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Darman Family Charitable Trust at a glance

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Darman Family Charitable Trust

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.

$139k
Granted FY2024still arriving
36
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$10k
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, FY2021 to 2024.

Housing & Shelter$97kHealth$71kFood & Nutrition$58kInternational$45kHuman Services$38kCivil Rights$35kYouth Development$33kPublic Safety & Disaster$28kOther$0
02FY2024 · 36 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k35 grants · $129k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$3,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$4.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOMESTART$10,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA$9,500
THE LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION$9,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC$8,500
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM$8,000
NATIONAL NETWORK TO END DOMENSTIC VIOLENCE$8,000
CARITAS COMMUNITIES$7,500
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW$7,000
HARLEM CHILDRENS ZONE$6,500
GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK$6,000
BOSTON HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC$5,000
THE PREPARATORY FOUNDATION BOSTON$5,000
FEEDING AMERICA$5,000
BRIGHTFOCUS - MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH$3,000
NEADS WORLD CLASS SERVICE DOGS$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 (FY21–24, $73k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 65% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%NEADS WORLD CLASS SERVICE DOGS: $4k → 11%THE LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $9k → 6%CHICAGO HOPE: $1k → 14%NEADS WORLD CLASS SERVICE DOGS: $3k → 11%THE LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $8k → 6%CHICAGO HOPE: $1k → 14%NEADS WORLD CLASS SERVICE DOGS: $3k → 11%THE LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $6k → 6%THE LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $3k → 6%BOSTON HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC: $5k → 16%HARLEM CHILDRENS ZONE: $7k → 17%HARLEM CHILDRENS ZONE: $7k → 17%HARLEM CHILDRENS ZONE: $7k → 17%THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $2k → 17%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: $8k → 14%BEACON HILL VILLAGE: $500 → 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

IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
VA
MD
TN
DC
AL
GA
TX
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$396k · 25 repeat orgs$60k to everyone else

25 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
12

Total granted

$396k
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+28%

Still filing today

92%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesInternationalHealthHousing & ShelterCrime & LegalEducationOther
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

  • CC
    CARITAS COMMUNITIES INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $59k · revenue +61%
  • HI
    HomeStart Inc
    4× · 2021–2024 · $36k · revenue +13%
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $28k · revenue +167%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
  • AI
    AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
  • TO
    TRUSTEES OF THE RESERVATIONS
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
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.

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Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
2
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
3
The Bridgespan Group Inc

Bridgespan's mission is to build a better world by strengthening the ability of mission-driven organizations and philanthropists to achieve breakthrough results in addressing society's most important challenges and opportunities.

Community Improvement
4
Pact Inc

Pact is a nonprofit organization that builds evidence-based, data-driven, and community-led solutions for human development (continued in schedule o)

International
5
Ceres Inc

Ceres is a nonprofit advocacy organization working to accelerate the transition to a cleaner, more just, and resilient world. through education and research, we make the business case for action on the most pressing sustainability…

Environment
6
Partnersglobal

Partnersglobal (partners) works through a global network to support local leaders and create partnerships that transform conflict, strengthen democratic institutions, and achieve sustainable development.

International
7
Women's Refugee Commission Inc

To improve the lives and protect the rights of women, children and youth displaced by conflict and crisis. the women's refugee commission envisions a world in which refugees are safe, healthy and reliant and seeks to drive change in…

Human Services
8
People Inc

People inc. provides health and human services that enrich lives and communities through innovation and supportive services. with a goal to help people achieve greater independence and quality of life, people inc. provides day,…

Human Services
9
Commonwealth Care Alliance Inc

Commonwealth care alliance, inc.'s mission is to improve the health and well-being of people with significant needs by innovating, coordinating and providing the highest quality, individualized care.

Health
10
Partners in Food Solutions

Improve the food value chain in developing countries by mobilizing corporate volunteers to share knowledge and expertise with small and growing food processors.

International
11
Partnership for Public Service Inc

Making our government work better is a daunting task, and we are a small organization seeking to transform a government that employs millions of civilians and manages trillions of dollars in taxpayer revenue needed to protect public…

Employment
12
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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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Human Rights Watch Inc; the most unlike its peers is Chicago Hope 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

41 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. 41 of the 53 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/41
Grantees still filing
24/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $25,800 · OtherGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INCSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $13,800 · OtherSHARE OUR STRENGTHPOLARIS: $9,500 · OtherPOLARISMACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH: $8,000 · OtherPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $7,000 · OtherBIG SISTER ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON INC: $6,000 · OtherFOUNTAIN HOUSE INC: $10,800 · OtherFOUNTAIN HOUSE INCEmerge Inc: $6,800 · OtherPREPARATORY FOUNDATION INC: $16,500 · OtherPREPARATORY FOUNDATION INCFeeding America: $8,000 · Other+20 more: $40,200 · Other+20 moreMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $25,800 · Human ServicesMARC LUSTGARTEN PAN…HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INC: $19,500 · Human ServicesHARLEM CHILDREN'S Z…NEADS INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesNEADS INCFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $8,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE WORL…BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesBOSTON HEALTH CARE …THE TREEHOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $2,800 · Human Services+4 more: $6,000 · Human Services+4 moreWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $27,800 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITC…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $26,800 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRON…International Rescue Committee INC: $9,500 · InternationalInternational Resc…HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $5,500 · InternationalHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH…GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN INC: $3,000 · International+2 more: $1,500 · InternationalCARITAS COMMUNITIES INC: $58,500 · Housing & ShelterCARITAS COMMUNI…ROSIE'S PLACE INC: $3,000 · Housing & ShelterHomeStart Inc: $35,500 · Community ImprovementSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $25,800 · Crime & LegalTHE BAIL PROJECT INC: $4,500 · Crime & LegalNational Network to End Domestic Violence Inc: $25,300 · Youth Development
Other$152,400Human Services$77,100International$74,100Housing & Shelter$61,500Community Improvement$35,500Crime & Legal$30,300Youth Development$25,300

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 budgetCARITAS COMMUNITIES INC: $58,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetHomeStart Inc: $35,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $27,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $26,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $25,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $25,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $25,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNational Network to End Domestic Violence Inc: $25,300 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INC: $19,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPREPARATORY FOUNDATION INC: $16,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $13,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNTAIN HOUSE INC: $10,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNEADS INC: $10,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $9,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEmerge Inc: $6,800 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetBIG SISTER ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BAIL PROJECT INC: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $3,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND: $3,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROSIE'S PLACE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERSHIP AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INC: $2,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TREEHOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $2,800 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION: $2,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThurgood Marshall College Fund: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCompassionate Care ALS Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTURION MINISTRIES INC: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEquality Now Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE: $935 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREFUGEES INTERNATIONAL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MASSACHUSETTS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEACON HILL VILLAGE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 IncLiberty Mutual Founda…The Blackbaud Giving …Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Online Givin…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Boston Foundation IncMA16.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Darman Family Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Darman Family Charitable Trust. 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc: 32% of income from government
  • Beacon Hill Village Inc: 28% of income from government
  • The Treehouse Foundation Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • HomeStart Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Perkins School for the Blind: 7% of income from government
  • Special Olympics Massachusetts Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Neads Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Darman Family Charitable Trust?

Find your warmest path to Darman Family 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 53 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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