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Wright Family Foundation Inc

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.

$1.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
25
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Health$1.5MArts & Culture$1.5MHousing & Shelter$1.0MYouth Development$863kHuman Services$782kEducation$380kReligion$365kEnvironment$305kOther$0
02FY2025 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $188k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $676k
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$20,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$24M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Glens Falls Hospital$300,000
Schenectady Day Nursery$150,000
Rise High Inc$149,420
Boys Girls Club of Schenectady$97,000
Albany Barn Inc$79,500
Empire State Youth Orchestra$50,000
Center for Disability Services Inc$50,000
518 Elevated$50,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Cap$50,000
Ellis Hospital Foundation$34,000
Individual grant recipient$30,000
Union College$24,019
North Country Ministry$20,000
Lake George Land Conservancy$20,000
Saratoga Hospital$15,000
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 (FY21–25, $1.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation: $10k → 14%Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation: $20k → 14%Bethesda House: $400k → 12%Victoria Acres Equine Facility inc: $10k → 14%American National Red Cross: $10k → 14%Homeless Travelers Aid Society: $50k → 14%YWCA of Schenectady: $477k → 12%Schenectady Day Nursery: $150k → 12%Mom Starts Here Inc: $73k → 12%Young Parents United: $5k → 12%Mom Starts Here Inc: $2k → 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.
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.

49%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.9M · 19 repeat orgs$4.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +2% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
44

Total granted

$3.9M
$3.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+2%
0%

Still filing today

63%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $619k went to new ones.

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

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

’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthEducationHousing & ShelterEnvironmentOther
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

  • BC
    BETTER COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOODS INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $540k · revenue +6%
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SCHENECTADY INC
    4× · 2021–2025 · $515k · revenue +0%
  • GF
    GLENS FALLS HOSPITAL
    2× · 2024–2025 · $320k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • AC
    ARTS CENTER AND THEATRE OF SCHENECTADY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $1.1M · revenue +39%
  • YO
    YWCA OF SCHENECTADY
    2× · 2024–2025 · $477k · revenue 0%
  • BH
    BETHESDA HOUSE OF SCHENECTADY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $400k · revenue +43%
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
Saratoga Care Inc

To serve the people of the Saratoga region by providing them access to excellence in healthcare in a supportive and caring environment.

Health
2
Downtown Schenectady Improvement Corporation

Our mission is to promote downtown schenectady as a premier location for commerce, recreation and residence by enhancing, facilitating and supporting economic growth.

Community Improvement
3
Cny Works Inc

To bring businesses, job seekers and training providers together to provide skilled workers for every business and employment for every job seeker.

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4
Sustainable Hudson Valley Inc

Sustainable hudson valley's mission is to speed up, scale up, jazz up, and leverage progress against climate change, creating communities where people and nature thrive.

Environment
5
Seneca Health Services Inc

To be the leading provider of behavioral and physical healthcare through compassionate and quality services in our community.

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6
Schenectady County Chapter Nysarc Inc

To provide various services to developmentally disabled individuals in the community.

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7
Adirondack North Country Association Inc

Support regional economic development in new york's 14 northernmost counties

Food & Nutrition
8
Adirondack Regional Chambers of Commerce Inc

To enhance business in the community and to provide a networking environment for area businesses, promote tourism in the community and develop new business.

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9
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
10
Syracuse Model Neighborhood Corporation

The mission of the organization is to enhance and build resilient diverse communities, by supporting economic growth, creative community-based initiatives, and quality housing services in the neighborhoods it serves.

Housing & Shelter
11
Home Headquarters Inc

Home headquarters, inc is a private, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization established in 1996. over the past 25 years, home headquarters has been committed to creating housing and related opportunities and services in upstate new york…

Housing & Shelter
12
Cny Arts Inc

CNY Arts' mission is to promote, support, and celebrate arts and culture in Central New York.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Better Community Neighborhoods Inc; the most unlike its peers is Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. 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

47 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. 47 of the 75 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.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
45/47
Grantees still filing
21/47
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ARTS CENTER AND THEATRE OF SCHENECTADY INC: $1,069,233 · Arts & CultureARTS CENTER AND THEATRE O…The Lake George Association Inc: $250,000 · Arts & CultureThe Lake George Associati…Albany Barn Inc: $164,500 · Arts & CultureAlbany Barn IncSARATOGA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $152,790 · Arts & CultureSARATOGA PERFORMING ARTS …X-QUEST INC: $90,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $52,500 · Arts & CultureELLIS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC THE FOUNDATION FOR ELLIS MEDICINE: $1,036,750 · HealthELLIS HOSPITAL FOUNDA…GLENS FALLS HOSPITAL: $320,000 · HealthGLENS FALLS HOSPITALCENTER FOR DISABILITY SERVICESINC: $75,000 · Health+3 more: $78,000 · HealthSCHENECTADY INNER CITY MINISTRY INC: $330,000 · OtherSCHENECTADY INNER CITY MINI…Union College: $270,155 · OtherUnion CollegeField Fork Network: $135,217 · OtherField Fork NetworkBoys Girls Club of Schenectady: $97,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $70,000 · OtherElectric City Barn Funding: $65,131 · OtherANIMAL PROTECTIVE FOUNDATION OF SCHENECTADY INC: $255,000 · OtherANIMAL PROTECTIVE FOUNDATIO…FOOD PANTRIES FOR THE CAPITAL DISTRICT INC: $100,000 · Other+34 more: $602,828 · Other+34 moreYWCA OF SCHENECTADY: $476,750 · Human ServicesYWCA OF SCHENECTA…BETHESDA HOUSE OF SCHENECTADY INC: $400,000 · Human ServicesBETHESDA HOUSE OF…SCHENECTADY DAY NURSERY INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesSCHENECTADY DAY N…MOM STARTS HERE INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesMOM STARTS HERE I…HOMELESS AND TRAVELERS AID SOCIETY OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT INC: $50,000 · Human Services+4 more: $55,000 · Human ServicesBETTER COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOODS INC: $540,000 · Housing & Shelter+2 more: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SCHENECTADY INC: $515,250 · Youth DevelopmentWORKING GROUP ON GIRLS OF SCHENECTADY INC: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentRISE HIGH INC: $149,420 · EducationEXCELSIOR UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · EducationMOHONASEN FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE: $50,000 · Education518 ELEVATED INC: $50,000 · EducationCITY MISSION INC: $35,000 · EducationALBANY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES: $20,000 · Education
Arts & Culture$1,779,023Health$1,509,750Other$1,925,331Human Services$1,206,750Housing & Shelter$565,000Youth Development$540,250Education$354,420

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 budgetARTS CENTER AND THEATRE OF SCHENECTADY INC: $1,069,233 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetELLIS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC THE FOUNDATION FOR ELLIS MEDICINE: $1,036,750 over 3y, 15% of budgetBETTER COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOODS INC: $540,000 over 5y, 8.7% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SCHENECTADY INC: $515,250 over 4y, 12% of budgetYWCA OF SCHENECTADY: $476,750 over 2y, 8.4% of budgetBETHESDA HOUSE OF SCHENECTADY INC: $400,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetSCHENECTADY INNER CITY MINISTRY INC: $330,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetANIMAL PROTECTIVE FOUNDATION OF SCHENECTADY INC: $255,000 over 3y, 9.4% of budgetThe Lake George Association Inc: $250,000 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetAlbany Barn Inc: $164,500 over 2y, 14% of budgetSARATOGA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $152,790 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetRISE HIGH INC: $149,420 over 1y, 71% of budgetFOOD PANTRIES FOR THE CAPITAL DISTRICT INC: $100,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetX-QUEST INC: $90,000 over 4y, 18% of budgetCENTER FOR DISABILITY SERVICESINC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMOM STARTS HERE INC: $75,000 over 2y, 31% of budgetEXCELSIOR UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOHONASEN FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE: $50,000 over 2y, 64% of budgetEMPIRE STATE YOUTH ORCHESTRA INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budget518 ELEVATED INC: $50,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetHOMELESS AND TRAVELERS AID SOCIETY OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT INC: $50,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetFORT HUDSON FOUNDATION CORP: $40,000 over 1y, 42% of budgetSchenectady Greenmarket Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetCITY MISSION INC: $35,000 over 1y, 50% of budgetJim and Juli Boeheim Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetWORKING GROUP ON GIRLS OF SCHENECTADY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetAnderson Valley Land Trust: $25,000 over 3y, 8.2% of budgetLake George Land Conservancy Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetALBANY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHARLTON SCHOOL: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCREATE Community Studios: $15,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetAnderson Valley Housing Association Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetTHE DON'T WAIT PROJECT: $13,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCHENECTADY COMMUNITY HOME INC DBA JOAN NICOLE PRINCE HOME: $10,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetSONOMA LAND TRUST: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG PARENTS UNITED INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% 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 Community Foundat…JM McDonald Foundatio…Price Chopper's Golub…William Gundry Brough…The Schenectady Found…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Neil Jane William Est…United Way of the Gre…The Carlilian Foundat…Capital District Phys…Sunmark Charitable Co…Review Foundation
The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region IncNY56.9× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region Inc · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · Price Chopper's Golub Foundation · William Gundry Broughton Charitable Private Foundation Inc · The Schenectady Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Neil Jane William Estelle Golub Family Foundation Inc · United Way of the Greater Capital Region · The Carlilian Foundation · Capital District Physicians' Health Plan Inc · Sunmark Charitable Community Foundation · Review 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 Wright Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wright Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Wright Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Wright Family Foundation Inc 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 75 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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