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Jean Nichols Charitable Trust Charles Nichols II Trustee

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$48k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Housing & Shelter$80kFood & Nutrition$79kHuman Services$62kArts & Culture$34kHealth$29kCommunity Improvement$12kYouth Development$8kAnimals$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k14 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $35k
$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$753k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Salem Pantry Inc$13,000
Community Development Partnership$12,000
DUFFY HEALTH CENTER$10,000
HOME FOR OUR TROOPS$1,000
LEND A HAND SOCIETY$1,000
Fransiscan Charities$1,000
NEW ENGLAND CENTER & HOME FOR VETERANS$1,000
American Heritage Museum$1,000
The Salvation Army of MA$1,000
The Greater Boston Food Bank$1,000
Chase Rauchle PTSD NOW$1,000
The Goodnow Library Foundation$1,000
Museum of Science$1,000
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL$1,000
Easter Seals$500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $62k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 73% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Flance Early Learning Center: $10k → 21%AGAPE AIDS ORPHAN CARE: $1k → 7%ACCESSPORT AMERICA: $2k → 8%Flance Early Learning Center: $10k → 21%FLANCE EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $9k → 21%FLANCE EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $9k → 21%LEND A HAND SOCIETY: $1k → 16%LEND A HAND SOCIETY: $1k → 16%CAPE ABILITIES: $9k → 8%LEND A HAND SOCIETY: $1k → 16%CAPE ABILITIES: $7k → 8%LEND A HAND SOCIETY: $1k → 16%LEND A HAND SOCIETY: $1k → 16%LEND A HAND SOCIETY: $1k → 16%LEND A HAND SOCIETY: $500 → 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.
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$267k · 19 repeat orgs$75k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
19

Total granted

$267k
$60k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+25%

Still filing today

74%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthHousing & ShelterAnimalsFood & NutritionOther
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

  • DH
    DUFFY HEALTH CENTER INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $64k · revenue +83%
  • SALEM PANTRY INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $61k · revenue +129%
  • FM
    FLANCE MANAGEMENT INC D/B/A FLANCE EARLY LEARNING CENTER
    4× · 2018–2024 · $38k · revenue +94%

Funded once

  • SL
    ST LOUIS SHAKESPEARE FESTIVALgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +90%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $9k
  • TB
    THE BRIDGE OF CENTRAL MA INC
    one grant, 2017 · $7k
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
Lifestream Inc

Lifestream, inc. (the organization") provides community-based services that support individuals in attaining greater independence, promising opportunities, and lives that are meaningful and fulfilling on their own terms.

Health
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
Brighton Marine Inc

Brighton marine, inc. provides military and veteran families with comprehensive campus-based quality health care, as well as affordable and supportive housing for at-risk veterans and their families.

Health
4
Triangle Inc

Through support, challenge and opportunity, triangle empowers people with disabilities and their families to enjoy rich, fulfilling lives. we are committed to helping the world recognize that we are all people with ability.

—
5
Work Incorporated

It is the mission of work,inc. to ensure that all individuals with disabilities have the ability to grow, the right to make choices, access to education, and the opportunity to participate in community life via meaningful work.

Employment
6
Victory Human Services Inc

Provide specialized services to assist individuals and their families in overcoming the challenges of developmental disabilities, mental illness, and medical conditions.

Health
7
Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership Inc D/B/a Metro Housing Boston

Metro housing boston mobilizes wide-ranging resources to provide innovative and personalized services that lead families and individuals to housing stability, economic security, and an improved quality of life.

Housing & Shelter
8
Leander House Inc

Assist people with disabilities

Health
9
New England Business Associates Inc

Support employment for disabled individuals.

—
10
The Arc of Bristol County Inc

To foster community partnerships, promote individual advocacy and create a pathway for growth and innovation by offering exceptional support and services to people with all abilities through the attraction, development and retention of…

—
11
Freedom Trail Foundation Inc

To maintain, sustain, improve, augment, promote, and publicize a walking trail connecting boston's historic sites. the organization also provides educational insight as to the walking trail and its rich history.

Arts & Culture
12
Brookview House Inc

Brookview's mission is to help homeless and at risk families learn the skills necessary to break the cycle of homelessness and poverty.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Family & Children's Service Inc; the most unlike its peers is A Rottweiler Empire Rescue 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 42 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/25
Grantees still filing
15/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CANTEEN: $12,831 · OtherCANTEENIndividual grant recipient: $8,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE BRIDGE OF CENTRAL MA INC: $7,331 · OtherTHE BRIDGE OF CENTRAL MA INCMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $6,500 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPIT…Individual grant recipient: $6,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $5,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $5,250 · OtherGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INCThe Salvation Army of MA: $4,500 · OtherLovelane: $3,500 · OtherAGAPY AIDS ORPHAN CARE: $3,000 · OtherBIG SISTER ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON INC: $3,000 · OtherGOODNOW LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · Other+13 more: $15,750 · Other+13 moreDUFFY HEALTH CENTER INC: $63,500 · HealthDUFFY HEALTH CENTER INCCHASE RAUCHLE PTSD NOW: $6,000 · HealthCHASE RAUCHLE PTSD NOW+1 more: $1,000 · HealthFLANCE MANAGEMENT INC D/B/A FLANCE EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $37,500 · Human ServicesFLANCE MANAGEMENT IN…CAPE ABILITIES INC: $15,831 · Human ServicesCAPE ABILITIES INCLEND A HAND SOCIETY: $6,500 · Human ServicesLEND A HAND SOCIETY+2 more: $2,500 · Human ServicesSALEM PANTRY INC: $61,000 · Food & NutritionSALEM PANTRY INCLOWER CAPE COD COMMUNITY DEVELOP- MENT CORPORATION: $12,000 · Housing & ShelterLOWER CAP…HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $9,000 · Housing & ShelterHOMES FOR…VIETNAM VETERANS WORKSHOP INC DBA NEW ENGLAND CENTER AND HOME FOR VETERANS: $7,500 · Housing & ShelterVIETNAM V…LAUMEIER SCULPTURE PARK: $14,500 · Arts & CultureST LOUIS SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $10,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF SCIENCE: $2,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $500 · Arts & CultureKINGDOM HOUSE D/B/A LIFEWISE STL: $7,331 · Youth Development
Other$84,662Health$70,500Human Services$62,331Food & Nutrition$61,000Housing & Shelter$28,500Arts & Culture$27,000Youth Development$7,331

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 budgetDUFFY HEALTH CENTER INC: $63,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSALEM PANTRY INC: $61,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetFLANCE MANAGEMENT INC D/B/A FLANCE EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $37,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCAPE ABILITIES INC: $15,831 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLAUMEIER SCULPTURE PARK: $14,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLOWER CAPE COD COMMUNITY DEVELOP- MENT CORPORATION: $12,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetST LOUIS SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $9,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetVIETNAM VETERANS WORKSHOP INC DBA NEW ENGLAND CENTER AND HOME FOR VETERANS: $7,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetKINGDOM HOUSE D/B/A LIFEWISE STL: $7,331 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLEND A HAND SOCIETY: $6,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetCHASE RAUCHLE PTSD NOW: $6,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $5,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGOODNOW LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetBIG SISTER ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FRED RITTNER PEMI CAMPERSHIP FUND: $2,750 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetMUSEUM OF SCIENCE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetA Rottweiler Empire Rescue Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetBUDDY DOG HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetACCESSPORTSAMERICA INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR AUTISM AND NEURODIVERSITY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAGAPE INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRETRIEVING FREEDOM INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON BAROQUE INC: $500 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.

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.

Rockland Trust Charit…Brown Dana Charitable…Trio Foundation of St…Cape Cod Foundation I…Washington UniversityUnited Way of Greater…St Louis Community Fo…Boston Foundation IncEdward Jones Foundati…The Pfizer Foundation…National Philanthropi…Verizon Foundation
Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation IncMA15.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Brown Dana Charitable Trust · Trio Foundation of St Louis · Cape Cod Foundation Inc · Washington University · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Edward Jones Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Verizon 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 Jean Nichols Charitable Trust Charles Nichols II Trustee funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jean Nichols Charitable Trust Charles Nichols II Trustee. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 22%
  • Cape Abilities Inc: 81% of income from government
  • Vietnam Veterans Workshop Inc Dba New England Center and Home for Veterans: 66% of income from government
  • Duffy Health Center Inc: 51% of income from government
  • Association for Autism and Neurodiversity Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Salem Pantry Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Boston Baroque Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Jewish Family & Children's Service Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Lower Cape Cod Community Develop- Ment Corporation: 1% of income from government
  • Museum of Science: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
3report 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.
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Find your warmest path to Jean Nichols Charitable Trust Charles Nichols II Trustee 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 42 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.

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