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Joseph Warren Foundation

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.

$46k
Granted FY2024still arriving
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Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$46k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Human Services$54kEducation$40kReligion$30kArts & Culture$24kRecreation & Sports$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$46,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$899k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHESTNUT HILL BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION$46,000
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 (FY22–24, $52k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 4% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CHESTNUT HILL BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION: $46k → 7%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS: $2k → 17%FAMILY LEADERSHIP CENTER: $4k → 7%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

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NY
MA
CA
CO
MO
VA
KS
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.

50%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$90k · 12 repeat orgs$88k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
18

Total granted

$90k
$42k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+18%

Still filing today

50%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $46k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsInternationalReligionOther
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

  • CN
    Camp Newfound Owatonna Corporation
    6× · 2019–2024 · $10k · revenue +45%
  • TP
    THE PRINCIPLE FOUNDATION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $4k · revenue +8%
  • NE
    NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $2k · revenue +75%

Funded once

  • PEACE HAVEN ASSOCIATION INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $7k · revenue +6%
  • TS
    TMC SUNDAY SCHOOL
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • BC
    BABSON COLLEGE FUND
    2× · 2023–2024 · $4k
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.

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President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
2
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
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
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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5
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
6
Mitchell College

Mitchell college educates students through a highly individualized educational approach that brings forward each student's potential, reveals their strengths, and fosters personal growth.

Education
7
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
8
Marietta College

Marietta college (mc) provides a strong foundation for a lifetime of leadership, critical thinking, and problem solving. we achieve this mission by offering undergraduates a contemporary liberal arts education and graduate students an…

Education
9
National Academy of Design

The mission of the national academy of design is to promote the fine arts in america through exhibition and education.

Education
10
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
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Harvey Mudd College

HMC seeks to educate engineers, scientists, and mathematicians well versed in all of these areas and in the humanities, social sciences and the arts so that they may assume leadership in their fields with a clear understanding of the…

Education
12
Emmanuel College

Emmanuel college is a coed, residential catholic liberal arts and sciences college with 2,112 undergraduate and graduate students.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New England Conservatory of Music; the most unlike its peers is Family Leadership Center 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

17 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. 17 of the 31 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
12/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $21,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE ALBERT BAKER FUND: $11,000 · OtherTHE ALBERT BAKER FUNDBOSTON UNIVERSITY ACADEMY: $9,000 · OtherBOSTON UNIVERSITY ACADEMYFRIENDS OF BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $7,500 · OtherFRIENDS OF BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRATHE LANDING SCHOOL: $7,345 · OtherTHE LANDING SCHOOLHARROW SCHOOL: $6,500 · OtherHARROW SCHOOLTHE TIDE MILL INSTITUTE: $6,000 · OtherTHE TIDE MILL INSTITUTETMC SUNDAY SCHOOL: $5,000 · OtherBABSON COLLEGE FUND: $3,500 · OtherTHE PRINCIPLE FOUNDATION: $3,500 · OtherDAPONTE STRING QUARTET FOUNDATION: $3,500 · Other+6 more: $11,000 · Other+6 moreChestnut Hill Benevolent Association: $46,000 · Human ServicesChestnut Hill Benevolent Associa…Family Leadership Center Inc: $3,500 · Human ServicesFamily Leadership Center IncPUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesCamp Newfound Owatonna Corporation: $10,345 · Recreation & SportsPEACE HAVEN ASSOCIATION INC: $7,000 · ReligionMUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $2,000 · Arts & CultureMARBLEHEAD LITTLE THEATRE INC: $1,500 · Arts & CultureTHE MARBLEHEAD ARTS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,500 · Arts & CultureNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureMaine Maritime Museum: $1,000 · Arts & CultureTHE FESSENDEN SCHOOL: $2,310 · EducationNEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $2,000 · EducationThe Principia Corporation: $2,000 · EducationSCHOOL YEAR ABROAD INC: $1,000 · International
Other$94,845Human Services$51,500Recreation & Sports$10,345Religion$7,000Arts & Culture$7,000Education$6,310International$1,000

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 budgetChestnut Hill Benevolent Association: $46,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ALBERT BAKER FUND: $11,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCamp Newfound Owatonna Corporation: $10,345 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPEACE HAVEN ASSOCIATION INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE PRINCIPLE FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDAPONTE STRING QUARTET FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetFamily Leadership Center Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetTHE FESSENDEN SCHOOL: $2,310 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Principia Corporation: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMARBLEHEAD LITTLE THEATRE INC: $1,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE MARBLEHEAD ARTS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMaine Maritime Museum: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOOL YEAR ABROAD INC: $1,000 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 Chestnut Hill Benevolent Association ↗
  • Who funds THE ALBERT BAKER FUND ↗
  • Who funds Camp Newfound Owatonna Corporation ↗
  • Who funds PEACE HAVEN ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PRINCIPLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DAPONTE STRING QUARTET FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Family Leadership Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE FESSENDEN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC ↗
  • Who funds PUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds The Principia Corporation ↗
  • Who funds MARBLEHEAD LITTLE THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MARBLEHEAD ARTS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Maine Maritime Museum ↗
  • Who funds SCHOOL YEAR ABROAD INC ↗

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.

Mueller Hoisel Wanger…The Isabel FoundationTenacre FoundationTowle Family Foundati…The Tiny Tiger Founda…Belvedere Scientific …The Thomas and Michel…Annie FoundationCharles Stewart Mott …ImpactassetsincGs Donor Advised Phil…Ge Aerospace Foundati…
Mueller Hoisel Wanger Charitable Foundation IncFL17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mueller Hoisel Wanger Charitable Foundation Inc · The Isabel Foundation · Tenacre Foundation · Towle Family Foundation · The Tiny Tiger Foundation · Belvedere Scientific Fund · The Thomas and Michele Parsons Family Foundation · Annie Foundation · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Ge Aerospace 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 Joseph Warren Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joseph Warren Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • New England Conservatory of Music: 1% of income from government
  • Museum of Fine Arts: 0% of income from government
  • The Fessenden School: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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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How do I get to Joseph Warren Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Joseph Warren 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 31 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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