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Winifred M Purdy Foundation at a glance

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Winifred M Purdy 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.

$136k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$50k
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 2025.

Health$393kArts & Culture$199kEducation$161kYouth Development$160kCommunity Improvement$27kEnvironment$19kHuman Services$7kAnimals$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $3k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $83k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JUPITER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION$50,000
PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF NEWPORT$25,000
NEWPORT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$25,000
Individual grant recipient$12,500
INTERNATIONAL YACHT RESTORATION SCHOOL$10,000
SAIL TO PREVAIL$10,000
JUDICIAL WATCH$1,000
LINDNER CENTER OF HOPE$1,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$1,000
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 (FY21–23, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%TOMMY'S PLACE FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 7%TOMMY'S PLACE FOUNDATION INC: $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

VT
NY
MA
OH
RI
CA
DC
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 18 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
11

Total granted

$1.0M
$24k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+57%
+62%

Still filing today

83%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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
Arts & CulturePhilanthropyHealthEducationEnvironmentCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • JM
    Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc
    5× · 2017–2025 · $196k · revenue +158%
  • TP
    THE PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF NEWPORT COUNTY
    8× · 2018–2025 · $154k · revenue +94%
  • IS
    IYRS SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY & TRADES INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $104k · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • TO
    THE OUT-OF-DOOR ACADEMY
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • NEWPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +105%
  • NF
    NEWPORT FESTIVALS FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $4k · revenue +62%
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
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
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
3
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
4
Nantucket Historical Association

The nantucket historical association preserves and interprets the history of nantucket through its programs, collections, and properties, in order to promote the island's significance and foster an appreciation of it among all audiences.

Arts & Culture
5
Brighton Marine Inc

Brighton marine, inc. provides military and veteran families with comprehensive campus-based quality health care, as well as affordable and supportive housing for at-risk veterans and their families.

Health
6
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
7
Newburyport Maritime Society Inc

To protect, preserve and interpret the martime heritage of the lower Merrimack Valley region and how it relates to American History

Arts & Culture
8
Rhode Island School of Design

The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…

Education
9
Connecticut Aeronautical Historical Association Inc

The new england air museum's mission is to preserve and present the story of aviation and aerospace, with an emphasis on new england's role, and the genius and inspiration that made it possible. the museum also seeks to inspire young…

Arts & Culture
10
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
11
Naples Zoo Inc

Naples zoo is accredited by the american zoo & aquarium association (aza) and has numerous animal exhibits placed on its 45-acre site. (continued on schedule o)each exhibit is unique and designed to simulate typical conditions for the…

Animals
12
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Newport Restoration Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Ballard Park. 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

23 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. 23 of the 30 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/23
Grantees still filing
17/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF NEWPORT COUNTY: $153,800 · Arts & CultureTHE PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF NEWP…IYRS SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY & TRADES INC: $103,525 · Arts & CultureIYRS SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY & TRAD…PALM BEACH OPERA INC: $26,400 · Arts & CulturePALM BEACH OPERA INC+3 more: $11,500 · Arts & CultureBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NEWPORT: $160,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NE…Individual grant recipient: $35,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $13,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+12 more: $28,700 · Other+12 moreJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $196,000 · PhilanthropyJupiter Medical Center…+1 more: $3,500 · PhilanthropyNewport Hospital Foundation: $145,500 · HealthNewport Hospital Foun…SAIL TO PREVAIL: $51,000 · HealthSAIL TO PREVAILTHE FESSENDEN SCHOOL: $50,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2,000 · EducationNEW YORK YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION: $27,000 · Community ImprovementAQUIDNECK ISLAND LAND TRUST: $18,500 · Environment+1 more: $200 · Environment
Arts & Culture$295,225Other$237,200Philanthropy$199,500Health$196,500Education$52,000Community Improvement$27,000Environment$18,700

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 budgetJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $196,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF NEWPORT COUNTY: $153,800 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNewport Hospital Foundation: $145,500 over 9y, 4.9% of budgetIYRS SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY & TRADES INC: $103,525 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetSAIL TO PREVAIL: $51,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetTHE FESSENDEN SCHOOL: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION: $27,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetAQUIDNECK ISLAND LAND TRUST: $18,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTommy's Place Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetROBERT POTTER LEAGUE FOR ANIMALS INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEWPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNEWPORT FESTIVALS FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOBE SOUND COMMUNITY CHEST INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEWPORT PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE COMPANY OF THE REDWOOD LIBRARY AND ATHENAEUM: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEWPORT RESTORATION FOUNDATION: $2,450 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJUPITER ISLAND GARDEN CLUBINC: $200 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.

Hamilton Family Found…Van Beuren Charitable…Alletta Morris McBean…The Rhode Island Comm…The New York Communit…The Anne and David B …Kane Wallace Foundati…Hamilton Family Chari…Frederick Henry Princ…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Hope FoundationEjmp Fund for Philant…
Hamilton Family FoundationPA30.4× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hamilton Family Foundation · Van Beuren Charitable Foundation Inc · Alletta Morris McBean Charitable Trust · The Rhode Island Community Foundation · The New York Community Trust · The Anne and David B Ford Jr Foundation · Kane Wallace Foundation · Hamilton Family Charitable Trust · Frederick Henry Prince Testamentary Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Hope Foundation · Ejmp Fund for Philanthropy

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 Winifred M Purdy Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Winifred M Purdy Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • The Fessenden School: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 Winifred M Purdy Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Winifred M Purdy 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 30 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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