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Douglas & Isabelle Crocker Foundation at a glance

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Douglas & Isabelle Crocker Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$257k
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Housing & Shelter$360kArts & Culture$301kHuman Services$206kReligion$205kEducation$178kHealth$115kYouth Development$58kFood & Nutrition$40kOther$0
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k14 grants · $64k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $143k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$7,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
658 MAIN STREET FOUNDATION$50,000
NEWVUE COMMUNITIES$25,000
CHRIST CHURCH$20,000
NORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES$20,000
YMCA MONTACHUSETT COMMUNITY BRANCH$20,000
ST MARKS EPISCOPAL CHURCH$15,000
SALVATION ARMY FITCHBURG$12,500
BOYS GIRLS CLUB fITCHBURGLEOMINSTER$10,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH CENTR$10,000
FITCHBURG ACCESS TELEVISION$10,000
GINNY'S HELPING HAND$9,895
FITCHBURG STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATI$7,500
GROTON HILL MUSIC CENTER$5,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$5,000
UMASS MEMORIAL HEALTH ALLIANCE$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 (FY17–25, $183k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 6%RISE ABOVE FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%NORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES: $25k → 11%NORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES: $20k → 11%NORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES: $20k → 11%NORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES: $20k → 11%GINNY'S HELPING HAND: $12k → 11%GINNY'S HELPING HAND: $10k → 11%GINNY'S HELPING HAND: $8k → 11%NORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 11%NORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 11%MONTACHUSETT INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY: $5k → 11%MONTACHUSETT INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY: $5k → 11%MONTACHUSETT INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY: $5k → 11%GROWING PLACES: $3k → 11%SPANISH AMERICAN CENTER: $2k → 11%SPANISH AMERICAN CENTER: $2k → 11%SPANISH AMERICAN CENTER: $2k → 11%GROWING PLACES: $1k → 11%GROWING PLACES: $1k → 11%GROWING PLACES: $1k → 11%GINNY'S HELPING HAND: $1k → 11%GROWING PLACES: $1k → 11%GROWING PLACES: $1k → 11%MAKING OPPORTUNITY COUNT: $8k → 11%MAKING OPPORTUNITY COUNT: $8k → 11%MAKING OPPORTUNITY COUNT: $8k → 11%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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 34 repeat orgs$130k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +104% since the first grant, against +76% for those funded once.

34 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
11

Total granted

$1.5M
$65k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+104%
+76%

Still filing today

56%
27%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k 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
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthEducationRecreation & SportsHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • NEWVUE COMMUNITIES INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $175k · revenue +105%
  • FS
    FITCHBURG STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $113k · revenue +30%
  • NS
    NORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $110k · revenue +190%

Funded once

  • FH
    FITCHBURG HISTORICAL SOCIETYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +76% · 28% of their budget
  • LS
    LUNENBURG SKATE PARK INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -64%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    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
Massachusetts Outdoor Heritage Foundation Inc Attn Susan Sacco
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2
Historic Boston Incorporated
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3
North End Historical Society Inc

To collect and preserve the historical record and material culture of boston's north end. also to catalog and present these resources through publications, lectures, educational programs and exhibits.

Arts & Culture
4
Holliston Historical Society
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5
Brownstone Gardens Ii Inc

Low income elderly housing.

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6
Needham Historical Society Inc

The Needham Historical Society (d/b/a Needham History Center & Museum) is a local non-profit whose mission is to engage and educate the community about the history of the town and its people, and to preserve the treasures of Needham's…

Arts & Culture
7
Manchester Housing & Redevelopment Authority Inc

To provide industrial, commercial, manufacturing and warehousing facilities for the purpose of developing the growth and prosperity of the city of manchester, new hampshire.

Community Improvement
8
Norwood Affordable Housing Corporation

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide affordable housing in norwood, ma and other communities in norfolk county ma.

Housing & Shelter
9
Cohasset Conservation Trust Inc
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10
North Central Massachusetts Development Corporation

To expand economic development in north central massachusetts by providing a variety of marketing and lending opportunities to small businesses in cooperation with various federal and state agencies.

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11
Northampton Center for the Arts Inc

To provide affordable space for artists, performers and educators. to offer arts progamming in northampton massachusetts.

Arts & Culture
12
Newvue Affordable Housing Corporation

Newvue affordable housing corporation is a nonprofit organization that develops and provides affordable housing to low and moderate income households in north central massachusetts.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Growing Places Garden Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Clinton Historical Society. 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

26 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 26 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/26
Grantees still filing
17/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHRIST CHURCH PARISH: $125,000 · OtherCHRIST CHURCH PARISHYMCA MONTACHUSETT COMMUNITY BRANCH: $105,000 · OtherYMCA MONTACHUSETT COMMUNITY BRANCHIndividual grant recipient: $95,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCHRIST CHURCH: $60,000 · OtherCHRIST CHURCHHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $40,000 · OtherOPPORTUNITIES FOR HOPE INC: $35,000 · OtherBOYS GIRLS CLUB FITCHBURG LEOMINSTE: $30,000 · OtherYMCA OF CENTRAL MA: $27,500 · Other+27 more: $295,667 · Other+27 more658 MAIN STREET FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · Arts & Culture658 MAIN STREET …FITCHBURG ART MUSEUM: $50,000 · Arts & CultureFITCHBURG ART MU…NEW PLAYERS THEATRE GUILD INC: $18,000 · Arts & CultureNEW PLAYERS THEA…GROTON HILL MUSIC INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureGROTON HILL MUSI…FITCHBURG ACCESS TELEVISION INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureNORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES INC: $110,000 · Human ServicesNORTH STAR F…GINNY'S HELPING HAND INC: $31,195 · Human ServicesGINNY'S HELP…MAKING OPPORTUNITY COUNT INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesMAKING OPPOR…GROWING PLACES GARDEN PROJECT INC: $8,429 · Human Services+2 more: $8,500 · Human ServicesNEWVUE COMMUNITIES INC: $175,000 · Housing & ShelterNEWVUE COMMU…FITCHBURG STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $112,500 · EducationFITCHBURG…APPLEWILD SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $26,000 · EducationAPPLEWILD…Heywood Healthcare Inc: $50,000 · HealthTHE VIRGINIA THURSTON HEALING GARDEN INC: $12,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY HEALTH CONNECTIONS INC: $10,000 · HealthNORTH COUNTY LAND TRUST INC: $25,000 · Environment
Other$813,167Arts & Culture$243,000Human Services$183,124Housing & Shelter$175,000Education$138,500Health$72,000Environment$25,000

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 budgetNEWVUE COMMUNITIES INC: $175,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budget658 MAIN STREET FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 3y, 55% of budgetFITCHBURG STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $112,500 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetNORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES INC: $110,000 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetFITCHBURG ART MUSEUM: $50,000 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetOPPORTUNITIES FOR HOPE INC: $35,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetGINNY'S HELPING HAND INC: $31,195 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetAPPLEWILD SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $26,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMAKING OPPORTUNITY COUNT INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH COUNTY LAND TRUST INC: $25,000 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetCLINTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $25,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetNEW PLAYERS THEATRE GUILD INC: $18,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetJUST UNDERSTAND MY POTENTIAL INC: $17,500 over 4y, 14% of budgetGROTON HILL MUSIC INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFITCHBURG HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $15,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetTHE VIRGINIA THURSTON HEALING GARDEN INC: $12,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetLUNENBURG SKATE PARK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH CONNECTIONS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGROWING PLACES GARDEN PROJECT INC: $8,429 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetSPANISH AMERICAN CENTER INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTH CENTRAL MASS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CROCKER FIELD RESTORATION COMMITTEE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetRISE ABOVE FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNICHOLAS JAMES FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 20% 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 NEWVUE COMMUNITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds 658 MAIN STREET FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FITCHBURG STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds Heywood Healthcare Inc ↗
  • Who funds FITCHBURG ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds GINNY'S HELPING HAND INC ↗
  • Who funds APPLEWILD SCHOOL INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds MAKING OPPORTUNITY COUNT INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTH COUNTY LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds CLINTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds NEW PLAYERS THEATRE GUILD INC ↗
  • Who funds JUST UNDERSTAND MY POTENTIAL INC ↗
  • Who funds GROTON HILL MUSIC INC ↗
  • Who funds FITCHBURG HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE VIRGINIA THURSTON HEALING GARDEN INC ↗
  • Who funds LUNENBURG SKATE PARK INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY HEALTH CONNECTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds FITCHBURG ACCESS TELEVISION INC ↗
  • Who funds GROWING PLACES GARDEN PROJECT 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.

Rollstone Charitable …George R Wallace Foun…Community Foundation …United Way of North C…The Nypro Foundation …Greater Worcester Com…Avidia Charitable Fou…Hometown Bank Communi…Main Street Group Fou…Ronald M Ansin Founda…Workers Federal Credi…Clementi Family Chari…
Rollstone Charitable Foundation IncMA53.8× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rollstone Charitable Foundation Inc · George R Wallace Foundation · Community Foundation of North Central Ma · United Way of North Central Mass Inc · The Nypro Foundation Inc co Nypro Inc · Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc · Avidia Charitable Foundation Inc · Hometown Bank Community Foundation Inc · Main Street Group Foundation Inc · Ronald M Ansin Foundation · Workers Federal Credit Union Fka Workers' Credit Union · Clementi Family Charitable Trust

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 Douglas & Isabelle Crocker Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Douglas & Isabelle Crocker Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 14%
  • Growing Places Garden Project Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Newvue Communities Inc: 40% of income from government
  • Community Health Connections Inc: 32% of income from government
  • Making Opportunity Count Inc: 28% of income from government
  • Rise Above Foundation Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Spanish American Center Inc: 13% of income from government
  • North Star Family Services Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Fitchburg Art Museum: 2% of income from government
  • Groton Hill Music Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
3report 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.
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Find your warmest path to Douglas & Isabelle Crocker Foundation 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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