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Clara B Winthrop Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$278k
Granted FY2025still arriving
28
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$16k
Largest
01What you fund
0193% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Arts & Culture$532kEducation$365kHealth$358kEnvironment$129kPublic Benefit$100kAnimals$74kScience & Tech$74kYouth Development$69kOther$0
02FY2025 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $63k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $215k
$10,080
Median grant
3
States reached
$3.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MANCHESTER PUBLIC LIBRARY$15,840
VNA CARE NETWORK$14,400
TOWN OF MANCHESTER-BY-$14,400
LIBRARY OF THE BOSTON$12,960
BOWDOIN COLLEGE$12,960
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL$12,960
BEVERLY HOSPITAL$12,960
Individual grant recipient$12,960
BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL TRUST$12,960
BRIGHAM & WOMEN'S HOSPITAL$11,520
WENHAM MUSEUM$10,080
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE$10,080
THE EPIPHANY SCHOOL$10,080
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF$10,080
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA MUSEUM$10,080
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.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS: $7k → 16%HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS: $7k → 16%HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS: $6k → 16%HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS: $5k → 16%HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS: $5k → 16%HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS: $5k → 16%HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS: $5k → 16%HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS: $5k → 16%HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS: $5k → 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.

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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.0M · 29 repeat orgs$15k to everyone else

29 repeat relationships — 27 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
1

Total granted

$2.0M
$8k

Still filing today

55%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentHealthAnimalsHuman ServicesOther

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

  • THE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS
    9× · 2017–2025 · $92k · revenue +50%
  • MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $89k · revenue +364%
  • BC
    Bowdoin College
    9× · 2017–2025 · $89k · revenue +94%

Funded once

  • NH
    NORTHEAST HEALTH
    one grant, 2017 · $8k

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
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
2
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Inc

Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…

Arts & Culture
3
The Rhode Island Historical Society

The rhode island historical society, through its collections, museums, and educational initiatives, welcomes everyone to engage with rhode island's complex and significant past.

Arts & Culture
4
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
5
New England Museum of Telephony
6
Manchester Historic Association

To collect and preserve materials relating to the history of manchester, new hampshire, and to operate a museum, research center, and educational programs relating to this history for the benefit of the public.

7
Uss Constitution Museum Inc

The uss constitution museum engages all ages in the story of "old ironsides" to spark excitement about maritime heritage, naval service, and the american experience.

Arts & Culture
8
Boston Architectural College

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

9
Lowell Observatory

The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…

Science & Tech
10
The Newark Museum Association

Nmoa mission statement is: we welcome everyone with inclusive experiences that spark curiosity and foster community.

Arts & Culture
11
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
12
New England Historic Genealogical Society

New england historic genealogical society's mission is to advance the study of family history in america and beyond. we educate, inspire, and connect people through our scholarship, collections, and expertise. we conduct business under the…

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New England Aquarium Corporation and the most unlike its peers is The Winsor School. 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

17 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 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 31 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
14/17
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MANCHESTER PUBLIC LIBRARY — $110,165 · OtherMANCHESTER PUBLIC LIBRARYTOWN OF MANCHESTER-BY- — $100,150 · OtherTOWN OF MANCHESTER-BY-VNA CARE NETWORK — $100,150 · OtherVNA CARE NETWORKIndividual grant recipient — $89,135 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLIBRARY OF THE BOSTON — $89,135 · OtherLIBRARY OF THE BOSTONBEVERLY HOSPITAL — $81,135 · OtherBEVERLY HOSPITALMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED — $79,120 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATEDWENHAM MUSEUM — $70,680 · OtherWENHAM MUSEUMBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF — $69,105 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OFIndividual grant recipient — $69,105 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMANCHESTER COMMUNITY CENTER — $60,025 · OtherMANCHESTER COMMUNITY CENTERHARVARD COLLEGE FUND — $59,090 · OtherHARVARD COLLEGE FUNDIndividual grant recipient — $50,075 · OtherFRIENDS OF MANCHESTER TREES — $37,575 · Other+2 more — $25,230 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $89,135 · Arts & CultureMASSACHUSETTS HIST…MUSEUM OF SCIENCE — $74,393 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF SCIENCEMANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA MUSEUM INC — $70,105 · Arts & CultureMANCHESTER-BY-THE-…SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF NEW ENGL — $69,105 · Arts & CultureSOCIETY FOR THE PR…PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC — $20,000 · Arts & CulturePEABODY ESSEX MUSE…+1 more — $7,200 · Arts & CultureBowdoin College — $89,135 · EducationBowdoin Colleg…THE EPIPHANY SCHOOL INC — $56,593 · EducationTHE EPIPHANY S…THE WINSOR SCHOOL — $50,075 · EducationTHE WINSOR SCH…NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC — $48,863 · EducationNEW ENGLAND CO…SEED GLOBAL HEALTH — $13,803 · EducationSEED GLOBAL HE…THE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS — $91,738 · EnvironmentChildren's Hospital Corporation — $89,135 · HealthNEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM CORPORATION — $74,393 · AnimalsTHE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS INC — $50,075 · Human Services
Other$1,089,875Arts & Culture$329,938Education$258,469Environment$91,738Health$89,135Animals$74,393Human Services$50,075

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS — $91,738 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $89,135 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetBowdoin College — $89,135 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation — $89,135 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF SCIENCE — $74,393 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM CORPORATION — $74,393 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA MUSEUM INC — $70,105 over 9y, 11% of budgetSOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF NEW ENGL — $69,105 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMANCHESTER COMMUNITY CENTER — $60,025 over 8y, 24% of budgetTHE EPIPHANY SCHOOL INC — $56,593 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS INC — $50,075 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WINSOR SCHOOL — $50,075 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC — $48,863 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF MANCHESTER TREES — $37,575 over 6y, 21% of budgetPEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC — $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSEED GLOBAL HEALTH — $13,803 over 9y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS
  • Who funds MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
  • Who funds Bowdoin College
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Corporation
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF SCIENCE
  • Who funds NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM CORPORATION
  • Who funds MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA MUSEUM INC
  • Who funds SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF NEW ENGL
  • Who funds MANCHESTER COMMUNITY CENTER
  • Who funds THE EPIPHANY SCHOOL INC
  • Who funds THE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS INC
  • Who funds THE WINSOR SCHOOL
  • Who funds NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF MANCHESTER TREES
  • Who funds PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC
  • Who funds SEED GLOBAL HEALTH
  • Who funds NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC

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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundMA6.1× affinity6 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: 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 Clara B Winthrop Charitable Trust 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.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 40%2%6%14%25%your share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 3%
  • The Home for Little Wanderers Inc38% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Historical Society22% of income from government
  • New England Aquarium Corporation12% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation10% of income from government
  • Peabody Essex Museum Inc3% of income from government
  • Society for the Preservation of New Engl2% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Reservations2% of income from government
  • New England Conservatory of Music1% of income from government
  • Museum of Science0% of income from government
  • The Epiphany School Inc0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Clara B Winthrop Charitable Trust?

Find your warmest path to Clara B Winthrop Charitable Trust 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 31 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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