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Gansett Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.3M
Granted FY2022
1
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$1.3M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2022.

Education$5.6MPhilanthropy$1.3MHealth$324kScience & Tech$234kEnvironment$66kArts & Culture$46kHousing & Shelter$41kInternational$36kOther$0
02FY2022 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,250,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$8.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BARROWS FOUNDATIONS FIDELITY CHARITABLE TRUST$1,250,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $36k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PINE STREET INN: $1k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $1k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $1k → 16%TANZANIAN CHILDREN'S FUND: $3k → 8%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $10k → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $10k → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $10k → 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

MT
IL
NY
MA
CT
RI
CA
VA
MD
DC
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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.5M · 40 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +87% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.

40 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2022, 40 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
25

Total granted

$5.5M
$185k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+87%
+33%

Still filing today

65%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’22
HealthEducationPublic BenefitHuman ServicesScience & TechArts & CultureOther
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

  • Williams College
    4× · 2017–2020 · $2.3M · revenue +87%
  • CU
    COLGATE UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2017–2020 · $365k · revenue +80%
  • STEPPINGSTONE FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $250k · revenue +118%

Funded once

  • TN
    THE NATURE CONSERVATORY
    one grant, 2017 · $40k
  • MG
    MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +33%
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
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
2
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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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
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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5
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
6
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
7
President and Fellows of Harvard College

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

Education
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
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
10
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
11
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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12
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research

Whitehead institute forges new frontiers in science, uncovering insights today that unlock the potential of tomorrow. our advances in genetics and genomics are now enabling us to tackle the complexities of life with unprecedented depth and…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Edwards Scholarship Fund. 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

46 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. 46 of the 69 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)
46/46
Grantees still filing
39/46
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Williams College: $2,250,000 · EducationWilliams CollegeTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $800,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNI…COLGATE UNIVERSITY: $365,000 · EducationCOLGATE UNIVERSITYSTEPPINGSTONE FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 · EducationSTEPPINGSTONE FOUNDATION INC+4 more: $104,500 · EducationSTANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS: $1,690,000 · OtherSTANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESSBARROWS FOUNDATIONS FIDELITY CHARITABLE TRUST: $1,250,000 · OtherBARROWS FOUNDATIONS FIDELITY CHARITABLE TRUST+40 more: $506,135 · Other+40 moreWOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION: $216,000 · Science & Tech+1 more: $5,000 · Science & TechDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $75,000 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $20,000 · HealthHYDROCEPHALUS ASSOCIATION: $15,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $11,000 · HealthBOB WOODRUFF FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · HealthMOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL: $10,000 · HealthFAMILY REACH FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Health+1 more: $5,000 · HealthFRIENDS OF NOBSKA LIGHT INC: $26,000 · Arts & CultureVIA ART FUND INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureYELLOWSTONE CLUB COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · PhilanthropyThe Michelle McGann Fund Inc: $10,000 · PhilanthropyBoston Foundation Inc: $10,000 · PhilanthropyHORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $30,000 · Human ServicesPINE STREET INN INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesTHE TANZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND INC: $2,500 · Human Services
Education$3,769,500Other$3,446,135Science & Tech$221,000Health$166,000Arts & Culture$46,000Philanthropy$45,000Human Services$35,500

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 budgetWilliams College: $2,250,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $800,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLGATE UNIVERSITY: $365,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPPINGSTONE FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetWOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION: $216,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPOMONA COLLEGE: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLost Tree Village Charitable Foundation: $30,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF NOBSKA LIGHT INC: $26,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetYELLOWSTONE CLUB COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVIA ART FUND INC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHYDROCEPHALUS ASSOCIATION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEDWARDS SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $15,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOB WOODRUFF FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NORMAN BIRD SANCTUARY TRUST: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFIVER CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFAMILY REACH FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Michelle McGann Fund Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetBRAIN SCIENCE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBoston Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMASS DESIGN GROUP LTD: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATO INSTITUTE: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM CORPORATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGallatin River Task Force: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPINE STREET INN INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TANZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ONE LOVE FOUNDATION IN HONOR OF YEARDLEY LOVE INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDream Big Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSOCCER WITHOUT BORDERS: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WHO SAYS I CAN'T FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUMMITS EDUCATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFALMOUTH SERVICE CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLAY FOR PINK INC: $500 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.

Boston Foundation IncCombined Jewish Phila…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Bny Mellon Charitable…National Philanthropi…Silicon Valley Commun…Vanguard Charitable E…Renaissance Charitabl…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…American Endowment Fo…Fidelity Investments …
Boston Foundation IncMA21.3× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 160%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: 63% of income from government
  • Horizons for Homeless Children: 21% of income from government
  • Marine Biological Laboratory: 20% of income from government
  • New England Aquarium Corporation: 12% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Mount Auburn Hospital: 5% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Steppingstone Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Williams College: 0% of income from government
  • Boston Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
16get no government money at all
4report 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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Gansett Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Gansett 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 69 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 no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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