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Joan Bentinck-Smith Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Joan Bentinck-Smith Charitable 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.

$20k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Public Safety & Disaster$135kFood & Nutrition$63kReligion$40kCommunity Improvement$36kPhilanthropy$22kHealth$17kEducation$16kHuman Services$16kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COTUIT FEDERATED CHURCH$20,000
02The need
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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 (FY20–23, $58k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50k → 8%INDEPENDENCE HOUSE: $1k → 8%CAPE ABILITIES: $1k → 8%CAPE ABILITIES: $1k → 8%CAPE ABILITIES: $750 → 8%INDEPENDENCE HOUSE: $500 → 8%HOMELESS PREVENTION COUNCIL: $1k → 8%HOMELESS PREVENTION COUNCIL: $1k → 8%HARWICH ECUMENICAL COUNCIL FOR THE HOMELESS: $1k → 8%HARWICH ECUMENICAL COUNCIL FOR THE HOMELESS: $500 → 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.
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$311k · 22 repeat orgs$57k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against -7% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
19

Total granted

$311k
$57k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
-7%

Still filing today

77%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyHealthInternationalOther
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

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    3× · 2022–2024 · $105k · revenue +23%
  • SS
    SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $35k · revenue +40%
  • CA
    CAPE AND ISLANDS UNITED WAY INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $20k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • GB
    GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK - HYANNIS
    one grant, 2020 · $15k
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -40%
  • CC
    CAPE COD REGIONAL TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
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
Community Action Committee of Cape Cod & Islands Inc

Provide resources and skills to individuals and families in the cape and islands to attain and retain independence and economic stability and self-sufficiency through personal growth, family stabilization, life skills and employment…

Community Improvement
2
Community Health Center of Cape Cod Inc

To improve the health of our community through the provision of equitable, patient centered, high quality, compassionate care to all, regardless of ability to pay.

Health
3
The Compact of Cape Cod Conservation Trusts Inc

To encourage and assist in the acquisition, preservation and management of open space on cape cod

Environment
4
Housing Assistance Corporation

Hac's mission is to promote and implement the right of all people on cape cod and the islands to occupy safe and affordable housing. to achieve this goal, hac has concentrated its major programs around rental subsidies, shelter services,…

Housing & Shelter
5
Lower Cape Communications Inc

To provide public broadcasting to lower cape cod massachusetts

Arts & Culture
6
Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce

Promotion of tourism on cape ann including the towns of rockport, gloucester, manchester, essex, and ipswich ma.

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7
Cuttyhunk Historical Society Inc
Arts & Culture
8
Cape Cod Center for the Arts Inc

The cape cod center for the arts fosters creativity, enriches lives, and nurtures learning by providing exceptional cultural and artistic experiences. with a focus on live theatre, cinematic arts, education, and horticulture, it thrives…

Arts & Culture
9
Cape Cod Economic Development Council Inc

Sustain, support and stimulate existing cape cod businesses; increase employment opportunities by attracting desirable businesses to cape cod; foster and promote communication between the community, local government, and the business…

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10
Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce

Cape cod chamber of commerce advocates on behalf of business to strenghten and promote regional economic vitality while addressing related cultural, environmental & community concerns.

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11
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History

To inspire appreciation, understanding and stewardship of our natural environment through discovery and learning.

Arts & Culture
12
Cape and Islands Workforce

The organization is responsible for overseeing all publicly funded vocational education and training programs for the cape cod, martha's vineyard, and nantucket areas.

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cultural Center of Cape Cod; the most unlike its peers is Gosnold 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

24 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. 24 of the 41 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
17/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $45,000 · OtherGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INCCOTUIT FEDERATED CHURCH: $40,250 · OtherCOTUIT FEDERATED CHURCHAMERICAN RED CROSS - CAPE ISLANDS AND SOUTHEAST: $20,000 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSS - CAPE ISLANDS AND SOUTHEASTGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK - HYANNIS: $15,000 · OtherGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK - HYANNISSALVATION ARMY - CAPE COD: $13,500 · OtherSALVATION ARMY - CAPE CODCAPE COD REGIONAL TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL: $10,000 · OtherCAPE COD REGIONAL TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLCAPE COD HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $6,000 · Other+19 more: $25,500 · Other+19 moreAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $105,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its …+4 more: $7,750 · Human Services+4 moreSOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC: $35,000 · Community ImprovementSOUTH SHOR…CAPE AND ISLANDS UNITED WAY INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyCAPE COD TIMES NEIGHBORS FUND INC: $1,000 · PhilanthropyWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $10,000 · InternationalCALMER CHOICE INC: $5,000 · HealthDUFFY HEALTH CENTER INC: $3,000 · HealthCAPE COD MARITIME MUSEUMINC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureCULTURAL CENTER OF CAPE COD: $1,500 · Arts & CultureCAHOON MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART INC: $1,250 · Arts & CultureCOTUIT CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $750 · Arts & Culture
Other$175,250Human Services$112,750Community Improvement$35,000Philanthropy$21,000International$10,000Health$8,000Arts & Culture$6,000

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 budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $105,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCAPE AND ISLANDS UNITED WAY INC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALMER CHOICE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetDUFFY HEALTH CENTER INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAPE ABILITIES INC: $2,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCAPE COD MARITIME MUSEUMINC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGOSNOLD INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCape Cod Community College Educational Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOMELESS PREVENTION COUNCIL INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCULTURAL CENTER OF CAPE COD: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHARWICH ECUMENICAL COUNCIL FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CAPE COD INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetINDEPENDENCE HOUSE INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAHOON MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART INC: $1,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCAPE COD TIMES NEIGHBORS FUND INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FAMILY PANTRY OF CAPE COD CORP: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SANTUIT AND COTUIT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOTUIT CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF CAPE COD INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SAMPSON FUND FOR VETERINARY CARE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Cape Cod Foundation I…Cape Cod Five Cents S…Eastern Bank Foundati…Mutual Bancorp Founda…Rockland Trust Charit…Cape and Islands Unit…Cape & Coast Bank Fou…Bilezikian Family Fou…Lyndon Paul Lorusso C…Cape Cod Healthcare I…Edward Bangs Kelley a…The Peter and Elizabe…
Cape Cod Foundation IncMA42.9× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Cape Cod Foundation Inc · Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank Charitable Foundation Trust · Eastern Bank Foundation · Mutual Bancorp Foundation Inc Fka Cape Cod 5 Foundation Inc · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Cape and Islands United Way Inc · Cape & Coast Bank Foundation · Bilezikian Family Foundation Inc · Lyndon Paul Lorusso Charitable Foundatio · Cape Cod Healthcare Inc & Affiliates · Edward Bangs Kelley and Elza Kelley Foundation Inc · The Peter and Elizabeth C Tower 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 Joan Bentinck-Smith Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joan Bentinck-Smith Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 14%
  • Independence House Inc: 85% of income from government
  • Cape Abilities Inc: 81% of income from government
  • Duffy Health Center Inc: 51% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • South Shore Community Action Council Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Calmer Choice Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Gosnold Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Homeless Prevention Council Inc: 4% of income from government
  • New England Conservatory of Music: 1% of income from government
  • Cotuit Center for the Arts Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Cahoon Museum of American Art Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
6report 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 41 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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