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Uw Urania C Sherburne at a glance

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Uw Urania C Sherburne

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$38k
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$4k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Human Services$49kFood & Nutrition$44kHealth$22kHousing & Shelter$20kCrime & Legal$16kYouth Development$16kRecreation & Sports$8kReligion$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$663k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BETTER LIVES RHODE ISLAND$4,000
JEWISH COLLABORATIVE SERVICES$3,000
CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND$2,500
MCAULEY CORPORATION$2,500
RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK$2,500
NORTH KINGSTOWN FOOD PANTRY$2,500
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF PROVIDENCE$2,000
JOHNNYCAKE CENTER OF PEACE DALE$2,000
DORCAS INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RI$2,000
RHODE ISLAND FREE CLINIC$2,000
GOOD NEIGHBORS$2,000
JOHN CLARKE RETIREMENT CENTER$1,500
DAY ONE$1,500
MARTIN LUTHER KING COMMUNITY CTR$1,500
COMMUNITIES FOR PEOPLE$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $54k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%WASHINGTON PARK CITIZENS ASSOCIATION: $2k → 14%WASHINGTON PARK CITIZENS ASSOCIATION: $2k → 14%WASHINGTON PARK CITIZENS ASSOCIATION: $2k → 14%WASHINGTON PARK CITIZENS ASSOCIATION: $2k → 14%WASHINGTON PARK CITIZENS ASSOCIATION: $2k → 14%JAMES L MAHER CENTER: $2k → 7%GOOD NEIGHBORS: $4k → 14%GOOD NEIGHBORS: $4k → 14%GOOD NEIGHBORS: $2k → 14%GOOD NEIGHBORS: $2k → 14%CLOTHES TO KIDS RI: $2k → 14%FEDERAL HILL HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $1k → 14%JEWISH COLLABORATIVE SERVICES: $3k → 14%FAMILY SERVICE OF RHODE ISLAND: $2k → 14%CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND: $3k → 14%CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND: $3k → 14%CHILDRENS FRIEND AND SERVICE: $2k → 14%134 COLLABORATIVE: $2k → 14%CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND: $2k → 14%CHILDRENS FRIEND AND SERVICE: $2k → 14%134 COLLABORATIVE: $2k → 14%CHILDRENS FRIEND AND SERVICE: $2k → 14%134 COLLABORATIVE: $2k → 14%CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND: $1k → 14%CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND: $1k → 14%COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY ACTION: $2k → 14%COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY ACTION: $1k → 14%CHILDRENS FRIEND AND SERVICE: $1k → 14%COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY ACTION: $1k → 14%CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND: $1k → 14%COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY ACTION: $500 → 14%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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$155k · 24 repeat orgs$45k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
21

Total granted

$155k
$35k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+23%

Still filing today

83%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesRecreation & SportsFood & NutritionHealthEmploymentYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • GOOD NEIGHBORS INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $11k · revenue +106%
  • BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PROVIDENCE
    4× · 2021–2025 · $11k · revenue +14%
  • CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND
    6× · 2020–2025 · $10k · revenue +55%

Funded once

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS PF PROVIDENCE
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $3k
  • MS
    MATHEWSON ST METHODIST CHURCH 9998
    one grant, 2024 · $3k
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
Rhode Island Police Chiefs Association Inc

Ri chiefs of police gather to share information on new or proposed state laws and maintaining best methods for state's citizens' protection

Community Improvement
2
Ri Center Assisting Those in Need

To provide with dignity, emergency food and outreach to thousands of at-risk neighbors in southern rhode island and surrounding communities.

Human Services
3
Jamaican Association of Rhode Island
Arts & Culture
4
Rhode Island Developmental Disabilities Council Inc

Rhode Island Developmental Disabilities Council's mission is to promote changes wthin communities in Rhode Island that encourages, inspires and makes possible for individuals with disabilities to create, pursue and achieve lives that are…

Health
5
Rhode Island Rescue Ministries

Christian mission to the poor providing food, shelter clothing and counseling to the homeless

Human Services
6
Rhode Island Kids Count Inc

Rhode island kids count, inc. is a not-for-profit corporation. the organization is a children's policy and advocacy organization that provides information on child well-being, stimulates dialogue on children's issues, and promotes…

Youth Development
7
Disability Rights Rhode Island

To assist rhode islanders with differing abilities in their efforts to achieve full inclusion in society and to exercise their civil and human rights through the provision of legal advocacy.

Civil Rights
8
Westbay Community Action Inc

To organize, plan and provide social services to low income and elderly individuals.

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9
Rhode Island Food Policy Council

Promoting a more equitable, economically vibrant, and environmentally sustainable food system in rhode island.

Food & Nutrition
10
Rhode Island Housing Development Corporation

Preservation of affordable housing in the state of rhode island

Housing & Shelter
11
Rhode Island Health Care Assoc

The mission of rhode island health care association is to enhance its members' ability to provide sustainable quality health care and quality of life to the residents of rhode island's skilled nursing facilities.as a state affiliate of the…

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12
Rhode Island Dream Center

The rhode island dream center provides hope and holistic support to the impoverished in the greater rhode island area through food, clothing and services.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Rhode Island Community Food Bank Association; the most unlike its peers is Camp Ruggles Inc. 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

34 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. 34 of the 52 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/34
Grantees still filing
19/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JOHNNYCAKE CENTER OF PEACE DALE: $9,500 · OtherJOHNNYCAKE CENTER OF PEACE DALEDAY ONE: $9,500 · OtherDAY ONEBETTER LIVES RHODE ISLAND aka PROVIDENCE: $9,000 · OtherBETTER LIVES RHODE ISLAND aka PROVIDENCEMCAULEY CORPORATION: $9,000 · OtherMCAULEY CORPORATIONBETTER LIVES RHODE ISLAND: $8,500 · OtherBETTER LIVES RHODE ISLANDSOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND VOLUNTEERS: $6,500 · OtherSOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND VOLUNTEERSHOUSE OF HOPE COMMUNITY: $4,500 · OtherNORTH KINGSTOWN FOOD PANTRY INC: $4,500 · OtherFAMILY SERVICES OF RHODE ISLAND INC: $4,000 · Other+23 more: $41,000 · Other+23 moreGOOD NEIGHBORS INC: $11,000 · Human ServicesGOOD NEIGHBORS INCCROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND: $10,000 · Human ServicesCROSSROADS RHODE ISLANDWASHINGTON PARK CITIZENS ASSOCIATION INC: $8,000 · Human ServicesWASHINGTON PARK CITIZENS ASSOC…CHILDREN'S FRIEND AND SERVICE: $6,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S FRIEND AND SERVICE134 Collaborative: $5,000 · Human Services134 CollaborativeCOMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesCOMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY ACTION…JEWISH COLLABORATIVE SERVICES: $3,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH COLLABORATIVE SERVICESCLOTHES TO KIDS RI INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesJAMES L MAHER CENTER: $2,000 · Human Services+2 more: $2,500 · Human ServicesRHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION: $9,000 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHEELS OF RI INC: $5,500 · Food & NutritionBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PROVIDENCE: $10,500 · Youth DevelopmentMARTIN LUTHER KING COMMUNITY CENTER INCORPORATED: $3,500 · Recreation & SportsCAMP RUGGLES INC: $1,000 · Recreation & SportsLittle Compton Community Center Corporation: $1,000 · Recreation & SportsLUCY'S HEARTH: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE RHODE ISLAND FREE CLINIC INC: $4,000 · HealthCOMMUNITIES FOR PEOPLE INC: $1,000 · Health
Other$106,000Human Services$53,500Food & Nutrition$14,500Youth Development$10,500Recreation & Sports$5,500Housing & Shelter$5,000Health$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGOOD NEIGHBORS INC: $11,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PROVIDENCE: $10,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND: $10,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDAY ONE: $9,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetRHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION: $9,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMCAULEY CORPORATION: $9,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBETTER LIVES RHODE ISLAND: $8,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetWASHINGTON PARK CITIZENS ASSOCIATION INC: $8,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND VOLUNTEERS: $6,500 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S FRIEND AND SERVICE: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF RI INC: $5,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLUCY'S HEARTH: $5,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budget134 Collaborative: $5,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetNORTH KINGSTOWN FOOD PANTRY INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCOMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RHODE ISLAND FREE CLINIC INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMARTIN LUTHER KING COMMUNITY CENTER INCORPORATED: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVisiting Nurse Services of Newport and Bristol Counties Inc: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COLLABORATIVE SERVICES: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS RHODE ISLAND INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJOHN CLARKE RETIREMENT CENTER: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDORCAS INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHODE ISLAND INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLOTHES TO KIDS RI INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJAMES L MAHER CENTER: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOJOURNER HOUSE INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE OF RHODE ISLAND INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING AROUND MINISTRIES INC TURNING AROUND MINISTRIES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCAMP RUGGLES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITIES FOR PEOPLE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEDERAL HILL HOUSE ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JONNYCAKE CENTER OF WESTERLY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAE ORGANIZATION INC: $500 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.

The Rhode Island Comm…The Champlin Foundati…United Way of Rhode I…Harry M Miriam C Will…Ida Ballou Littlefiel…Washington Trust Co C…June Rockwell Levy Fo…Banknewport Charitabl…Centreville Savings B…Citizens Charitable F…Amica Companies Found…Rhode Island Communit…
The Rhode Island Community FoundationRI66.7× affinity32 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Rhode Island Community Foundation · The Champlin Foundation · United Way of Rhode Island Inc · Harry M Miriam C Will C Horton F · Ida Ballou Littlefield Memorial Trust · Washington Trust Co Charitable Fdn · June Rockwell Levy Foundation Incorporated · Banknewport Charitable Foundation Inc · Centreville Savings Bank Charitable Foundation · Citizens Charitable Foundation · Amica Companies Foundation · Rhode Island Community Food Bank Association

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 Uw Urania C Sherburne funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Uw Urania C Sherburne. 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%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 43%
  • Communities for People Inc: 43% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 52 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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