· Private foundation
Charles H Pearson Trust
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS | $30,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $25,000 |
| HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS | $15,000 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON | $15,000 |
| COTTING SCHOOL FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN | $15,000 |
| YMCA OF GREATER BOSTON | $15,000 |
| ALL SAINTS PARISH | $15,000 |
| EPISCOPAL CITY MISSION | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $388k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +91% since the first grant, against +44% for those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ANAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches9× · 2017–2025 · $125k · revenue +46%
- YMYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON INC8× · 2017–2025 · $113k · revenue +45%
- BGBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC9× · 2017–2025 · $110k · revenue +54%
Funded once
- CLCOMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES ANDone grant, 2017 · $15k
- NSNORTHAMPTON SURVIVAL CENTER INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +44%
- SCST CLAIR COURT PUBLICone grant, 2017 · $10k
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.
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.
Mass general brigham incorporated is developing an integrated health care delivery system throughout the region that offers patients a continuum of coordinated, high-quality care.
Patient care, teaching, research and serving the community.
Old colony ymca helps children, families, and individuals develop to their fullest potential. we respond to ever-changing community needs and view our services through three lenses: youth development, healthy living, and social…
Our mission is to always welcome and connect young people and families to opportunities that embrace diversity, nurture growth, and inspire success.
We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.
The bangor region ymca is a community leader in supporting children, adults, and families in their lifelong quest for physical, emotional, and social wellness.
The meriden-new britain-berlin ymca seeks to become a 'master link' in our communities to enhance the quality of life for all people who live and work in meriden, new britain and berlin. the meriden-new britain-berlin ymca provides all…
Boston community pediatrics (bcp) provides ambulatory pediatric and related health care services to the residents of boston, massachusetts, and surrounding communities. bcp is a new model of innovative pediatric healthcare that addresses…
The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…
Centering on a concept and continuum of care that embraces the health, well-being and dignity of each patient, regardless of their ability to pay, northeast hospital corporation (nhc) has four facilities, beverly hospital, addison gilbert…
The hockomock area ymca (hereinafter referred to as "the ymca") is a not-for-profit charitable organization committed to enhancing the quality of life of our members and enriching the communities we serve through partnership and…
How this is measured
9 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. 9 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC ↗
- Who funds THE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS INC ↗
- Who funds BOSTON SEAMAN'S FRIEND SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS ↗
- Who funds Children's Hospital Corporation ↗
- Who funds NORTHAMPTON SURVIVAL CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds THE METROWEST FREE MEDICAL PROGRAM 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Charles H Pearson Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charles H Pearson Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Home for Little Wanderers Inc: 38% of income from government
- Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
- Northampton Survival Center Inc: 3% of income from government
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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