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Jean C Tempel 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.

$875k
Granted FY2025still arriving
29
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$115k
Largest
01What you fund
0195% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20192025.

Housing & Shelter$668kYouth Development$380kHuman Services$380kHealth$200kReligion$195kFood & Nutrition$180kEducation$110kInternational$80kOther$0
02FY2025 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $315k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $550k
$20,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CLERGY TRUST OF RCAB$115,000
COMMUNITY SERVINGS$75,000
MGB HOMEBASE FOR VETERANS$60,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS$50,000
CAMP HARBOR VIEW FOUNDATION$50,000
PINE STREET INN$50,000
CATIE'S CLOSET$50,000
HEALTH EQUITY INTERNATIONAL ST BONIFACE HOSPITAL HAITI$50,000
UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER$30,000
ST CECILIA ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH$30,000
GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK$30,000
THE MARY ANN BRETT FOOD PANTRY$30,000
ZOO NEW ENGLAND$25,000
CONNECTICUT COLLEGE$20,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY24–25, $610k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%HEALTH EQUITY INTERNATIONAL: $10k → 8%PINE STREET INN: $200k → 16%CATIE'S CLOSET: $50k → 8%BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $100k → 16%CATIE'S CLOSET: $50k → 8%BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $50k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $50k → 16%ST FRANCIS HOUSE: $10k → 16%ST FRANCIS HOUSE: $5k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS: $75k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS: $10k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.6M · 21 repeat orgs$718k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships — 21 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
10

Total granted

$1.6M
$478k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+2%
+27%

Still filing today

71%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $240k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentAnimalsHealthScience & TechOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • PINE STREET INN INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $250k · revenue +18%
  • BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $150k · revenue +8%
  • CC
    CONNECTICUT COLLEGE
    3× · 2023–2025 · $95k · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • MG
    MA GENERAL BRIGHAM AND RED SOX FOUNDATION HOME BASE PROGRAM
    one grant, 2024 · $345k
  • MG
    MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS
    one grant, 2019 · $40k
  • EH
    EILEEN'S HOUSE FOR WOMEN CO GAVIN FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $25k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

3
Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return

Mass general brigham incorporated is developing an integrated health care delivery system throughout the region that offers patients a continuum of coordinated, high-quality care.

Health
4
Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.

5
Managers of Boston Port and Seamen's Aid Society
6
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
7
Trustees of Boston University

Organization's mission: boston university is an international, comprehensive, private research university, committed to educating students to be reflective, resourceful individuals ready to live, adapt, and lead in an interconnected world.…

8
Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary

THE MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY ("THE INFIRMARY") IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT TEACHING HOSPITAL CONDUCTING PATIENT CARE AND RESEARCH. THE INFIRMARY IS A TEACHING HOSPITAL OF HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL AND AN INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH.…

Health
9
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc

Wentworth institute of technology is a nationally recognized private coeducational and residential university of higher education with a mission to empower, inspire and innovate through experiential learning with a core purpose of career…

Education
10
Pine Street Inn Housing Ii Inc

Pine street inn housing ii, inc. is a massachusetts not-for-profit corporation, which was organized to provide ten elderly individuals with housing facilities and services at the inn's menino house at geneva avenue in boston,…

Housing & Shelter
11
Massachusetts Council of Human Services Providers Inc

To advance the interests of the human services sector and providers through advocacy, education, and engagement of diverse stakeholders for collective impact.

12
Bridgton Hospital

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustfulenvironment through the expertise, commitment, and compassion ofour family of caregivers.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Saint Francis House Inc and the most unlike its peers is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 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

19 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 39 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
11/19
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MA GENERAL BRIGHAM AND RED SOX FOUNDATION HOME BASE PROGRAM — $345,000 · OtherMA GENERAL BRIGHAM AND RED SOX FOUNDATION HOME BASE PRO…CLERGY TRUST OF RCAB — $125,000 · OtherCLERGY TRUST OF RCABUMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER — $80,000 · OtherUMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTERGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC — $65,000 · OtherGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INCMGB HOMEBASE FOR VETERANS — $60,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $50,000 · OtherHEALTH EQUITY INTERNATIONAL ST BONIFACE HOSPITAL HAITI — $50,000 · OtherST CECILIA ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH — $40,000 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS — $40,000 · Other+18 more — $286,000 · Other+18 morePINE STREET INN INC — $250,000 · Human ServicesPINE STREET INN INCBOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC — $150,000 · Human ServicesBOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HO…Catie's Closet Inc — $100,000 · Human ServicesCatie's Closet IncCOMMUNITY SERVINGS INC — $85,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY SERVINGS INC+2 more — $25,000 · Human ServicesCAMP HARBOR VIEW FOUNDATION INC — $380,000 · Youth DevelopmentCAMP HARBOR VIEW F…CONNECTICUT COLLEGE — $95,000 · EducationCOMMONWEALTH ZOOLOGICAL CORPORATION D/B/A ZOO NEW ENGLAND — $40,000 · AnimalsBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC — $30,000 · Arts & CultureHUNTINGTON THEATRE CO INC — $5,000 · Arts & CultureDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc — $15,000 · Health
Other$1,141,000Human Services$610,000Youth Development$380,000Education$95,000Animals$40,000Arts & Culture$35,000Health$15,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCAMP HARBOR VIEW FOUNDATION INC — $380,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetPINE STREET INN INC — $250,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC — $150,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCatie's Closet Inc — $100,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCONNECTICUT COLLEGE — $95,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY SERVINGS INC — $85,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC — $65,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMONWEALTH ZOOLOGICAL CORPORATION D/B/A ZOO NEW ENGLAND — $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITABLE BUREAU OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON INC — $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC — $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S LUNCH PLACE INC — $18,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION — $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT FRANCIS HOUSE INC — $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROSIE'S PLACE INC — $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NEW ENGLAND COUNCIL INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY DAY CENTER OF WALTHAM INC — $10,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetST BONIFACE HAITI FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHUNTINGTON THEATRE CO INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds CAMP HARBOR VIEW FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds PINE STREET INN INC
  • Who funds BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC
  • Who funds Catie's Closet Inc
  • Who funds CONNECTICUT COLLEGE
  • Who funds COMMUNITY SERVINGS INC
  • Who funds GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC
  • Who funds COMMONWEALTH ZOOLOGICAL CORPORATION D/B/A ZOO NEW ENGLAND
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITABLE BUREAU OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON INC
  • Who funds BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
  • Who funds WOMEN'S LUNCH PLACE INC
  • Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc
  • Who funds WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION
  • Who funds SAINT FRANCIS HOUSE INC
  • Who funds ROSIE'S PLACE INC
  • Who funds THE NEW ENGLAND COUNCIL INC
  • Who funds COMMUNITY DAY CENTER OF WALTHAM INC
  • Who funds ST BONIFACE HAITI FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds HUNTINGTON THEATRE CO INC

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Jean C Tempel Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 7%
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution63% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc22% of income from government
  • Community Day Center of Waltham Inc18% of income from government
  • Saint Francis House Inc18% of income from government
  • Community Servings Inc12% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc11% of income from government
  • Women's Lunch Place Inc8% of income from government
  • Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc8% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc7% of income from government
  • Huntington Theatre Co Inc4% of income from government
  • Catie's Closet Inc4% of income from government
  • Commonwealth Zoological Corporation D/B/a Zoo New England2% of income from government
  • Camp Harbor View Foundation Inc1% of income from government
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc0% of income from government
  • Connecticut College0% of income from government
  • The New England Council Inc0% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc0% 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)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Jean C Tempel Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Jean C Tempel Foundation 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 39 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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