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Josephine and Louise Crane 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.

$4.7M
Granted FY2024still arriving
120
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$215k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Education$3.4MHealth$2.8MEnvironment$2.3MPhilanthropy$2.2MYouth Development$2.2MCommunity Improvement$2.2MCivil Rights$2.0MHuman Services$1.5MOther$0
02FY2024 · 120 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k13 grants · $65k
  • $10k–50k74 grants · $1.8M
  • $50k–250k33 grants · $2.8M
$25,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$58M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BERKSHIRE UNITED WAY INC$215,000
CAPE COD HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC$210,000
MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME ACADEMY$200,000
RESIST INC$185,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE BERKSHIRES INC$125,000
18 DEGREES INC$100,000
SMART FROM THE START INC$100,000
THE CENTER FOR ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY INC$100,000
CONSTRUCT INC$100,000
COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF CAPE COD INC$90,000
URBAN REVIVAL INC CITY LIFEVIDA URBANA$85,000
THE 300 COMMITTEE LAND TRUST INC$82,500
AYNI INSTITUTE INC$75,000
LA COLLABORATIVA INC$75,000
BERKSHIRE FAMILY YMCA INC$75,000
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 (FY20–24, $1.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%PIONEER VALLEY WORKERS CENTER INC: $20k → 12%UNTOURS FOUNDATION: $25k → 10%PIONEER VALLEY WORKERS CENTER INC: $20k → 12%PIONEER VALLEY WORKERS CENTER INC: $15k → 12%NORTHSTAR LEARNING CENTER INC: $15k → 11%NORTHSTAR LEARNING CENTER INC: $15k → 11%THE CITY SCHOOL INC: $55k → 16%BRIDGE INC MULTICULTURAL BRIDGE: $45k → 12%BRIDGE INC MULTICULTURAL BRIDGE: $45k → 12%BERKSHIRE RESOURCES FOR INTEGRATION OF DIVERSE GROUPS AND EDUCATION INC: $45k → 12%BRIDGE INC MULTICULTURAL BRIDGE: $35k → 12%LA COLLABORATIVA INC: $75k → 16%LA COLLABORATIVA INC: $75k → 16%LA COLLABORATIVA INC: $75k → 16%LA COLLABORATIVA INC: $50k → 16%LA COLLABORATIVA INC: $25k → 16%THE WEALTH REDISTRIBUTION CENTER INC: $20k → 16%IMMIGRANT FAMILY SERVICES INSTITUTE: $25k → 16%IMMIGRANT FAMILY SERVICES INSTITUTE: $25k → 16%IMMIGRANT FAMILY SERVICES INSTITUTE: $25k → 16%IMMIGRANT FAMILY SERVICES INSTITUTE: $20k → 16%SMART FROM THE START INC: $100k → 16%SMART FROM THE START INC: $100k → 16%SMART FROM THE START INC: $100k → 16%SMART FROM THE START INC: $100k → 16%SMART FROM THE START INC: $100k → 16%AYNI INSTITUTE INC: $75k → 16%AYNI INSTITUTE INC: $20k → 16%EAST BOSTON SOCIAL CENTERS INC: $15k → 16%EAST BOSTON SOCIAL CENTERS INC: $15k → 16%AYNI INSTITUTE INC: $10k → 16%BERKSHIRE IMMIGRANT CENTER: $20k → 12%BERKSHIRE IMMIGRANT CENTER: $20k → 12%BERKSHIRE IMMIGRANT CENTER: $20k → 12%BERKSHIRE IMMIGRANT CENTER: $20k → 12%BERKSHIRE IMMIGRANT CENTER: $20k → 12%BOSTON HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM: $15k → 16%BOSTON HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM: $15k → 16%BOSTON HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM: $15k → 16%BRAZILIAN WOMAN'S GROUP INC: $15k → 16%BRAZILIAN WOMAN'S GROUP INC: $15k → 16%BRAZILIAN WOMAN'S GROUP INC: $15k → 16%NATIONAL CENTER OF AFRO-AMERICAN ARTISTS: $25k → 16%NATIONAL CENTER OF AFRO-AMERICAN ARTISTS: $25k → 16%NATIONAL CENTER OF AFRO-AMERICAN ARTISTS: $25k → 16%NATIONAL CENTER OF AFRO-AMERICAN ARTISTS: $25k → 16%NATIONAL CENTER OF AFRO-AMERICAN ARTISTS: $25k → 16%SOCIAL INNOVATION FORUM INC: $15k → 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.

Which US states your grants reach

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RI
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CO
MD
DC
AL
GA

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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$22M · 145 repeat orgs$996k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +47% since the first grant, against +21% for the ones you funded once.

145 repeat relationships — 104 still active in FY2024, 41 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

145
30

Total granted

$22M
$754k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+21%

Still filing today

81%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $243k 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
Human ServicesEnvironmentHealthArts & CultureEducationCivil RightsOther

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

  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS' CLUB OF THE BERKSHIRES INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $875k · revenue +65%
  • RI
    RESIST INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $669k · revenue +242%
  • SF
    SMART FROM THE START INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $500k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • TB
    THE BRIEN CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES
    one grant, 2020 · $70k · revenue +21%
  • PA
    POWERSWITCH ACTION
    one grant, 2023 · $65k
  • BM
    BERKSHIRE MEDICAL CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +36%

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
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
2
Massachusetts Business Roundtable Inc

The mission of the roundtable is to make massachusetts the most desirable place to live, work and do business by engaging private sector executives and public leaders to ensure access to a robust, diverse and talented workforce that…

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3
Massachusetts Nonprofit Network

The mission of the massachusetts nonprofit network is to unite and strengthen the nonprofit sector in the commonwealth through public policy, public awareness, and capacity building services.

Education
4
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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5
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.

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6
Neighborhealth Corporation

Neighborhealth's mission is to promote and sustain healthy communities, families, and individuals by providing accessible, person-centered, and compassionate, high-quality health care services to all who live and work in our service area,…

Health
7
Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities & Public Policy Inc

We create opportunities for the people of massachusetts to transform their lives and build a more equitable commonwealth through the humanities.

Arts & Culture
8
Massachusetts Education & Career Opportunities Inc

Massachusetts education and career opportunities, inc. (massedco, inc.) is a statewide network of service sites that provides education and career advising to over 12,000 low-income, first generation individuals each year. massedco…

Education
9
United Way of Greater New Bedford Inc

Our mission is to mobilize people, partnerships and resources to catalyze change that strengthens the communities served.

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10
Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance Inc

Maha breaks down barriers facing first-time and first-generation home buyers and owners through education, counseling, advocacy, and grassroots organizing.

Housing & Shelter
11
Massachusetts Fair Housing Center Inc

Mfhc is committed to ending systemic housing discrimination and creating inclusive communities through education, outreach, advocacy, housing counseling and enforcement.

Housing & Shelter
12
Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation

Mhic's mission is to be an innovative private financier of afforable housing and community development throughout new england, providing financing that would not otherwise be available, and extending the impact of that financing to ensure…

Housing & Shelter

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Center for Teen Empowerment Inc and the most unlike its peers is The Hyams Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 33 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%6%<5yr14%8%5–10yr19%16%10–20yr19%24%20–35yr14%27%35–55yr14%19%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%3%<5yr14%6%5–10yr19%13%10–20yr19%19%20–35yr14%27%35–55yr14%33%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 6% of your grantees by number, and just 3% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 3% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
3%4/160
the rest of the field
11%
3,662/33,429

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

156 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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 156 of the 190 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
58
Early backer (in before they grew)
151/156
Grantees still filing
109/156
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

BERKSHIRE UNITED WAY INC — $1,465,000 · OtherBERKSHIRE UNITED WAY INCMASSACHUSETTS MARITIME ACADEMY — $955,000 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS MARITIME ACADEMYCAPE COD HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC — $925,000 · OtherCAPE COD HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INCRESIST INC — $669,000 · Other+114 more — $10,538,000 · Other+114 moreSMART FROM THE START INC — $500,000 · Human ServicesSMART FRO…LA COLABORATIVA INC — $300,000 · Human ServicesLA COLABO…BERSHIRE RESOURCES FOR INTEGRATION OF DIVERSE GROUPS & EDUCATION INC BRIDGE — $170,000 · Human ServicesBERSHIRE …National Center of Afro American Artists — $125,000 · Human ServicesNational …GIVEDIRECTLY INC — $116,000 · Human ServicesGIVEDIREC…AYNI INSTITUTE INC — $105,000 · Human ServicesAYNI INST…BERKSHIRE IMMIGRANT CENTER INC — $100,000 · Human ServicesIMMIGRANT FAMILY SERVICES INSTITUTE INC — $95,000 · Human Services+15 more — $435,000 · Human Services+15 moreGREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITION — $440,000 · EnvironmentGREATER Y…HURRICANE ISLAND OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL — $246,250 · EnvironmentHURRICANE…THE 300 COMMITTEE LAND TRUST INC — $222,500 · EnvironmentTHE 300 C…FLYING CLOUD INSTITUTE INC — $205,000 · EnvironmentFLYING CL…ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE — $173,000 · EnvironmentALASKA WI…BUZZARDS BAY COALITION — $145,000 · EnvironmentBUZZARDS …VERMONT LAND TRUST INC — $135,000 · EnvironmentVERMONT L…GROUNDSWELL INC — $130,000 · EnvironmentGROUNDSWE…SUNRISE MOVEMENT EDUCATION FUND — $95,000 · EnvironmentMASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC — $95,000 · Environment+3 more — $27,500 · EnvironmentBOYS AND GIRLS' CLUB OF THE BERKSHIRES INC — $875,000 · Youth DevelopmentGLADYS ALLEN BRIGHAM COMMUNITY CENTER INC — $235,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DORCHESTER INC — $225,000 · Youth DevelopmentRAILROAD STREET YOUTH PROJECT INC — $200,000 · Youth DevelopmentLOUIS D BROWN PEACE INSTITUTE CORP — $175,000 · Youth Development+2 more — $80,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF CAPE COD INC — $480,000 · HealthVOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE-BERKSHIRES INC — $235,000 · HealthTAPESTRY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC — $150,000 · HealthRESILIENT SISTERHOOD PROJECT INC — $85,000 · HealthTHE BRIEN CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES — $70,000 · HealthBERKSHIRE MEDICAL CENTER INC — $50,000 · HealthPEDIATRIC DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC — $50,000 · Health+4 more — $120,000 · HealthCENTER FOR ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY INC — $470,000 · Community ImprovementMASSACHUSETTS COMMUNITIES ACTION NETWORK INC — $225,000 · Community ImprovementALTERNATIVES FOR COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENT INC — $125,000 · Community ImprovementBERKSHIRE BLACK ECONOMIC COUNCIL INC — $80,000 · Community ImprovementTHIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC — $80,000 · Community ImprovementWestside Legends Inc — $75,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMONWEALTH KITCHEN INC — $40,000 · Community Improvement+1 more — $25,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY LABOR UNITED INC — $245,000 · Civil RightsEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE — $210,000 · Civil RightsNEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR MASSACHUSETTS EDUCATION FUND INC — $200,000 · Civil RightsNational Domestic Workers Alliance Inc — $120,750 · Civil RightsRIGHT TO THE CITY ALLIANCE — $100,000 · Civil RightsMS FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN INC — $60,000 · Civil RightsMovimiento Cosecha Support Network — $40,000 · Civil Rights+3 more — $40,000 · Civil Rights
Other$14,552,000Human Services$1,946,000Environment$1,914,250Youth Development$1,790,000Health$1,240,000Community Improvement$1,120,000Civil Rights$1,015,750

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 budgetBERKSHIRE UNITED WAY INC — $1,465,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS' CLUB OF THE BERKSHIRES INC — $875,000 over 5y, 9.2% of budgetRESIST INC — $669,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetSMART FROM THE START INC — $500,000 over 5y, 5.0% of budget18 DEGREES INC — $485,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF CAPE COD INC — $480,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCENTER FOR ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY INC — $470,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetGREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITION — $440,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetWoodwell Climate Research Center Inc — $345,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetELIZABETH FREEMAN CENTER INC — $335,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetHAYMARKET PEOPLE'S FUND INC — $325,000 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetCONSTRUCT INC — $300,000 over 4y, 8.3% of budgetLA COLABORATIVA INC — $300,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetBERKSHIRE THEATRE GROUP INC — $250,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetHURRICANE ISLAND OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL — $246,250 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY LABOR UNITED INC — $245,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetGLADYS ALLEN BRIGHAM COMMUNITY CENTER INC — $235,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetVOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE-BERKSHIRES INC — $235,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS COMMUNITIES ACTION NETWORK INC — $225,000 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DORCHESTER INC — $225,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetTHE 300 COMMITTEE LAND TRUST INC — $222,500 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetFALMOUTH HOUSING CORPORATION — $221,250 over 5y, 8.1% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE — $210,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFLYING CLOUD INSTITUTE INC — $205,000 over 5y, 9.9% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE BERKSHIRE MUSEUM — $205,000 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetTHE SCHOTT FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION — $203,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetNEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR MASSACHUSETTS EDUCATION FUND INC — $200,000 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetTHE LENNY ZAKIM FUND — $200,000 over 5y, 4.6% of budgetRAILROAD STREET YOUTH PROJECT INC — $200,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION — $194,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLOUIS D BROWN PEACE INSTITUTE CORP — $175,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE — $173,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetBERSHIRE RESOURCES FOR INTEGRATION OF DIVERSE GROUPS & EDUCATION INC BRIDGE — $170,000 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetURBAN REVIVAL INC — $160,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetHOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC — $155,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCHILD CARE OF THE BERKSHIRES INC — $150,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF SUFFOLK COUNTY INC — $150,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetBERKSHIRE COUNTY HEAD START CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM INC — $150,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetTAPESTRY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC — $150,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBUZZARDS BAY COALITION — $145,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetWOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION — $145,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY — $140,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY — $140,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBIKES NOT BOMBS INC — $140,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetCENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY INC — $136,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMILTON ACADEMY — $135,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVERMONT LAND TRUST INC — $135,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetGROUNDSWELL INC — $130,000 over 3y, 1.3% 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 BERKSHIRE UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS' CLUB OF THE BERKSHIRES INC ↗
  • Who funds RESIST INC ↗
  • Who funds SMART FROM THE START INC ↗
  • Who funds 18 DEGREES INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF CAPE COD INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITION ↗
  • Who funds Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds ELIZABETH FREEMAN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds HAYMARKET PEOPLE'S FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds CONSTRUCT INC ↗
  • Who funds LA COLABORATIVA INC ↗
  • Who funds BERKSHIRE THEATRE GROUP INC ↗
  • Who funds HURRICANE ISLAND OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY LABOR UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds GLADYS ALLEN BRIGHAM COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE-BERKSHIRES INC ↗
  • Who funds MASSACHUSETTS COMMUNITIES ACTION NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DORCHESTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE 300 COMMITTEE LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds FALMOUTH HOUSING CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds FLYING CLOUD INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE BERKSHIRE MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds THE SCHOTT FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR MASSACHUSETTS EDUCATION FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LENNY ZAKIM FUND ↗
  • Who funds RAILROAD STREET YOUTH PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds TIDES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LOUIS D BROWN PEACE INSTITUTE CORP ↗
  • Who funds ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds BERSHIRE RESOURCES FOR INTEGRATION OF DIVERSE GROUPS & EDUCATION INC BRIDGE ↗
  • Who funds URBAN REVIVAL INC ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Berkshire Taconic Com…Berkshire Bank Founda…Berkshire United Way …Lee Bank Foundation I…Eastern Bank Foundati…The Feigenbaum Founda…The Hyams Foundation …Boston Foundation IncBarr FoundationDonald C McGraw Found…Gilson Family Foundat…Jane and Jack Fitzpat…
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation IncMA78.4× affinity40 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc · Berkshire United Way Inc · Lee Bank Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · The Feigenbaum Foundation Inc · The Hyams Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Barr Foundation · Donald C McGraw Foundation Inc · Gilson Family Foundation Inc · Jane and Jack Fitzpatrick Trust

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Josephine and Louise Crane 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
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 340%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Upper Housatonic Valley National He — 80% of income from government
  • Elizabeth Freeman Center Inc — 76% of income from government
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution — 63% of income from government
  • Northstar Learning Centers Inc — 63% of income from government
  • Tapestry Health Systems Inc — 60% of income from government
  • 18 Degrees Inc — 60% of income from government
  • Child Care of the Berkshires Inc — 59% of income from government
  • Pioneer Valley Workers Center Inc — 53% of income from government
  • Duffy Health Center Inc — 51% of income from government
  • East Boston Social Centers Inc — 50% of income from government
  • Cape Cod Children's Place Inc — 47% of income from government
  • Berkshire County Head Start Child Development Program Inc — 45% of income from government
  • Railroad Street Youth Project Inc — 45% of income from government
  • Vermont Land Trust Inc — 42% of income from government
  • Gladys Allen Brigham Community Center Inc — 40% of income from government
  • Health Resources in Action Inc — 39% of income from government
  • Buzzards Bay Coalition — 37% of income from government
  • Pediatric Development Center Inc — 37% of income from government
  • La Colaborativa Inc — 34% of income from government
  • Second Street Second Chances Inc — 33% of income from government
  • Louis D Brown Peace Institute Corp — 32% of income from government
  • South Coast Lgbtq Network Inc — 29% of income from government
  • Berkshire Grown Inc — 28% of income from government
  • Marine Biological Laboratory — 20% of income from government
  • Nopi Inc — 14% of income from government
  • Community Health Programs Incorporated — 13% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University — 12% of income from government
  • New England Innocence Project — 12% of income from government
  • Sea Education Association Inc — 12% of income from government
  • Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc — 11% of income from government
  • Volunteers in Medicine-Berkshires Inc — 10% of income from government
  • Commonwealth Kitchen Inc — 9% of income from government
  • Berkshire Immigrant Center Inc — 9% of income from government
  • Community Health Center of Cape Cod Inc — 9% of income from government
  • Parent Professional Advocacy League Inc — 8% of income from government
  • Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc — 8% of income from government
  • Berkshire Dream Center Inc — 7% of income from government
  • Woods Hole Film Festival Inc — 7% of income from government
  • Greenagers Inc — 7% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester Inc — 7% of income from government
  • Smart From the Start Inc — 7% of income from government
  • The Center for Teen Empowerment Inc — 7% of income from government
  • Flying Cloud Institute Inc — 6% of income from government
  • Roots Rising Inc — 6% of income from government
  • Gosnold Inc — 5% of income from government
  • Zumix Inc — 5% of income from government
  • Construct Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Girls On the Run Greater Boston — 4% of income from government
  • Berkshire Medical Center Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Third Sector New England Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc — 2% of income from government
  • West End House Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Transformative Culture Project Inc F/K/a Press Pass Tv Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Bikes Not Bombs Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Resist Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Hancock Shaker Village Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Greenroots Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Berkshire Agricultural Ventures Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Berkshire Theatre Group Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Brazilian Women's Group Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Community Labor United Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Philanthropy Massachusetts Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Milton Academy — 0% of income from government
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34get no government money at all
30report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
9rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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.

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How do I get to Josephine and Louise Crane Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Josephine and Louise Crane 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 190 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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