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William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund at a glance

· Private foundation

William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$5.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
167
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$118k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$7.9MCivil Rights$4.4MPhilanthropy$3.5MHuman Services$3.3MHealth$3.3MCrime & Legal$2.7MCommunity Improvement$2.6MYouth Development$2.4MOther$0
02FY2024 · 167 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k74 grants · $418k
  • $10k–50k53 grants · $1.3M
  • $50k–250k40 grants · $3.4M
$10,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$121M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CERCLE$118,125
BRIDGEPORT GENERATION NOW$118,125
RACCE INC$103,250
HEARING YOUTH VOICES$101,250
CT BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS UNION$101,250
ALL OUR KIN$101,250
CITYWIDE YOUTH COALITION INC$101,250
HEARING YOUTH VOICES$101,250
SERC FOUNDATION$101,250
MAKE THE ROAD CONNECTICUT$101,250
RELAY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION$101,250
SERC FOUNDATION$101,250
CITYWIDE YOUTH COALITION INC$101,250
CT BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS UNION$101,250
RE-CENTER$101,250
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 (FY17–24, $3.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 58% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MAKE THE ROAD STATES INC: $112k → 20%MAKE THE ROAD STATES INC: $100k → 13%BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY: $100k → 9%BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY: $100k → 9%BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY: $100k → 9%BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY: $100k → 9%BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY: $100k → 9%BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY: $35k → 9%BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY: $20k → 9%URBAN CONCEPTS INC: $83k → 9%URBAN CONCEPTS INC: $80k → 9%URBAN CONCEPTS: $48k → 9%URBAN CONCEPTS: $33k → 9%URBAN CONCEPTS: $33k → 9%CATHOLIC CHARITIES ARCHDIOCESE OF HARTFORD: $25k → 11%CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY ACTION: $25k → 12%CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $25k → 12%CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION FOR HUMAN SERVICES: $75k → 11%CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION FOR HUMAN SERVICES: $75k → 11%CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION FOR HUMAN SERVICES: $50k → 11%CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION FOR HUMAN SERVICES: $50k → 11%HOPE FOR NEW HAVEN: $118k → 12%CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION FOR HUMAN SERVICES: $25k → 11%HOPE FOR NEW HAVEN: $100k → 12%HOPE FOR NEW HAVEN: $75k → 12%THE PROSPERITY FOUNDATION INC: $55k → 12%THE PROSPERITY FOUNDATION INC: $55k → 12%HOPE FOR NEW HAVEN INC: $54k → 12%HOPE FOR NEW HAVEN INC: $54k → 12%HOPE FOR NEW HAVEN: $50k → 12%HOPE FOR NEW HAVEN INC: $50k → 12%HOPE FOR NEW HAVEN INC: $50k → 12%HOPE FOR NEW HAVEN INC: $50k → 12%HOPE FOR NEW HAVEN INC: $50k → 12%HOPE FOR NEW HAVEN INC: $50k → 12%THE PROSPERITY FOUNDATION INC: $28k → 12%THE PROSPERITY FOUNDATION INC: $28k → 12%THE PROSPERITY FOUNDATION: $28k → 12%THE PROSPERITY FOUNDATION INC: $28k → 12%THE PROSPERITY FOUNDATION: $28k → 12%THE PROSPERITY FOUNDATION: $28k → 12%CONNECTICUT VOICES FOR CHILDREN: $87k → 12%THE PROSPERITY FOUNDATION: $25k → 12%CONNECTICUT VOICES FOR CHILDREN: $87k → 12%THE PROSPERITY FOUNDATION: $25k → 12%CONNECTICUT VOICES FOR CHILDREN: $75k → 12%CONNECTICUT VOICES FOR CHILDREN: $35k → 12%CONNECTICUT VOICES FOR CHILDREN: $35k → 12%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
WA
MI
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
MD
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 15% of William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 90% of the giving stays in CT; by stated purpose, 87%.

William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fundlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 3.1% 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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$29M · 148 repeat orgs$4.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

148 repeat relationships: 40 still active in FY2024, 108 since wound down; 55 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

148
243

Total granted

$29M
$2.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+26%

Still filing today

80%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.4M 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
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • AB
    A BETTER WAY FOUNDATION ABWF INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.6M · revenue +898% · 50% of their budget
  • FF
    FAITHACTS FOR EDUCATION INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +188%
  • CY
    CITYWIDE YOUTH COALITION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $958k · revenue +294% · 52% of their budget

Funded once

  • MT
    MAKE THE ROAD STATES INC
    one grant, 2023 · $236k
  • MT
    Make the Road New York
    one grant, 2020 · $135k · revenue -21%
  • SA
    SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC
    one grant, 2023 · $120k · revenue +8%
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
Connecticut Housing Coalition Inc

The connecticut housing coalition works to expand housing opportunity and to increase the quantity and quality of affordable housing available to people with low and moderate incomes in connecticut through advocacy, education and…

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2
New Haven Works Inc

To grow the local economy and improve economic stability in all communities by providing employers with a trained and qualified workforce and connecting residents to jobs.

Education
3
Connecticut Citizen Action Group Inc

We encourage Connecticut residents to participate in government and their communities and we conduct public interest lobbying to advocate for consumer and environmental concerns.

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4
The Connecticut Center for Nursing Workforce Inc

To foster collaborations to ensure a highly educated, diverse and sustainable nursing workforce to support the healthcare needs of connecticut residents.

Health
5
The Community Action Agency of Western Connecticut Inc

The community action agency of western connecticut is a private non-profit corporation serving western connecticut. its primary purpose is to operate a multi-purpose organization to combat poverty and promote self sufficiency among low…

Community Improvement
6
Community Health Services Inc

To provide medical services for the residents of the greater hartford connecticut area. to provide quality health care services to low and moderate income individuals in the greater hartford connecticut area regardless of ability to pay.

Health
7
Community Residences Inc

Housing and programs for persons with intellectual disabilities.

Human Services
8
Social Impact Partners Inc

Social Impact Partners ("SIP") is an innovative nonprofit organization dedicated to closing the opportunity divide in Connecticut by expanding pathways to living wage jobs and economic mobility for all, working with partners across the…

Human Services
9
The Connecticut Project Inc

The connecticut project, a 501c3 organization, brings together people, ideas, and resources to build opportunity.

Community Improvement
10
Mental Health Connecticut Inc

Mhc partners with individuals, their families, and surrounding communities to create environments that support long-term health and wellness.

Health
11
Connecticut Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc

Empower a statewide network of caring, consistent volunteer court appointed special advocates to advance the best interests of children who have experienced abuse or neglect so every child can find a safe, permanent home to thrive.

Crime & Legal
12
New Neighborhoods Inc

New neighborhoods, inc.'s purpose is to develop, redevelop, own and manage quality housing for low and moderate income persons and families and to work to assist in the planning, re-planning, development and improvement of low and moderate…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Norwalk Acts Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Zoom Foundation. 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

340 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. 340 of the 455 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.

20
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
98
Early backer (in before they grew)
323/340
Grantees still filing
232/340
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITYWIDE YOUTH COALITION: $958,000 · OtherCITYWIDE YOUTH COALITIONTHE UNITED WAY OF GREATER WATERBURY INC: $905,220 · OtherTHE UNITED WAY OF GREATER WATERBURY INCCENTER FOR LEADERSHIP AND JUSTICE: $842,000 · OtherCENTER FOR LEADERSHIP AND JUSTICERELAY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION: $761,250 · OtherRE-CENTER: $539,690 · OtherUNITED WE DREAM NETWORK INC: $858,000 · OtherUNITED WE DREAM NETWORK INCSAVE GIRLS ON FYER INC: $590,000 · Other+116 more: $9,779,192 · Other+116 moreTHE SERC FOUNDATION INC: $1,374,389 · EducationTHE SERC FOUNDATION INCFAITHACTS FOR EDUCATION INC: $1,012,000 · EducationFAITHACTS FOR EDUCATION I…ALL OUR KIN INC: $764,589 · EducationALL OUR KIN INCRECENTER RACE & EQUITY IN EDUCATION INC: $630,000 · EducationRECENTER RACE & EQUITY IN…OPEN COMMUNITIES ALLIANCE INC: $549,000 · EducationOPEN COMMUNITIES ALLIANCE…HARTFORD PARENT UNIVERSITY: $547,500 · EducationHARTFORD PARENT UNIVERSIT…RELAY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION: $476,250 · EducationRELAY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF …ACHIEVE HARTFORD INC: $454,250 · EducationACHIEVE HARTFORD INCElm City Montessori School Inc: $364,875 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOUNDATION INC: $287,100 · EducationHIGHER HEIGHTS YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS INC: $255,500 · Education+18 more: $864,691 · Education+18 moreHope for New Haven Inc: $742,675 · Human ServicesHope for N…BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY CORP: $615,000 · Human ServicesBUILDING O…THE PROSPERITY FOUNDATION INC: $412,000 · Human ServicesTHE PROSPE…URBAN CONCEPTS INCORPORATED: $385,500 · Human ServicesURBAN CONC…CONNECTICUT VOICES FOR CHILDREN INC: $346,700 · Human ServicesCONNECTICU…CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION FOR HUMAN SERVICES INC: $290,500 · Human ServicesCONNECTICU…Make The Road States Inc: $212,000 · Human ServicesMake The R…+5 more: $197,800 · Human Services+5 moreA BETTER WAY FOUNDATION ABWF INC: $2,646,875 · HealthA BETTER …HEALTH EQUITY SOLUTIONS INC: $149,000 · Health+3 more: $55,000 · HealthCOMMON COUNSEL FOUNDATION: $800,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMON CO…CONGREGATION ORGANIZED FOR A NEW CT: $677,500 · Community ImprovementCONGREGAT…BRIDGEPORT GENERATION NOW INC: $468,750 · Community ImprovementBRIDGEPOR…CONNECTICUT CENTER FOR A NEW ECONOMY INC: $318,330 · Community ImprovementCONNECTIC…The Peoples Place Inc: $132,500 · Community ImprovementBLUE HILLS CIVIC ASSOCIATION: $100,000 · Community Improvement+8 more: $228,964 · Community Improvement+8 moreMiddlesex United Way Inc: $590,800 · PhilanthropyCONNECTICUT COUNCIL FOR PHILANTHROPY: $255,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER NEW HAVEN INC: $167,988 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF EASTERN CONNECTICUT INC: $65,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY INC UNITED WAY OF CENT & NE CONNECTICUT: $50,000 · PhilanthropyTIDES FOUNDATION: $42,000 · Philanthropy+6 more: $77,332 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY MEDIATION INC: $931,169 · Crime & LegalMake the Road New York: $135,000 · Crime & LegalASCEND MENTORING: $77,500 · Crime & LegalNeighbor Fund Inc: $70,000 · Crime & Legal+1 more: $25,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$15,233,352Education$7,580,144Human Services$3,202,175Health$2,850,875Community Improvement$2,726,044Philanthropy$1,248,120Crime & Legal$1,238,669

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetA BETTER WAY FOUNDATION ABWF INC: $2,646,875 over 8y, 50% of budgetTHE SERC FOUNDATION INC: $1,374,389 over 8y, 91% of budgetFAITHACTS FOR EDUCATION INC: $1,012,000 over 7y, 13% of budgetCITYWIDE YOUTH COALITION: $958,000 over 8y, 52% of budgetCOMMUNITY MEDIATION INC: $931,169 over 7y, 58% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY OF GREATER WATERBURY INC: $905,220 over 7y, 4.5% of budgetUNITED WE DREAM NETWORK INC: $858,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetCOMMON COUNSEL FOUNDATION: $800,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetALL OUR KIN INC: $764,589 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetHope for New Haven Inc: $742,675 over 7y, 13% of budgetCONGREGATION ORGANIZED FOR A NEW CT: $677,500 over 7y, 30% of budgetRECENTER RACE & EQUITY IN EDUCATION INC: $630,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetBUILDING ONE COMMUNITY CORP: $615,000 over 7y, 5.9% of budgetMiddlesex United Way Inc: $590,800 over 7y, 12% of budgetSAVE GIRLS ON FYER INC: $590,000 over 7y, 40% of budgetOPEN COMMUNITIES ALLIANCE INC: $549,000 over 8y, 13% of budgetHARTFORD PARENT UNIVERSITY: $547,500 over 7y, 54% of budgetKATAL CENTER FOR EQUITY HEALTH AND JUSTICE INC: $495,500 over 6y, 15% of budgetUNITED WAY OF COASTAL FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC: $483,698 over 7y, 3.8% of budgetRELAY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION: $476,250 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBRIDGEPORT GENERATION NOW INC: $468,750 over 6y, 73% of budgetACHIEVE HARTFORD INC: $454,250 over 7y, 31% of budgetShe Leads Justice Inc: $416,758 over 7y, 23% of budgetTHE PROSPERITY FOUNDATION INC: $412,000 over 7y, 61% of budgetNEW HAVEN LEGAL ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION INC: $393,750 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetURBAN CONCEPTS INCORPORATED: $385,500 over 4y, 42% of budgetElm City Montessori School Inc: $364,875 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY BONDS INC: $348,000 over 5y, 7.7% of budgetCONNECTICUT VOICES FOR CHILDREN INC: $346,700 over 5y, 9.3% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF WATERBURY INC: $323,600 over 8y, 15% of budgetCONNECTICUT CENTER FOR A NEW ECONOMY INC: $318,330 over 4y, 92% of budgetCONNECTICUT CITIZEN RESEARCH GROUP INC: $300,000 over 7y, 16% of budgetCONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION FOR HUMAN SERVICES INC: $290,500 over 2y, 13% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOUNDATION INC: $287,100 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WRITER'S BLOCK INK INC: $275,000 over 8y, 67% of budgetCATALYST CT INC: $273,333 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetHARTFORD FOOD SYSTEM INC: $260,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetCENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY INC: $260,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHIGHER HEIGHTS YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS INC: $255,500 over 5y, 51% of budgetCONNECTICUT COUNCIL FOR PHILANTHROPY: $255,000 over 8y, 8.7% of budgetEDUCATORS FOR EXCELLENCE INC: $222,500 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetPARTNERS FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIPINC: $220,000 over 3y, 9.3% of budgetMake The Road States Inc: $212,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetBRIDGEPORT NEIGHBORHOOD TRUST: $210,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetCENTER FOR CHILDRENS ADVOCACY INC: $180,455 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetART COUNCIL OF GREATER NEW HAVEN INC: $171,750 over 5y, 5.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER NEW HAVEN INC: $167,988 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetHEALTH EQUITY SOLUTIONS INC: $149,000 over 5y, 9.8% 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.

  • Who funds A BETTER WAY FOUNDATION ABWF INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SERC FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FAITHACTS FOR EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CITYWIDE YOUTH COALITION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY MEDIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UNITED WAY OF GREATER WATERBURY INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WE DREAM NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMON COUNSEL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ALL OUR KIN INC ↗
  • Who funds Hope for New Haven Inc ↗
  • Who funds CONGREGATION ORGANIZED FOR A NEW CT ↗
  • Who funds RECENTER RACE & EQUITY IN EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY CORP ↗
  • Who funds Middlesex United Way Inc ↗
  • Who funds SAVE GIRLS ON FYER INC ↗
  • Who funds OPEN COMMUNITIES ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds HARTFORD PARENT UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds KATAL CENTER FOR EQUITY HEALTH AND JUSTICE INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF COASTAL FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds RELAY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGEPORT GENERATION NOW INC ↗
  • Who funds ACHIEVE HARTFORD INC ↗
  • Who funds She Leads Justice Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE PROSPERITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW HAVEN LEGAL ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds URBAN CONCEPTS INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds Elm City Montessori School Inc ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY BONDS INC ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTICUT VOICES FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF WATERBURY INC ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTICUT CENTER FOR A NEW ECONOMY INC ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTICUT CITIZEN RESEARCH GROUP INC ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION FOR HUMAN SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WRITER'S BLOCK INK INC ↗
  • Who funds CATALYST CT 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.

Newalliance Foundatio…Liberty Bank Foundati…Hartford Foundation f…The Community Foundat…Fairfield County's Co…United Way of Greater…Yale UniversityConnecticut Health Fo…Peoples United Commun…Ion Bank Foundation I…J Walton Bissell Foun…Farmington Bank Commu…
Newalliance Foundation IncCT136.9× affinity73 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Newalliance Foundation Inc · Liberty Bank Foundation Inc · Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater New Haven Inc · Yale University · Connecticut Health Foundation Inc · Peoples United Community Foundation · Ion Bank Foundation Inc · J Walton Bissell Foundation Inc · Farmington Bank Community Foundation Inc

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 Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 510%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 25%
  • United Way of Connecticut Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Groundwork Bridgeport Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Ascend Mentoring: 100% of income from government
  • Columbus House Inc: 100% of income from government
  • City Seed Inc: 87% of income from government
  • Creative Youth Productions Inc: 85% of income from government
  • Team Inc: 84% of income from government
  • Thames Valley Council for Community Action Inc: 83% of income from government
  • Community Health Resources Inc: 79% of income from government
  • Liberty Community Services: 78% of income from government
  • Windham Regional Community Council Inc: 76% of income from government
  • Youth Continuum Inc: 76% of income from government
  • Clifford Beers Community Care Center Inc: 75% of income from government
  • The Glendower Group Inc: 75% of income from government
  • Blue Hills Civic Association: 72% of income from government
  • New Opportunities Inc: 70% of income from government
  • Hartford Knights Corp: 68% of income from government
  • BHcare Inc: 68% of income from government
  • Education Development Center Inc: 65% of income from government
  • The Bridge Family Center Inc: 61% of income from government
  • Child and Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut Inc: 55% of income from government
  • Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness Inc: 54% of income from government
  • Operation Fuel Incorporated: 51% of income from government
  • New Reach Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Emerge Connecticut Inc: 47% of income from government
  • Hope for New Haven Inc: 47% of income from government
  • Connecticut Center for Arts & Technology: 47% of income from government
  • Pacific House Inc: 46% of income from government
  • United Way of Greater New Haven Inc: 42% of income from government
  • Edadvance: 41% of income from government
  • Havenly: 40% of income from government
  • Catholic Charities Inc Archdiocese of Hartford: 39% of income from government
  • Open Communities Alliance Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Catalyst Ct Inc: 37% of income from government
  • The Prosperity Foundation Inc: 37% of income from government
  • Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants Inc: 37% of income from government
  • Youth Business Initiative: 36% of income from government
  • Norwalk Community Health Center: 35% of income from government
  • Junta for Progressive Action Inc: 35% of income from government
  • Ctdata Collaborative: 35% of income from government
  • Intercommunity Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Connecticut Fair Housing Center Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Urban Community Allianceinc: 30% of income from government
  • Christian Community Action Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Community Action Agency of New Haven Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Gbapp Inc: 25% of income from government
  • Connecticut Council for Philanthropy: 24% of income from government
  • African Caribbean American Parents of Children With Disabilities Inc: 22% of income from government
  • She Leads Justice Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Young Men's Institute Library: 21% of income from government
  • Solar Youth Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Health Education Center Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Nourish Bridgeport Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Fair Haven Community Health Clinic Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Leadership Education and Athletics in Partnership Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Music Haven Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Arts for Learning Connecticut: 14% of income from government
  • Health Equity Solutions Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Art Council of Greater New Haven Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Eastconn Regional Educational Service Center Incorporated: 13% of income from government
  • Compass Youth Collaborative: 13% of income from government
  • Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Connecticut Association for Community Action Inc: 12% of income from government
  • United Way of Coastal and Western Connecticut Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Meriden Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Urban League of Greater Hartford Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Neighborhood Housing Services of Waterbury Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Ywca Hartford Region Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Domus Kids Inc: 7% of income from government
  • The United Way of Greater Waterbury Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Center for Childrens Advocacy Inc: 5% of income from government
  • National Mental Health Corps Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Harriet Beecher Stowe Center Inc: 4% of income from government
  • New Haven Free Public Library Foundation Incorporated: 4% of income from government
  • Third Sector New England Inc: 3% of income from government
  • New Haven Symphony Orchestra Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Hartford Performs Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Partners for Educational Leadershipinc: 2% of income from government
  • Knox Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Intempo Organization Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven: 2% of income from government
  • University of Saint Joseph: 2% of income from government
  • Girl Scouts of Connecticut Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Writer's Block Ink Inc: 2% of income from government
  • New Haven Legal Assistance Association Inc: 2% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Middlebury College: 1% of income from government
  • All Our Kin Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Connecticut Immigrant & Refugee Coalition: 0% of income from government
  • Connecticut Citizen Research Group Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
51get no government money at all
29report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
23rely 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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Find your warmest path to William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund 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 455 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.

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