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Artemas W Stearns Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$225k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
33
Grants FY2025
38
Organizations funded FY2024
11%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$20,000
Organizations funded a year
34 to 41
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$4.2M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 11% of the organizations Artemas W Stearns Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsPublic BenefitCommunity 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving32$225k0%
FY202438$249k11%
FY202339$256k3%
FY202237$233k16%
FY202134$203k15%
FY202037$181k5%
FY201941$193k22%
FY201836$190k19%
97% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$426kHousing & Shelter$295kFood & Nutrition$282kHealth$280kRecreation & Sports$130kYouth Development$126kEnvironment$120kReligion$87kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 42 grantees
All grantees of Artemas W Stearns Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Lazarus House Inc$175,00090%
Neighbors in Need Inc$155,00087%
Groundwork Lawrence Inc$120,00081%
Greater Lawrence Community Boating Program Inc$120,00084%
Lawrence General Hospital$118,00090%
Greater Lawrence Family Health Center Inc$57,50080%
Central Catholic High School of Lawrence Inc$57,00090%
Bread & Roses Housing Inc$56,00075%
Regis College$40,00080%
Lawrence Communityworks Inc$40,00080%
Esperanza Academy Inc$37,00080%
Communities Together Inc$36,00082%
Bread & Roses Inc$35,50073%
Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School Inc$30,00040%
Merrimack Valley Food Bank Inc$29,50070%
Brooks School$27,80090%
Community Inroads Inc$25,00092%
Easter Seals Massachusetts Inc$24,00080%
Essex County Habitat for Humanity Inc$23,50070%
Bread and Roses Heritage Committee Inc$22,500922%
Immigrant City Archives$22,00091%
Teach for America Inc$21,00050%
Lawrence Catholic Academy of Lawrence Massachusetts Inc$20,0003n/a
Lawrence Boys & Girls Club Inc$18,00020%
Si Se Puede Inc$16,00046%
Merrimack Valley Immigrant & Education Center Inc$15,00091%
Merrimack Valley Young Men's Christian Association Inc$12,00030%
Trustees of Phillips Academy$11,00050%
Partners in Child Development Inc$11,00040%
Community Giving Tree Inc$10,00051%
Catie's Closet Inc$10,00030%
Beyond Soccer Inc$10,00021%
Project Home Again$7,50031%
Tufts Medicine Care at Home Inc$5,00010%
The Barton Center for Diabetes Education$4,00040%
Family Services of the Merrimack Valley Inc$4,00020%
Valley Of Hope Shelter And Recovery Inc$4,00020%
Act Lawrence Inc$3,00011%
Top Notch Scholars Inc$3,00011%
Greater Lawrence Community Action Council Inc$2,50010%
Community Day Care Center of Lawrence Inc$2,00010%
Nevins Family of Services Inc$1,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($505k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Artemas W Stearns Trust supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLazarus House Inc: $175,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetNeighbors in Need Inc: $155,000 over 8y, 6.5% of budgetGroundwork Lawrence Inc: $120,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetGreater Lawrence Community Boating Program Inc: $120,000 over 8y, 4.0% of budgetLawrence General Hospital: $118,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Lawrence Family Health Center Inc: $57,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Catholic High School of Lawrence Inc: $57,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetBread & Roses Housing Inc: $56,000 over 7y, 4.6% of budgetRegis College: $40,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLawrence Communityworks Inc: $40,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetEsperanza Academy Inc: $37,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetCommunities Together Inc: $36,000 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetBread & Roses Inc: $35,500 over 7y, 3.0% of budgetNotre Dame Cristo Rey High School Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMerrimack Valley Food Bank Inc: $29,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBrooks School: $27,800 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Inroads Inc: $25,000 over 9y, 2.2% of budgetEaster Seals Massachusetts Inc: $24,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetEssex County Habitat for Humanity Inc: $23,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetBread and Roses Heritage Committee Inc: $22,500 over 9y, 22% of budgetImmigrant City Archives: $22,000 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $21,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLawrence Boys & Girls Club Inc: $18,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSi Se Puede Inc: $16,000 over 4y, 5.8% of budgetMerrimack Valley Immigrant & Education Center Inc: $15,000 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetMerrimack Valley Young Men's Christian Association Inc: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Phillips Academy: $11,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPartners in Child Development Inc: $11,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Giving Tree Inc: $10,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetCatie's Closet Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBeyond Soccer Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetProject Home Again: $7,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTufts Medicine Care at Home Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Barton Center for Diabetes Education: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Services of the Merrimack Valley Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetValley Of Hope Shelter And Recovery Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAct Lawrence Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTop Notch Scholars Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetGreater Lawrence Community Action Council Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Day Care Center of Lawrence Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 40.

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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.

Josephine G Russell TrustMA72.9× affinity32 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Josephine G Russell Trust · Essex County Community Foundation Inc · Rogers Family Foundation · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Eastern Bank Foundation · We Share A Common Thread Foundation Inc · Salem Five Charitable Foundation Inc · Arbella Insurance Foundation · RCB Charitable Foundation Inc · The Saab Family Foundation · Charles G Pringle Foundation · Demoulas 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.

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Find your warmest path to Artemas W Stearns Trust 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.

About Artemas W Stearns Trust

How much does Artemas W Stearns Trust give?
Artemas W Stearns Trust reported 33 grants totaling $224,700 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 34 and 41 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Artemas W Stearns Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (22%), Housing & Shelter (15%), Food & Nutrition (14%).
Who are Artemas W Stearns Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Lazarus House Inc ($175k), Neighbors in Need Inc ($155k), Groundwork Lawrence Inc ($120k).
Does Artemas W Stearns Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Artemas W Stearns Trust accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Artemas W Stearns Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Josephine G Russell Trust, Essex County Community Foundation Inc, Rogers Family Foundation.
Where is Artemas W Stearns Trust based?
Artemas W Stearns Trust is based in MA.

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 67 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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