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George H Lusk Trust at a glance

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George H Lusk Trust

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.

$30k
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$3k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$40kHealth$32kArts & Culture$28kHousing & Shelter$21kHuman Services$20kEnvironment$15kFood & Nutrition$5kScience & Tech$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$359k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE FALMOUTH SERVICE CENTER INC$3,250
CAPE COD HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC$2,750
CAPE COD COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC$2,250
THE 300 COMMITTEE LAND TRUST INC$2,250
FALMOUTH HOUSING CORPORATION$2,250
FALMOUTH HOUSING CORPORATION$2,250
WOODS HOLE PUBLIC LIBRARY$1,500
FALMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL-FBO ART DEPT$1,500
COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF CAPE COD$1,250
FARMING FALMOUTH INC$1,250
FALMOUTH EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC$1,000
FALMOUTH PUBLIC LIBRARY$1,000
WOODS HOLE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC$1,000
FALMOUTH ARTIST'S GUILD INC$1,000
THE FALMOUTH CHORALE INC$750
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CAPE COD COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $3k → 8%WOODS HOLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: $2k → 8%CAPE COD COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $3k → 8%WOODS HOLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: $2k → 8%CAPE COD COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $3k → 8%WOODS HOLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: $2k → 8%CAPE COD COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $2k → 8%WOODS HOLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: $2k → 8%CAPE COD COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $2k → 8%WOODS HOLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: $2k → 8%CAPE COD COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $2k → 8%WOODS HOLE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC: $2k → 8%COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF CAPE COD: $1k → 8%WOODS HOLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: $2k → 8%WOODS HOLE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC: $2k → 8%COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF CAPE COD: $1k → 8%WOODS HOLE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC: $1k → 8%WOODS HOLE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC: $1k → 8%COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF CAPE COD: $1k → 8%WOODS HOLE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC: $1k → 8%WOODS HOLE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC: $1k → 8%FALMOUTH HOUSING CORPORATION: $2k → 8%THE 300 COMMITTEE LAND TRUST INC: $2k → 8%FALMOUTH HOUSING CORPORATION: $2k → 8%FALMOUTH HOUSING CORPORATION: $2k → 8%FALMOUTH HOUSING CORPORATION: $2k → 8%FALMOUTH HOUSING CORPORATION: $2k → 8%FALMOUTH HOUSING CORPORATION: $2k → 8%FALMOUTH HOUSING CORPORATION: $2k → 8%FALMOUTH HOUSING CORPORATION: $2k → 8%THE 300 COMMITTEE LAND TRUST INC: $2k → 8%FALMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL: $2k → 8%FALMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL: $2k → 8%FALMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL-FBO ART DEPT: $2k → 8%FALMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL: $2k → 8%FALMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL-FBO ART DEPT: $2k → 8%FALMOUTH HOUSING CORPORATION: $2k → 8%FALMOUTH HOUSING CORPORATION: $2k → 8%THE 300 COMMITTEE LAND TRUST INC: $2k → 8%THE 300 COMMITTEE LAND TRUST INC: $2k → 8%FALMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL: $2k → 8%CAPE COD HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $4k → 8%CAPE COD HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $4k → 8%CAPE COD HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $3k → 8%CAPE COD HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $3k → 8%CAPE COD HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $3k → 8%CAPE COD HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $3k → 8%FARMING FALMOUTH INC: $1k → 8%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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$169k · 23 repeat orgs$2k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +60% since the first grant, against -24% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
3

Total granted

$169k
$2k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
-24%

Still filing today

74%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
EducationEnvironmentHealthArts & CultureHousing & ShelterScience & TechOther
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

  • FH
    FALMOUTH HOUSING CORPORATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $21k · revenue +131%
  • FS
    FALMOUTH SERVICE CENTER INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $19k · revenue +60%
  • CC
    Cape Cod Community College Educational Foundation Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $15k · revenue +65%

Funded once

  • MW
    MASHPEE WAMPANOAG TRIBE CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICE
    one grant, 2022 · $1k
  • LJ
    LAWRENCE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2021 · $500
  • LS
    LAWRENCE SCHOOL PTO
    one grant, 2020 · $200 · revenue -24%
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
Falmouth Historical Society Inc

The mission of the falmouth historical society, through the museums on the green, is to provide educational programs, and to preserve, share and celebrate the history and culture of the cape cod town of falmouth.

Unclassified
2
Oyster Pond Environmental Trust Inc

Land conservation

Environment
3
Falmouth Housing Trust

Falmouth housing trust's mission is to enchance the community of falmouth by developing and maintaining sustainable afforable workforce housing. the organization provides this service to low-to-moderate income individuals or families…

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4
Falmouth Memorial Library Association

To enhance the quality of life of our community by inspiring lifelong learning, providing free and open access to information, and fostering community connections.

Education
5
Falmouth Public Library Support Fund Inc

Provide funding for projects, literacy, and educational programs that improve the falmouth public library and educate the community regarding the need for public libraries and their benefit to all persons.

Education
6
Falmouth Community Television Corp

Local cable programs by and for residents.

Arts & Culture
7
Falmouth Education Foundation

The falmouth education foundation, founded in 1993, enhances educational excellence and promotes innovative student development by supporting educational programs and initiatives that primarily benefit children that are residents of…

Philanthropy
8
Falmouth Scholarship Association Inc

Awards scholarships for college tuition to selected students at falmouth high school who wish to pursue advanced work in literature, science, math, or the arts.

Education
9
Lower Cape Communications Inc

To provide public broadcasting to lower cape cod massachusetts

Arts & Culture
10
The Compact of Cape Cod Conservation Trusts Inc

To encourage and assist in the acquisition, preservation and management of open space on cape cod

Environment
11
Cohasset Conservation Trust Inc
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12
Franklin Land Trust Inc

The franklin land trust works to conserve farms, forests, wildlands, and other natural resources significant to the quality of the environment, economy, and rural character of western massachusetts.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Falmouth Housing Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Lawrence School Pto. 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

18 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. 18 of the 26 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
15/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FALMOUTH SERVICE CENTER INC: $19,000 · OtherFALMOUTH SERVICE CENTER INCCAPE COD HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $17,750 · OtherCAPE COD HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INCWOODS HOLE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC: $7,000 · OtherWOODS HOLE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INCFALMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL: $7,000 · OtherFALMOUTH HIGH SCHOOLFALMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL-FBO ART DEPT: $3,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $3,000 · OtherFALMOUTH PUBLIC LIBRARY: $3,000 · OtherWOODS HOLE FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · OtherWOODS HOLE CANTATA CONSORT TRUST: $2,750 · Other+2 more: $1,500 · OtherCape Cod Community College Educational Foundation Inc: $14,750 · EducationCape Cod Community Colle…FALMOUTH EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $11,500 · EducationFALMOUTH EDUCATION FOUND…WOODS HOLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: $10,000 · EducationWOODS HOLE PUBLIC LIBRAR…+1 more: $200 · EducationFALMOUTH HOUSING CORPORATION: $21,000 · Housing & ShelterFALMOUTH HOUS…THE 300 COMMITTEE LAND TRUST INC: $9,250 · EnvironmentTHE 300 CO…FRIENDS OF FALMOUTH BIKEWAYS INC: $3,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF…BUZZARDS BAY COALITION: $3,000 · EnvironmentBUZZARDS B…COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF CAPE COD INC: $5,750 · HealthCOMMUNITY…FRIENDS OF FAIRWINDS INC: $4,750 · HealthFRIENDS O…RECOVERY WITHOUT WALLS INC: $3,250 · HealthRECOVERY …FALMOUTH ARTISTS GUILD INC: $4,500 · Arts & CultureTHE FALMOUTH CHORALE INC: $3,250 · Arts & CultureFARMING FALMOUTH INC: $5,250 · Food & NutritionMARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY: $4,250 · Science & Tech
Other$67,000Education$36,450Housing & Shelter$21,000Environment$15,250Health$13,750Arts & Culture$7,750Food & Nutrition$5,250Science & Tech$4,250

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFALMOUTH HOUSING CORPORATION: $21,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetFALMOUTH SERVICE CENTER INC: $19,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCape Cod Community College Educational Foundation Inc: $14,750 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFALMOUTH EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $11,500 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetWOODS HOLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: $10,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTHE 300 COMMITTEE LAND TRUST INC: $9,250 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetWOODS HOLE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC: $7,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF CAPE COD INC: $5,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFARMING FALMOUTH INC: $5,250 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF FAIRWINDS INC: $4,750 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetFALMOUTH ARTISTS GUILD INC: $4,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY: $4,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FALMOUTH CHORALE INC: $3,250 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetRECOVERY WITHOUT WALLS INC: $3,250 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF FALMOUTH BIKEWAYS INC: $3,000 over 6y, 8.9% of budgetBUZZARDS BAY COALITION: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWOODS HOLE FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetLAWRENCE SCHOOL PTO: $200 over 1y, 0.8% 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 FALMOUTH HOUSING CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds FALMOUTH SERVICE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Cape Cod Community College Educational Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds FALMOUTH EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WOODS HOLE PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds THE 300 COMMITTEE LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds WOODS HOLE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF CAPE COD INC ↗
  • Who funds FARMING FALMOUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF FAIRWINDS INC ↗
  • Who funds FALMOUTH ARTISTS GUILD INC ↗
  • Who funds MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY ↗
  • Who funds THE FALMOUTH CHORALE INC ↗
  • Who funds RECOVERY WITHOUT WALLS INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF FALMOUTH BIKEWAYS INC ↗
  • Who funds BUZZARDS BAY COALITION ↗
  • Who funds WOODS HOLE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LAWRENCE SCHOOL PTO ↗

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.

Stanley W Watson Foun…Cape Cod Foundation I…Josephine and Louise …Martha's Vineyard Ban…Esther Simon 1952 Cha…Cape Cod Five Cents S…Eastern Bank Foundati…Harken FoundationHermann Foundation IncMutual Bancorp Founda…Normandie Foundation …Friendship Fund Inc
Stanley W Watson FoundationMA28.5× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Stanley W Watson Foundation · Cape Cod Foundation Inc · Josephine and Louise Crane Foundation · Martha's Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation Inc · Esther Simon 1952 Charitable Trust Xxxxx8006 · Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank Charitable Foundation Trust · Eastern Bank Foundation · Harken Foundation · Hermann Foundation Inc · Mutual Bancorp Foundation Inc Fka Cape Cod 5 Foundation Inc · Normandie Foundation Inc · Friendship Fund 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization George H Lusk Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from George H Lusk Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 110%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 20%
  • Buzzards Bay Coalition: 37% of income from government
  • Marine Biological Laboratory: 20% of income from government
  • Community Health Center of Cape Cod Inc: 9% of income from government
  • The Falmouth Chorale Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
11get no government money at all
3report 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.

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 26 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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