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Eykamp Foundation FKA Melvina Foundation at a glance

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Eykamp Foundation FKA Melvina 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.

$951k
Granted FY2022
32
Grants FY2022
4
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$2.0MPhilanthropy$1.0MArts & Culture$394kHousing & Shelter$282kEducation$277kEnvironment$44kReligion$36kAnimals$35kOther$0
02FY2022 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 32 grants below total $929,770, the rows itemized in this filing. The $950,870 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $21,100 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k26 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $54k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $337k
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$2,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$6.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PARTNERS IN HEALTH$500,000
PARTNERS IN HEALTH$200,000
Evanville Museum$137,400
Evansville Museum$20,000
UNITED WAY OF MASS BAY$19,000
CERES$15,000
Ozanam Family Shelter$5,000
Ascension/St. Vincent$5,000
BOSTON SYMPHONY ANNUAL FUND$5,000
HOUSING CORPORATION OF ARLINGTO$5,000
FISTULA FOUNDATION$2,500
SALVATION ARMY$2,500
SALVATION ARMY$2,500
Holy Redeemer Catholic Church$2,500
KENNEDY FAMILY SVC CENTER$2,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.5M · 38 repeat orgs$328k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against -2% for those funded once.

38 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2022, 11 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
34

Total granted

$3.5M
$318k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
-2%

Still filing today

47%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’21’22
Housing & ShelterEnvironmentPhilanthropyEducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesOther
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

  • PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION
    5× · 2017–2022 · $2.3M · revenue +120%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE
    3× · 2019–2022 · $507k · revenue +9%
  • CI
    CERES INC
    3× · 2018–2022 · $40k · revenue +65%

Funded once

  • HALEY HOUSE INC & AFFILIATESgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $253k · revenue +182%
  • EZ
    EVANSVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2019 · $15k · revenue -30%
  • SV
    St. Vincent EVV FDN
    one grant, 2021 · $6k
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.

03Its 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
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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2
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
3
Boston Harbor Now Inc

Our mission is to ensure that the people of greater boston benefit from a vibrant, resilient, and inclusive waterfront, harbor, and islands; these spaces are equitable, accessible, and adapted to climate change; and to ensure our public,…

Environment
4
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc

Wentworth institute of technology is a nationally recognized private coeducational and residential university of higher education with a mission to empower, inspire and innovate through experiential learning with a core purpose of career…

Education
5
Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.

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6
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
7
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
8
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
9
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Wpi transforms lives, turns knowledge into action to confront global challenges, and revolutionizes stem through distinctive and inclusive education, projects and research. (http://www.wpi.edu/about/mission.html)

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10
Boston Society of Architects

The boston society of architects (bsa/aia) exists to improve the quality of life for boston-area residents by championing innovation in the built environment. as a membership association, we achieve this mission in partnership with the bsa…

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11
Wheaton College

Wheaton college provides a transformative liberal arts education, combining theory and practice, for intellectually curious students within a collaborative and vibrant extended community and network that values and strives to create an…

Education
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 Project Bread-the Walk for Hunger Inc; the most unlike its peers is Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

37 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. 37 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/37
Grantees still filing
23/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $2,265,100 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION+1 more: $6,000 · HealthFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $882,270 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVESTMENTS …Evanville Museum: $287,400 · OtherEvanville Mus…Evansville Museum: $90,600 · OtherEvansville Mu…KENNEDY FAMILY SVC CENTER: $22,000 · OtherBuffalo Trace Council BSA: $20,000 · Other+55 more: $154,830 · Other+55 moreUNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE: $506,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY O…+3 more: $15,200 · EducationHALEY HOUSE INC & AFFILIATES: $253,250 · Housing & ShelterHOUSING CORPORATION OF ARLINGTON: $10,200 · Housing & Shelter+2 more: $1,200 · Housing & ShelterUnited Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc: $143,200 · Philanthropy+2 more: $250 · PhilanthropyCERES INC: $40,000 · Environment+3 more: $465 · Environment
Health$2,271,100Community Improvement$882,270Other$574,830Education$521,700Housing & Shelter$264,650Philanthropy$143,450Environment$40,465

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 budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $2,265,100 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $882,270 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE: $506,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHALEY HOUSE INC & AFFILIATES: $253,250 over 1y, 11% of budgetUnited Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc: $143,200 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCERES INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEVANSVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetOzanam Family Shelter Corp: $12,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetHOUSING CORPORATION OF ARLINGTON: $10,200 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThe Fistula Foundation: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBUFFALO TRACE COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA #156: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSIGNATURE SCHOOL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEARTHWATCH INSTITUTE INC: $3,352 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYWCA OF EVANSVILLE INDIANA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $1,125 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF BOSTON'S HOMELESS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWNIN TRI-STATE PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF SCIENCE: $950 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Clothes Club Inc: $600 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Land Institute: $550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHAITI PROJECTS INC: $525 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD LINK INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW REPERTORY THEATRE INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOOR PEOPLE'S UNITED FUND: $300 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $240 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetROSIE'S PLACE INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF SPY POND PARK: $175 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetTHE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART INC: $135 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOSTON GLOBE FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARLINGTON LAND TRUST INC: $50 over 1y, 0.1% 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 PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE ↗
  • Who funds HALEY HOUSE INC & AFFILIATES ↗
  • Who funds United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc ↗
  • Who funds CERES INC ↗
  • Who funds EVANSVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds Ozanam Family Shelter Corp ↗
  • Who funds HOUSING CORPORATION OF ARLINGTON ↗
  • Who funds SIGNATURE SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Fistula Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BUFFALO TRACE COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA #156 ↗
  • Who funds SIGNATURE SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds EARTHWATCH INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds YWCA OF EVANSVILLE INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ↗

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…Koch Foundation IncCommunity Foundation …The Bower-Suhrheinric…Cecil a and Mabel Len…Boston Foundation IncCenterpoint Energy Fo…American Tower Corpor…Baird Foundation IncBussing-Koch Foundati…Evansville Endowment …Cambridge Savings Cha…
Eastern Bank FoundationMA19.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 5 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eastern Bank Foundation · Koch Foundation Inc · Community Foundation Alliance Inc · The Bower-Suhrheinrich Foundation Fifth Third · Cecil a and Mabel Lene Hamman Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc · American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Bussing-Koch Foundation Inc · Evansville Endowment Fund Inc · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

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 77 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $579k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2022, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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