· Private foundation
Constance O Putnam Foundation
Its FY2024 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, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND | $45,000 |
| BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER | $25,000 |
| CARROLL CENTER FOR THE BLIND | $25,000 |
| CROTCHED MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| WALKER INC | $25,000 |
| CAMP JABBERWOCKY | $25,000 |
| CAMP SUNSHINE AT SEBAGO LAKE | $25,000 |
| FRANCISCAN HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN | $25,000 |
| CAMP STARFISH | $25,000 |
| NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR CHILDREN | $25,000 |
| ST VINCENT'S SPECIAL NEEDS SERVICE | $24,000 |
| BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL TRUST | $20,000 |
| SPINA BIFIDA ASSOC OF GREATER NE | $20,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,000 |
| EASTER SEALS MASSACHUSETTS | $20,000 |
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 (FY20–24, $95k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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 +38% since the first grant, against +35% for those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 2 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 FY2024, 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
- PSPERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND5× · 2020–2024 · $210k · revenue +33%
- CSCAMP SUNSHINE AT SEBAGO LAKE INC5× · 2020–2024 · $125k · revenue +9%
BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION5× · 2020–2024 · $125k · revenue +58%
Funded once
- SVST VINCENT'S SPECIAL NEEDS SERVICESone grant, 2020 · $25k
- BCBOSTON'S CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL TRUSTone grant, 2021 · $25k
- HEHILLCREST EDUCATIONAL CENTERS INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +35%
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.
To help children and families transform significant emotional distress into increased resilience, hope and quality of life. to support the healing and learning process with innovation and integrity, and to serve as a model for best and…
Melmark new england, is a multi state human services provider with premier private special education schools, professional development, training, and research centers. melmark new england is committed to enhancing the lives of individuals…
To operate exclusively for the benefit of The Children's Hospital Corporation and its affiliated organizations in the conduct of their charitable, educational and scientific functions.
May institute proudly serves individuals across the lifespan with autism, developmental disabilities, intellectual disabilities, neurological disorders, and behavior disorders to promote independence, choice, dignity, and respect. see…
It is the mission of Sargent Rehabilitation Center to rehabilitate children and young adults with disabilities for maximum community access to education daily living and employment.
BCNSP supports the following three pillars of Boston Children's Hospital's four-part mission: (1) providing care to individuals in the community, (2) improving clinical care to its patients, and (3) educating and training clinicians. In…
Pediatric healthcare, education & research
Lifestream, inc. (the organization") provides community-based services that support individuals in attaining greater independence, promising opportunities, and lives that are meaningful and fulfilling on their own terms.
To cultivate an intimate, welcoming community where children develop respectful relationships and inquisitive minds, build confidence in their individual gifts, and are engaged, prepared and inspired to learn.
Italian home for children provides an integrated network of powerful and effective programs to help children and families with emotional, behavioral, and educational challenges thrive in their communities.
Hospital for Special Care is a 236-Bed Rehabilitation and Chronic Disease hospital, serving patients in these primary areas: Inpatient and Outpatient Rehabilitation.
Cardinal cushing centers, a not-for-profit organization founded in 1947, provides individuals with intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum disorders, from school age through adult and elder years, educational, employment and…
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 20 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 PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND ↗
- Who funds CAMP SUNSHINE AT SEBAGO LAKE INC ↗
- Who funds BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds THE NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
- Who funds EASTER SEALS MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
- Who funds MARTHA'S VINEYARD CEREBRAL PALSY CAMP INC ↗
- Who funds Franciscan Hospital for Children ↗
- Who funds WALKER INC ↗
- Who funds CAMP STARFISH INC ↗
- Who funds Crotched Mountain Foundation ↗
- Who funds Children's Hospital Corporation ↗
- Who funds THE CARROLL CENTER FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
- Who funds COTTING SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds HILLCREST EDUCATIONAL CENTERS 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 Bay State Federal Savings Charitable Foundation · The Doug Flutie Jr Foundation for Autism Inc · The Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation · Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund Trust · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Christopher Reeve Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Constance O Putnam Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Constance O Putnam Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Easter Seals Massachusetts Inc: 45% of income from government
- Walker Inc: 26% of income from government
- Boston Medical Center Corporation: 23% of income from government
- Hillcrest Educational Centers Inc: 21% of income from government
- Camp Starfish Inc: 18% of income from government
- Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
- Perkins School for the Blind: 7% of income from government
- The Carroll Center for the Blind Inc: 3% of income from government
- The New England Center for Children Inc: 3% of income from government
- Franciscan Hospital for Children: 0% of income from government
- Cotting School Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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