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Arthur Griffin Foundation for Winchester at a glance

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Arthur Griffin Foundation for Winchester

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$48k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Education$258kArts & Culture$120kHuman Services$20kPublic Benefit$14k
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$794k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY$10,000
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY$5,000
Rochester Institute of Technology$5,000
EMERSON COLLEGE$5,000
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY$5,000
Lesley University$5,000
TUFTS UNIVERSITY$5,000
Wentworth Institute of Technology$5,000
Massachusetts College of Art and Design$2,500
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 39% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $10k → 8%Wentworth Institute of Technology: $5k → 16%CARNEGIE MELON UNIVERSITY: $5k → 11%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $5k → 16%Rochester Institute of Technology: $5k → 14%PRATT INSTITUTE: $8k → 20%GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $5k → 14%SWIFT MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $10k → 15%SCHOOL OF THE ARTS INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $10k → 14%BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $5k → 8%EMMANUEL COLLEGE: $5k → 16%CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY: $5k → 11%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $5k → 16%PRATT INSTITUTE: $5k → 20%GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $5k → 14%SCHOOL OF THE ARTS INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $8k → 14%BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $5k → 8%EMMANUEL COLLEGE: $5k → 16%CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY: $5k → 11%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $5k → 16%PRATT INSTITUTE: $5k → 20%SCHOOL OF THE ARTS INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $5k → 14%WINCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $30k → 8%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $5k → 16%SCHOOL OF THE ARTS INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $5k → 14%GRIFFIN MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY: $26k → 8%WINCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS-ART DEPARTMENT: $25k → 8%GRIFFIN MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY: $23k → 8%EMERSON COLLEGE: $5k → 16%WINCHESTER SENIORS ASSOCIATION TRUST: $20k → 8%EMERSON COLLEGE: $5k → 16%GRIFFIN MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY: $18k → 8%EMMERSON COLLEGE: $5k → 16%GRIFFIN MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY: $14k → 8%EMERSON COLLEGE: $5k → 16%TOWN OF WINCHESTER: $10k → 8%BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $8k → 16%GRIFFIN MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY: $5k → 8%BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $5k → 16%TOWN OF WINCHESTER: $4k → 8%BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $5k → 16%TUFTS UNIVERSITY: $5k → 8%TUFTS UNIVERSITY: $5k → 8%TUFTS UNIVERSITY: $5k → 8%TUFTS UNIVERSITY: $5k → 8%LESLEY UNIVERSITY: $5k → 8%LESLEY UNIVERSITY: $5k → 8%Lesley University: $5k → 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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$294k · 13 repeat orgs$98k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
4

Total granted

$294k
$85k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+556%

Still filing today

69%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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
EducationArts & CultureOther
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

  • TG
    THE GRIFFIN MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $85k · revenue +164%
  • EMERSON COLLEGE
    4× · 2020–2024 · $20k · revenue +21%
  • TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2017–2020 · $20k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • WP
    WINCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2023 · $30k
  • WP
    WINCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS-ART DEPARTMENT
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
  • WS
    WINCHESTER SENIORS ASSOCIATION TRUSTgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $20k · revenue +556%
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
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
2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
3
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
4
Bentley University

Organization's mission bentley university believes good business can impact more than the bottom line - it can change the world. bentley is a community of future business leaders who will deliver value in the marketplace and lasting…

Education
5
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
6
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
7
Endicott College

Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.

Education
8
Roger Williams University

At Roger Williams University, students are prepared to be thinkers and doers ready to solve challenging problems with innovative solutions. RWU offers robust offerings of undergraduate, graduate and professional programs across eight…

Education
9
Trustees of Boston College

Mission strengthened by more than a century and a half of dedication to academic excellence, boston college commits itself to the highest standards of teaching and research in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs and to the…

Education
10
Fairleigh Dickinson University

Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…

Education
11
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Wpi transforms lives, turns knowledge into action to confront global challenges, and revolutionizes stem through distinctive and inclusive education, projects and research. (http://www.wpi.edu/about/mission.html)

—
12
The Trustees of Grinnell College

To educate students in the liberal arts through free inquiry and the open exchange of ideas.when grinnell college framed its charter in the iowa territory of the united states in 1846, it set forth a mission to educate its students "for…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Trustees of Tufts College; the most unlike its peers is Swift Museum Foundation 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

14 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. 14 of the 21 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
13/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SCHOOL OF THE ARTS INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $30,000 · OtherSCHOOL OF THE ARTS INSTITUTE OF CHICAGOWINCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $30,000 · OtherWINCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOLSWINCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS-ART DEPARTMENT: $25,421 · OtherWINCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS-ART DEPARTMENTPENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · OtherPENN STATE UNIVERSITYWINCHESTER SENIORS ASSOCIATION TRUST: $20,000 · OtherWINCHESTER SENIORS ASSOCIATION TRUSTLESLEY UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · OtherLESLEY UNIVERSITYTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYCarnegie Mellon University: $15,000 · OtherCarnegie Mellon UniversityTOWN OF WINCHESTER: $13,765 · OtherTOWN OF WINCHESTER+2 more: $7,500 · OtherBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · EducationBRANDEIS UNIVERSITYEMERSON COLLEGE: $20,000 · EducationEMERSON COLLEGEPRATT INSTITUTE: $20,000 · EducationPRATT INSTITUTETrustees of Tufts College: $20,000 · EducationTrustees of Tufts CollegeEMMANUEL COLLEGE: $15,000 · EducationEMMANUEL COLLEGEGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITYWENTWORTH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC: $5,000 · EducationRochester Institute of Technology: $5,000 · EducationTHE GRIFFIN MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY INC: $84,750 · Arts & CultureTHE GRIFFIN MUSEUM OF PHOT…Swift Museum Foundation Inc: $10,000 · Arts & CultureSwift Museum Foundation In…
Other$201,686Education$115,000Arts & Culture$94,750

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 budgetTHE GRIFFIN MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY INC: $84,750 over 5y, 7.1% of budgetBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLESLEY UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEMERSON COLLEGE: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPRATT INSTITUTE: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEMMANUEL COLLEGE: $15,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSwift Museum Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWENTWORTH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRochester Institute of Technology: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 THE GRIFFIN MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY INC ↗
  • Who funds BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds WINCHESTER SENIORS ASSOCIATION TRUST ↗
  • Who funds LESLEY UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds EMERSON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds PRATT INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds Trustees of Tufts College ↗
  • Who funds EMMANUEL COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Carnegie Mellon University ↗
  • Who funds Swift Museum Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds WENTWORTH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC ↗
  • Who funds Rochester Institute of Technology ↗

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.

National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA10.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving 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 Foundation for Winchester funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Arthur Griffin Foundation for Winchester. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 11% of income from government
  • The Griffin Museum of Photography Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Brandeis University: 8% of income from government
  • Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Emerson College: 0% of income from government
  • Lesley University: 0% of income from government
  • Emmanuel College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 Arthur Griffin Foundation for Winchester 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 21 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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