· Private foundation
Cinnabelle and Benjamin Esterman Foundation Inc
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 |
|---|---|
| EMMANUEL MUSIC | $6,500 |
| GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK | $6,000 |
| SMILE TRAIN | $2,500 |
| ST FRANCIS HOUSE | $2,000 |
| WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT | $2,000 |
| Agrace Foundation | $1,000 |
| FIRE | $1,000 |
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, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
23 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down.
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, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- GBGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC7× · 2017–2025 · $125k · revenue +89%
- EMEMMANUEL MUSIC INC9× · 2017–2025 · $31k · revenue +101%
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC7× · 2017–2024 · $20k · revenue +98%
Funded once
- MGMassachusetts General Hospitalone grant, 2024 · $10k
THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCHgraduatedone grant, 2024 · $8k · revenue +40%- AIAmnesty International USAone grant, 2024 · $5k
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.
Commonwealth care alliance, inc.'s mission is to improve the health and well-being of people with significant needs by innovating, coordinating and providing the highest quality, individualized care.
Aclu foundation of ma was established to defend freedoms guaranteed in the constitution and bill of rights through public education and litigation.
Massachusetts taxpayers foundation provides public & private sector decision makers with accurate, timely, unbiased research & constructive solutions that drive public policy in order to strengthen the state's finances & position the…
The mission of the university of massachusetts foundation, inc. is to foster and promote the growth, progress and general welfare of the university of massachusetts as stated in the original 1950 articles of organization. the foundation…
The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…
Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…
The organization's mission is to build partnerships to enhance compassionate care globally. we are dedicated to improving access to hospice and palliative care worldwide.
Bridgespan's mission is to build a better world by strengthening the ability of mission-driven organizations and philanthropists to achieve breakthrough results in addressing society's most important challenges and opportunities.
Our vision is to reimagine everyday giving to help charities. our mission is to enable the world's leading online platforms to create opportunities for everyday charitable giving. in doing so, we ensure our programs are trustworthy,…
Mhic's mission is to be an innovative private financier of afforable housing and community development throughout new england, providing financing that would not otherwise be available, and extending the impact of that financing to ensure…
Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…
Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.
How this is measured
21 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. 21 of the 41 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 GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds EMMANUEL MUSIC INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
- Who funds SAINT FRANCIS HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds FOOD FOR FREE COMMITTEE INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY ↗
- Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
- Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds United States Association for UNHCR ↗
- Who funds ROSIE'S PLACE INC ↗
- Who funds Agrace HospiceCare Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds TOKEN CREEK FESTIVAL INC ↗
- Who funds PINE STREET INN INC ↗
- Who funds CASPAR INC ↗
- Who funds WINSOR MUSIC INC ↗
- Who funds KITCHEN SISTERS ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CAMBRIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY INC ↗
- Who funds ON THE RISE 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Cinnabelle and Benjamin Esterman Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cinnabelle and Benjamin Esterman Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- On the Rise Inc: 39% of income from government
- Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
- Saint Francis House Inc: 18% of income from government
- Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
- Emmanuel Music Inc: 5% of income from government
- Food for Free Committee Inc: 3% of income from government
- Caspar Inc: 1% of income from government
- Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery: 1% of income from government
- Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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