Skip to content
Arthur Griffin Family Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Arthur Griffin 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.

$150
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$150
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 2024.

Health$109kHuman Services$45kArts & Culture$42kEnvironment$11kEducation$10k
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$150
Median grant
1
States reached
$514k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ISABELLA STUART GARDNER MUSEUM$150
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 (FY17–22, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%FRIENDS OF THE WINCHESTER PUBLIC: $2k → 8%MISSION OF DEEDS: $5k → 8%MISSION OF DEEDS: $5k → 8%MISSION OF DEEDS: $5k → 8%MISSION OF DEEDS: $2k → 8%MISSION OF DEEDS: $1k → 8%MISSION OF DEEDS: $1k → 8%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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$177k · 11 repeat orgs$40k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
8

Total granted

$177k
$40k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
+124%

Still filing today

82%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Arts & CultureHealthEducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentOther
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

  • WS
    WINCHESTER SENIORS ASSOCIATION INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $24k · revenue +117%
  • MO
    Mission of Deeds Inc
    6× · 2017–2022 · $19k · revenue +59%
  • WS
    Winchester Scholarship Foundation
    3× · 2018–2020 · $9k · revenue +135%

Funded once

  • DF
    DANA FARBER CANCER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $26k
  • TG
    THE GRIFFIN MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +164%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE WINCHESTER PUBLIC LIBRARY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $2k · revenue +124%
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
Winchester Historical Society
—
2
Fitchburg Historical Society

Museum and research library for history of fitchburg, massachusetts

—
3
Worcester Art Museum

To connect people, communities, and cultures through experience of art. collect the most significant works of art available in an effort to shape the quality/scope of the permanent collection while adhering to the institution's…

Arts & Culture
4
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
5
Winchester Hospital

The mission of winchester hospital is "to care. to heal. to excel." this ethos provides each and every staff member with clear expectations, promoting teamwork and respect while ensuring safety, quality and empathy for patients. winchester…

Health
6
The Rhode Island Historical Society

The rhode island historical society, through its collections, museums, and educational initiatives, welcomes everyone to engage with rhode island's complex and significant past.

Arts & Culture
7
The Winchester Foundation
—
8
Worcester Historical Museum

Worcester historical museum is a unique organization dedicated to collecting, preserving, and interpreting worcester's history in all time periods and subject areas.

Arts & Culture
9
Manchester Historic Association

To collect and preserve materials relating to the history of manchester, new hampshire, and to operate a museum, research center, and educational programs relating to this history for the benefit of the public.

—
10
Massachusetts Historical Society

To promote understanding of the history of massachusetts and the nation by collecting and communicating materials and resources that foster historical knowledge.

Arts & Culture
11
Massachusetts Outdoor Heritage Foundation Inc Attn Susan Sacco
—
12
Wayland Historical Society Inc

Study, collect and preserve the history of Wayland, Massachusetts and its people: to preserve the building and the artifacts owned by the Society, and to disseminate information to promote the traditions and history or Wayland.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Winchester Historical Society Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc. 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

15 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. 15 of the 19 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
12/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DANA FARBER CANCER FOUNDATION: $25,500 · OtherDANA FARBER CANCER FOUNDATIONWINCHESTER SENIORS ASSOCIATION INC: $24,000 · OtherWINCHESTER SENIORS ASSOCIATION INCWINCHESTER HOSPITAL FDTN: $20,300 · OtherWINCHESTER HOSPITAL FDTNTRUSTEES OF THE RESERVATION: $6,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF THE RESERVATION+1 more: $500 · OtherWINCHESTER HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $57,750 · HealthWINCHESTER HOSPITAL FOUNDATION I…Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $5,000 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc+1 more: $200 · HealthCambridge Art Association: $14,000 · Arts & CultureCambridge Art Associa…THE GRIFFIN MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE GRIFFIN MUSEUM OF…PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC: $8,850 · Arts & CulturePEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM …ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM INC: $8,250 · Arts & CultureISABELLA STEWART GARD…+1 more: $750 · Arts & CultureMission of Deeds Inc: $19,000 · Human ServicesMission of…FRIENDS OF THE WINCHESTER PUBLIC LIBRARY INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF…Winchester Scholarship Foundation: $9,000 · EducationREGIS COLLEGE: $500 · Education+1 more: $300 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $4,600 · Environment
Other$76,300Health$62,950Arts & Culture$41,850Human Services$21,000Education$9,800Environment$4,600

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 budgetWINCHESTER HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $57,750 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetWINCHESTER SENIORS ASSOCIATION INC: $24,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetMission of Deeds Inc: $19,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCambridge Art Association: $14,000 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetTHE GRIFFIN MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetWinchester Scholarship Foundation: $9,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetPEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC: $8,850 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM INC: $8,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $4,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE WINCHESTER PUBLIC LIBRARY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetWINCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $750 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetREGIS COLLEGE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBELMONT HILL SCHOOL INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WINTON CLUB: $200 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

Cummings Foundation G…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc)MA15.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Arthur Griffin Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Arthur Griffin Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • The Griffin Museum of Photography Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Peabody Essex Museum Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Regis College: 2% of income from government
  • Winchester Historical Society Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Reservations: 2% of income from government
  • Winchester Seniors Association Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 19 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on Arthur Griffin Family’s filings →

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home