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B Street 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.

$257k
Granted FY2025still arriving
27
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$25k
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 2025.

Health$878kEducation$390kAnimals$183kEnvironment$125kHuman Services$88kPhilanthropy$56kHousing & Shelter$42kFood & Nutrition$36kOther$0
02FY2025 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $52k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $205k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRENCHMAN BAY CONSERVANCY$25,000
HOLE FOOD RESCUE$20,000
RI ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY$20,000
ONE22 RESOURCE CENTER$20,000
HONORING OUR VETERANS$15,000
OPEN DOOR HEALTH$15,000
JACKSON HOLE THERAPEUTIC RIDING$10,000
PAWS OF JACKSON HOLE$10,000
CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND$10,000
SORRENTO PUBLIC LIBRARY$10,000
GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION$10,000
JACKSON HOLE WILDLIFE FOUNDATION$10,000
TETON COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION$10,000
BOWDOIN COLLEGE$10,000
RZH FOUNDATION$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $151k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 28% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%JACKSON HOLE THERAPEUTIC RIDING: $10k → 5%JACKSON HOLE THERAPEUTIC RIDING: $10k → 5%JACKSON HOLE THERAPEUTIC RIDING: $5k → 5%JACKSON HOLE THERAPEUTIC RIDING: $3k → 5%JACKSON HOLE THERAPEUTIC RIDING: $2k → 5%JACKSON HOLE THERAPEUTIC RIDING: $2k → 5%JACKSON HOLE THERAPEUTIC RIDING: $2k → 5%HONORING OUR VETERANS: $20k → 5%ONE22 RESOURCE CENTER: $20k → 5%ONE22 RESOURCE CENTER: $20k → 5%CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND: $20k → 14%HONORING OUR VETERANS: $15k → 5%CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND: $10k → 14%CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND: $10k → 14%CROSSROADS RI: $2k → 14%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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 37 repeat orgs$134k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +46% for those funded once.

37 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
14

Total granted

$1.7M
$104k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+46%

Still filing today

62%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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
EducationHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureAnimalsEnvironmentOther
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

  • THE RHODE ISLAND FREE CLINIC INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $607k · revenue +90%
  • FB
    Frenchman Bay Conservancy
    8× · 2017–2025 · $120k · revenue +249%
  • TW
    THE WHEELER SCHOOL
    9× · 2017–2025 · $73k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • DK
    DR KENNETH H MAYER FELLOWSHIP FUND (FENWAY HEALTH)
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • FC
    FENWAY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue +1%
  • RHODE ISLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETYgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +47%
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
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
2
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
3
Marine Biological Laboratory

The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is a world-renowned center for biological discovery and training that is notably affiliated with more than 60 Nobel Prize winners. Research is conducted by full-time faculty as well as hundreds of the…

Science & Tech
4
Boston Architectural College

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

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5
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
6
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
7
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
8
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
9
Roger Williams University School of Law

The only law school in Rhode Island, Roger Williams University School of Law offers future attorneys a rigorous, hands-on legal education in a supportive, personalized environment. Preparing students for success in the public and private…

Education
10
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
11
The President and Trustees of Colby College

to provide a rigorous and transformative liberal arts education that prepares students to become thoughtful, engaged citizens.

Education
12
Harvard Conservation Trust

To preserve the unique character and natural resources of harvard.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fenway Community Health Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Rzh Foundation. 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

32 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. 32 of the 56 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
23/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE RHODE ISLAND FREE CLINIC INC: $607,000 · HealthTHE RHODE ISLAND FREE CLINIC INC+4 more: $48,000 · Health+4 moreRI ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $101,000 · OtherRI ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETYDR KENNETH H MAYER FELLOWSHIP FUND (FENWAY HEALTH): $50,000 · OtherDR KENNETH H MAYER FELLOWSHIP FU…TETON FREE CLINIC: $40,500 · OtherTETON FREE CLINICURI-SCHOOL OF NURSING: $35,000 · OtherURI-SCHOOL OF NURSINGSOUTH COUNTY HOSPITAL: $30,000 · OtherSOUTH COUNTY HOSPITALOPEN DOOR HEALTH: $25,000 · OtherURI-NURSING SCHOOL: $25,000 · OtherRI HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $24,500 · OtherHole Food Rescue: $35,000 · OtherHole Food RescueBROWN UNIVERSITY: $24,000 · Other+21 more: $136,500 · Other+21 moreTHE WHEELER SCHOOL: $72,500 · EducationTHE WHEELER S…Bowdoin College: $44,000 · EducationBowdoin Colle…COLGATE UNIVERSITY: $35,500 · EducationCOLGATE UNIVE…FRENCHMAN BAY UNITED: $25,000 · EducationFRENCHMAN BAY…Teton County Library Foundation & Friends: $21,000 · EducationTeton County …SORRENTO PUBLIC LIBRARY: $10,000 · EducationSOPHIA ACADEMY: $7,500 · Education+2 more: $8,000 · EducationCROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND: $42,000 · Human ServicesCROSSROAD…One22 Inc: $40,000 · Human ServicesOne22 IncHonoring Our Veterans: $35,000 · Human ServicesHonoring …JACKSON HOLE THERAPEUTIC RIDING: $34,000 · Human ServicesJACKSON H…Frenchman Bay Conservancy: $120,000 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · EnvironmentPAWS - PROVIDING ANIMAL WELFARE SERVICES: $44,500 · AnimalsJACKSON HOLE WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $32,000 · AnimalsRHODE ISLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $5,000 · AnimalsGRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $46,000 · PhilanthropyRZH FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Philanthropy
Health$655,000Other$526,500Education$223,500Human Services$151,000Environment$125,000Animals$81,500Philanthropy$56,000

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 budgetTHE RHODE ISLAND FREE CLINIC INC: $607,000 over 7y, 8.3% of budgetFrenchman Bay Conservancy: $120,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetTHE WHEELER SCHOOL: $72,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetGRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $46,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPAWS - PROVIDING ANIMAL WELFARE SERVICES: $44,500 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetBowdoin College: $44,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND: $42,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOne22 Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCOLGATE UNIVERSITY: $35,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHole Food Rescue: $35,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetHonoring Our Veterans: $35,000 over 2y, 8.5% of budgetJACKSON HOLE THERAPEUTIC RIDING: $34,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetJACKSON HOLE WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $32,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetFRENCHMAN BAY UNITED: $25,000 over 2y, 27% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $24,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTeton County Library Foundation & Friends: $21,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetBEACHWOOD CENTER FOR WELLBEING: $15,000 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetSt John's Health Foundation: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetOFF SQUARE THEATRE COMPANY: $11,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetSORRENTO PUBLIC LIBRARY: $10,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetFENWAY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Academy of Nursing: $8,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSOPHIA ACADEMY: $7,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetRHODE ISLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOWDEN STREET COLLABORATIVE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $4,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF PHILLIPS ACADEMY: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPROVIDENCE AFTER SCHOOL ALLIANCE: $2,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNEW ENGLAND SKI MUSEUM INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFIRSTWORKS: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds THE RHODE ISLAND FREE CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds Frenchman Bay Conservancy ↗
  • Who funds THE WHEELER SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PAWS - PROVIDING ANIMAL WELFARE SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Bowdoin College ↗
  • Who funds CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND ↗
  • Who funds One22 Inc ↗
  • Who funds COLGATE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Hole Food Rescue ↗
  • Who funds Honoring Our Veterans ↗
  • Who funds JACKSON HOLE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ↗
  • Who funds JACKSON HOLE WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRENCHMAN BAY UNITED ↗
  • Who funds BROWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Teton County Library Foundation & Friends ↗
  • Who funds BEACHWOOD CENTER FOR WELLBEING ↗
  • Who funds St John's Health Foundation ↗
  • Who funds OFF SQUARE THEATRE COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds SORRENTO PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds FENWAY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds RZH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds American Academy of Nursing ↗
  • Who funds SOPHIA ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds RHODE ISLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds COWDEN STREET COLLABORATIVE INC ↗

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 loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.

Community Foundation …United Way of Rhode I…The Rhode Island Comm…Amica Companies Found…The Brooks FoundationJune Rockwell Levy Fo…First Interstate Banc…John and Dawn Hummel …Hughes Charitable Fou…Banknewport Charitabl…Giving BrandsRalph R Papitto & Bar…
Community Foundation of Jackson HoleWY21.7× affinity8 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Jackson Hole · United Way of Rhode Island Inc · The Rhode Island Community Foundation · Amica Companies Foundation · The Brooks Foundation · June Rockwell Levy Foundation Incorporated · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · John and Dawn Hummel Foundation · Hughes Charitable Foundation · Banknewport Charitable Foundation Inc · Giving Brands · Ralph R Papitto & Barbara a Papitto Private Family 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 B Street Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from B Street Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 27%
  • Fenway Community Health Center Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
6report 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.

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 56 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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