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Betsey E Babcock Cotruw

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$12k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$4k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Education$92kArts & Culture$3k
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$2,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$240k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AT BOSTON$4,000
EMMANUEL COLLEGE$2,000
SIMMONS UNIVERSITY$2,000
PROVIDENCE COLLEGE$2,000
BRYN MAWR COLLEGE$2,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 55% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%BOSTON COLLEGE: $3k → 7%UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS - LOWELL: $2k → 8%MERRIMACK COLLEGE: $3k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS - AMHERST: $2k → 12%SIMMONS UNIVERSITY: $2k → 16%BRYN MAWR COLLEGE: $2k → 10%POMONA COLLEGE: $2k → 14%UNION COLLEGE: $3k → 12%ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY: $1k → 13%BAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $2k → 16%GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $3k → 14%FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY: $2k → 9%PROVIDENCE COLLEGE: $2k → 14%EMMANUEL COLLEGE: $2k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT: $3k → 10%SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE: $2k → 7%UNIVERSITY OF MAINE - FARMINGTON: $2k → 14%MASSACHUSETTS BAY COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $2k → 7%UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS - LOWELL: $2k → 8%MERRIMACK COLLEGE: $2k → 10%EMMANUEL COLLEGE: $2k → 16%AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $2k → 14%UMASS LOWELL: $2k → 8%ENDICOTT COLLEGE: $4k → 10%MA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY &: $2k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS - LOWELL: $1k → 8%ENDICOTT COLLEGE: $2k → 10%NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $2k → 16%UMASS LOWELL: $750 → 8%ENDICOTT COLLEGE: $1k → 10%MA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY &: $500 → 16%TUFTS UNIVERSITY: $3k → 8%GORDON COLLEGE: $2k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AT BOSTON: $4k → 16%TUFTS UNIVERSITY: $2k → 8%SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY: $2k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS - BOSTON: $3k → 16%REGIS COLLEGE: $500 → 8%UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS - BOSTON: $2k → 16%BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $5k → 16%BENTLEY UNIVERSITY: $2k → 8%BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $3k → 16%BENTLEY UNIVERSITY: $2k → 8%BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC: $3k → 16%BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $2k → 16%BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $2k → 16%BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $2k → 16%SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY: $2k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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VT
NH
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CA
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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

50%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$47k · 10 repeat orgs$47k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +39% since the first grant, against +25% for the ones you funded once.

10 repeat relationships — 0 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
21

Total granted

$47k
$35k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+25%

Still filing today

50%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2019–2024 · $13k · revenue +32%
  • ENDICOTT COLLEGE
    3× · 2017–2023 · $7k · revenue +51%
  • Trustees of Tufts College
    2× · 2019–2020 · $5k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGEgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +26%
  • GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue +16%
  • UC
    UNION COLLEGE
    one grant, 2022 · $3k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — 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
St Marys University of Minnesota

Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.

Education
3
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
4
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
5
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
6
The Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame

The corporation of saint mary's college, notre dame (saint mary's) is a catholic, residential, women's, liberal arts college offering undergraduate degrees and co-educational graduate programs. (continued in schedule o)

Education
7
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
8
Lewis & Clark College

Lewis & clark is a premier private higher education institution offering an exceptional education in an inclusive environment. by fostering critical thinking, innovation, creativity, civic engagement, and leadership, both inside and…

Education
9
Benedictine College

Benedictine college's mission as a catholic, benedictine, liberal arts, residential college is the education of men and women within a community of faith & scholarship.

Education
10
The Catholic University of America

As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…

Education
11
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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12
Georgian Court University

Georgian court university (gcu), provides a comprehensive liberal arts education and is open to students of all faiths, delivers a curriculum that promotes scholarship, service, and personal development.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Northeastern University and the most unlike its peers is Pomona College. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 80 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr20%0%10–20yr19%8%20–35yr14%13%35–55yr14%79%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr20%0%10–20yr19%3%20–35yr14%10%35–55yr14%87%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/25
the rest of the field
11%
4,714/42,333

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

24 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 24 of the 36 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
17/24
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ENDICOTT COLLEGE — $6,500 · EducationENDICOTT COLLEGETrustees of Tufts College — $4,500 · EducationTrustees of Tufts CollegeMERRIMACK COLLEGE — $4,000 · EducationMERRIMACK COLLEGEBENTLEY UNIVERSITY — $3,500 · EducationBENTLEY UNIVERSITYTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE — $2,500 · EducationGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY — $2,500 · EducationBERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC INC — $2,500 · EducationEMMANUEL COLLEGE — $2,000 · EducationSAINT ANSELM COLLEGE — $2,000 · EducationBRYN MAWR COLLEGE — $2,000 · EducationFairfield University — $2,000 · EducationSIMMONS UNIVERSITY — $2,000 · EducationPROVIDENCE COLLEGE — $2,000 · Education+9 more — $12,000 · Education+9 moreTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY — $12,500 · OtherTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS — $4,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTSUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS - LOWELL — $4,250 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS - LOWELLUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AT BOSTON — $4,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AT BOSTONUNION COLLEGE — $2,500 · OtherUNION COLLEGEWENTWORTH INSTITUTE — $2,500 · OtherWENTWORTH INSTITUTEUNIVERSITY OF VERMONT — $2,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF VERMONTMA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY & — $2,500 · OtherMA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY &UMASS LOWELL — $2,250 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MAINE - FARMINGTON — $1,500 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS BAY COMMUNITY COLLEGE — $1,500 · OtherSALEM STATE UNIVERSITY — $1,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS - AMHERST — $1,500 · Other+1 more — $500 · Other
Education$50,000Other$44,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY — $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetENDICOTT COLLEGE — $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College — $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMERRIMACK COLLEGE — $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBENTLEY UNIVERSITY — $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEMMANUEL COLLEGE — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT ANSELM COLLEGE — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRYN MAWR COLLEGE — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFairfield University — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIMMONS UNIVERSITY — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROVIDENCE COLLEGE — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUFFOLK UNIVERSITY — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOMONA COLLEGE — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGORDON COLLEGE — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBAYLOR UNIVERSITY — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEMMANUEL UNIVERSITY INC — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN UNIVERSITY — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLESLEY UNIVERSITY — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREGIS COLLEGE — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Metrowest Health Foun…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Metrowest Health Foundation IncMA13.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Metrowest Health Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Betsey E Babcock Cotruw funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Trustees of Boston University — 12% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College — 11% of income from government
  • Northeastern University — 4% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston College — 2% of income from government
  • Merrimack College — 2% of income from government
  • Regis College — 1% of income from government
  • Fairfield University — 1% of income from government
  • Suffolk University — 1% of income from government
  • Simmons University — 0% of income from government
  • Gordon College — 0% of income from government
  • Endicott College — 0% of income from government
  • Lesley University — 0% of income from government
  • Berklee College of Music Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Emmanuel College — 0% of income from government
  • Bentley University — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Betsey E Babcock Cotruw?

Find your warmest path to Betsey E Babcock Cotruw 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 36 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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