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Donald E Garrant Foundation Inc at a glance

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Donald E Garrant Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$20k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$65kPhilanthropy$60kHousing & Shelter$35kYouth Development$18kEmployment$15kCommunity Improvement$5kHealth$4kArts & Culture$3k
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$442k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$5,000
Breaktime United Inc$5,000
United Way of Massachusetts Bay Inc$5,000
The Institute of Student Loan Advisors$2,500
Si Se Puede$2,025
Reading Memorial High School$970
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%The Institute of Student Loan Advisors: $3k → 8%Reading Memorial High School: $970 → 8%THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CENTER: $4k → 10%Breaktime United Inc: $10k → 16%Lawrence Community Works: $20k → 11%Boys & Girls Clubs of Stoneham & Wakefield: $7k → 8%Methuen High School: $1k → 10%Breaktime United Inc: $5k → 16%Boys & Girls Clubs of Stoneham & Wakefield: $4k → 8%Methuen High School: $859 → 10%Boston Debate League: $5k → 16%Wakefield Public Schools: $13k → 8%Student Financial Education Initiatives Inc: $5k → 10%United Way of Massachusetts: $50k → 16%Wakefield High School: $5k → 8%LYNNFIELD HIGH SCHOOL: $2k → 10%United Way of Massachusetts Bay Inc: $5k → 16%Inspire Cafe: $5k → 8%Lynnfield High School: $2k → 10%GALVIN MIDDLE SCHOOL: $5k → 8%Lawrence Community Works: $10k → 10%SI SE PEUDE INC: $3k → 8%Community Day Charter Public School: $7k → 10%Wakefield Memorial High School: $1k → 8%Si Se Puede Inc: $5k → 10%WAKEFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $500 → 8%LAWRENCE COMMUNITY WORKS INC: $5k → 10%FitMoney: $8k → 8%Service Club of Andover: $5k → 10%Fitmoney Inc: $4k → 8%Si Se Puede: $2k → 10%FitMoney: $3k → 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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$156k · 9 repeat orgs$49k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
9

Total granted

$156k
$41k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+96%

Still filing today

67%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyEmploymentCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • LAWRENCE COMMUNITYWORKS INC
    3× · 2019–2023 · $35k · revenue +46%
  • FI
    FITMONEY INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $14k · revenue +375%
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF STONEHAM INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $11k · revenue +83%

Funded once

  • CD
    Community Day Charter Public School
    one grant, 2024 · $7k
  • WH
    Wakefield High School
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • BD
    BOSTON DEBATE LEAGUE INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue +1%
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
Brookline Teen Center

Btc's vision is for all brookline students to engage in their community and emerge ready for college, career, and beyond. our mission is to provide a platform where all teens can explore, create, and discover who they are. through…

Youth Development
2
Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc

Boys & girls clubs of boston (bgcb) stands as a transformative force in boston and chelsea, where high expectations unlock greatness. we believe that every young person who walks through our doors carries limitless potential. through our…

Youth Development
3
Berkshire Education and Correction Services Inc
Crime & Legal
4
Apprentice Learning Inc

Apprentice learning provides real-world work experiences for middle school students. we leverage career exploration to teach skills and to nuture dreams.

Youth Development
5
Danvers Educational Enrichment Program
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6
Mass Insight Education and Research Institute Inc

To partner with states, districts, schools, and communities to implement customized strategies and build capacity to advance equity and opportunity in k-12 education, so that all students, and particularly those who have been systemically…

Health
7
WriteBoston Inc

See Statement O for description of programs and services.

Education
8
Browning the Green Space Inc

We seek to facilitate a just energy transition by putting black and brown communities first, and enabling systems change at the intersection of social, environmental, and economic justice. we are powering a just energy transition in the…

Environment
9
Bostons Bridge to Excellence Inc

Allow children to exploire their curious minds and captivate what their interests are to spark innovation and reach their full potential

Human Services
10
Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester Inc

Our mission is to always welcome and connect young people and families to opportunities that embrace diversity, nurture growth, and inspire success.

Youth Development
11
The Young People's Project Inc

The young people's project uses math literacy work to develop the abilities of elementary through high school students to succeed in school and in life.

Education
12
Publicolor Inc

Publicolor is an innovative educational youth development organization that empowers students facing immense life challenges for academic and career success through a multi-year project-based continuum of programs. the organization's…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boston Debate League Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is United Way of Massachusetts Bay 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

12 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. 12 of the 21 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
8/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LAWRENCE COMMUNITYWORKS INC: $35,000 · OtherLAWRENCE COMMUNITYWORKS INCFITMONEY INC: $13,750 · OtherFITMONEY INCWakefield Public Schools: $13,503 · OtherWakefield Public SchoolsSi Se Puede Inc: $7,060 · OtherSi Se Puede IncCommunity Day Charter Public School: $7,000 · OtherCommunity Day Charter Public SchoolWakefield High School: $5,300 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherSTUDENT FINANCIAL EDUCATION INITIATIVE INC: $5,000 · OtherValley Of Hope Shelter And Recovery Inc: $3,900 · OtherLYNNFIELD HIGH SCHOOL: $3,590 · Other+3 more: $6,789 · Other+3 moreUnited Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc: $55,000 · PhilanthropyUnited Way Of Massachusetts Ba…BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF STONEHAM INC: $10,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOSTON DEBATE LEAGUE INCORPORATED: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentBREAKTIME UNITED INC: $15,000 · EmploymentGALVIN MIDDLE SCHOOL PTO: $5,000 · EducationINSTITUTE OF STUDENT LOAN ADVISORS CORPORATION: $2,500 · EducationREADING MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL PTO INC: $970 · EducationSERVICE CLUB OF ANDOVER: $5,000 · Community Improvement
Other$105,892Philanthropy$55,000Youth Development$15,500Employment$15,000Education$8,470Community Improvement$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnited Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc: $55,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLAWRENCE COMMUNITYWORKS INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBREAKTIME UNITED INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFITMONEY INC: $13,750 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF STONEHAM INC: $10,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSi Se Puede Inc: $7,060 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetBOSTON DEBATE LEAGUE INCORPORATED: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetValley Of Hope Shelter And Recovery Inc: $3,900 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetINSTITUTE OF STUDENT LOAN ADVISORS CORPORATION: $2,500 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetREADING MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL PTO INC: $970 over 1y, 4.8% 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…Cummings Foundation G…Boston Foundation IncRiley Mabel Louise Tr…Health Resources in A…Combined Jewish Phila…Td Charitable Foundat…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Eastern Bank FoundationMA20.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eastern Bank Foundation · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Boston Foundation Inc · Riley Mabel Louise Tr Uwill · Health Resources in Action Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Td Charitable Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Donald E Garrant Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Donald E Garrant Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • United Way of Massachusetts Bay Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Boys and Girls Club of Stoneham Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Lawrence Communityworks Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Boston Debate League Incorporated: 7% of income from government
  • Breaktime United Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
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.
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Find your warmest path to Donald E Garrant Foundation Inc 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 21 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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