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James J Pallotta Charitable Trust at a glance

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James J Pallotta Charitable Trust

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
20
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$2.8MScience & Tech$2.5MPhilanthropy$1.8MYouth Development$1.4MArts & Culture$1.3MRecreation & Sports$1.1MEnvironment$432kEducation$351kOther$0
02FY2024 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k9 grants · $230k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $650k
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.0M
$50,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$5.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION$500,000
BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL TRUST$250,000
Overtown Youth Center$250,000
International African American Museum$200,000
Nantucket Cottage Hospital$100,000
Community First Project$100,000
Boston Foundation IncQuin Impact Fund$50,000
Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc$50,000
NANTUCKET BOYS & GIRLS CLUB$50,000
Habitat for Humanity Nantucket$50,000
GIBBES MUSEUM OF ART$50,000
YELLOW RIBBON FUND INC$30,000
Charleston Literary Festival$25,000
SIMS Foundation$25,000
MOTHER CAROLINE ACADEMY$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 (FY21–23, $164k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 61% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SOF Support: $100k → 14%THE WORKER BEE FUND: $17k → 7%Next Step Fund Inc: $48k → 8%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
NH
NY
MA
PA
NJ
VA
MD
NM
SC
DC
GA
TX
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$11M · 22 repeat orgs$1.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +76% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
23

Total granted

$11M
$1.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+76%
+20%

Still filing today

73%
74%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $105k 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
HealthPhilanthropyArts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentOther
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

  • SANTA FE INSTITUTE
    3× · 2020–2024 · $2.5M · revenue +320%
  • RH
    ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION
    2× · 2021–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +29%
  • THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH
    3× · 2020–2022 · $1.2M · revenue +250%

Funded once

  • THE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $297k · revenue -10%
  • ME
    MCP EMERGENCY EMPLOYEE Relief Fund Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $200k
  • NG
    NANTUCKET GOLF CLUB FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $101k · revenue +57%
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
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Inc

See schedule othe marine corps scholarship foundation is the nation's oldest and largest provider of need-based scholarships to military children. founded in 1962, the marine corps scholarship foundation provides access to education for…

Education
2
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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3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
4
Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation Inc

To advance florida gulf coast university and its students by promoting the institution, securing philanthropy to support the needs of the university, managing and administering assets with a long term perspective, and providing resources…

Education
5
Usf Research Foundation Inc

To promote, encourage and enhance research activities at the university of south florida.

Education
6
Children's Tumor Foundation

Our mission: drive research, expand knowledge, and advance care for the nf community. our vision: end nf.

Health
7
The National Fragile X Foundation

The national fragile x foundation serves the entire fragile x community to live their best lives by providing the knowledge, resources, and tools until, and even after, more effective treatments and a cure are achieved.

Health
8
University of South Florida Foundation Inc

University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.'s mission is to provide charitable and educational aid to the University of South Florida; to promote education and other related activities of the University; and to encourage research,…

Education
9
Florida Atlantic University Foundation Inc

The mission of the florida atlantic university foundation inc. is to encourage, promote, and provide funds and other resources for the benefit of florida atlantic university (a part of the florida state university system) in furtherance of…

Education
10
Great Harbor Yacht Club Foundation Inc

The purpose of the corporation is to act as a not-for-profit organization with a primary mission of promoting the health of nantucket islands harbor and its marine ecosystem. the corporation will work with the nantucket department of…

Environment
11
Celebrities Fore Kids Inc

The organization's mission is to make a difference in the lives of children affected by cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. we strive to improve the quality of life and well-being for them and their families by offering financial…

Human Services
12
The Red Sox Foundation Inc

The red sox foundation's mission is to harness the passion of red sox nation to make a difference in the lives of children, veterans, families and our communities in need throughout new england by improving their health, educational and…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Team Impact Inc; the most unlike its peers is Worker Bee Fund. 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

38 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. 38 of the 49 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/38
Grantees still filing
25/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WEST PALM GOLF COMMUNITY TRUST INC: $1,000,000 · OtherWEST PALM GOLF COMMUNITY TRUS…NANTUCKET BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB INC: $425,000 · OtherNANTUCKET BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB…Community First Project: $300,000 · OtherCommunity First ProjectMCP EMERGENCY EMPLOYEE Relief Fund Inc: $200,000 · OtherMCP EMERGENCY EMPLOYEE Relief…Nantucket Cottage Hospital: $200,000 · OtherNantucket Cottage Hospital3POINT FOUNDATION: $125,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $125,000 · Other+18 more: $988,026 · Other+18 moreSANTA FE INSTITUTE: $2,525,000 · Science & TechSANTA FE INSTITUTETHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $1,200,000 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOU…Children's Hospital Corporation: $1,000,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital C…MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Health+5 more: $185,900 · Health+5 moreROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $1,500,000 · PhilanthropyROBIN HOOD FOUND…COMMUNITY-POLICE RELATIONS FOUNDATION: $150,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY-POLICE…NANTUCKET GOLF CLUB FOUNDATION INC: $101,000 · PhilanthropyLudacris Foundation Inc: $75,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $80,000 · PhilanthropyCAROLINA ART ASSOCIATION DBA GIBBES MUSEUM OF ART: $835,000 · Arts & CultureCAROLINA AR…INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM: $400,000 · Arts & CultureINTERNATION…Charleston Literary Festival Inc: $50,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $20,000 · Arts & CultureOVERTOWN YOUTH CENTER INC: $750,000 · Youth DevelopmentJust Be You: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC: $297,100 · EnvironmentNANTUCKET CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $110,000 · EnvironmentThe Charleston Parks Conservancy: $25,000 · Environment
Other$3,363,026Science & Tech$2,525,000Health$2,485,900Philanthropy$1,906,000Arts & Culture$1,305,000Youth Development$800,000Environment$432,100

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSANTA FE INSTITUTE: $2,525,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $1,500,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $1,200,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $1,000,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWEST PALM GOLF COMMUNITY TRUST INC: $1,000,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetCAROLINA ART ASSOCIATION DBA GIBBES MUSEUM OF ART: $835,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetOVERTOWN YOUTH CENTER INC: $750,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetNANTUCKET BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB INC: $425,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM: $400,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetTHE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC: $297,100 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY-POLICE RELATIONS FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetNANTUCKET CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $110,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNANTUCKET GOLF CLUB FOUNDATION INC: $101,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY NANTUCKET INC: $100,000 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetFolds of Honor Palmetto State Chapter: $100,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetMEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYEAR UP INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLudacris Foundation Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetNORTH END ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION INC: $75,000 over 3y, 39% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA INC: $70,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCharleston Literary Festival Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetTHE BUONICONTI FUND TO CURE PARALYSIS INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTEAM IMPACT INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJust Be You: $50,000 over 1y, 76% of budgetTHE NEXT STEP FUND INC: $47,500 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetYELLOW RIBBON FUND INC: $30,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBaptist Health South Florida Foundation Inc: $25,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFore Life Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 9.2% of budgetThe Charleston Parks Conservancy: $25,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetBENEATH THE WAVES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE SIMS FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetNASHOBA LEARNING GROUP INC: $23,822 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS FALLEN HEROES INC: $20,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetWORKER BEE FUND: $16,814 over 1y, 42% of budgetBLYTHEDALE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $15,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLIER SERVICES FOUNDATION INC: $9,890 over 1y, 0.8% 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.

The Ayco Charitable F…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Greater Houston Commu…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Jewish Communal FundThe Pfizer Foundation…Raymond James Charita…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…Paypal Charitable Giv…
The Ayco Charitable FoundationNY12× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Greater Houston Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jewish Communal Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund

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 James J Pallotta Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from James J Pallotta Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • North End Athletic Association Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Nashoba Learning Group Inc: 14% of income from government
  • The Next Step Fund Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Yellow Ribbon Fund Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 49 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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