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Cynthia C and Seth W Lawry Family Foundation at a glance

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Cynthia C and Seth W Lawry Family 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.

$665k
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$125k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$2.9MHealth$760kArts & Culture$209kEnvironment$115kYouth Development$50kFood & Nutrition$20kReligion$16kHuman Services$13kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $110k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $550k
$50,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$7.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLBY COLLEGE$125,000
STANFORD UNIVERSITY$100,000
DUKE UNIVERSITY$100,000
COLBY COLLEGE$75,000
BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$50,000
BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$50,000
WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$50,000
WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$25,000
VITAL CXNS$25,000
COLBY COLLEGE$25,000
MAINE FILM AND VIDEO ASSOCIATION$15,000
COLBY COLLEGE$10,000
FRIENDS OF BELGRADE LAKES VILLAGE$10,000
BOWDOIN COLLEGE$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–21, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Immigrants Family Services Institute Inc: $5k → 16%IMMIGRANT FAMILY SERVICES INSTITUTE: $3k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
CA
MO
VA
NC
DC
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.7M · 16 repeat orgs$505k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +78% since the first grant, against +42% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
35

Total granted

$3.7M
$495k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+78%
+42%

Still filing today

88%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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
EducationHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentCrime & LegalOther
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

  • DUKE UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2018–2024 · $560k · revenue +41%
  • Williams College
    4× · 2017–2022 · $500k · revenue +87%
  • CH
    Children's Hospital Corporation
    4× · 2018–2024 · $400k · revenue +78%

Funded once

  • BC
    BOSTON CHILDRENS HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
  • TC
    TENACRE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL CORPORATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue +42%
  • BI
    BCH INC
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
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 Architectural College

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

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2
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
4
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
5
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
6
New England Lawboston

New england law/boston dedicates itself to preparing students to be successful lawyers and leaders in the public and private sectors through integrated practical, theoretical and ethical education of the highest caliber and to contributing…

Education
7
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
8
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc

Wentworth institute of technology is a nationally recognized private coeducational and residential university of higher education with a mission to empower, inspire and innovate through experiential learning with a core purpose of career…

Education
9
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
10
Wheaton College

Wheaton college provides a transformative liberal arts education, combining theory and practice, for intellectually curious students within a collaborative and vibrant extended community and network that values and strives to create an…

Education
11
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
12
Trustees of Boston University

Organization's mission: boston university is an international, comprehensive, private research university, committed to educating students to be reflective, resourceful individuals ready to live, adapt, and lead in an interconnected world.…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Noble and Greenough School; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Belgrade Lakes Village. 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

30 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. 30 of the 54 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
25/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The President and Trustees of Colby College: $1,105,000 · EducationThe President and Trustees of Colby CollegeDUKE UNIVERSITY: $560,000 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITYWilliams College: $500,000 · EducationWilliams CollegeNOBLE AND GREENOUGH SCHOOL: $275,000 · EducationNOBLE AND GREENOUGH SCHOOLBowdoin College: $135,000 · EducationLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $110,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · EducationTENACRE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL CORPORATION: $100,000 · Education+4 more: $31,000 · EducationChildren's Hospital Corporation: $400,000 · HealthChildren's Hosp…VITAL CXNS INC: $176,500 · HealthVITAL CXNS INC+1 more: $10,000 · HealthBOSTON CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $100,000 · OtherBOSTON CHILD…BCH INC: $100,000 · OtherBCH INCMAINE FILM AND VIDEO ASSOCIATION: $70,000 · OtherMAINE FILM A…MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $25,000 · OtherKENNEBEC VALLEY DENTAL ASSOCIATION: $25,000 · OtherMAINE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: $20,000 · Other+27 more: $139,500 · Other+27 more7 LAKES ALLIANCE INC: $110,000 · EnvironmentWGBH Educational Foundation: $100,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CENTER FOR ARTS IN NATICK INC: $6,500 · Arts & CultureALFOND YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTER: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentIMMIGRANT FAMILY SERVICES INSTITUTE INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesTrustees of Charitable Donations for Inhabitants of Boston: $5,000 · Human Services
Education$2,916,000Health$586,500Other$479,500Environment$110,000Arts & Culture$106,500Youth Development$50,000Human Services$12,500

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 budgetThe President and Trustees of Colby College: $1,105,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $560,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWilliams College: $500,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $400,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNOBLE AND GREENOUGH SCHOOL: $275,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetVITAL CXNS INC: $176,500 over 4y, 29% of budgetBowdoin College: $135,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budget7 LAKES ALLIANCE INC: $110,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $110,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWGBH Educational Foundation: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTENACRE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL CORPORATION: $100,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetALFOND YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTER: $50,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE WILY NETWORK: $25,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCOURAGEOUS PARENTS NETWORKINC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGood Shepherd Food Bank: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIMMIGRANT FAMILY SERVICES INSTITUTE INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetBUDDY DOG HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR ARTS IN NATICK INC: $6,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAPE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTrustees of Charitable Donations for Inhabitants of Boston: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetNEW ENGLAND INNOCENCE PROJECT: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWestfield State University Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARTS NORTH CAROLINA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE POSSE FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EPIPHANY SCHOOL INC: $1,000 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.

Boston Foundation IncCombined Jewish Phila…Harold Alfond Foundat…Bill and Joan Alfond …Cummings Foundation G…Eastern Bank Foundati…The Pfizer Foundation…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…The Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…
Boston Foundation IncMA17.4× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Harold Alfond Foundation · Bill and Joan Alfond Family Foundation · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Eastern Bank Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation

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 Cynthia C and Seth W Lawry Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cynthia C and Seth W Lawry Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • New England Innocence Project: 12% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • The Center for Arts in Natick Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Wgbh Educational Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • The Epiphany School Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Williams College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 54 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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The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home