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Guttag Family Foundation at a glance

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Guttag Family Foundation

Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$280k
Granted FY2018
34
Grants FY2018
6
States reached
$81k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

97% of Guttag Family Foundation’s FY2020 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2020 names 8 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year Guttag Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 24 organizations, $280k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

24
’18
0
’19
8
’20

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

01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2020.

Philanthropy$4.8MHealth$215kEducation$124kHousing & Shelter$31kArts & Culture$17kEnvironment$15kFood & Nutrition$15kInternational$7kOther$0
02FY2018 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 34 grants below total $256,006, the rows itemized in this filing. The $279,503 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $23,497 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k27 grants · $63k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $113k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $81k
$2,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BRINGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL$81,000
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL$28,500
BROWN UNIVERSITY$25,000
WILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC$21,000
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUE OF TECHNOLOGY$18,000
ROSIE'S PLACE INC$10,000
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED$10,000
REACH$7,000
WGBH$6,000
DECORDOVA SCULPTURE PARK AND MUSEUM$5,500
NEWTON WELLESLEY HOSPITAL$5,000
THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC$5,000
WBUR$5,000
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC$5,000
MGH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS$4,000
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 (FY20–20, $10k) 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%PINE STREET INN: $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.
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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$252k · 7 repeat orgs$109k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +84% since the first grant, against +40% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 27 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call). Read against FY2018, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
27

Total granted

$252k
$109k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+84%
+40%

Still filing today

57%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20
Arts & CultureInternationalEducationEnvironmentHealthHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • WILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC
    2× · 2018–2020 · $46k · revenue +211%
  • RP
    ROSIE'S PLACE INC
    2× · 2018–2020 · $20k · revenue +71%
  • GB
    GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC
    2× · 2018–2020 · $15k · revenue +84%

Funded once

  • MG
    MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2018 · $29k
  • PINE STREET INN INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +36%
  • ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATEDgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +111%
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
President and Fellows of Harvard College

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

Education
3
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
4
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
5
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
6
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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7
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
8
Rhode Island School of Design

The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…

Education
9
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
10
Peter G Peterson Institute for International Economics

The peterson institute for international economics (piie) is an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to strengthening prosperity and human welfare in the global economy through expert analysis and practical…

Social Science
11
National Bureau of Economic Research Inc

The nber conducts unbiased, non-partisan economic research and communicates the findings of that research to academic researchers, policy-makers, and business professionals. (continued on schedule o)

Social Science
12
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee 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

28 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. 28 of the 37 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
25/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $4,816,477 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND+1 more: $50,000 · Community ImprovementMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $167,000 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $28,500 · OtherGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $15,000 · Other+19 more: $48,010 · OtherWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $46,000 · EducationMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $21,500 · Education+1 more: $550 · EducationROSIE'S PLACE INC: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $10,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $5,000 · EnvironmentDECORDOVA AND DANA MUSEUM & PARK: $5,500 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM: $2,000 · Arts & CultureThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $1,000 · Arts & CultureLEXINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,000 · Arts & CultureTHE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART INC: $500 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $500 · Arts & CulturePINE STREET INN INC: $10,000 · Human Services
Community Improvement$4,866,477Other$258,510Education$68,050Housing & Shelter$20,000Environment$15,000Arts & Culture$10,500Human Services$10,000

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 budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $4,816,477 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $46,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $21,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROSIE'S PLACE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPINE STREET INN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREACH INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDECORDOVA AND DANA MUSEUM & PARK: $5,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREFUGEPOINT INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCenter on Budget and Policy Priorities: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR WOMEN & ENTERPRISE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEXINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF PUERTO RICO INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BELMONT GOLF SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $550 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLexington Symphony Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $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 IncCommunity Foundation …Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Boston Foundation IncMA14.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for MetroWest Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 26%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 26% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc: 13% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 37 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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