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Galenus 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.

$964k
Granted FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$765k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

83% of Galenus Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 14 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

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’20
13
’21
15
’22
15
’23
14
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$3.3MScience & Tech$288kEnvironment$114kHealth$110kArts & Culture$43kYouth Development$39kInternational$37kFood & Nutrition$36kOther$0
02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k13 grants · $32k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $67k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
  • $250k+1 grant · $765k
$3,384
Median grant
7
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLO$765,000
EDEN FOREST COLLECTIVE$100,000
CAF AMERICA$25,000
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTE$15,000
CREATIVE VISIONS FOUNDATION$15,000
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE$12,000
THE ACCOMPLIS COLLECTIVE$6,000
THE GIVING BACK FUND$6,000
NEW EARTH COLLABORATIVE$5,000
PAN MASS CHALLENGE$3,384
GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK$3,000
NEWTON FOOD PANTRY$2,700
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS$1,200
Individual grant recipient$1,000
EVERYORG$1,000
02The need
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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 (FY20–24, $32k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%YOUTH HAVEN: $1k → 10%THE ACCOMPLIS COLLECTIVE: $6k → 17%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $10k → 16%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $8k → 16%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $8k → 16%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
WA
NY
MA
NV
WY
IN
PA
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
NM
DC
AL
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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$632k · 18 repeat orgs$261k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
31

Total granted

$632k
$133k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+97%

Still filing today

72%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 24% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $129k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsEnvironmentOther
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

  • BI
    BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $85k · revenue +47%
  • LU
    LEHIGH UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2020–2023 · $68k · revenue +66%
  • MO
    MUSEUM OF SCIENCE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $58k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • DM
    DAVE MCGILLIVRAY FINISH STRONG FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +20%
  • EA
    EMPOWER AFRICA
    one grant, 2020 · $12k
  • TP
    THE POSSIBLE PROJECT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +224%
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.

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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
Trustees of Boston University

Organization's mission: boston university is an international, comprehensive, private research university, committed to educating students to be reflective, resourceful individuals ready to live, adapt, and lead in an interconnected world.…

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3
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
4
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
5
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
6
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
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President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
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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
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
10
Trustees of Boston College

Mission strengthened by more than a century and a half of dedication to academic excellence, boston college commits itself to the highest standards of teaching and research in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs and to the…

Education
11
Bentley University

Organization's mission bentley university believes good business can impact more than the bottom line - it can change the world. bentley is a community of future business leaders who will deliver value in the marketplace and lasting…

Education
12
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Giving Back Fund; the most unlike its peers is Every Org. 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

40 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. 40 of the 61 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/40
Grantees still filing
31/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: $3,125,000 · EducationMassachusetts Institute of Technology+7 more: $168,594 · EducationTHE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL: $225,000 · OtherTHE AMERICAN …EDEN FOREST COLLECTIVE: $100,000 · OtherEDEN FOREST C…GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $22,500 · OtherJIJENGE ACADEMY: $17,000 · Other+28 more: $111,004 · Other+28 moreBETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC: $85,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $17,500 · Health+4 more: $2,400 · HealthMUSEUM OF SCIENCE: $58,000 · Arts & CultureCREATIVE VISIONS FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $5,800 · Arts & CultureNEW ART CENTER IN NEWTON INC (FKA) NEWTON ARTS CENTER INC: $3,654 · Arts & CultureBOSTON BALLET INC: $3,000 · Arts & CultureDAVE MCGILLIVRAY FINISH STRONG FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $25,000 · PhilanthropyTHE GIVING BACK FUND: $9,005 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesTHE ACCOMPLIS COLLECTIVE INC: $6,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesTHE SKATING CLUB OF BOSTON: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsINNERCITY WEIGHTLIFTING INC: $500 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $250 · Recreation & Sports
Education$3,293,594Other$475,504Health$104,900Arts & Culture$85,454Philanthropy$60,005Human Services$32,000Recreation & Sports$10,750

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 budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $3,125,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC: $85,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ACADEMY OF ACHIEVEMENT: $70,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $67,594 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF SCIENCE: $58,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDAVE MCGILLIVRAY FINISH STRONG FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $22,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCREATIVE VISIONS FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MILKEN INSTITUTE: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE POSSIBLE PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SKATING CLUB OF BOSTON: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEWTON FOOD PANTRY INC: $9,700 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GIVING BACK FUND: $9,005 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ACCOMPLIS COLLECTIVE INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $5,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBURNING MAN PROJECT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $4,462 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ART CENTER IN NEWTON INC (FKA) NEWTON ARTS CENTER INC: $3,654 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBOSTON BALLET INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER RESEARCH FUND OF THE DAMON RUNYON-WALTER WINCHELL FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEVERY ORG: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH HAVEN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLIMB FOR HOPE INC: $527 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetINNERCITY WEIGHTLIFTING INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINNOVATION AFRICA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP SUNSHINE AT SEBAGO LAKE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAWRENCE COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES: $100 over 1y, 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.

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.

The Goldman Sachs Cha…Boston Foundation IncCambridge Savings Cha…Jewish Communal FundGs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…The Pfizer Foundation…American Online Givin…Network for Good
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNY14.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Boston Foundation Inc · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good

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 Galenus Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Galenus Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc: 6% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Boston Ballet Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Possible Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Museum of Science: 0% of income from government
  • Museum of Fine Arts: 0% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Youth Haven Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get 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 · 0–50%
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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Galenus Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Galenus Foundation 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 61 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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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