· Private foundation
Enable Hope 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k35 grants · $43k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ZEITERION PERFORMING ARTS CENTER | $15,000 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER NEW | $10,000 |
| NATIVITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| NEW BEDFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | $2,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF GREATER NEW BEDFORD | $2,000 |
| OUR SISTERS' SCHOOL | $2,000 |
| GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH | $2,000 |
| NATIONAL COAST GUARD MUSEUM ASSOCIA | $2,000 |
| THE TOWER SCHOOL | $2,000 |
| CHARLESTOWN NURSERY SCHOOL | $2,000 |
| NEW BEDFORD WHALING MUSEUM | $2,000 |
| LOTHROPP FAMILY FOUNDATION INC | $1,000 |
| WATERFRONT HISTORIC AREA LEAGUE | $1,000 |
| HERITAGE MUSEUM & GARDENS | $1,000 |
| NEW BEDFORD ART MUSEUM | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 88% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
47 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- OSOUR SISTERS SCHOOL8× · 2017–2024 · $29k · revenue +52%
- YOYouth Opportunities Unlimited Inc8× · 2017–2024 · $12k · revenue +205%
- BGBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER NEW BEDFORD INC2× · 2017–2018 · $10k · revenue +5%
Funded once
- TOTOWN OF DARTMOUTHone grant, 2019 · $20k
- PEPROTESTANT EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF MASSACHUSETTSone grant, 2017 · $5k
- PUPET US DONT FORGET USone grant, 2018 · $1k
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.
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.
To protect, preserve and interpret the martime heritage of the lower Merrimack Valley region and how it relates to American History
The nantucket conservation foundation owns, protects, and stewards over 9,000 acres of land and coastal shoreline, conserves nantucket's rare and significant natural resources, and engages in impactful ecological research to inform…
New england museum association's mission is to connect a community engaged in learning, collaboration, and action to cultivate a better museum world.
To develop and promote awareness of the town of Yarmouth history and acquire, preserve, and exhibit artifacts of historical significance.
The nantucket historical association preserves and interprets the history of nantucket through its programs, collections, and properties, in order to promote the island's significance and foster an appreciation of it among all audiences.
To inspire appreciation, understanding and stewardship of our natural environment through discovery and learning.
The mission of the falmouth historical society, through the museums on the green, is to provide educational programs, and to preserve, share and celebrate the history and culture of the cape cod town of falmouth.
To acquire, preserve and interpret artifacts of nahant, massachusetts, illustrating its history, prehistory and that of people associated with it, for the enjoyment, education and enrichment of the public.
To connect people to the past, present, and future of Maine's waterways and their global reach.
To foster an appreciation of the quality and diversity of life on cape ann, past and present; to further the knowledge and enjoyment of cape ann history and art; to collect and preserve significant information and artifacts; and to…
The nichols house museum preserves and interprets the 1804 federal townhouse and its collection that was home to rose standish nichols and her sisters. the museum fosters curiosity, creativity and change-making, inspired by the…
We save and share new england's past to engage and inform present and future generations.
How this is measured
41 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. 41 of the 77 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 OUR SISTERS SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Youth Opportunities Unlimited Inc ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER NEW BEDFORD INC ↗
- Who funds NEW BEDFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds Old Dartmouth Historical Society ↗
- Who funds LOTHROPP FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE STURGIS LIBRARY ↗
- Who funds New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center Inc ↗
- Who funds HERITAGE MUSEUMS AND GARDENS INC ↗
- Who funds Community Nurse Inc ↗
- Who funds SOUTHCOAST HEALTH SYSTEM INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER NEW BEDFORD INC ↗
- Who funds ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF NEW BEDFORD INC DBA HUMANE SOCIETY&SHELTER-SOUTHCOAST ↗
- Who funds ONE HEALTH ORGANIZATION ↗
- Who funds JAMES ARNOLD MANSION INC ↗
- Who funds Art Museum New Bedford Inc ↗
- Who funds COASTAL NEIGHBORS NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds BUTTONWOOD PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds 1717 MEETINGHOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds IT'S ALL ABOUT THE ANIMALS INC ↗
- Who funds LOWN CARDIOVASCULAR GROUP INC ↗
- Who funds THE MARION INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds BARNSTABLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY BOATING CENTER 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.
Open a dossier: Southcoast Community Foundation Inc · The Carney Family Charitable Foundation · Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Alvord Family Foundation · Island Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater New Bedford Inc · Willow Creek Charitable Foundation U/A/D 01/11/2002 · Boston Foundation Inc · Grimshaw-Gudewicz Charitable Foundation A Shabshelowitz Co-Trustee · New Bedford Day Nursery Inc · Bascom Charitable Foundation · The Ludes Family Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Enable Hope Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Enable Hope Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- New Bedford Port Society: 41% of income from government
- Buzzards Bay Coalition: 37% of income from government
- United Way of Greater New Bedford Inc: 35% of income from government
- National Marine Life Center Inc: 16% of income from government
- New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center Inc: 3% of income from government
- Boys & Girls Club of Greater New Bedford Inc: 2% of income from government
- Old Dartmouth Historical Society: 2% of income from government
- Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum Inc: 1% of income from government
- New England Conservatory of Music: 1% of income from government
- The Marion Institute Inc: 1% of income from government
- National Coast Guard Museum Association Inc: 1% of income from government
- Your Theatre Inc: 1% of income from government
- Community Boating Center Inc: 1% of income from government
- The Sturgis Library: 0% of income from government
- Our Sisters School: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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