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H Eric Cushing Foundation at a glance

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H Eric Cushing 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.

$220k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$175k
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$705kHuman Services$207kHealth$66kAnimals$26kInternational$11kPublic Benefit$10kEnvironment$7kFood & Nutrition$1k
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $3k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $41k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $175k
$1,046
Median grant
6
States reached
$7.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YALE UNIVERSITY$175,000
NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY$31,296
GLOBAL GIVING$10,000
AMERICAN HUMANE$1,046
SAN DIEGO ZOO WILDLIFE ALLIANCE$1,000
PANTHERA$533
WILDLIFE S O S$515
Individual grant recipient$250
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 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%BROOKLINE INTERATIVE GROUP: $250 → 7%JCDS BOSTON: $2k → 8%NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY: $31k → 16%THE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE FUND: $3k → 10%WIKIMEDIA: $1k → 10%SAN DIEGO ZOO WILDLIFE ALLIANCE: $2k → 11%PANTHERA: $1k → 17%THE HUMANE SOCIETY: $1k → 14%YALE UNIVERSITY: $175k → 12%DORCAS INTERNATIONAL: $250 → 14%WILDLIFE S O S: $1k → 8%THE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $3k → 9%FIDELITY GIFT TRUST: $105k → 11%NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY: $25k → 16%THE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC: $3k → 10%WIKIMEDIA: $1k → 10%SAN DIEGO ZOO WILDLIFE ALLIANCE: $1k → 11%PANTHERA: $1k → 17%GLOBAL GIVING: $10k → 14%YALE UNIVERSITY: $175k → 12%WILDLIFE S O S: $1k → 8%THE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $1k → 9%FIDELITY GIFT TRUST: $50k → 11%FOUNDATION OF MEEI INC: $10k → 16%WIKIMEDIA: $1k → 10%SAN DIEGO ZOO WILDLIFE ALLIANCE: $1k → 11%PANTHERA: $533 → 17%OCEANA INC: $3k → 14%YALE UNIVERSITY: $175k → 12%WILDLIFE S O S: $515 → 8%FIDELITY GIFT TRUST: $50k → 11%PROJECT BREAD: $1k → 16%WIKIMEDIA: $52 → 10%PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS: $1k → 17%OCEANA INC: $3k → 14%YALE UNIVERSITY: $175k → 12%WGBH: $205 → 16%AMERICAN HUMANE: $3k → 14%WGBH: $1k → 16%AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $2k → 14%AMERICAN HUMANE: $1k → 14%OCEANA INC: $1k → 14%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

NY
MA
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
KY
DC
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$992k · 11 repeat orgs$40k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
8

Total granted

$992k
$30k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
+31%

Still filing today

64%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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
AnimalsEnvironmentFood & NutritionInternationalOther
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

  • TN
    THE NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY
    2× · 2023–2025 · $56k · revenue +7%
  • AH
    AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION
    3× · 2023–2025 · $6k · revenue +41%
  • ZS
    ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO
    3× · 2023–2025 · $4k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • IF
    INTEGRITY FIRST FOR AMERICA INC
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -95%
  • FO
    FOUNDATION OF MEEI INC
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • TD
    THE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE FUND
    one grant, 2024 · $3k
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
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
2
Humane World for Animals International

HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…

Animals
3
Humane World Action Fund

To pass animal protection laws, educate the public, and support humane candidates for office.

Animals
4
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
5
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
6
International Primate Protection League

Protecting the world's remaining primates by monitoring and exposing illegal trade, supporting a worldwide network of overseas sanctuaries and ngo's, publicising the plight of abused primates, and operating a sanctuary for resued gibbons.

Animals
7
Four Paws International Inc

Our vision is a world where humans treat animals with respect, empathy and understanding. four paws mission is to be the strong, global and independent voice for animals.

Animals
8
Wildlife Conservation Society

The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.

Animals
9
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
10
Denver Zoological Foundation

Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.

Animals
11
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
12
Wildlife Alliance Inc

Wildlife alliance is the leader in direct protection of forests and wildlife in tropical asia. our mission is to combat deforestation, biodiversity loss, climate change, and poverty by partnering with local communities and governments.…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Oceana Inc; the most unlike its peers is Integrity First for America 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

13 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. 13 of the 22 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/13
Grantees still filing
8/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YALE UNIVERSITY: $700,000 · OtherYALE UNIVERSITYFIDELITY GIFT TRUST: $205,000 · OtherFIDELITY GIFT TRUSTTHE NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY: $56,296 · OtherTHE NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY+8 more: $29,803 · OtherAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $6,046 · AnimalsZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO: $4,000 · AnimalsTHE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $4,000 · AnimalsTHE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC: $3,000 · AnimalsPANTHERA CORPORATION: $2,533 · AnimalsWILDLIFE SOS: $2,515 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals Inc: $1,000 · AnimalsGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · InternationalOCEANA INC: $7,000 · EnvironmentPROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC: $1,000 · Food & NutritionPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $1,000 · Philanthropy
Other$991,099Animals$23,094International$10,000Environment$7,000Food & Nutrition$1,000Philanthropy$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY: $56,296 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetINTEGRITY FIRST FOR AMERICA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOCEANA INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $6,046 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPANTHERA CORPORATION: $2,533 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWILDLIFE SOS: $2,515 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $1,000 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.

American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
American Online Giving Foundation IncDE8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 H Eric Cushing Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from H Eric Cushing Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • The New England College of Optometry: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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 · 0–20%
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 22 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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