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William C Young Family Foundation at a glance

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William C Young 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.

$69k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$35k
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.

Health$70kReligion$59kEnvironment$37kArts & Culture$26kEducation$13kHousing & Shelter$11kInternational$10kCommunity Improvement$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $45k
$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$507k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BLOCK ISLAND MEDICAL CENTER$35,000
PARTNERS IN HEALTH$10,000
BLOCK ISLAND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT$7,000
THE TENEMENT MUSEUM$5,000
HARBOR BAPTIST CHURCH$3,300
BLOCK ISLAND CONSERVANCY$3,000
MARY D FUND$1,000
BLOCK ISLAND EARLY LEARNING CENTER$1,000
RHODE ISLAND NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM$1,000
ANIMAL CARE CENTERS OF NYC$1,000
CT FARMLAND TRUST$500
CONSERFEST$500
BLOCK ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL$500
ST ANDREWS PARISH$300
02The need
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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 (FY25–25, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MARY D FUND: $1k → 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

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NY
MA
NJ
CT
RI
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.
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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 6% of William C Young Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

William C Young Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 5.7% directed abroad (not shown)
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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$184k · 16 repeat orgs$65k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
14

Total granted

$184k
$39k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+60%

Still filing today

63%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

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EnvironmentArts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyAnimalsEducationOther
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

  • PS
    Pastor & Standing Comm South Congregation Church
    2× · 2017–2023 · $11k · revenue +11%
  • CF
    CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE TRAVEL
    2× · 2017–2018 · $10k · revenue +5%
  • BI
    BLOCK ISLAND HEALTH SERVICES INC
    2× · 2018–2020 · $5k · revenue +408%

Funded once

  • FB
    FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • TM
    THE MUSIC SERIES AT SOUTH CHURCH
    one grant, 2023 · $6k
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE ISLAND FREE LIBRARY
    one grant, 2023 · $6k
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.

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Preserve Rhode Island

Preserve ri's vision is a future where historic preservation creates positive change, making our diverse cultures, the environment, and the economy better for the people who live, visit and work in rhode island. preserve ri's mission is to…

Arts & Culture
2
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
3
Connecticut Humane Society

The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.

Animals
4
Land Conservancy of Ridgefield Inc

The Land Conservancy of Ridgefield, Inc. ("the Land Conservancy"), founded in 1967, preserves and protects, for the general benefit of the public, Ridgefield, Connecticut's natural resources including land and water resources, the plant…

Environment
5
Rhode Island Zoological Society

To serve the community as a valued resource for education, conservation and recreation.

Animals
6
Wilton Land Conservation Trust

Protecting, enhancing and conserving open spaces encompassing meadows, woodlands, wetlands, and waterways in the town of wilton ct.

Environment
7
Islesboro Islands Trust

The mission of Islesboro Islands Trust is to enhance the quality of residents' lives through the preservation of open space, educate all residents as to the value of the island's natural ecosystems, and act as an environmental advocate on…

Philanthropy
8
Congress of the Birds

None

Animals
9
Kennebunk Land Trust

Kennebunk Land Trust's mission is to permanently conserve and steward land to benefit natural and human communities.

Environment
10
The Chorus of Westerly Inc

The Chorus of Westerly is a community based volunteer organization that provides musical education, presents various musical performances throughout the year and holds an annual children's workshop in choral music

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11
Audubon Society of Rhode Island

The mission of the audubon society of rhode island is to protect birds, other wildlife and their habitats through conservation, education and advocacy, for the benefit of all people and living things.

Environment
12
Natural History Institute

Natural History Institute is organized to provide leadership and resources for a revitalized practice of natural history that integrates art, science, and humanities to promote the health and well-being of humans and the rest of the…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Connecticut Audubon Society Inc; the most unlike its peers is Block Island Film Festival. 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

24 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 24 of the 39 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/24
Grantees still filing
14/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BLOCK ISLAND MEDICAL CENTER: $60,000 · OtherBLOCK ISLAND MEDICAL CENTERFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH: $30,000 · OtherFIRST BAPTIST CHURCHCONSERFEST: $18,696 · OtherCONSERFESTHARBOR BAPTIST CHURCH: $18,300 · OtherHARBOR BAPTIST CHURCHBLUES ON THE BLOCK: $10,500 · OtherBLUES ON THE BLOCKFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH: $10,000 · OtherFIRST BAPTIST CHURCHBLOCK ISLAND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: $7,000 · Other+16 more: $28,940 · Other+16 moreCENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE TRAVEL: $10,000 · EnvironmentCENTER FOR…BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $4,500 · EnvironmentBIODIVERSI…CONNECTICUT AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $4,100 · EnvironmentCONNECTICU…BLOCK ISLAND CONSERVANCY INC: $3,500 · EnvironmentBLOCK ISLA…PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $10,000 · HealthBLOCK ISLAND HEALTH SERVICES INC: $5,300 · Health+1 more: $100 · HealthPastor & Standing Comm South Congregation Church: $10,500 · Housing & ShelterUNITED WAY OF WEST CENTRAL CONNECTICUT INC: $3,500 · PhilanthropyFONDOS UNIDOS DE PUERTO RICO INC & UNITED WAY PUERTO RICO: $3,000 · PhilanthropyTERRYVILLE LIONS CHARITIES INC: $1,000 · PhilanthropyLOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM: $5,000 · Arts & CultureBlock Island Film Festival: $1,000 · Arts & CultureCONNECTICUT CHORAL ARTISTS INC: $500 · Arts & CultureINSTITUTO NUEVA ESCUELA INC: $3,000 · EducationBLOCK ISLAND EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $1,000 · Education
Other$183,436Environment$22,100Health$15,400Housing & Shelter$10,500Philanthropy$7,500Arts & Culture$6,500Education$4,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPastor & Standing Comm South Congregation Church: $10,500 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetCENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE TRAVEL: $10,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOCK ISLAND HEALTH SERVICES INC: $5,300 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIODIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCONNECTICUT AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $4,100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBLOCK ISLAND CONSERVANCY INC: $3,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF WEST CENTRAL CONNECTICUT INC: $3,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetINSTITUTO NUEVA ESCUELA INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRHODE ISLAND NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY: $2,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBlock Island Film Festival: $1,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetTERRYVILLE LIONS CHARITIES INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JONNYCAKE CENTER OF WESTERLY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLOCK ISLAND EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL OF NEW YORK CITY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RAPTOR TRUST: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK SAYS THANK YOU FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCONNECTICUT CHORAL ARTISTS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLOVE146 INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConnecticut Farmland Trust Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 Bluestone Foundat…The Rhode Island Comm…Aetna Foundation IncJames & Lisa Lillie C…The Bank of America C…The Pfizer Foundation…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Paypal Charitable Giv…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
The Bluestone FoundationCT17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bluestone Foundation · The Rhode Island Community Foundation · Aetna Foundation Inc · James & Lisa Lillie Charitable Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 William C Young Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William C Young Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • LOVE146 Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Connecticut Farmland Trust Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Connecticut Audubon Society Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 39 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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