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Webster Family 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.

$5k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$24kEnvironment$21kEducation$14kAnimals$8kHealth$8kReligion$6kFood & Nutrition$4kPublic Benefit$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$105
Median grant
6
States reached
$110k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Darthmouth College Fund$2,500
World Central Soup Kitchen$418
SHORELINE KITCHEN NETWORK FOR GOOD$400
Lynde Point Land Trust$400
First Congregational Church of Old$250
Connecticut River Conservancy$206
NEW LONDON HOMELESS HOSPITALITY CEN$118
Alzheimer's Foundation of America$105
Save The Sound CT Fund$104
Planned Parenthood Fed of America$103
Doctors Without Boarders$100
Fenwick Improvement Fund$100
Firends of Darthmouth Rowing$100
Darthmouth '65$65
Individual grant recipient$60
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 (FY18–24, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FAMILY & CHILDRENS AGEN: $1k → 9%Estuary Council of Seniors: $2k → 7%Estuary Council of Seniors: $100 → 7%Estuary Council of Seniors: $100 → 7%Estuary Council of Seniors: $100 → 7%ESTUARY COUNCIL SENIORS: $100 → 7%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

VT
NH
NY
MA
CT
CA
CO
NE
MO
VA
MD
KS
DC
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.
$77k · 25 repeat orgs$22k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +55% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
51

Total granted

$77k
$22k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+13%

Still filing today

56%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $578 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
EnvironmentHealthHuman ServicesInternationalArts & CultureEducationOther
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

  • CA
    CONNECTICUT AUDUBON SOCIETY INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $8k · revenue +121%
  • CONNECTICUT RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $6k · revenue +56%
  • FI
    FENWICK IMPROVEMENT FUND INC
    7× · 2018–2025 · $3k · revenue ×14

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $3k
  • FC
    FIRST CONGRETION CHURCH
    one grant, 2018 · $2k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
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
The Adirondack Council Inc

The adirondack council ensures the ecological integrity (clean water and air, wildlife habitat, etc.), wild character (solitude, scenic beauty, etc.), and vibrant communities of new york's six-million-acre adirondack park. the adirondack…

Environment
2
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
3
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
4
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
5
Wildlands Trust Inc

The wildlands trust works throughout southeastern massachusetts to conserve and permanently protect native habitats, farmland, and lands of high ecologic and scenic value that serve to keep our communities healthy and our residents…

Environment
6
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
7
American Astronomical Society

The american astronomical society (aas), established in 1899, is the major organization of professional astronomers in north america. the basic objective of the aas is to promote the advancement of astronomy and closely related branches of…

Science & Tech
8
Northeast Wilderness Trust Corporation

Northeast wilderness trust is a regional land trust working to preserve and restore forever-wild landscapes for nature and people in new york, vermont, new hampshire, maine, massachusetts and connecticut.

Environment
9
Amazon Conservation Association

Amazon conservation unites science, people, and innovation to protect the amazon - the greatest wild forest on earth. as guardians of the most iconic forest on the planet, we bring together the power of the latest science and technology…

Environment
10
Dutchess Land Conservancy Inc

Dutchess land conservancy (dlc) is dedicated to preserving the scenic, agricultural and environmental resources of dutchess county, new york, and the surrounding area. dlc, as a private non-profit land conservation organization, carries…

Environment
11
Sudbury Valley Trustees Inc

Sudbury valley trustees, inc. ("the organization") works to protect natural areas and farmland for wildlife and people in the 36 communities that surround the sudbury, assabet, and concord rivers. the organization cares for some of the…

Environment
12
Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc

The nantucket conservation foundation owns, protects, and stewards over 9,000 acres of land and coastal shoreline, conserves nantucket's rare and significant natural resources, and engages in impactful ecological research to inform…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Rockfall Foundation. 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

29 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. 29 of the 81 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
21/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Family Children Agency: $19,000 · OtherFamily Children AgencyDarthmouth College Fund: $12,000 · OtherDarthmouth College FundIndividual grant recipient: $4,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $2,500 · OtherFirst Congregational Church of Old: $2,250 · OtherTHE SHORELINE SOUP KITCHENS & PANTRIES INC: $2,300 · Other+59 more: $24,928 · Other+59 moreCONNECTICUT AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $7,798 · EnvironmentCONNECTICUT AUD…CONNECTICUT RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL INC: $5,906 · EnvironmentCONNECTICUT RIV…+3 more: $250 · EnvironmentLYNDE POINT LAND TRUST INC: $5,550 · Community ImprovementPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $2,203 · HealthDartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center: $1,500 · HealthALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $780 · HealthESTUARY COUNCIL OF SENIORS INC: $2,400 · Human ServicesFAMILY & CHILDREN'S AGENCY INC: $1,050 · Human Services+1 more: $25 · Human ServicesFENWICK IMPROVEMENT FUND INC: $3,325 · PhilanthropyTrustees of Dartmouth College: $1,165 · EducationTHE ROCKFALL FOUNDATION: $1,150 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND: $150 · Education
Other$67,478Environment$13,954Community Improvement$5,550Health$4,483Human Services$3,475Philanthropy$3,325Education$2,465

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCONNECTICUT AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $7,798 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCONNECTICUT RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL INC: $5,906 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLYNDE POINT LAND TRUST INC: $5,550 over 8y, 14% of budgetFENWICK IMPROVEMENT FUND INC: $3,325 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetESTUARY COUNCIL OF SENIORS INC: $2,400 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SHORELINE SOUP KITCHENS & PANTRIES INC: $2,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $2,203 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DARTMOUTH INC: $1,320 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTrustees of Dartmouth College: $1,165 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROCKFALL FOUNDATION: $1,150 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFAMILY & CHILDREN'S AGENCY INC: $1,050 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $780 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOLD SAYBROOK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL SKIING HISTORY ASSOCIATION: $149 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOLD SAYBROOK LAND TRUST INC: $100 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE THE SOUND: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB: $44 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $40 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $25 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.

  • Who funds CONNECTICUT AUDUBON SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTICUT RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds LYNDE POINT LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds FENWICK IMPROVEMENT FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds ESTUARY COUNCIL OF SENIORS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SHORELINE SOUP KITCHENS & PANTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds THE DARTMOUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds Trustees of Dartmouth College ↗
  • Who funds THE ROCKFALL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY & CHILDREN'S AGENCY INC ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds TREVOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC ↗

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.

E Clayton and Edith P…The Pfizer Foundation…Donor Advised Charita…National Philanthropi…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
E Clayton and Edith P Gengras Jr Foundation IncCT15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: E Clayton and Edith P Gengras Jr Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Webster Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Webster Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 40%
  • Old Saybrook Land Trust Inc: 56% of income from government
  • Family & Children's Agency Inc: 47% of income from government
  • Connecticut River Watershed Council Inc: 40% of income from government
  • Save the Sound: 37% of income from government
  • Connecticut Audubon Society Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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 81 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home