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Frank M Barnard Foundation Inc at a glance

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Frank M Barnard Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$64k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$10k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$145kEducation$72kEnvironment$31kHuman Services$22kYouth Development$19kEmployment$10kAnimals$5kHealth$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $54k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$959k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BARNARD COLLEGE OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY$10,000
ARNOLD ARBORETUM OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY$9,470
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$8,000
AT EAGLE POND$5,175
COMMUNITY ART CENTER$5,000
THE AUSBON SARGENT LAND PRESERVATION TRUST$5,000
CONCORD MUSEUM$5,000
LARRY MCMURTRY LITERARY CENTER$5,000
STORY PRESERVATION INITIATIVE$5,000
HOLYOKE PUBLIC LIBRARY$3,179
APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN CLUB$3,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $32k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 37% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $3k → 13%TLC FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $3k → 10%COMMUNITY ART CENTER: $5k → 8%TURNING POINTS NETWORK: $1k → 10%COMMUNITY ART CENTER: $4k → 8%COMMUNITY ART CENTER: $4k → 8%COMMUNITY ART CENTER: $4k → 8%NAPLES SENIOR CENTER: $3k → 10%COMMUNITY ART CENTER: $3k → 8%GRACE PLACE FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $2k → 10%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
VT
NH
NY
MA
CT
DC
TX
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.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$220k · 17 repeat orgs$103k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +12% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
25

Total granted

$220k
$65k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+11%

Still filing today

65%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentEducationFood & NutritionInternationalOther
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

  • CA
    COMMUNITY ART CENTER INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $20k · revenue +105%
  • BS
    BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $14k · revenue +26%
  • NB
    North Bennet Street School
    3× · 2022–2024 · $11k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • CC
    Colby-Sawyer College
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -30%
  • TO
    THE OLD STONE HOUSE MUSEUM
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • FT
    FAMILY TO FAMILY INC
    one grant, 2020 · $4k · revenue +15%
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
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 Outdoor Heritage Foundation Inc Attn Susan Sacco
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3
New Hampshire Historical Society

To educate a diverse public about the significance of New Hampshire's past and its relationship to our lives today. To this end, the Society collects, preserves, and interprets material pertaining to New Hampshire history.

Arts & Culture
4
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
5
Maine Historical Society

Maine Historical Society, founded in 1822, is a private non-profit whose mission is to preserve and share Maine's story. Based in Portland, we work closely with communities and partners throughout the state, and serve a statewide and…

Arts & Culture
6
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
7
The Trustees of Reservations

Overview - founded in boston by pioneering landscape architect and open space visionary charles eliot in 1891, the trustees is the nation's first and the commonwealth's largest conservation and preservation nonprofit.

Environment
8
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
9
Avery Copp Museum

The Avery-Copp Museum celebrates, preserves, and documents the historic home, its collection, and the grounds belonging to the Avery and Copp families in Groton, Connecticut. Our purpose is to engage the public in learning about history of…

Arts & Culture
10
Society for the Preservation of New Engl

We save and share new england's past to engage and inform present and future generations.

Arts & Culture
11
Florence Griswold Museum Inc

The florence griswold museum seeks to promote a greater understanding of connecticut's contribution to american art and history through public exhibitions and educational programs.

Arts & Culture
12
Sudbury Valley Trustees Inc

Sudbury valley trustees, inc. ("the organization") works to protect natural areas and farmland for wildlife and people in the 36 communities that surround the sudbury, assabet, and concord rivers. the organization cares for some of the…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Old Sturbridge Inc; the most unlike its peers is Boston Symphony Orchestra 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

27 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. 27 of the 48 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
14/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KEARSAGE REGIONAL MIDDLE SCHOOL: $28,000 · OtherKEARSAGE REGIONAL MIDDLE SCHOOLTHE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM & EDUCATION CENTER: $14,000 · OtherTHE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM & EDUCATION CENTERTHE BRADY CENTER: $13,000 · OtherTHE BRADY CENTERWilmot Historical Society Inc: $12,900 · OtherWilmot Historical Society IncRAW ART WORKS INC: $11,000 · OtherRAW ART WORKS INCBARNARD COLLEGE OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · OtherBARNARD COLLEGE OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITYNORTH BENNET ST SCHOOL: $10,000 · OtherNORTH BENNET ST SCHOOLALICE JAMES POETRY COOPERATIVE: $9,500 · OtherALICE JAMES POETRY COOPERATIVEARNOLD ARBORETUM OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY: $9,470 · OtherARNOLD ARBORETUM OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY+19 more: $56,500 · Other+19 moreSTORY PRESERVATION INITIATIVE: $25,550 · Arts & CultureSTORY PRESERVATION I…BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $14,000 · Arts & CultureBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCH…OLD STURBRIDGE INC: $8,800 · Arts & CultureOLD STURBRIDGE INCAt Eagle Pond Inc: $5,175 · Arts & CultureAt Eagle Pond IncCONCORD ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY D/B/A CONCORD MUSEUM: $5,000 · Arts & CultureCONCORD ANTIQUARIAN …COMMUNITY ART CENTER INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY A…CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesCANINE COMP…TLC FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $3,000 · Human ServicesTLC FAMILY …BAKER SENIOR CENTER NAPLES INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesBAKER SENIO…GRACE PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesGRACE PLACE…+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesAUSBON SARGENT LAND PRESERVATION TRUST: $16,000 · EnvironmentAUSBON SA…Appalachian Mountain Club: $9,500 · EnvironmentAppalachi…LAKE CHAMPLAIN LAND TRUST INC: $2,000 · EnvironmentLAKE CHAM…North Bennet Street School: $11,000 · EducationColby-Sawyer College: $5,000 · EducationHOLYOKE PUBLIC LIBRARY CORP: $3,179 · EducationWORCESTER YOUTH CENTER INC: $6,400 · Youth DevelopmentFAMILY TO FAMILY INC: $4,000 · Food & NutritionSave The Children Federation Inc: $1,000 · International
Other$174,370Arts & Culture$58,525Human Services$31,500Environment$27,500Education$19,179Youth Development$6,400Food & Nutrition$4,000International$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSTORY PRESERVATION INITIATIVE: $25,550 over 6y, 15% of budgetCOMMUNITY ART CENTER INC: $20,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetAUSBON SARGENT LAND PRESERVATION TRUST: $16,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $14,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Bennet Street School: $11,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRAW ART WORKS INC: $11,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetALICE JAMES POETRY COOPERATIVE: $9,500 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetAppalachian Mountain Club: $9,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOLD STURBRIDGE INC: $8,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWORCESTER YOUTH CENTER INC: $6,400 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCONCORD ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY D/B/A CONCORD MUSEUM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetColby-Sawyer College: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY TO FAMILY INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPathways Early Education Center of Immokalee Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOLYOKE PUBLIC LIBRARY CORP: $3,179 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTLC FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBAKER SENIOR CENTER NAPLES INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetENVISIONING ACCESS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGRACE PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHome HealthCare Hospice & Community Services Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FRIENDS PROGRAM INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLAKE CHAMPLAIN LAND TRUST INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR SAFER COMMUNITIES: $1,000 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.

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.

Adelard & Valeda Roy …Massachusetts Foundat…Boston Foundation IncAgnes M Lindsay TrustNew Hampshire Charita…Claremont Savings Ban…The Ayco Charitable F…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Raymond James Charita…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…
Adelard & Valeda Roy FoundationMA15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Adelard & Valeda Roy Foundation · Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities & Public Policy Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · Claremont Savings Bank Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic 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 Frank M Barnard Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Frank M Barnard Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Worcester Youth Center Inc: 64% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Community Art Center Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Raw Art Works Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Old Sturbridge Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Appalachian Mountain Club: 1% of income from government
  • Lake Champlain Land Trust Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Concord Antiquarian Society D/B/a Concord Museum: 1% of income from government
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Frank M Barnard Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Frank M Barnard Foundation Inc 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 48 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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