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Grandin Family 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.

$33k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2025.

Education$39kFood & Nutrition$35kHousing & Shelter$18kArts & Culture$16kAnimals$12kHuman Services$10kPhilanthropy$10kScience & Tech$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$489k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOSTON PREPARATORY FOUNDATION$5,500
FRONTIER NURSING UNIVERSITY$4,500
PHILLIPS BROOKS HOUSE$4,000
WEST CHOP COMMUNITY FUND INC$2,500
CULTIVATE CARE FARMS INC$2,500
FEATHERSTONE CENTER FOR THE ARTS$2,000
BOSTON HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS$1,000
MSPCA$1,000
ALEXANDER TWILIGHT ACADEMY$1,000
COMMUNITY SERVING$1,000
MID COAST HUMANE$1,000
ISLAND FOOD PANTRY$1,000
RED STOCKING FUND$1,000
THE HOME FOR THE LITTLE WANDERERS$1,000
MEDFIELD FOOD CUPBOARD$1,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–25, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 83% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%MEDFIELD FOOD CUPBOARD: $1k → 7%BOSTON HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $1k → 16%BOSTON HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $1k → 16%BOSTON HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $1k → 16%MEDFIELD FOOD CUPBOARD: $500 → 7%BOSTON HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $1k → 16%BOSTON HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $1k → 16%MEDFIELD FOOD CUPBOARD: $500 → 7%BOSTON HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $1k → 16%MEDFIELD FOOD CUPBOARD: $500 → 7%COMMUNITY SERVING: $1k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS: $1k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVING: $1k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVING: $1k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVING: $500 → 16%COMMUNITY SERVING: $500 → 16%THE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS: $500 → 16%THE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS: $500 → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$129k · 23 repeat orgs$29k to everyone else

23 repeat relationships — 17 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
13

Total granted

$129k
$22k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+89%

Still filing today

83%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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
EducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyArts & CultureAnimalsHealthOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • PREPARATORY FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $20k · revenue +47%
  • FEATHERSTONE CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $9k · revenue +106%
  • FRONTIER NURSING UNIVERSITY INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $9k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • CO
    CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER
    one grant, 2022 · $7k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $6k
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Incgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +73%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Mass General Brigham Health Plan Inc

Mass general brigham health plan's mission is to promote the health and wellness of our members, and to help ensure equitable, affordbale health care for the diverse communities we serve.

Health
2
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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3
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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4
Massachusetts Council of Community Hospitals Inc

Support the advocacy of community hospitals.

Health
5
Mcphs University

Mcphs university prepares students for careers in health care through teaching, scholarship, research, professional service and community engagement.

Education
6
The Federation of Massachusetts Farmers and Gardeners Markets Inc

Mass farmers markets partners wtih farmers, consumers, and communities to improve the health of individuals, strenghten community vitality, and enhance local farm viability through farmers markets.

Food & Nutrition
7
Central Ma Food Rescue Inc

Full belly foods purchases food from farms and wholesalers and donates the food to low-income communities across the country.

Food & Nutrition
8
The Mclean Hospital Corporation Employee & Retiree Medical Trust

Fund post-retirement medical coverage

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9
University of Massachusetts Foundation Inc

The mission of the university of massachusetts foundation, inc. is to foster and promote the growth, progress and general welfare of the university of massachusetts as stated in the original 1950 articles of organization. the foundation…

Education
10
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
11
Brighton Marine Inc

Brighton marine, inc. provides military and veteran families with comprehensive campus-based quality health care, as well as affordable and supportive housing for at-risk veterans and their families.

Health
12
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Boston Food Bank Inc and the most unlike its peers is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 36 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%3%<5yr14%9%5–10yr20%6%10–20yr19%31%20–35yr14%25%35–55yr14%25%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%6%<5yr14%8%5–10yr20%1%10–20yr19%36%20–35yr14%30%35–55yr14%19%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 6% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/33
the rest of the field
11%
4,714/42,325

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

31 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 31 of the 41 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
25/31
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

PHILLIPS BROOKS HOUSE — $17,000 · OtherPHILLIPS BROOKS HOUSECHURCH OF THE REDEEMER — $7,000 · OtherCHURCH OF THE REDEEMERBOSTON PREPARATORY FOUNDATION — $5,500 · OtherBOSTON PREPARATORY FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient — $5,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientISLAND FOOD PANTRY — $4,500 · OtherISLAND FOOD PANTRYRED STOCKING FUND INC — $4,000 · OtherRED STOCKING FUND INCGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC — $3,500 · OtherGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INCTHE HOME FOR THE LITTLE WANDERERS — $2,500 · OtherPROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC — $4,000 · OtherPROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INCGood Shepherd Food Bank — $3,000 · Other+8 more — $8,000 · Other+8 morePREPARATORY FOUNDATION INC — $19,500 · PhilanthropyPREPARATORY FOUNDAT…WEST CHOP COMMUNITY FUND INC — $7,500 · PhilanthropyWEST CHOP COMMUNITY…THE BOSTON GLOBE FOUNDATION INC — $2,500 · PhilanthropyTHE BOSTON GLOBE FO…President and Fellows of Harvard College — $10,000 · EducationPresident and F…FRONTIER NURSING UNIVERSITY INC — $9,000 · EducationFRONTIER NURSIN…ALEXANDER TWILIGHT ACADEMY INC — $1,000 · EducationNORTHFIELD MOUNT HERMON SCHOOL — $1,000 · Education+3 more — $1,500 · Education+3 moreFEATHERSTONE CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC — $9,000 · Arts & CultureFEATHERSTO…Friends of Harvard Square Inc — $5,000 · Arts & CultureFriends of…MARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM INC — $1,500 · Arts & CultureMARTHA'S V…BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC — $6,000 · Human ServicesBOSTON HE…COMMUNITY SERVINGS INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY…MEDFIELD FOOD CUPBOARD — $2,500 · Human ServicesMEDFIELD …THE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS INC — $1,000 · Human ServicesTHE HOME …CULTIVATE CARE FARMS INC — $8,500 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc — $2,500 · HealthCENTRACARE HEALTH FOUNDATION — $500 · HealthMASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — $5,500 · AnimalsMEDFIELD ANIMAL SHELTER INC — $3,500 · AnimalsMIDCOAST HUMANE — $1,000 · Animals
Other$64,500Philanthropy$29,500Education$22,500Arts & Culture$15,500Human Services$14,500Health$11,500Animals$10,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetPREPARATORY FOUNDATION INC — $19,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEATHERSTONE CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC — $9,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetFRONTIER NURSING UNIVERSITY INC — $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCULTIVATE CARE FARMS INC — $8,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWEST CHOP COMMUNITY FUND INC — $7,500 over 2y, 8.5% of budgetBOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC — $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — $5,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Harvard Square Inc — $5,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY SERVINGS INC — $5,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRED STOCKING FUND INC — $4,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetPROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC — $4,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMEDFIELD ANIMAL SHELTER INC — $3,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC — $3,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGood Shepherd Food Bank — $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOSTON GLOBE FOUNDATION INC — $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMEDFIELD FOOD CUPBOARD — $2,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCOPPER CANNON CORPORATION — $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM INC — $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS INC — $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMIDCOAST HUMANE — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH HAVEN FOUNDATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALEXANDER TWILIGHT ACADEMY INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHFIELD MOUNT HERMON SCHOOL — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCause Fund Inc — $500 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetCENTRACARE HEALTH FOUNDATION — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLEGE OF CHARLESTON FOUNDATION — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW LIFE FURNITURE BANK OF MA INC — $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPIONEER INSTITUTE INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIGH SPIRIT COMMUNITY FARM INC — $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Boston Foundation IncMacPherson Fund IncEastern Bank Foundati…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Amazonsmile Foundation
Boston Foundation IncMA20.8× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · MacPherson Fund Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Grandin Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • High Spirit Community Farm Inc — 54% of income from government
  • The Home for Little Wanderers Inc — 38% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc — 22% of income from government
  • Community Servings Inc — 12% of income from government
  • Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc — 8% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College — 7% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc — 7% of income from government
  • Medfield Food Cupboard — 6% of income from government
  • New Life Furniture Bank of Ma Inc — 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
2report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 41 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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