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Cordelia Family Foundation LTD at a glance

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Cordelia Family Foundation LTD

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$216k
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

International$365kArts & Culture$318kEducation$209kHuman Services$192kHealth$190kRecreation & Sports$88kPublic Benefit$60kYouth Development$47kOther$0
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $185k
$10,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$4.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Medicines for Humanity$25,000
Friends of Thai Daughters$25,000
Wyoming Seminary$20,000
Ferry Hill Center$20,000
Friendship Home$15,000
James Library & Center for the Arts$15,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
Windrush Farm$10,000
Learn Live Love$10,000
MSPCA$10,000
Windrush Farm$10,000
NVNA and Hospice$10,000
The Current$9,339
Medicines for Humanity$5,000
South Shore YMCA Natural Science Center$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $337k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 61% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Windrush Farm: $10k → 10%Friends of Thai Daughters: $25k → 9%Windrush Farm: $10k → 10%Friends of Thai Daughters: $20k → 9%Windrush Farm: $10k → 10%Friends of Thai Daughters: $20k → 9%Windrush Farm: $10k → 10%Friends of Thai Daughters: $20k → 9%Windrush Farm: $10k → 10%Friends of Thai Daughters: $20k → 9%Friends of Thai Daughters: $10k → 8%Windrush Farm: $10k → 10%Friends of Thai Daughters: $15k → 9%Windrush Farm: $10k → 10%Friends of Thai Daughters: $15k → 9%Windrush Farm: $2k → 10%Friendship Home: $20k → 8%Friendship Home: $20k → 8%Friendship Home: $17k → 8%Friendship Home: $17k → 8%Friendship Home: $17k → 8%Friendship Home: $15k → 8%Friendship Home: $15k → 8%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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 24 repeat orgs$89k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
15

Total granted

$1.5M
$73k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+80%

Still filing today

63%
13%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentInternationalOther
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

  • MF
    MEDICINES FOR HUMANITY INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $211k · revenue +15%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THAI DAUGHTERS INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $145k · revenue +191%
  • FH
    FRIENDSHIP HOME INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $120k · revenue +114%

Funded once

  • JL
    James Library
    one grant, 2020 · $15k
  • MV
    McKinney - Vento Marshfield Public Schools
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • SS
    St Stephen's Church
    one grant, 2022 · $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.

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
Brighton Marine Inc

Brighton marine, inc. provides military and veteran families with comprehensive campus-based quality health care, as well as affordable and supportive housing for at-risk veterans and their families.

Health
2
North Shore Nursery School Inc

To provide developmental and educational instruction for children ages 2-5 years of age.

Education
3
Monadnock Media Inc

To produce educational media productions for museums

Arts & Culture
4
Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc

The nantucket conservation foundation owns, protects, and stewards over 9,000 acres of land and coastal shoreline, conserves nantucket's rare and significant natural resources, and engages in impactful ecological research to inform…

Environment
5
Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.

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6
The Marine Mammal Center

The marine mammal center advances global ocean conservation through marine mammal rescue and rehabilitation, scientific research, and education. the center's work is guided and inspired by a shared vision of a healthy ocean for marine…

Animals
7
William James College Inc

William james college strives to be a preeminent college of psychology that integrates rigorous academic instruction with extensive field education and close attention to professional development. we assume an ongoing social responsibility…

Education
8
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
9
Marine Science Institute

The institutes mission is to cultivate a responsibility for the natural environment and our human communities through interdisciplinary science education.

—
10
Northeast Human Resources Association Inc

The mission of the northeast human resources association is to lead, advance and influence the management of human resources and its impact on organizational success.

—
11
The Waldorf School Inc

The waldorf school of lexington nurtures each child's curiosity, ingenuity, and love of learning so that they can meet the future with wonder, confidence, and resilience.

Education
12
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Friendship Home Inc; the most unlike its peers is Learn Live Love 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

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 44 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/21
Grantees still filing
16/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

James Library & Center for the Arts: $180,000 · OtherJames Library & Center for the ArtsIndividual grant recipient: $100,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNorwell Visiting Nurse Association Inc: $95,500 · OtherNorwell Visiting Nurse Association IncMARTHA'S VINEYARD CEREBRAL PALSY CAMP INC: $70,000 · OtherMARTHA'S VINEYARD CEREBRAL PALSY CAMP INCFerry Hill Center: $50,000 · OtherFerry Hill Center+24 more: $159,952 · Other+24 moreFRIENDS OF THAI DAUGHTERS INC: $145,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THAI DAUGHTE…FRIENDSHIP HOME INC: $120,001 · Human ServicesFRIENDSHIP HOME INCWINDRUSH FARM THERAPEUTIC EQUITATION INC: $72,000 · Human ServicesWINDRUSH FARM THERAPEUT…MEDICINES FOR HUMANITY INC: $211,327 · InternationalMEDICINES FOR …WYOMING SEMINARY COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $160,000 · EducationWYOMING SEMI…NURTURING MINDS INC: $8,275 · Education+2 more: $6,000 · EducationSOUTH SHORE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC INC: $120,000 · Arts & CultureSOUTH SHO…THE CURRENT INC: $13,677 · Arts & CultureTHE CURRE…LEARN LIVE LOVE INC: $75,000 · Health+2 more: $1,300 · HealthBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MARSHFIELD INC: $45,000 · Youth DevelopmentGREEN MOUNTAIN ACADEMY INC: $2,200 · Youth Development
Other$655,452Human Services$337,001International$211,327Education$174,275Arts & Culture$133,677Health$76,300Youth Development$47,200

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMEDICINES FOR HUMANITY INC: $211,327 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetWYOMING SEMINARY COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $160,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THAI DAUGHTERS INC: $145,000 over 8y, 4.5% of budgetFRIENDSHIP HOME INC: $120,001 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetSOUTH SHORE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC INC: $120,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetNorwell Visiting Nurse Association Inc: $95,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLEARN LIVE LOVE INC: $75,000 over 7y, 11% of budgetWINDRUSH FARM THERAPEUTIC EQUITATION INC: $72,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD CEREBRAL PALSY CAMP INC: $70,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MARSHFIELD INC: $45,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetTHE CURRENT INC: $13,677 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetNORTH & SOUTH RIVERS WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC: $11,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNURTURING MINDS INC: $8,275 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER FOR AMERICAN INDIAN RESEARCH & NATIVE STUDIES: $4,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetNorwell Farms Inc: $3,167 over 3y, 13% of budgetSHOOTING TOUCH INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGREEN MOUNTAIN ACADEMY INC: $2,200 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE MAKAYLA FUND INC: $2,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetTHE MAY INSTITUTE INC: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $100 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.

  • Who funds MEDICINES FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
  • Who funds WYOMING SEMINARY COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THAI DAUGHTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDSHIP HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH SHORE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC INC ↗
  • Who funds Norwell Visiting Nurse Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds LEARN LIVE LOVE INC ↗
  • Who funds WINDRUSH FARM THERAPEUTIC EQUITATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MARTHA'S VINEYARD CEREBRAL PALSY CAMP INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MARSHFIELD INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CURRENT INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTH & SOUTH RIVERS WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds NURTURING MINDS INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR AMERICAN INDIAN RESEARCH & NATIVE STUDIES ↗
  • Who funds Norwell Farms Inc ↗
  • Who funds SHOOTING TOUCH INC ↗
  • Who funds GREEN MOUNTAIN ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MAKAYLA FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MAY INSTITUTE 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.

James & Beatrice Sala…Rockland Trust Charit…Eastern Bank Foundati…Amelia Peabody Charit…Bny Mellon Charitable…The Richard A & Helen…South Shore Bank Char…Boston Foundation IncArbella Insurance Fou…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…
James & Beatrice Salah Charitable Trust Dtd 08-09-2001FL19.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: James & Beatrice Salah Charitable Trust Dtd 08-09-2001 · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund Trust · Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund · The Richard A & Helene M Monaghan Family Foundation · South Shore Bank Charitable Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Arbella Insurance Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable 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 Cordelia Family Foundation LTD funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cordelia Family Foundation LTD. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 66%
  • Friendship Home Inc: 66% of income from government
  • The May Institute Inc: 47% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.

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 44 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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