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Judy and Tony King Foundation at a glance

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Judy and Tony King Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$177k
Granted FY2026still arriving
22
Grants FY2026still arriving
4
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.

Arts & Culture$426kPhilanthropy$187kEnvironment$178kEducation$130kEmployment$100kAnimals$93kHealth$37kYouth Development$16kOther$0
02FY2026 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k14 grants · $46k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $131k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$3.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WORCESTER ART MUSEUM$30,000
ECOTARIUM$25,000
MECHANICS HALL$20,000
MASS AUDUBON$16,000
BANCROFT SCHOOL$10,000
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS$10,000
WORCESTER HISTORICAL MUSEUM$10,000
UMASS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$10,000
LAUDHOLM TRUST$5,000
NEW ENGLAND BOTANIC GARDEN$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
ALTAR VALLEY CONSERVATION TRUST$5,000
VNA CARE$5,000
WORCESTER CENTER FOR CRAFTS$5,000
SALEM COMMUNITY CORPORATION$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY25–26, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SALEM COMMUNITY CORPORATION: $6k → 11%SALEM COMMUNITY CORPORATION: $5k → 11%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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 36 repeat orgs$56k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

36 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2026, 18 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
17

Total granted

$1.2M
$40k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+13%

Still filing today

50%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
Arts & CultureEnvironmentEducationHealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesOther
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

  • WORCESTER ART MUSEUM
    10× · 2017–2026 · $290k · revenue +80%
  • UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC
    10× · 2017–2026 · $100k · revenue +46%
  • WN
    WORCESTER NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY INC
    5× · 2021–2026 · $58k · revenue +102%

Funded once

  • LL
    LENNY LEARNING INC
    one grant, 2025 · $10k · revenue 0%
  • MO
    MUSEUM OF AMERICAN BIRD ART
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • VC
    VNA Care Network Inc
    one grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue -12%
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
Metropolitan Waterworks Museum Inc

The mwm owns and operates the waterworks museum (the "museum"), including a community meeting room. the museum is a single condominium unit of the museum building condominium, one of separate condominium building regimes on the site. the…

Arts & Culture
2
Maine Historical Society

Maine Historical Society, founded in 1822, is a private non-profit whose mission is to preserve and share Maine's story. Based in Portland, we work closely with communities and partners throughout the state, and serve a statewide and…

Arts & Culture
3
Trustees of the Berkshire Museum

Bringing people together for experiences that spark creativity and innovative thinking by making inspiring educational connections among art, history, and natural science.

Arts & Culture
4
New England Museum Association

New england museum association's mission is to connect a community engaged in learning, collaboration, and action to cultivate a better museum world.

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5
Massachusetts Land Conservation Trust

Conservation and preservation of land.

Environment
6
Worcester County Horticultural Society

New england botanic garden at tower hill creates experiences with plants that inspire people and improve the world.

Environment
7
Williamstown Rural Lands Foundation

To preserve the rural new england character of williamstown, ma and surrounding areas for future generations; enable working landscapes including farms and forests; promote land stewardship.

Environment
8
Wildlands Trust Inc

The wildlands trust works throughout southeastern massachusetts to conserve and permanently protect native habitats, farmland, and lands of high ecologic and scenic value that serve to keep our communities healthy and our residents…

Environment
9
Abbe Museum

To illuminate and advance greater understanding of and support for Wabanaki Nations' heritage, living cultures, and homelands.

Arts & Culture
10
Harvard Conservation Trust

To preserve the unique character and natural resources of harvard.

Environment
11
Yarmouth Historical Society

To develop and promote awareness of the town of Yarmouth history and acquire, preserve, and exhibit artifacts of historical significance.

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12
Wethersfield Historical Society

The purpose of the "Society" is to collect, preserve, and interpret Wethersfield's past for the education and enjoyment of present and future generations.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Worcester Land Trust; the most unlike its peers is Brightfocus Foundation. 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

30 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 30 of the 57 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/30
Grantees still filing
19/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MECHANICS HALL CORPORATION: $100,000 · OtherMECHANICS HALL CORPORATIONUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC: $100,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INCMASS AUDUBON: $92,500 · OtherMASS AUDUBONBANCROFT SCHOOL CAPITAL FUND: $52,000 · OtherBANCROFT SCHOOL CAPITAL FUNDIndividual grant recipient: $33,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUnited Way of York County: $27,500 · OtherUMASS MEDICAL SCHOOL: $25,000 · OtherVNA CARE: $20,000 · Other+24 more: $125,750 · Other+24 moreWORCESTER ART MUSEUM: $290,000 · Arts & CultureWORCESTER ART MUSEUMWORCESTER NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY INC: $57,500 · Arts & CultureWORCESTER NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY INCTHE WORCESTER CENTER FOR CRAFTS INC: $39,000 · Arts & CultureTHE WORCESTER CENTER FOR CRAFTS INCWORCESTER HISTORICAL MUSEUM: $37,000 · Arts & CultureWORCESTER HISTORICAL MUSEUMWORCESTER COUNTY MECHANICS ASSOCIATION DBA MECHANICS HALL: $16,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $14,000 · Arts & CultureLOUIS T GRAVES MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY: $32,000 · EducationAMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY: $19,000 · EducationBANCROFT SCHOOL: $10,000 · EducationThe New School: $2,500 · EducationLAUDHOLM TRUST: $28,000 · EnvironmentKennebunkport Conservation Trust: $14,000 · EnvironmentSUDBURY VALLEY TRUSTEES INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentALTAR VALLEY CONSERVATION ALLIANCE: $4,000 · EnvironmentTHE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $3,500 · Environment+1 more: $1,000 · EnvironmentUMASS CHAN MEDICAL SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $46,000 · PhilanthropyLENNY LEARNING INC: $10,000 · HealthVNA Care Network Inc: $3,000 · HealthBRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Health+1 more: $290 · HealthSALEM COMMUNITY CORPORATION: $11,000 · Human ServicesTHE ALOHA FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$575,750Arts & Culture$453,500Education$63,500Environment$60,500Philanthropy$46,000Health$15,790Human Services$11,000Recreation & Sports$2,000

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 budgetWORCESTER ART MUSEUM: $290,000 over 10y, 0.5% of budgetMECHANICS HALL CORPORATION: $100,000 over 8y, 17% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC: $100,000 over 10y, 0.2% of budgetWORCESTER NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY INC: $57,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WORCESTER CENTER FOR CRAFTS INC: $39,000 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetWORCESTER HISTORICAL MUSEUM: $37,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetLOUIS T GRAVES MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY: $32,000 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetLAUDHOLM TRUST: $28,000 over 10y, 0.3% of budgetUnited Way of York County: $27,500 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetAMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY: $19,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWORCESTER COUNTY MECHANICS ASSOCIATION DBA MECHANICS HALL: $16,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF WORCESTER: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetKennebunkport Conservation Trust: $14,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetLENNY LEARNING INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSUDBURY VALLEY TRUSTEES INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBRICK STORE MUSEUM INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetMUSIC WORCESTER INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWGBH Educational Foundation: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALTAR VALLEY CONSERVATION ALLIANCE: $4,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVNA Care Network Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe New School: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHBOROUGH OPEN LAND FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 2.6% 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 WORCESTER ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds MECHANICS HALL CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
  • Who funds WORCESTER NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WORCESTER CENTER FOR CRAFTS INC ↗
  • Who funds WORCESTER HISTORICAL MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds LOUIS T GRAVES MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds LAUDHOLM TRUST ↗
  • Who funds United Way of York County ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds WORCESTER COUNTY MECHANICS ASSOCIATION DBA MECHANICS HALL ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED OF WORCESTER ↗
  • Who funds Kennebunkport Conservation Trust ↗
  • Who funds SALEM COMMUNITY CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds BANCROFT SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds LENNY LEARNING INC ↗
  • Who funds SUDBURY VALLEY TRUSTEES INC ↗
  • Who funds BRICK STORE MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSIC WORCESTER INC ↗
  • Who funds WGBH Educational Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ALTAR VALLEY CONSERVATION ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS ↗
  • Who funds VNA Care Network 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.

Stoddard Charitable T…Ruth H & Warren a Ell…The Fred Harris Danie…The George I Alden Tr…The Fletcher Foundati…Greater Worcester Com…The C Jean & Myles Mc…Brigham Hill Foundati…Wyman GordonJ Irving & Jane L Eng…Hoche-Scofield Founda…Tonna Charitable Trust
Stoddard Charitable TrustMA34.7× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Stoddard Charitable Trust · Ruth H & Warren a Ellsworth Foundation · The Fred Harris Daniels Foundation · The George I Alden Trust · The Fletcher Foundation · Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc · The C Jean & Myles McDonough Charitable Foundation · Brigham Hill Foundation · Wyman Gordon · J Irving & Jane L England Charitable Trusta Molloy & F Russellco-Trustees · Hoche-Scofield Foundation-Equity · Tonna Charitable Trust

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 Judy and Tony King Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Judy and Tony King Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Sudbury Valley Trustees Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Worcester Natural History Society Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Music Worcester Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Salem Community Corporation: 7% of income from government
  • American Antiquarian Society: 7% of income from government
  • Worcester Historical Museum: 5% of income from government
  • Girls Incorporated of Worcester: 2% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Reservations: 2% of income from government
  • Worcester County Mechanics Association Dba Mechanics Hall: 2% of income from government
  • Wgbh Educational Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Worcester Art Museum: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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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How do I get to Judy and Tony King Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Judy and Tony King 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 57 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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