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Vassar College

The mission of VASSAR COLLEGE is to make accessible "the means of a thorough, well-proportioned and liberal education" that inspires each individual to lead a purposeful life.

$85M
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$101k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$249kHuman Services$115kYouth Development$41kCommunity Improvement$16kFood & Nutrition$14kArts & Culture$9kHousing & Shelter$9kHealth$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $136,670, the rows itemized in this filing. The $85,009,408 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $84,872,738 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $35k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $101k
$6,610
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.0B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CLIMATE VAULT INC$101,230
THE ART EFFECT OF THE HUDSON VALLEY INC$9,000
BRIELLE GRACE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION INC$6,610
ANGELS OF LIGHT$6,610
DUTCHESS COUNTY PRIDE CENTER INC$6,610
ULSTER IMMIGRANT DEFENSE NETWORK INC$6,610
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 (FY18–25, $74k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 28% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Boys & Girls Club of Newburgh Inc: $8k → 14%ULSTER IMMIGRANT DEFENSE NETWORK INC: $7k → 16%Ulster Immigrant Defense Network Inc: $7k → 16%Grace Smith House: $9k → 9%Dutchess Outreach Inc: $8k → 9%Dutchess County Pride Center Inc: $8k → 9%Dutchess County Pride Center Inc: $7k → 9%DUTCHESS COUNTY PRIDE CENTER INC: $7k → 9%ANGELS OF LIGHT: $7k → 9%Dutchess County Pride Center Inc: $8k → 9%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.
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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 86% of Vassar College’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 48% of the giving stays in NY; by stated purpose, 14%.

Vassar Collegelessmore 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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$392k · 7 repeat orgs$85k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
9

Total granted

$392k
$63k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+13%

Still filing today

86%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k 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 ServicesCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyEducationOther
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

  • FS
    FAMILY SERVICES INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $45k · revenue +269%
  • DC
    DUTCHESS COUNTY PRIDE CENTER INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $30k · revenue +138%
  • GS
    GRACE SMITH HOUSE INC
    3× · 2018–2023 · $21k · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • PA
    POUGHKEEPSIE ALLIANCE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +102% · 28% of their budget
  • HR
    HUDSON RIVER HOUSING INC
    one grant, 2024 · $9k · revenue 0%
  • DO
    DUTCHESS OUTREACH INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $8k · revenue +39%
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
Lifting Up Westchester Inc

Lifting Up Westchester, Inc. provides life-changing support to people who have lost their housing or are struggling to meet other basic needs. They partner with those they serve to build a more secure future for themselves and their…

Housing & Shelter
2
Children's Home of Poughkeepsie Inc

The children's home of poughkeepsie is one of the oldest child welfare agencies in the nation. on january 21, 1847, a group of poughkeepsie women met to form the female guardian society to care for the poor, abandoned and neglected in…

Human Services
3
Hudson Valley Lgbtq Community Center Inc

As a safe, supportive environment, the Hudson Valley LBGTQ Community Center provides services, professional resources, and programs that unite the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-gender, and queer community across lines of age, race, gender,…

Human Services
4
Unity House of Troy Inc

Provides programs dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for people living in poverty, adults with mental illness, victims of domestic violence, children with developmental delays and their families, people living with hiv-aids, and…

Health
5
Fearless Hudson Valley Inc

Prevention of domestic violence and assistance to those affected by domestic violence.

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6
The Unity Hospital of Rochester

See schedule oto make a positive difference in the lives and health status of individuals in the city of rochester, ny and western monroe county. we will educate our community, our providers, and future health care professionals in order…

Health
7
Legal Assistance of Western New York Inc

Lawny increases access to justice through excellent legal representation, advocacy and service.

Crime & Legal
8
Literacy New York Inc

Leads and supports adult literacy initiatives through enhancing the capacity of providers, engaging volunteers in service, creating public awareness and building more literate communities.

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9
Ulster County Community Action Committee Inc

Serving the most in need in ulster county. our program services are designed to respond to changing community needs, to strengthen families, to foster opportunities for education and training, to increase employability, to initiate…

Human Services
10
Women Rising Inc

Women rising, inc. is the foremost community based organization for women in hudson county. women rising, inc. assists women and their families to achieve self sufficiency and live safe, productive and fulfilling lives, through social…

Human Services
11
Gouverneur Hospital

Our mission is to provide skilled, compassionate, cost-effective care that promotes wellness and meets the community's healthcare needs.

Health
12
United Way of Northern New Yorkinc

To unite communities, resources, and partners to collaboratively address local needs, foster impactful programming, and enhance quality of life.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region Inc; the most unlike its peers is Community Matters 2 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

19 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/19
Grantees still filing
11/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CLIMATE VAULT: $249,129 · EnvironmentCLIMATE VAULTFAMILY SERVICES INC: $44,812 · OtherFAMILY SERVICES INCFinish Strong Wellness Center: $22,128 · OtherFinish Strong Wellness …HUDSON RIVER HOUSING INC: $8,568 · OtherHUDSON RIVER HOUSING IN…ELEANOR ROOSEVELT CENTER AT VAL-KILL INC: $6,000 · OtherELEANOR ROOSEVELT CENTE…POUGHKEEPSIE FARM PROJECT: $5,500 · OtherPOUGHKEEPSIE FARM PROJE…UNITED WAY OF THE DUTCHESS-ORANGE REGION INC: $6,044 · OtherUNITED WAY OF THE DUTCH…Ulster Literacy Association Inc: $5,298 · OtherUlster Literacy Associa…DUTCHESS COUNTY PRIDE CENTER INC: $29,538 · Human ServicesDUTCHESS COUNTY PRID…GRACE SMITH HOUSE INC: $21,393 · Human ServicesGRACE SMITH HOUSE IN…ULSTER IMMIGRANT DEFENSE NETWORK: $13,110 · Human ServicesULSTER IMMIGRANT DEF…DUTCHESS OUTREACH INC: $8,214 · Human ServicesDUTCHESS OUTREACH IN…BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF NEWBURGH INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB …ANGELS OF LIGHT INC: $6,610 · Human ServicesANGELS OF LIGHT INCPOUGHKEEPSIE ALLIANCE INC: $10,000 · Community ImprovementCommunity Matters 2 Inc: $5,500 · Community ImprovementREAL SKILLS NETWORK INC: $11,694 · Youth DevelopmentTHE ART EFFECT OF THE HUDSON VALLEY INC: $9,000 · Arts & CultureBRIELLE GRACE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $6,610 · Health
Environment$249,129Other$98,350Human Services$86,365Community Improvement$15,500Youth Development$11,694Arts & Culture$9,000Health$6,610

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCLIMATE VAULT: $249,129 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetFAMILY SERVICES INC: $44,812 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDUTCHESS COUNTY PRIDE CENTER INC: $29,538 over 4y, 8.7% of budgetGRACE SMITH HOUSE INC: $21,393 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetULSTER IMMIGRANT DEFENSE NETWORK: $13,110 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetREAL SKILLS NETWORK INC: $11,694 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetPOUGHKEEPSIE ALLIANCE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetHUDSON RIVER HOUSING INC: $8,568 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDUTCHESS OUTREACH INC: $8,214 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF NEWBURGH INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBRIELLE GRACE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $6,610 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE DUTCHESS-ORANGE REGION INC: $6,044 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetELEANOR ROOSEVELT CENTER AT VAL-KILL INC: $6,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetPOUGHKEEPSIE FARM PROJECT: $5,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUlster Literacy Association Inc: $5,298 over 1y, 1.8% 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.

Community Foundations…The Dyson FoundationUnited Way of the Dut…Ulster Savings Charit…The Ascienzo Family F…Jane W Nuhn Charitabl…The Treehouse Foundat…Charles D Fleischman …Helen's Hope Foundati…James J McCann Charit…Field Hall FoundationHenry L Kimelman Fami…
Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley IncNY38.4× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley Inc · The Dyson Foundation · United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region Inc · Ulster Savings Charitable Foundation · The Ascienzo Family Foundation · Jane W Nuhn Charitable Trust · The Treehouse Foundation of the Hudson Valley Inc · Charles D Fleischman Charitable Trust · Helen's Hope Foundation · James J McCann Charitable Trust · Field Hall Foundation · Henry L Kimelman Family 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 Vassar College funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Vassar College. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 19 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 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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