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Jack and Bonnie Mollen Charitable Foundation Trust at a glance

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Jack and Bonnie Mollen Charitable Foundation Trust

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$3.4M
Granted FY2023
23
Grants FY2023
8
States reached
$3.2M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of Jack and Bonnie Mollen Charitable Foundation Trust’s FY2024 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. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Jack and Bonnie Mollen Charitable Foundation Trust named its own grantees at scale: 11 organizations, $3M. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

9
’17
12
’18
9
’19
12
’20
11
’21
8
’22
11
’23
0
’24

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

01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$3.2MEducation$504kAnimals$326kHealth$147kReligion$46kCivil Rights$40kHousing & Shelter$26kEnvironment$25kOther$0
02FY2023 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k16 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $48k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $154k
  • $250k+1 grant · $3.2M
$2,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JACK AND BONNIE MOLLEN CHARITABLE GIFT FUND$3,199,081
EAST COAST ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY$101,000
WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE$52,551
Individual grant recipient$15,000
NEW LIFE MISSION$13,000
NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION$10,000
ST JOHN FISHER COLLEGE$10,000
SAVE THE CHIMPS$8,617
B THE DIFFERENCE$5,181
ST JOHN BAPTIST FOOD BANK$2,500
HOLY NAME OF JESUS$2,450
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$2,000
DONORCHOOSE$1,973
MARCH OF DIMES$1,500
ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION$1,000
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 (FY17–23, $24k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ARIZONA FRIENDS OF FOSTER CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $200 → 11%BAND OF PARENTS: $5k → 18%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $500 → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $500 → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $500 → 14%PIRATE TOY FUND: $4k → 14%PIRATE TOY FUND: $1k → 14%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $3k → 16%PIRATE TOY FUND: $1k → 14%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $3k → 16%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $3k → 16%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $3k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
IL
NY
MA
PA
CT
RI
CA
VA
MD
AZ
TN
SC
DC
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

28%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 28 repeat orgs$3.3M to everyone else

28 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2023, 12 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call). Read against FY2023, 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

28
16

Total granted

$1.3M
$47k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+44%

Still filing today

54%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 6% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.2M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthEducationInternationalAnimalsEnvironmentOther
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

  • WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
    7× · 2017–2023 · $478k · revenue +63%
  • EC
    EAST COAST ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF FLORIDA INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $236k · revenue +17%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    3× · 2018–2020 · $110k · revenue +125%

Funded once

  • TU
    TABITHA USA INC
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue -75%
  • BO
    BAND OF PARENTS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +138%
  • BA
    BREVARD ACHIEVEMENT CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +44%
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
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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2
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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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
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
5
Atlantic University Inc

Provide post-secondary education of excellence.

Education
6
Naples Zoo Inc

Naples zoo is accredited by the american zoo & aquarium association (aza) and has numerous animal exhibits placed on its 45-acre site. (continued on schedule o)each exhibit is unique and designed to simulate typical conditions for the…

Animals
7
National Association of Corporate Directors

We empower directors and transform boards to be future ready.

Public Benefit
8
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
9
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
10
The Rand Corporation

Help improve policy and decision making through research and analysis.

Public Benefit
11
Stony Brook Childrens Services University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is March of Dimes Inc; the most unlike its peers is Rhino Conservation Botswana Trust Usa. 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

31 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. 31 of the 52 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/31
Grantees still filing
22/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JACK AND BONNIE MOLLEN CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $3,199,081 · OtherJACK AND BONNIE MOLLEN CHARITABLE GIFT FUNDWORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE: $477,551 · OtherWORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE+34 more: $417,173 · Other+34 moreEAST COAST ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF FLORIDA INC: $236,000 · AnimalsSAVE THE CHIMPS INC: $8,617 · AnimalsST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $110,000 · HealthPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $5,800 · Health+2 more: $4,500 · HealthST JOHN FISHER UNIVERSITY: $21,000 · EducationKENNEDY CHILDRENS CENTER: $7,036 · EducationRochester Institute of Technology: $1,350 · EducationCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $11,500 · Human ServicesPIRATE TOY FUND INC: $5,500 · Human ServicesBAND OF PARENTS INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,500 · Human Services+1 more: $200 · Human ServicesBrevard Rescue Mission Inc: $13,200 · Housing & ShelterFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $5,789 · Community Improvement
Other$4,093,805Animals$244,617Health$120,300Education$29,386Human Services$23,700Housing & Shelter$13,200Community Improvement$5,789

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 budgetWORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE: $477,551 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetEAST COAST ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF FLORIDA INC: $236,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $110,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRHINO CONSERVATION BOTSWANA TRUST USA: $35,000 over 2y, 8.1% of budgetTABITHA USA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetST JOHN FISHER UNIVERSITY: $21,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBrevard Rescue Mission Inc: $13,200 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $11,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ACADEMY OF HUMAN RESOURCES: $10,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetSAVE THE CHIMPS INC: $8,617 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKENNEDY CHILDRENS CENTER: $7,036 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $5,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $5,789 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPIRATE TOY FUND INC: $5,500 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetBAND OF PARENTS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBREVARD ACHIEVEMENT CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBRITISH SCHOOLS & UNIVERSITIES FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRochester Institute of Technology: $1,350 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHEALING MEALS FOUNDATION CORPORATION: $1,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSea Turtle Conservancy: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA WALK ON WATER INC: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetArizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMCKEE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE: $50 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.

  • Who funds WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds EAST COAST ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds RHINO CONSERVATION BOTSWANA TRUST USA ↗
  • Who funds TABITHA USA INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ST JOHN FISHER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Brevard Rescue Mission Inc ↗
  • Who funds CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HUMAN RESOURCES ↗
  • Who funds SAVE THE CHIMPS INC ↗
  • Who funds KENNEDY CHILDRENS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
  • Who funds PIRATE TOY FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds BAND OF PARENTS INC ↗
  • Who funds BREVARD ACHIEVEMENT CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds BRITISH SCHOOLS & UNIVERSITIES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds SAINT'S PLACE ↗
  • Who funds MARCH OF DIMES INC ↗
  • Who funds Rochester Institute of Technology ↗
  • Who funds HEALING MEALS FOUNDATION CORPORATION ↗

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.

Community Foundation …American Express Foun…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Aetna Foundation IncCharities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Endowment Fo…Raymond James Charita…American Online Givin…
Community Foundation for Brevard IncFL15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Brevard Inc · American Express Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Aetna Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 Jack and Bonnie Mollen Charitable Foundation Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jack and Bonnie Mollen Charitable Foundation Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Brevard Achievement Center Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute: 8% of income from government
  • Florida Sheriffs Association Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Sea Turtle Conservancy: 1% of income from government
  • East Coast Zoological Society of Florida Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Healing Meals Foundation Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get 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 · 0–75%
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 52 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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