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Van Peltbass Foundation at a glance

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Van Peltbass Foundation

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.

$8k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2024.

International$252kEducation$167kReligion$29kHealth$26kHuman Services$9kArts & Culture$8kFood & Nutrition$4kCivil Rights$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$410
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$4,660
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING$1,500
BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE$500
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART$410
BIT BY BIT$250
THE 92ND STREET Y$250
AMRICAN FRIENDS MAGEN DAVID$200
THE HUMANE SOCIETY$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 (FY17–24, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BIT BY BIT: $2k → 13%BIT BY BIT: $2k → 13%BIT BY BIT: $2k → 13%BIT BY BIT: $2k → 13%BIT BY BIT: $1k → 13%BIT BY BIT: $500 → 13%BIT BY BIT: $250 → 13%TEENS FOR FOOD JUSTICE: $500 → 17%TEENS FOR FOOD JUSTICE: $100 → 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
NY
MA
PA
NJ
MD
NC
DC
TX
FL
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$421k · 20 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
34

Total granted

$421k
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+28%

Still filing today

60%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationFood & NutritionArts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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

  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2017–2022 · $100k · revenue +64%
  • BI
    Bit-By-Bit Inc
    7× · 2017–2024 · $8k · revenue +23%
  • DR
    DIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $8k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • WC
    WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • RC
    RIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL INC
    one grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue +9%
  • FN
    FUTURE NOW FUND
    one grant, 2020 · $1k
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
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
2
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
3
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
4
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
5
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
6
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
7
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
8
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
9
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
10
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
11
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
12
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is God's Love We Deliver Inc; the most unlike its peers is Texas Diaper Bank. 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

33 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. 33 of the 57 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/33
Grantees still filing
25/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL (PSI) - MAVERICK NEXT: $250,500 · OtherPOPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL (PSI) - MAVERICK NEXTTEMPLE SHAARAY TEFILA: $28,370 · OtherTEMPLE SHAARAY TEFILA+32 more: $34,906 · Other+32 moreJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $100,364 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $61,540 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYL…+3 more: $4,600 · EducationDIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 · Health+7 more: $1,221 · HealthBit-By-Bit Inc: $8,050 · Human ServicesTEENS FOR FOOD JUSTICE INC: $600 · Human ServicesBOCA HELPING HANDS INC: $2,950 · Food & NutritionGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC: $300 · Food & NutritionJOYJ INITIATIVE: $250 · Food & NutritionTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $3,250 · Religion+1 more: $35 · ReligionMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $2,110 · Arts & CultureMuseum of Modern Art: $85 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $12 · Arts & Culture
Other$313,776Education$166,504Health$9,221Human Services$8,650Food & Nutrition$3,500Religion$3,285Arts & Culture$2,207

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 budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $100,364 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $61,540 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBit-By-Bit Inc: $8,050 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetDIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $3,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBOCA HELPING HANDS INC: $2,950 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $2,850 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Frick Collection: $2,550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $2,110 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBIA GRAMMAR AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINWOOD CHARITIES FUND INC: $645 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTEENS FOR FOOD JUSTICE INC: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKIND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEMOS A NETWORK FOR IDEAS AND ACTION LTD: $261 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS DIAPER BANK: $258 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetESOPHAGEAL CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $258 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIMPACT MELANOMA INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOYJ INITIATIVE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PINK AGENDA INC: $155 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DOE FUND INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $85 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $45 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRepairers of the Breach: $35 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $12 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.

The Pfizer Foundation…The Blackbaud Giving …National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Pfizer Foundation IncNY11.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Impact Melanoma Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
6report 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
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.
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How do I get to Van Peltbass Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Van Peltbass Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 57 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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