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Island Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
169
Grants FY2024still arriving
18
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Environment$2.5MArts & Culture$1.1MHuman Services$1.0MEducation$923kAnimals$802kYouth Development$718kHealth$675kCommunity Improvement$641kOther$0
02FY2024 · 169 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k60 grants · $151k
  • $10k–50k107 grants · $1.8M
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
$10,000
Median grant
18
States reached
$58M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEW BEDFORD WHALING MUSEUM$100,000
YMCA SOUTHCOAST INC$50,000
NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM$40,000
THE LANDING SCHOOL OF BOATBUILDING AND DESIGN$40,000
COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CENTER OF SOUTHEASTERN MA$30,000
NORTHSTAR LEARNING CENTERS$30,000
YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED INC$25,000
SOUTHCOAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$25,000
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS ABORTION FUND$25,000
NEW BEDFORD LIGHT$25,000
POCASSET POKENOKET LANDTRUST INDIGENOUS PEOPLES NETWORK$25,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER NEW BEDFORD$25,000
NORTH AMERICAN MARINE ALLIANCE$25,000
CENTRO COMUNITARIO DE TRABAJADORES$25,000
PEOPLE ACTING IN COMMUNITY ENDEAVORS (PACE) INC$25,000
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 (FY20–24, $1.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SOMALI BANTU COMMUNITY LEWISTON OF MAINE: $13k → 13%SOMALI BANTU COMMUNITY LEWISTON OF MAINE: $13k → 13%DENNISON MEMORIAL COMMUNITY CENTER: $25k → 11%SOMALI BANTU COMMUNITY LEWISTON OF MAINE: $13k → 13%SOMALI BANTU COMMUNITY LEWISTON OF MAINE: $13k → 13%DENNISON MEMORIAL COMMUNITY CENTER: $25k → 11%DENNISON MEMORIAL COMMUNITY CENTER: $25k → 11%DENNISON MEMORIAL COMMUNITY CENTER: $25k → 11%DENNISON MEMORIAL COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 11%THE BRIGID ALLIANCE: $20k → 17%FAMILY PANTRY-DAMIEN'S PLACE: $15k → 8%THE BRIGID ALLIANCE: $20k → 17%THE BRIGID ALLIANCE: $10k → 17%THE FAMILY PANTRY-DAMIEN'S PLACE: $30k → 8%THE FAMILY PANTRY-DAMIEN'S PLACE: $15k → 8%THE FAMILY PANTRY-DAMIEN'S PLACE: $15k → 8%THE FAMILY PANTRY-DAMIEN'S PLACE: $15k → 8%WOMEN'S FUND OF RHODE ISLAND: $20k → 14%UNITED INTERFAITH ACTION OF SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS: $20k → 11%UNITED INTERFAITH ACTION OF SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS: $20k → 11%SOCIAL INNOVATION FORUM INC: $25k → 16%UNITED INTERFAITH ACTION OF SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS: $20k → 11%WOMEN'S FUND OF RHODE ISLAND: $10k → 14%WOMEN'S FUND OF RHODE ISLAND: $10k → 14%UNITED INTERFAITH ACTION OF SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS: $20k → 11%UNITED INTERFAITH ACTION OF SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS: $20k → 11%SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL PARTNERSHIP (SEMAP): $25k → 11%SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL PARTNERSHIP (SEMAP): $25k → 11%SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL PARTNERSHIP (SEMAP): $25k → 11%SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL PARTNERSHIP (SEMAP): $25k → 11%SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL PARTNERSHIP (SEMAP): $20k → 11%AFRICAN ALLIANCE OF RHODE ISLAND: $10k → 14%AFRICAN ALLIANCE OF RHODE ISLAND: $10k → 14%AFRICAN ALLIANCE OF RHODE ISLAND: $10k → 14%AFRICAN ALLIANCE OF RHODE ISLAND: $10k → 14%AFRICAN ALLIANCE OF RHODE ISLAND: $10k → 14%THE FAMILY PANTRY-DAMIEN'S PLACE: $15k → 11%NORTHSTAR LEARNING CENTERS: $30k → 11%NORTHSTAR LEARNING CENTERS: $30k → 11%NORTHSTAR LEARNING CENTERS: $30k → 11%NORTHSTAR LEARNING CENTERS: $30k → 11%NORTHSTAR LEARNING CENTERS: $30k → 11%IMMIGRANTS' ASSISTANCE CENTER INC: $27k → 11%IMMIGRANTS' ASSISTANCE CENTER INC: $25k → 11%IMMIGRANTS' ASSISTANCE CENTER INC: $25k → 11%IMMIGRANTS' ASSISTANCE CENTER INC: $25k → 11%IMMIGRANTS' ASSISTANCE CENTER INC: $20k → 11%NORTHSTAR LEARNING CENTERS: $13k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NH
WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
CT
RI
CA
CO
VA
MD
AL
GA
FL
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 6% of Island Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Island Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 3.8% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$11M · 163 repeat orgs$533k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

163 repeat relationships: 132 still active in FY2024, 31 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

163
45

Total granted

$11M
$444k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+18%

Still filing today

86%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $89k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentEducationHuman ServicesAnimalsArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
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

  • NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM CORPORATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $378k · revenue +108%
  • YO
    YWCA OF SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $292k · revenue +73%
  • SAVE THE BAY INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $277k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • FI
    Found in Translation Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $40k · revenue -27%
  • CE
    COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CENTER OF SOUTHEASTERN MA
    one grant, 2020 · $30k
  • BC
    Bristol Community College Foundation Incgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +147%
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
Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc

The nantucket conservation foundation owns, protects, and stewards over 9,000 acres of land and coastal shoreline, conserves nantucket's rare and significant natural resources, and engages in impactful ecological research to inform…

Environment
2
Boston Harbor Now Inc

Our mission is to ensure that the people of greater boston benefit from a vibrant, resilient, and inclusive waterfront, harbor, and islands; these spaces are equitable, accessible, and adapted to climate change; and to ensure our public,…

Environment
3
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
4
Marine Science Institute

The institutes mission is to cultivate a responsibility for the natural environment and our human communities through interdisciplinary science education.

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5
Massachusetts Rivers Alliance Inc

The mission of our organization is to protect and restore Massachusetts rivers and streams.

Environment
6
Sudbury Valley Trustees Inc

Sudbury valley trustees, inc. ("the organization") works to protect natural areas and farmland for wildlife and people in the 36 communities that surround the sudbury, assabet, and concord rivers. the organization cares for some of the…

Environment
7
Preserve Rhode Island

Preserve ri's vision is a future where historic preservation creates positive change, making our diverse cultures, the environment, and the economy better for the people who live, visit and work in rhode island. preserve ri's mission is to…

Arts & Culture
8
Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems

The northeastern regional association of coastal and ocean observing systems' (neracoos) mission is to produce, integrate and communicate high- quality information that helps ensure safety, economic and environmental resilience, and…

Science & Tech
9
Islesboro Islands Trust

The mission of Islesboro Islands Trust is to enhance the quality of residents' lives through the preservation of open space, educate all residents as to the value of the island's natural ecosystems, and act as an environmental advocate on…

Philanthropy
10
Coastal Enterprises Inc

Cei integrates financing, small business and industry expertise, and policy solutions to grow a vibrant future for people and communities in maine and rural regions.

Housing & Shelter
11
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
12
Mount Desert Land and Garden Preserve

The mission of the mount desert land & garden preserve is to conserve and share the beauty of our historic lands and gardens.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Save the Bay Inc; the most unlike its peers is Bow Seat Creative Action for Conservation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

185 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. 185 of the 223 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
59
Early backer (in before they grew)
184/185
Grantees still filing
142/185
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YWCA OF SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC: $291,500 · OtherPEOPLE ACTING IN COMMUNITY ENDEAVORS (PACE) INC: $251,000 · OtherThe Landing School of Boatbuilding & Design: $251,000 · OtherNEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM CORPORATION: $378,000 · OtherNEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM CORPORATION+102 more: $4,681,800 · Other+102 moreSAVE THE BAY INC: $276,500 · EnvironmentSAVE THE BAY INCNEW ENGLAND GRASSROOTS ENVIRONMENT FUND INC: $140,000 · EnvironmentNEW ENGLAND GRASSRO…NORTH AMERICAN MARINE ALLIANCE INC: $125,000 · EnvironmentNORTH AMERICAN MARI…Natural Resources Council of Maine Inc: $100,000 · EnvironmentMASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $100,000 · EnvironmentTHE COMPACT OF CAPE COD CONSERVATION TRUSTS INC: $100,000 · EnvironmentWHALE AND DOLPHIN CONSERVATIONINC: $100,000 · EnvironmentNATIVE LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $90,000 · EnvironmentAcadia Center: $85,000 · EnvironmentWILDLANDS TRUST INC: $72,000 · EnvironmentTOXICS ACTION CENTER INC: $70,000 · EnvironmentEcology Education Inc: $70,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL GRANTMAKERS ASSOCIATION: $68,000 · Environment+17 more: $615,500 · Environment+17 moreNATIVITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL NEW BEDFORD INC: $120,000 · EducationNATIVITY …OUR SISTERS SCHOOL: $120,000 · EducationOUR SISTE…Red Tomato Inc: $120,000 · EducationRed Tomat…MY BROTHERS WORKSHOP INC: $110,600 · EducationMY BROTHE…NEW BEDFORD STAR KIDS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM: $102,000 · EducationNEW BEDFO…DREAM OUT LOUD CENTER INC: $75,000 · EducationDREAM OUT…SCHOOL ON WHEELS OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $75,000 · EducationSCHOOL ON…Wopanaak Language and Cultural Weetyoo Inc: $60,000 · EducationWopanaak …PAUL CUFFEE SCHOOL: $52,000 · EducationTHE GREENE SCHOOL: $50,000 · EducationFound in Translation Inc: $40,000 · Education+7 more: $105,750 · Education+7 moreNORTHSTAR LEARNING CENTERS INC: $189,000 · Human ServicesNORTHSTAR…IMMIGRANTS' ASSISTANCE CENTER INC: $122,000 · Human ServicesIMMIGRANT…SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL PARTNERSHIP INC: $120,000 · Human ServicesSOUTHEAST…THE FAMILY PANTRY- DAMIEN'S PLACE: $111,750 · Human ServicesTHE FAMIL…Dennison Memorial Community Center Inc: $110,000 · Human ServicesDennison …UNITED INTERFAITH ACTION OF SE MA: $100,000 · Human ServicesUNITED IN…AFRICAN ALLIANCE OF RHODE ISLAND (AARI): $60,000 · Human ServicesAFRICAN A…Somali Bantu Community Association of Maine: $52,000 · Human ServicesTHE BRIGID ALLIANCE INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesWomen's Fund of Rhode Island: $50,000 · Human Services+5 more: $59,150 · Human Services+5 moreSOUTHCOAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $360,000 · PhilanthropyTHE QUEBEC-LABRADOR FOUNDATION INC: $115,000 · PhilanthropySOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST: $100,000 · PhilanthropySOCIAL ENTERPRISE GREENHOUSE: $60,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyUnited Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc: $40,000 · Philanthropy+6 more: $83,000 · PhilanthropyOld Dartmouth Historical Society: $216,000 · Arts & CultureNEW BEDFORD LIGHT: $115,000 · Arts & CultureNEW BEDFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $75,000 · Arts & CultureNew Urban Arts: $60,000 · Arts & CultureMAINE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEREST REPORTING: $55,000 · Arts & CultureGallery X Inc: $50,000 · Arts & CultureCASTINE SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY: $30,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $24,000 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY BOATING CENTER INC: $196,850 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER NEW BEDFORD INC: $145,000 · Youth DevelopmentYouth Opportunities Unlimited Inc: $120,000 · Youth DevelopmentWAYPOINT ADVENTURE INC: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentSTRATEGIES FOR YOUTH: $45,000 · Youth DevelopmentONEGOAL: $40,000 · Youth Development+2 more: $13,750 · Youth Development
Other$5,853,300Environment$2,012,000Education$1,030,350Human Services$1,023,900Philanthropy$808,000Arts & Culture$625,000Youth Development$610,600

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM CORPORATION: $378,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTHCOAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $360,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetYWCA OF SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC: $291,500 over 5y, 6.1% of budgetSAVE THE BAY INC: $276,500 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetThe Landing School of Boatbuilding & Design: $251,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetOld Dartmouth Historical Society: $216,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY BOATING CENTER INC: $196,850 over 5y, 6.1% of budgetSafe Voices: $189,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetNORTHSTAR LEARNING CENTERS INC: $189,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CENTER OF SOUTHEASTERN MASS: $172,000 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION SOUTHCOAST INC: $159,750 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER NEW BEDFORD INC: $145,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER NEW BEDFORD INC: $145,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetTHIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC: $142,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ENGLAND GRASSROOTS ENVIRONMENT FUND INC: $140,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetDORCAS INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHODE ISLAND INC: $130,250 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCENTRO COMUNITARIO DE TRABAJADORES INCORPORATED: $125,000 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetNORTH AMERICAN MARINE ALLIANCE INC: $125,000 over 5y, 5.3% of budgetIMMIGRANTS' ASSISTANCE CENTER INC: $122,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetYouth Opportunities Unlimited Inc: $120,000 over 5y, 6.2% of budgetNATIVITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL NEW BEDFORD INC: $120,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetSOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL PARTNERSHIP INC: $120,000 over 5y, 28% of budgetOUR SISTERS SCHOOL: $120,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetRed Tomato Inc: $120,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetTHE QUEBEC-LABRADOR FOUNDATION INC: $115,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $115,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNEW BEDFORD LIGHT: $115,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetGlobal Impact: $114,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FAMILY PANTRY- DAMIEN'S PLACE: $111,750 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetMY BROTHERS WORKSHOP INC: $110,600 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetDennison Memorial Community Center Inc: $110,000 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER MASSACHUSETTS INC: $110,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $106,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetArt Museum New Bedford Inc: $105,000 over 5y, 8.3% of budgetNEW BEDFORD STAR KIDS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM: $102,000 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetSOUTH COASTAL COUNTIES LEGAL SERVICES INC: $101,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetNatural Resources Council of Maine Inc: $100,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetMaine Center for Coastal Fisheries: $100,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetUNITED INTERFAITH ACTION OF SE MA: $100,000 over 5y, 9.5% of budgetSOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST: $100,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $100,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COMPACT OF CAPE COD CONSERVATION TRUSTS INC: $100,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetWHALE AND DOLPHIN CONSERVATIONINC: $100,000 over 4y, 7.0% of budgetGroundwork Lawrence Inc: $100,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetCOALITION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE EDUCATION FUND INC: $100,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetHEALTH IMPERATIVES INC: $95,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT SOUTH INC: $95,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $91,000 over 4y, 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.

Southcoast Community …Bristol County Saving…The Carney Family Cha…The Rhode Island Comm…Rockland Trust Charit…Barr FoundationBoston Foundation IncUnited Way of Greater…William E Schrafft an…First Citizens Charit…The Schmidt Family Fo…Eastern Bank Foundati…
Southcoast Community Foundation IncMA76.1× affinity36 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Southcoast Community Foundation Inc · Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · The Carney Family Charitable Foundation · The Rhode Island Community Foundation · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Barr Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater New Bedford Inc · William E Schrafft and Bertha E Schrafft Charitable Trust · First Citizens Charitable Foundation Inc · The Schmidt Family Foundation · Eastern Bank 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 Island Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Island Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 330%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Health Imperatives Inc: 79% of income from government
  • Northstar Learning Centers Inc: 63% of income from government
  • Associated Scientists at Woods Hole Inc: 54% of income from government
  • The Family Pantry- Damien's Place: 36% of income from government
  • United Way of Greater New Bedford Inc: 35% of income from government
  • South Coast Lgbtq Network Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Ywca of Southeastern Massachusetts Inc: 28% of income from government
  • Center for Coastal Studies Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Stanley Street Treatment and Resources Inc: 23% of income from government
  • United Way of Massachusetts Bay Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Franklin County Community Development Corporation: 22% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Strategies for Youth: 21% of income from government
  • Foodcorps Inc: 21% of income from government
  • Dennison Memorial Community Center Inc: 21% of income from government
  • Southcoast Hospitals Group Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Immigrants' Assistance Center Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • New England Aquarium Corporation: 12% of income from government
  • Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Southcoast Community Foundation Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Reach Out and Read Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc: 8% of income from government
  • School On Wheels of Massachusetts Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Wildlands Trust Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Gallery X Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Barnstable Land Trust Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Whale and Dolphin Conservationinc: 3% of income from government
  • Dream Out Loud Center Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Third Sector New England Inc: 3% of income from government
  • New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Greater New Bedford Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fall River Massachusetts Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Old Dartmouth Historical Society: 2% of income from government
  • Entrepreneurship for All Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Marion Institute Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Community Boating Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Westport Historical Society Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Biodiversityworks Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Center for Effective Philanthropy Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Our Sisters School: 0% of income from government
  • Emerson College: 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
33get no government money at all
38report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
3rely on government for over half their income
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 223 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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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