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Valley Charitable Trust

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.

$336k
Granted FY2024still arriving
53
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2024.

Arts & Culture$970kEducation$246kEnvironment$153kHealth$122kInternational$104kYouth Development$68kHuman Services$50kReligion$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 53 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k44 grants · $99k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $112k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $125k
$2,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$7.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART$75,000
THE TRUSTEES OF THE NEW YORK SOCIETY LIBRARY$50,000
THE CLEAR FUND$26,200
GRYMES MEMORIAL SCHOOL INC$20,000
PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL$20,000
THE TRUSTEES OF THE NEW YORK SOCIETY LIBRARY$15,000
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART$10,719
ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC$10,000
ORKEESWA INC$10,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA$8,848
TABULA RASA DANCE THEATER INC$5,000
BOTANICAL GARDEN OF THE PIEDMONT$5,000
HENRY L FERGUSON MUSEUM$5,000
MOUNT DESERT NURSING ASSOCIATION$5,000
MONTPELIER FOUNDATION$5,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY20–24, $68k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 79% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%INDIGENOUS EDUCATION FOUNDATION OFTANZANIA: $2k → 11%ORKEESWA INC: $10k → 13%ORKEESWA INC: $12k → 10%INDIGENOUS EDUCATION FOUNDATION OFTANZANIA: $2k → 11%ORKEESWA INC: $3k → 13%ORKEESWA INC: $5k → 10%INDIGENOUS EDUCATION FOUNDATION OFTANZANIA: $100 → 11%LEGAL INFORMATION FOR FAMILIES TODAY: $5k → 20%ORKEESWA INC: $3k → 13%ORKEESWA INC: $2k → 10%ORKEESWA INC: $3k → 13%ORKEESWA INC: $2k → 10%ORKEESWA INC: $2k → 10%OLYMPIA SNOWE WOMENS LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $3k → 7%OLYMPIA SNOWE WOMENS LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $3k → 7%OLYMPIA SNOWE WOMENS LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $3k → 7%OLYMPIA SNOWE WOMENS LEADERSHIP INS: $3k → 7%OLYMPIA SNOWE WOMENS LEADERSHIP INS: $3k → 7%FISHERS ISLAND COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $500 → 7%SEARCH AND CARE INC: $250 → 17%SEARCH AND CARE INC: $250 → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

ME
NY
MA
WY
SD
PA
CA
NE
VA
MD
AZ
TN
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.7M · 52 repeat orgs$73k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +32% since the first grant, against +18% for the ones you funded once.

52 repeat relationships — 36 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

52
20

Total granted

$1.7M
$61k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+18%

Still filing today

92%
90%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TT
    THE TRUSTEES OF THE NEW YORK SOCIETY LIBRARY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $347k · revenue +631%
  • MM
    METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
    5× · 2020–2024 · $276k · revenue +119%
  • GM
    GRYMES MEMORIAL SCHOOL INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $130k · revenue +144%

Funded once

  • TB
    THE BUCKLEY SCHOOL IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +11%
  • FRACTURED ATLAS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $6k · revenue +63%
  • TR
    TABULA RASA INC
    one grant, 2021 · $6k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
2
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
3
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
4
New York Botanical Garden

The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…

Environment
5
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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6
Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)

Arts & Culture
7
Rhode Island School of Design

The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…

Education
8
Governors Island Corporation

The governors island corporation, doing business as the trust for governors island, is the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization created by the city of new york and charged with the planning, redevelopment and ongoing operations of 150…

Animals
9
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Inc

Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…

Arts & Culture
10
Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery

The huntington library, art museum, and botanical gardens shares its world-renowned collections to support scholarship, foster learning, inspire creativity, and offer transformative experiences for diverse audiences.

Arts & Culture
11
New York Studio School

The new york studio school is committed to giving a significant education to the aspiring artist, a preamble to a lifetime's engagement in drawing, painting, and sculpture. (see schedule o for continuation)

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12
Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences dba the Staten Island Museum

Founded in 1881 the Staten Island Museum engages visitors with interdisciplinary exhibitions, public programs, and educational activities for all ages. It is the mission of the Staten Island Museum to spark curiosity and generate…

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New York Landmarks Conservancy Inc and the most unlike its peers is Womens Justice Now. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyLocal History MuseumsEnvironmental Conservation …Youth Development CentersHealth Access Advocacy and …Animal Rescue and ShelterAffordable Housing Developm…Christian Missionary Organi…Women & Girls Leadership De…Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Public Library OperationsFood Banks and PantriesDance Arts OrganizationsJewish Community Organizati…Independent K-12 SchoolsCommunity FoundationsCommunity Arts Centers
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 47 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%0%<5yr14%3%5–10yr20%16%10–20yr19%15%20–35yr13%27%35–55yr16%40%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr14%2%5–10yr20%13%10–20yr19%23%20–35yr13%14%35–55yr16%48%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 1% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1%1/77
the rest of the field
10%
11,857/120,683

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

76 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 76 of the 81 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
75/76
Grantees still filing
57/76
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART — $276,019 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ARTHenry L Ferguson Museum — $46,062 · Arts & CultureHenry L Ferguson MuseumSOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION — $30,000 · Arts & CultureARTS CENTER IN ORANGE INC — $27,800 · Arts & CultureWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART — $27,500 · Arts & CultureTABULA RASA DANCE THEATER INC — $27,000 · Arts & CultureMONTPELIER FOUNDATION — $25,000 · Arts & CultureVictoria Mansion — $25,000 · Arts & Culture+18 more — $80,171 · Arts & Culture+18 moreTHE TRUSTEES OF THE NEW YORK SOCIETY LIBRARY — $346,850 · OtherTHE TRUSTEES OF THE NEW YORK SOCIE…The Frick Collection — $53,000 · OtherThe Frick CollectionBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA — $43,848 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL VIRG…+21 more — $99,269 · Other+21 moreGRYMES MEMORIAL SCHOOL INC — $130,000 · EducationGRYMES MEMORIAL…Resurrection Episcopal Day School — $27,800 · EducationResurrection Ep…FISHERS ISLAND LIBRARY ASSOCIATION — $23,530 · EducationFISHERS ISLAND …TRUSTEES OF PHILLIPS ACADEMY — $12,500 · EducationTHE CHAPIN SCHOOL LTD — $12,100 · EducationTHE BUCKLEY SCHOOL IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK — $10,000 · Education+8 more — $20,500 · Education+8 moreTHE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL — $105,000 · EnvironmentFISHERS ISLAND CONSERVANCY INC — $15,000 · EnvironmentBOTANICAL GARDEN OF THE PIEDMONT — $15,000 · Environment+1 more — $3,000 · EnvironmentOrange Free Clinic Inc — $40,000 · HealthMOUNT DESERT NURSING ASSOC — $27,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $16,500 · HealthISLAND HEALTH PROJECT INC — $16,000 · HealthMOUNT DESERT ISLAND HOSPITAL — $15,000 · Health+2 more — $3,500 · HealthTHE CLEAR FUND — $92,913 · PhilanthropyORKEESWA INC — $48,500 · Human ServicesOlympia Snowe Women's Leadership Institute — $13,500 · Human ServicesFAMILY LEGAL CARE INC — $5,000 · Human Services+2 more — $1,000 · Human Services
Arts & Culture$564,552Other$542,967Education$236,430Environment$138,000Health$118,000Philanthropy$92,913Human Services$68,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF THE NEW YORK SOCIETY LIBRARY — $346,850 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART — $276,019 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGRYMES MEMORIAL SCHOOL INC — $130,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetTHE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL — $105,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetTHE CLEAR FUND — $92,913 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Frick Collection — $53,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetORKEESWA INC — $48,500 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetHenry L Ferguson Museum — $46,062 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA — $43,848 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetOrange Free Clinic Inc — $40,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetSOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION — $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetResurrection Episcopal Day School — $27,800 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetARTS CENTER IN ORANGE INC — $27,800 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART — $27,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNT DESERT NURSING ASSOC — $27,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTABULA RASA DANCE THEATER INC — $27,000 over 4y, 8.7% of budgetMONTPELIER FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetVictoria Mansion — $25,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetFISHERS ISLAND LIBRARY ASSOCIATION — $23,530 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $16,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetISLAND HEALTH PROJECT INC — $16,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM — $16,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFISHERS ISLAND CONSERVANCY INC — $15,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetBOTANICAL GARDEN OF THE PIEDMONT — $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMOUNT DESERT ISLAND HOSPITAL — $15,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOlympia Snowe Women's Leadership Institute — $13,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTRUSTEES OF PHILLIPS ACADEMY — $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHAPIN SCHOOL LTD — $12,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE CLUB — $10,200 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BUCKLEY SCHOOL IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC — $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CLIMATE PARTNERS — $9,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTHE LIGHTHOUSE WORKS INC — $8,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCOLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC — $7,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION INC — $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSEVEN WEST FORTY THIRD STREET FOUNDATION — $6,500 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetNORTHEAST HARBOR LIBRARY — $6,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC — $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO — $5,861 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THIRTEEN INC — $5,200 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE UPPER EAST SIDE HISTORIC DISTRICTS INC — $5,125 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCHANCES FOR CHILDREN — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAFRICAN ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCHANCES FOR CHILDREN - NY INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetANIMAL RESCUE FUND OF THE HAMPTONS INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY LEGAL CARE INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWORKS AND PROCESS INC — $4,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budget564 PARK AVENUE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION — $4,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Florence V Burden Fou…The Willinphila Found…The New York Communit…The Bessemer Giving F…Valley Foundation IncSusanna Porter & Jame…The Achelis & Bodman …Charlottesville Area …Janet Stone Jones Fou…W L Lyons Brown Jr Ch…The Widgeon Point Cha…Maine Community Found…
Florence V Burden FoundationNY26× affinity10 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Florence V Burden Foundation · The Willinphila Foundation · The New York Community Trust · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Valley Foundation Inc · Susanna Porter & James Clark Giving Fund · The Achelis & Bodman Foundation Co Manice & Budd LLP · Charlottesville Area Community Foundation · Janet Stone Jones Foundation · W L Lyons Brown Jr Charitable Foundation · The Widgeon Point Charitable Foundation · Maine Community Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Valley Charitable Trust funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College — 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
21report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 81 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

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