Skip to content
Hart Foundation Co Phillips S Davis at a glanceAlso receives grants: funding profile →

· Private foundation

Hart Foundation Co Phillips S Davis

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$54k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Environment$34kYouth Development$30kHuman Services$24kAnimals$21kEducation$21kHealth$20kHousing & Shelter$14kInternational$13kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$6,000
VERMONT YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS$5,000
MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC$4,000
CARROLL CENTER FOR THE BLIND$4,000
KEEPING TRACK INC$4,000
WORCESTER YOUTH CENTER$3,500
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$3,000
VERMONT WORKS FOR WOMEN INC$3,000
COMMITTEE ON TEMPORARY SHELTER$3,000
VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$3,000
LITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF GREATER WORCESTER$3,000
WILLARD HOUSE AND CLOCK MUSEUM$3,000
LITTLE BELLAS$2,500
NEW ENGLAND BOTANICAL GARDEN$2,000
VERMONT COMMONS SCHOOL$2,000
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 (FY19–24, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%THE AFIYA CENTER: $2k → 14%SPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $8k → 10%SPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 10%SPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 10%SPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 10%SPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 10%NATIONAL EDUCATION FOR ASSISTANCE: $2k → 11%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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$208k · 16 repeat orgs$38k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

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

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
13

Total granted

$208k
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
0%

Still filing today

81%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’24’25
EnvironmentHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentEducationCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • TC
    THE CARROLL CENTER FOR THE BLIND INC
    6× · 2019–2025 · $22k · revenue +56%
  • WY
    WORCESTER YOUTH CENTER INC
    6× · 2019–2025 · $21k · revenue +62%
  • VY
    VERMONT YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS INC
    6× · 2019–2025 · $20k · revenue +85%

Funded once

  • WP
    WORCESTER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue -58%
  • CO
    CLEAN OCEAN ACCESS INC
    one grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue 0% · 33% of their budget
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    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
Vermont Wilderness School

Provide nature-based education and mentoring to youth and adults in southern vermont and western massachusetts.

Environment
2
Vermont Public Co

Vermont public informs, educates, and entertains through public service journalism and enlightening content rooted in vermont. our storytelling enriches lives and fosters community connection and understanding.

Arts & Culture
3
Ywca of Vermont Inc

Ywca vermont is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all.

Human Services
4
Vermont Energy Investment Corporation

Veic is a sustainable energy company on a mission to generate the energy solutions the world needs (continues in schedule o). (continued), working to combat the climate crisis, boost community resilience, and lower energy costs. for nearly…

Environment
5
The Vermont Center for Ecostudies Inc

The vermont center for ecostudies advances the conservation of wildlife across the americas through research, monitoring, and citizen engagement.

Environment
6
Vermont Institute of Natural Science Inc

The mission of vins is to motivate individuals and communities to care for the environment through education, research, and avian wildlife rehabilitation.

Environment
7
Vermont Energy Education Program Inc

To build a deep understanding of energy and climate through education, inspiring and empowering people to take action for increased sustainability in our communities, economy and environment.

Education
8
Vermont Electric Cooperative Inc

Vermont electric cooperative is a member owned not-for-profit whose mission is to provide safe, affordable, and reliable energy services to its members.

—
9
Vermont Council On World Affairs Inc

See schedule othe mission of the vermont council on world affairs is to promote awareness and understanding of the world and its people, places and cultures through education and engagement. the future of vermont depends upon the world…

—
10
Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility Research & Edu Fdn

To provide research and education on issues of importance to the natural, human, and economic environments of vermont citizens.

Education
11
Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies Inc

Vcet's purpose is to accelerate innovation and entrepreneurship across vermont. this is accomplished by providing expert mentoring and technical assistance, the operation of coworking/incubation facilities and the operation of early stage…

Community Improvement
12
Alliance for a Better Vermont

Conducts and coordinates research of critical issues affecting vermonters. also conducts public opinion research.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Vermont Youth Conservation Corps Inc; the most unlike its peers is Willard House & Clock Museum 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

25 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. 25 of the 35 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
14/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY - WOR: $19,000 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY - WORIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientGIRLS INCORPORATED OF WORCESTER: $6,000 · OtherMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $16,000 · OtherMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INCCOMMITTEE ON TEMPORARY SHELTER INC: $15,000 · OtherCOMMITTEE ON TEMPORARY SHELTER INCVERMONT WORKS FOR WOMEN INC: $9,000 · OtherVERMONT WORKS FOR WOMEN INCMUSIC WORCESTER INC: $7,000 · OtherMUSIC WORCESTER INC+15 more: $31,500 · Other+15 moreWORCESTER YOUTH CENTER INC: $21,000 · Youth DevelopmentWORCESTER YO…Bellas Mentoring Inc: $6,500 · Youth DevelopmentBellas Mento…VERMONT YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS INC: $20,000 · EnvironmentVERMONT YOUT…MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $4,000 · EnvironmentMASSACHUSETT…CLEAN OCEAN ACCESS INC: $2,500 · EnvironmentCLEAN OCEAN …THE CARROLL CENTER FOR THE BLIND INC: $22,000 · HealthTHE CARROL…YOUTH PRIDE INC: $2,000 · HealthYOUTH PRID…BANCROFT SCHOOL: $18,000 · EducationBANCROFT S…VERMONT COMMONS SCHOOL: $4,000 · EducationVERMONT CO…SPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesNEADS INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesTHE AFIYA CENTER: $2,000 · Human ServicesKeeping Track Inc: $16,500 · Animals
Other$113,500Youth Development$27,500Environment$26,500Health$24,000Education$22,000Human Services$19,000Animals$16,500

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 budgetTHE CARROLL CENTER FOR THE BLIND INC: $22,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWORCESTER YOUTH CENTER INC: $21,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetVERMONT YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS INC: $20,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBANCROFT SCHOOL: $18,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetKeeping Track Inc: $16,500 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMITTEE ON TEMPORARY SHELTER INC: $15,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $15,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetVERMONT WORKS FOR WOMEN INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMUSIC WORCESTER INC: $7,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBellas Mentoring Inc: $6,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF WORCESTER: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVERMONT COMMONS SCHOOL: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF GREATER WORCESTER INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWORCESTER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCLEAN OCEAN ACCESS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 33% of budgetYOUTH PRIDE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNEADS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AFIYA CENTER: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVERMONT PARKS FOREVER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGENERATOR INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Ruth H & Warren a Ell…Stoddard Charitable T…Greater Worcester Com…Price Chopper's Golub…The Vermont Community…Rockwell FoundationArthur M and Martha R…Wyman GordonThe Fred Harris Danie…The Fletcher Foundati…The George I Alden Tr…George W Mergens Foun…
Ruth H & Warren a Ellsworth FoundationMA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ruth H & Warren a Ellsworth Foundation · Stoddard Charitable Trust · Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc · Price Chopper's Golub Foundation · The Vermont Community Foundation · Rockwell Foundation · Arthur M and Martha R Pappas Foundation · Wyman Gordon · The Fred Harris Daniels Foundation · The Fletcher Foundation · The George I Alden Trust · George W Mergens 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 Hart Foundation Co Phillips S Davis funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hart Foundation Co Phillips S Davis. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Worcester Youth Center Inc: 64% of income from government
  • Vermont Works for Women Inc: 52% of income from government
  • Committee On Temporary Shelter Inc: 52% of income from government
  • Vermont Youth Conservation Corps Inc: 47% of income from government
  • Vermont Parks Forever Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Music Worcester Inc: 7% of income from government
  • The Carroll Center for the Blind Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Girls Incorporated of Worcester: 2% of income from government
  • Neads Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
3rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 Hart Foundation Co Phillips S Davis?

Find your warmest path to Hart Foundation Co Phillips S Davis 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 35 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.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on Hart Foundation Co Phillips S Davis’ filings →

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home