Oaks Volunteer Ambulance Corps Inc$20,00055%
Ms Foundation for Women Inc$20,00020%
The Disability Fund Inc$20,00040%
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$15,00030%
Live 4 Evan Inc$15,00016%
Athens Community Food Pantry Inc$15,000310%
New Haven Farms Inc$15,00032%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$10,00010%
The Future Now Institute$10,00010%
Human Rights Campaign Foundation$10,00020%
St Luke School$7,5002n/a
St Marys High School$7,5001n/a
Vote Run Lead Inc$5,00010%
Voto Latino Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Voteorg$5,00010%
New Georgia Project Inc$5,00010%
Community Partners$5,00010%
Rewire News Group$5,00010%
Hispanic Federation Inc$5,00010%
Voteriders$5,00010%
Friends of Kexp$5,00020%
Justice for Orphans Inc$2,50012%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 38 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.6M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Theodore L Cross Family Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetProject Horseshoe Farm: $500,000 over 8y, 9.0% of budgetHarry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc: $395,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Center for Clubhouse Development Inc: $390,000 over 8y, 4.2% of budgetChild First Inc: $330,000 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetNantucket Historical Association: $330,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetLong Island Cares Inc: $310,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $305,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $275,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPerkins School for the Blind: $215,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe Foundation for City College: $210,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $205,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPrep for Prep: $195,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $180,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPro Publica Inc: $165,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc: $155,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetAccess Youth Academy: $140,000 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $140,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGuadalupe Center Inc: $130,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetCommack Volunteer Ambulance Corporation: $125,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetGuttmacher Institute Inc: $120,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe Center for Investigative Reporting formrly Foundation for National Progress: $100,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetNantucket Conservation Foundation Inc: $95,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetAli Forney Center Inc: $95,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNaples Children Foundation Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHuman Rights Watch Inc: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetShe Should Run: $35,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetGlen Oaks Volunteer Ambulance Corps Inc: $20,000 over 5y, 4.9% of budgetMs Foundation for Women Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Disability Fund Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetThe Center for Reproductive Rights Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLive 4 Evan Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetAthens Community Food Pantry Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 9.8% of budgetNew Haven Farms Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Future Now Institute: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHuman Rights Campaign Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVote Run Lead Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVoto Latino Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVoteorg: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew Georgia Project Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Partners: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRewire News Group: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHispanic Federation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVoteriders: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Kexp: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJustice for Orphans Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 1.8% 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 46.

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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.

The Chicago Community TrustIL10.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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.

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About Theodore L Cross Family Charitable Foundation

How much does Theodore L Cross Family Charitable Foundation give?
Theodore L Cross Family Charitable Foundation reported 61 grants totaling $1,437,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 41 and 47 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Theodore L Cross Family Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (21%), Education (13%), Food & Nutrition (13%).
Who are Theodore L Cross Family Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Project Horseshoe Farm ($500k), Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc ($395k), International Center for Clubhouse Development Inc ($390k).
Does Theodore L Cross Family Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Theodore L Cross Family Charitable 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 Theodore L Cross Family Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, The Pfizer Foundation Inc.
Where is Theodore L Cross Family Charitable Foundation based?
Theodore L Cross Family Charitable 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 91 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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