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Eicher 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.

$5k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$56kHealth$17kEducation$10kArts & Culture$4kScience & Tech$2kPhilanthropy$2kHuman Services$2kEnvironment$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
3
States reached
$313k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BRIGHAM AND WOMAN HOSPITAL$1,000
Plimoth patuxet Museums inc$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
American Cancer Society$500
GMF School Fundraiser$500
Individual grant recipient$500
Heritage Museum and Gardens$300
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 44% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%LEARNING CIRCLE PRESCHOOL: $300 → 7%Heritage Museum and Gardens: $1k → 8%GMF School Fundraiser: $500 → 8%AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $250 → 8%BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL: $1k → 16%CHILDREN'S CANCER: $490 → 11%Wikipedia Foundation: $100 → 10%RIDE 2 RECOVERY- PROJECT HERO: $100 → 14%CHAMINADE DEVELOPMENT FUND: $1k → 6%DonorsChoose: $75 → 17%St Joseph's College: $3k → 20%KEENES CROSSING: $328 → 13%Save the Children: $12k → 9%Borgen Project: $250 → 9%WINDHAM ENDOWMENT: $1k → 5%Easter Seals Veterans Count: $107 → 7%Camp Kita: $105 → 9%Heritage Museum and Gardens: $300 → 8%Brigham and Women's Hospital: $1k → 16%Sea Save Foundation: $1k → 14%National MS Society: $1k → 17%ST Joseph College: $3k → 20%KEENES CROSSING: $300 → 13%Save the Children: $10k → 9%WINDHAM ENDOWMENT FOR COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT: $1k → 5%Boston Childrens Hospial: $500 → 16%KristofImpact Focusing Philanthropy: $1k → 14%NATIONAL MS SOCIETY: $500 → 17%ST JOSEPHS COLLEGE: $2k → 20%KEENES CROSSING: $250 → 13%Save the Children: $5k → 9%WINDHAM ENDOWMENT FOR COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT: $1k → 5%MUSEUM OF SCIENCE: $1k → 16%KEENES CROSSING: $203 → 13%Windham Endowment For Comm: $1k → 5%MUSEUM OF SCIENCE: $1k → 16%Orlando Museum of Art: $1k → 13%Catholic charities of Central FL: $2k → 13%Shepherds Hope: $5k → 13%Matthews Hope: $3k → 13%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
NH
WA
MN
NY
MA
CT
CA
GA
FL
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$83k · 11 repeat orgs$18k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
17

Total granted

$83k
$16k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+11%

Still filing today

64%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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
Arts & CultureEducationInternationalHealthPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • Save The Children Federation Inc
    6× · 2017–2022 · $56k · revenue +21%
  • SJ
    ST JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK
    3× · 2018–2021 · $7k · revenue +13%
  • WE
    WINDHAM ENDOWMENT FOR COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT
    2× · 2017–2018 · $2k · revenue +66%

Funded once

  • SH
    SHEPHERD'S HOPE INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $5k · revenue -1%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
  • CC
    Catholic charities of Central FL
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
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 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
2
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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3
Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)

Arts & Culture
4
Rhode Island School of Design

The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…

Education
5
Webster University

Founded in 1915, webster is a private non-profit and global university that is committed to delivering high-quality learning experiences that transform students for global citizenship and individual excellence.

Education
6
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
7
Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine

At the children's museum & theatre of maine, we set the stage for every child to imagine and learn through play.

Arts & Culture
8
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
9
The Childrens Museum

Boston children's museum engages children and families in joyful discovery experiences that instill an appreciation of our world, develop foundational skills, and spark a lifelong love of learning. boston children's museum is a welcoming,…

Arts & Culture
10
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
11
Connecticut Aeronautical Historical Association Inc

The new england air museum's mission is to preserve and present the story of aviation and aerospace, with an emphasis on new england's role, and the genius and inspiration that made it possible. the museum also seeks to inspire young…

Arts & Culture
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wikimedia Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Windham Endowment for Community Advancement. 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

16 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. 16 of the 31 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
9/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Save The Children Federation Inc: $56,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc+1 more: $250 · InternationalBRIGHAM AND WOMAN HOSPITAL: $5,500 · OtherBRIGHAM AND WOMAN HOSP…Individual grant recipient: $2,500 · OtherIndividual grant recip…MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $2,200 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM I…Catholic charities of Central FL: $2,000 · OtherCatholic charities of …National MS Society: $1,500 · OtherNational MS SocietyIndividual grant recipient: $1,081 · OtherIndividual grant recip…Individual grant recipient: $1,000 · OtherWindham Endowment For Comm: $1,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $1,000 · Other+6 more: $1,947 · Other+6 moreST JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK: $7,000 · EducationST JOSEPH…CHAMINADE DEVELOPMENT FUND INC: $1,000 · EducationCHAMINADE…THE LEARNING CIRCLE PRESCHOOL INC: $300 · Education+2 more: $175 · EducationMUSEUM OF SCIENCE: $2,400 · Arts & CulturePLIMOTH PATUXET MUSEUMS INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureHERITAGE MUSEUMS AND GARDENS INC: $1,300 · Arts & CultureORLANDO MUSEUM OF ART INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureSEA SAVE FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Arts & CultureSHEPHERD'S HOPE INC: $5,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $2,000 · HealthWINDHAM ENDOWMENT FOR COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT: $2,000 · PhilanthropyTHE KITA CENTERINC: $105 · Recreation & Sports
International$56,250Other$19,728Education$8,475Arts & Culture$7,700Health$7,000Philanthropy$2,000Recreation & Sports$105

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 budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $56,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetST JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSHEPHERD'S HOPE INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMUSEUM OF SCIENCE: $2,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $2,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPLIMOTH PATUXET MUSEUMS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWINDHAM ENDOWMENT FOR COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT: $2,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetHERITAGE MUSEUMS AND GARDENS INC: $1,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetORLANDO MUSEUM OF ART INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHAMINADE DEVELOPMENT FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEA SAVE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Borgen Project: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE KITA CENTERINC: $105 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $75 over 3y, 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 Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds ST JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds SHEPHERD'S HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF SCIENCE ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds PLIMOTH PATUXET MUSEUMS INC ↗
  • Who funds WINDHAM ENDOWMENT FOR COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT ↗
  • Who funds HERITAGE MUSEUMS AND GARDENS INC ↗
  • Who funds ORLANDO MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
  • Who funds CHAMINADE DEVELOPMENT FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds SEA SAVE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE LEARNING CIRCLE PRESCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds The Borgen Project ↗
  • Who funds THE KITA CENTERINC ↗
  • Who funds WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds DONORSCHOOSEORG ↗

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…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Eastern Bank FoundationMA12.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eastern Bank Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Eicher Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Eicher Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Plimoth Patuxet Museums Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Museum of Science: 0% of income from government
  • Orlando Museum of Art Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 31 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
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