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Clayton F and Ruth L Hawkridge Foundat at a glance

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Clayton F and Ruth L Hawkridge Foundat

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.

$65k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$103kHuman Services$72kHealth$65kYouth Development$46kFood & Nutrition$31kHousing & Shelter$22kEducation$14kPhilanthropy$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHARLES RIVER CENTER$5,000
CRADLES TO CRAYONS$5,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF METROWEST$5,000
PATHWAYS EARLY EDUCATION CENTER OF IMMOKALEE INC$5,000
BAKER CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES$5,000
CLARKE SCHOOL FOR HEARING AND SPEECH$5,000
GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK$5,000
COMMUNITY ART CENTER INC$5,000
ARTISTS ASSOCIATION OF NANTUCKET$5,000
BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM$5,000
MAVEN PROJECT$5,000
CONCORD CHORALE$4,000
NEW LONDON BARN PLAYHOUSE INC$3,000
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$3,000
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 (FY20–25, $101k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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.

area typical 8%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $5k → 8%NAPLES SENIOR CENTER: $4k → 10%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $5k → 8%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $5k → 8%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $5k → 8%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $5k → 8%BOSTON HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $6k → 16%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $5k → 8%BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM: $5k → 16%COMMUNITY ART CENTER INC: $5k → 8%COMMUNITY ART CENTER INC: $5k → 8%BOSTON HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $5k → 16%COMMUNITY ART CENTER: $4k → 8%BOSTON HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $5k → 16%COMMUNITY ART CENTER: $3k → 8%COMMUNITY ART CENTER: $1k → 8%BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM: $5k → 16%BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM: $4k → 16%JUDGE BAKER CHILDRENS CENTER: $5k → 16%JUDGE BAKER CHILDRENS CENTER: $5k → 16%JUDGE BAKER CHILDRENS CENTER: $4k → 16%CENTRAL BOSTON ELDER SERVICES: $5k → 16%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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$303k · 17 repeat orgs$57k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
13

Total granted

$303k
$52k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+53%

Still filing today

76%
85%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

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

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • GB
    GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $31k · revenue +1%
  • BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $30k · revenue +54%
  • CT
    CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $30k · revenue +81%

Funded once

  • FB
    FAMILYAID BOSTON INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +82%
  • CB
    CENTRAL BOSTON ELDER SERVICES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +54%
  • BC
    Boston Charitable Trust Fund City of Boston Trust Office
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue -100%
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
Boston Community Pediatrics Inc

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…

Health
2
Boston Center for the Arts Inc

Boston center for the arts (bca) is a not-for-profit performing and visual arts campus that supports working artists to create, perform, and exhibit new works; develops new audiences; and connects the arts to the community.

Arts & Culture
3
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
4
Boston Arts Summer Institute Inc
Recreation & Sports
5
Community Music Center of Boston Inc

Community music center of boston ("cmcb") transforms lives throughout greater boston by providing equitable access to excellent music education and arts experiences.

Arts & Culture
6
Guild of Boston Artists Inc
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7
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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8
Brookline Community Mental Health Center Inc Dba the Brookline Center

The brookline center for community mental health provides groundbreaking mental health services rooted in meaningful innovation and compassionate care. in response to today's mental health landscape and the ongoing mental health crisis,…

—
9
The Brien Center for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

The brien center provides a continuum of care for children, adolescents, adults and families living with significant and persistent mental health and substance use disorders. we are guided by the belief that everyone in berkshire county…

Health
10
Boston Baroque Inc

The organization operates america's first permanent period orchestra and chorus which reach local, national, and international audiences through a subscription series, touring engagements, recordings, and broadcasts.

Arts & Culture
11
Boston Ballet Inc

The heart of Boston Ballet is the human experience. Through our living and breathing art, we forge human connections-between artist and attendee, teacher and trainee, friend and newcomer, one's outer and inner self. Dance history is human…

Arts & Culture
12
Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return

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.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Central Boston Elder Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc. 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

25 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. 25 of the 31 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
17/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $31,000 · OtherGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INCCHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CITIZENS INC: $25,000 · OtherCHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CITIZENS IN…CONCORD CHORALE INC: $20,000 · OtherCONCORD CHORALE INCBAKER CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $15,000 · OtherBAKER CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIESCLARKE SCHOOL FOR HEARING AND SPEECH: $14,000 · OtherCLARKE SCHOOL FOR HEARING AND SPEECHDAVID HOUSE INC: $12,000 · OtherDAVID HOUSE INCBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS: $12,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBSPathways Early Education Center of Immokalee Inc: $10,000 · OtherPathways Early Education Center of Immokalee Inc+6 more: $22,500 · Other+6 moreBOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesBOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOME…CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesCRADLES TO CRAYONS INCCOMMUNITY ART CENTER INC: $18,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY ART CENTER INCJUDGE BAKER CHILDREN'S CENTER: $14,000 · Human ServicesJUDGE BAKER CHILDREN'S CENTERCENTRAL BOSTON ELDER SERVICES INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesBAKER SENIOR CENTER NAPLES INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesNEW LONDON BARN PLAYHOUSE INC: $22,000 · Arts & CultureNEW LONDON BARN PLA…ARTISTS ASSOCIATION OF NANTUCKET INC: $18,000 · Arts & CultureARTISTS ASSOCIATION…BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $9,000 · Arts & CultureBOSTON SYMPHONY ORC…NORTHERN STAGE COMPANY: $8,000 · Arts & CultureNORTHERN STAGE COMP…Naples Community Orchestra Inc: $4,000 · Arts & CultureNaples Community Or…BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METROWEST INC: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE MAVEN PROJECT: $5,000 · HealthDAVID'S HOUSE INC: $4,000 · HealthVICTORY PROGRAMS INC: $2,500 · HealthBoston Charitable Trust Fund City of Boston Trust Office: $5,000 · PhilanthropyBOSTON RESCUE MISSION INC: $5,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$161,500Human Services$101,000Arts & Culture$61,000Youth Development$15,000Health$11,500Philanthropy$5,000Housing & Shelter$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $31,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CITIZENS INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNEW LONDON BARN PLAYHOUSE INC: $22,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCONCORD CHORALE INC: $20,000 over 5y, 4.9% of budgetARTISTS ASSOCIATION OF NANTUCKET INC: $18,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY ART CENTER INC: $18,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METROWEST INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJUDGE BAKER CHILDREN'S CENTER: $14,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPathways Early Education Center of Immokalee Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHERN STAGE COMPANY: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILYAID BOSTON INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL BOSTON ELDER SERVICES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Charitable Trust Fund City of Boston Trust Office: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MAVEN PROJECT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOSTON RESCUE MISSION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCamereta New England: $4,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetTHE CLARKE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF CLARKE SCHOOLS FOR HEARING AND SPEECH: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDAVID'S HOUSE INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBAKER SENIOR CENTER NAPLES INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNaples Community Orchestra Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVICTORY PROGRAMS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

Eastern Bank Foundati…Martin Salomon Morton…Boston Foundation IncCombined Jewish Phila…Yawkey Foundation IIEastern Cambridge Fou…New Hampshire Charita…Robert L Corkin Chari…Bushrod H Campbell & …Community Foundation …Cambridge Savings Cha…Liberty Mutual Founda…
Eastern Bank FoundationMA20.3× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eastern Bank Foundation · Martin Salomon Morton and Gustel Schreiber Morton Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Yawkey Foundation II · Eastern Cambridge Foundation · New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · Robert L Corkin Charitable Foundation · Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund · Community Foundation for MetroWest Inc · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc

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 Clayton F and Ruth L Hawkridge Foundat funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Clayton F and Ruth L Hawkridge Foundat. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Victory Programs Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Central Boston Elder Services Inc: 47% of income from government
  • Judge Baker Children's Center: 29% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Community Art Center Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Northern Stage Company: 5% of income from government
  • Familyaid Boston Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Boys and Girls Clubs of Metrowest Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Clarke School for the Deaf Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech: 1% of income from government
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Artists Association of Nantucket Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Clayton F and Ruth L Hawkridge Foundat 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 31 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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