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Ernest J Dexter Tuw at a glance

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Ernest J Dexter Tuw

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.

$79k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2024.

Health$353kEducation$88kHuman Services$88kPhilanthropy$88kEmployment$88k
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $59k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
$9,813
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BAYSTATE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC$19,626
MASON-WRIGHT FOUNDATION INC$9,813
SPRINGFIELD DAY NURSERY$9,813
SHRINERS' HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN$9,813
CENTER FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INC$9,813
MORGAN MEMORIAL GOODWILL INC$9,813
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND$7,356
VISION COALITION INC$2,458
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 (FY17–24, $176k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%SPRINGFIELD DAY NURSERY: $14k → 17%SPRINGFIELD DAY NURSERY: $12k → 17%SPRINGFIELD DAY NURSERY: $12k → 17%SPRINGFIELD DAY NURSERY: $11k → 17%SPRINGFIELD DAY NURSERY: $10k → 17%SPRINGFIELD DAY NURSERY: $10k → 17%SPRINGFIELD DAY NURSERY: $10k → 17%SPRINGFIELD DAY NURSERY: $9k → 17%CENTER FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INC: $14k → 17%CENTER FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INC: $12k → 17%CENTER FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INC: $12k → 17%CENTER FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INC: $11k → 17%CENTER FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INC: $10k → 17%CENTER FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INC: $10k → 17%CENTER FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INC: $10k → 17%CENTER FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INC: $9k → 17%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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$706k · 11 repeat orgs$0 to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
0

Total granted

$706k
$0

Still filing today

73%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEmploymentOther
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

  • BH
    BAYSTATE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $176k · revenue +1%
  • SD
    SPRINGFIELD DAY NURSERY CORPORATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $88k · revenue +104%
  • MW
    MASON WRIGHT FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $88k · revenue +78%

Funded once

    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
    Children's Hospital Corporation

    Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

    Health
    2
    St Marys Hospital for Children Inc

    St. mary's hospital for children ("smh"), the flagship of st. mary's healthcare system for children, is committed to improving the health and quality of life for children and young adults with special healthcare needs. a nationally…

    Health
    3
    St Marys Healthcare System for Children Inc

    To serve as the sole member of the various health care and supporting organizations that comprise st. mary's healthcare system for children

    Health
    4
    Smh Case Management Inc

    SMH Case Management, Inc. helps patients and families navigate the challenges of caring for a loved one at home by assisting families in accessing a full range of resources and programs within the community. Skilled case managers…

    Health
    5
    Extraordinary Home Care Dba St Marys Home Care

    A certified home health agency (chha) providing home-based therapy and related rehabilitation services to children and young adults with special needs.

    Health
    6
    Saratoga Care Inc

    To serve the people of the Saratoga region by providing them access to excellence in healthcare in a supportive and caring environment.

    Health
    7
    St Marys Foundation for Children Inc

    St. Marys Foundation for Children, Inc. is dedicated to the enhancement of health, safety and quality of life for children with special needs.

    —
    8
    Sturdy Memorial Hospital Inc

    The hospital's mission is to provide high quality care to the sick and injured, on both an inpatient and outpatient basis, without regard to race, creed, national origin, age, gender, disability, or ability to pay. (continued on schedule…

    Health
    9
    Overlook Masonic Health Center Inc

    To provide the residents of the health center with the highest level of comprehensive medical care services with a considerate and personal touch.

    Health
    10
    Children's Medical Center Corporation

    To operate exclusively for the benefit of The Children's Hospital Corporation and its affiliated organizations in the conduct of their charitable, educational and scientific functions.

    Health
    11
    Brockton Hospital Inc

    Signature healthcare brockton hospital is a community-based not-for-profit (continued on schedule o)

    Health
    12
    Mass General Brigham Health Plan Inc

    Mass general brigham health plan's mission is to promote the health and wellness of our members, and to help ensure equitable, affordbale health care for the diverse communities we serve.

    Health
    How this is measured
    The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Springfield Day Nursery Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Mason Wright Foundation 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

    8 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. 8 of the 11 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)
    1
    Early backer (in before they grew)
    8/8
    Grantees still filing
    6/8
    Grew since first funded

    Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

    BAYSTATE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $176,479 · HealthBAYSTATE HEALTH FOUNDATION INCSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $66,684 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDRENVISION COALITION INC: $22,099 · HealthVISION COALITION INCTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $21,556 · HealthTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDRENMASON WRIGHT FOUNDATION INC: $88,240 · OtherMASON WRIGHT FOUNDATION INCNATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND: $66,147 · OtherNATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLINDSPRINGFIELD GOODWILL IND INC: $31,205 · OtherSPRINGFIELD GOODWILL IND INCSPRINGFIELD GOODWILL INDUSTRIES INC: $17,114 · OtherSPRINGFIELD GOODWILL INDUSTRIES …SPRINGFIELD DAY NURSERY CORPORATION: $88,240 · Human ServicesSPRINGFIELD DAY NURSERY CORP…CENTER FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INC: $88,240 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT…Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries Inc: $39,867 · Employment
    Health$286,818Other$202,706Human Services$176,480Employment$39,867

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

    25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBAYSTATE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $176,479 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetSPRINGFIELD DAY NURSERY CORPORATION: $88,240 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMASON WRIGHT FOUNDATION INC: $88,240 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetCENTER FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INC: $88,240 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $66,684 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMorgan Memorial Goodwill Industries Inc: $39,867 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetVISION COALITION INC: $22,099 over 8y, 9.7% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $21,556 over 2y, 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 BAYSTATE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
    • Who funds SPRINGFIELD DAY NURSERY CORPORATION ↗
    • Who funds MASON WRIGHT FOUNDATION INC ↗
    • Who funds CENTER FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INC ↗
    • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
    • Who funds Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries Inc ↗
    • Who funds VISION COALITION INC ↗
    • Who funds THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN ↗

    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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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    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 Ernest J Dexter Tuw funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ernest J Dexter Tuw. Bigger dots raise more.

    2024
    ’20’21’22’23’24’25
    no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 17%
    • Springfield Day Nursery Corporation: 61% of income from government
    • Center for Human Development Inc: 26% of income from government
    • Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries Inc: 17% of income from government
    • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
    • Baystate Health Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
    • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    1rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 11 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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