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King Spruce Company

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.

$287k
Granted FY2025still arriving
74
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$88k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0196% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Education$698kHealth$423kEnvironment$390kHuman Services$332kArts & Culture$239kRecreation & Sports$218kPhilanthropy$107kReligion$59kOther$0
02FY2025 · 74 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k66 grants · $128k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $70k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $88k
$1,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ROGERSON COMMUNITIES$88,350
ENVIRONMENTAL LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS$10,000
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL$10,000
CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION$10,000
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$10,000
SPAULDING REHABILITATION HOSPITAL$10,000
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII$10,000
US ROWING$10,000
BEACON HILL NURSERY SCHOOL$6,500
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$6,000
KING'S CHAPEL$5,000
ACCESS SPORT AMERICA$5,000
NATIONAL ROWING FOUNDATION$5,000
SHEDD AQUARIUM$5,000
BARTH SYNDROME FOUNDATION$5,000
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.

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Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $376k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 89% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FAIRWINDS FOUNDATION INC: $1k → 13%NORTH HAWAII HOSPICE INC: $500 → 15%NORTH HAWAII HOSPICE INC: $500 → 15%NORTH HAWAII HOSPICE INC: $500 → 15%ACCESS SPORT AMERICA: $5k → 8%ACCESS SPORT AMERICA: $5k → 8%ACCESS SPORT AMERICA: $5k → 8%ACCESS SPORT AMERICA: $5k → 8%ACCESS SPORT AMERICA: $5k → 8%ACCESS SPORT AMERICA: $5k → 8%ACCESS SPORT AMERICA: $5k → 8%BOSTON HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $1k → 16%ACCESS SPORT AMERICA: $5k → 8%BOSTON HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $1k → 16%BOSTON HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $500 → 16%ROGERSON COMMUNITIES: $88k → 16%ROGERSON COMMUNITIES: $35k → 16%ROGERSON COMMUNITIES: $35k → 16%ROGERSON COMMUNITIES: $21k → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 16%ROGERSON COMMUNITIES: $20k → 16%ROGERSON COMMUNITIES: $15k → 16%ROGERSON COMMUNITIES: $13k → 16%ROGERSON COMMUNITIES: $10k → 16%ROGERSON COMMUNITIES: $10k → 16%BEACON HILL VILLAGE: $2k → 16%BEACON HILL VILLAGE: $2k → 16%BEACON HILL VILLAGE: $1k → 16%BEACON HILL VILLAGE: $1k → 16%BEACON HILL VILLAGE: $1k → 16%BEACON HILL VILLAGE: $1k → 16%BEACON HILL VILLAGE: $1k → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $1k → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $1k → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $1k → 16%HILL HOUSE: $51k → 16%HILL HOUSE: $12k → 16%HILL HOUSE: $3k → 16%HILL HOUSE: $2k → 16%HILL HOUSE: $1k → 16%HILL HOUSE: $1k → 16%HILL HOUSE: $1k → 16%HILL HOUSE: $1k → 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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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.
$2.2M · 93 repeat orgs$81k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +45% since the first grant, against +5% for the ones you funded once.

93 repeat relationships — 58 still active in FY2025, 35 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

93
39

Total granted

$2.2M
$57k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+5%

Still filing today

74%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesHealthRecreation & SportsOther

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

  • RC
    ROGERSON COMMUNITIES INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $247k · revenue +52%
  • CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $162k · revenue +113%
  • BS
    BROOKS SCHOOL
    9× · 2017–2025 · $149k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • AA
    ARTIST ASSOCIATION OF NANTUCKET
    one grant, 2022 · $6k
  • HUNTINGTON THEATRE CO INC
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -8%
  • WF
    WIGS FOR WELL-BEING INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -76% · 78% of their budget

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 Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
Harvard Conservation Trust

To preserve the unique character and natural resources of harvard.

Environment
3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
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
The Trustees of Reservations

Overview - founded in boston by pioneering landscape architect and open space visionary charles eliot in 1891, the trustees is the nation's first and the commonwealth's largest conservation and preservation nonprofit.

Environment
6
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
7
Marine Biological Laboratory

The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is a world-renowned center for biological discovery and training that is notably affiliated with more than 60 Nobel Prize winners. Research is conducted by full-time faculty as well as hundreds of the…

Science & Tech
8
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
9
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
10
New England Aquarium Corporation

The new england aquarium is a catalyst for global change through public engagement and education, commitment to marine animal conservation, innovative scientific research, and effective advocacy for a vital and vibrant ocean.

Animals
11
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
12
Rhode Island School of Design

The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Esplanade Association Inc and the most unlike its peers is The Albert F Egan Jr & Dorothy H Egan F. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity FoundationsSenior Support ServicesCommunity FoundationsCommunity Arts CentersElementary Literacy TutoringYouth Development CentersHealth Access Advocacy and …Cancer Support ServicesLocal History MuseumsYouth Sports ProgramsIndependent K-12 SchoolsEnvironmental Conservation …
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 42 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%3%<5yr14%3%5–10yr20%11%10–20yr19%26%20–35yr14%18%35–55yr14%39%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%2%<5yr14%1%5–10yr20%15%10–20yr19%13%20–35yr14%7%35–55yr14%63%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%2/104
the rest of the field
11%
4,713/42,254

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

99 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. 99 of the 150 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
22
Early backer (in before they grew)
98/99
Grantees still filing
70/99
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED — $190,200 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATEDKING'S CHAPEL — $56,000 · OtherKING'S CHAPELTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY — $43,740 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED — $40,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII — $40,000 · OtherUNITED STATES ROWING ASSOCIATION — $36,000 · OtherMASS GENERAL HOSPITAL — $35,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY ROWING INC — $31,000 · OtherTHE VINCENT CLUB INC — $30,900 · OtherSHEDD AQUARIUM SOCIETY — $44,000 · OtherBEACON HILL CIVIC ASSOCIATION INC — $40,800 · Other+69 more — $248,830 · Other+69 moreTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — $272,500 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY…BROOKS SCHOOL — $149,000 · EducationBROOKS SCHOOLEMMA WILLARD SCHOOL — $90,000 · EducationEMMA WILLARD SCHOOLUniversity of Chicago — $30,000 · Education+10 more — $61,850 · Education+10 moreROGERSON COMMUNITIES INC — $246,850 · Human ServicesROGERSON COMMUNI…HILL HOUSE INC — $71,500 · Human ServicesHILL HOUSE INCACCESSPORTSAMERICA INC — $40,000 · Human ServicesACCESSPORTSAMERI…+6 more — $18,000 · Human ServicesCONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC — $161,500 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION LA…FRIENDS OF AMY B H GREENWELL ETHNOBOTANICAL GARDEN — $65,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF AMY …CHARLES RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC — $40,500 · EnvironmentCHARLES RIVER W…CHIKAMING OPEN LANDS — $29,300 · EnvironmentCHIKAMING OPEN …NANTUCKET CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC — $24,000 · EnvironmentNANTUCKET CONSE…NANTUCKET LAND & WATER COUNCIL INC — $17,000 · Environment+6 more — $23,500 · Environment+6 moreBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC — $33,100 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF FINE ARTS — $30,000 · Arts & CultureSt Anthony 1907 Foundation — $25,000 · Arts & CultureNANTUCKET HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION — $18,500 · Arts & CultureESPLANADE ASSOCIATION INC — $14,500 · Arts & CultureSHELL MUSEUM AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC — $13,000 · Arts & CultureNICHOLS HOUSE MUSEUM INC — $12,000 · Arts & CultureKenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry — $9,000 · Arts & CultureKONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $8,600 · Arts & CultureFIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY — $8,500 · Arts & CultureNANTUCKET DREAMLAND FOUNDATION INC — $7,000 · Arts & Culture+13 more — $25,350 · Arts & CultureTHE BARTH SYNDROME FOUNDATION — $45,000 · PhilanthropyNANTUCKET YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION INC — $30,000 · PhilanthropyBoston Foundation Inc — $21,000 · PhilanthropyCommunity Foundation for Nantucket Inc — $21,000 · PhilanthropyUnited Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc — $15,000 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $10,000 · PhilanthropyThe Commonwealth Fund — $10,000 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL ROWING FOUNDATION INC — $80,000 · Recreation & SportsCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC — $3,000 · Recreation & Sports+2 more — $3,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$836,470Education$603,350Human Services$376,350Environment$360,800Arts & Culture$204,550Philanthropy$152,000Recreation & Sports$86,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — $272,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetROGERSON COMMUNITIES INC — $246,850 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetCONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC — $161,500 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetBROOKS SCHOOL — $149,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetEMMA WILLARD SCHOOL — $90,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL ROWING FOUNDATION INC — $80,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetHILL HOUSE INC — $71,500 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF AMY B H GREENWELL ETHNOBOTANICAL GARDEN — $65,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetTHE BARTH SYNDROME FOUNDATION — $45,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetSHEDD AQUARIUM SOCIETY — $44,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY — $43,740 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBEACON HILL CIVIC ASSOCIATION INC — $40,800 over 9y, 2.6% of budgetCHARLES RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC — $40,500 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetACCESSPORTSAMERICA INC — $40,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetUNITED STATES ROWING ASSOCIATION — $36,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC — $33,100 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY ROWING INC — $31,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTHE VINCENT CLUB INC — $30,900 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetMUSEUM OF FINE ARTS — $30,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNANTUCKET YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION INC — $30,000 over 8y, 32% of budgetUniversity of Chicago — $30,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCHIKAMING OPEN LANDS — $29,300 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetNANTUCKET CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC — $24,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetBoston Foundation Inc — $21,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Foundation for Nantucket Inc — $21,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNANTUCKET HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION — $18,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetSHADY HILL SCHOOL — $18,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNANTUCKET LAND & WATER COUNCIL INC — $17,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc — $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetESPLANADE ASSOCIATION INC — $14,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetST PAUL'S SCHOOL — $13,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSHELL MUSEUM AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC — $13,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBEACON HILL NURSERY SCHOOL INC — $13,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNICHOLS HOUSE MUSEUM INC — $12,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS INC — $12,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNEW ENGLAND LIFE FLIGHT INC — $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Commonwealth Fund — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry — $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBEACON HILL VILLAGE INC — $9,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetKONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $8,600 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetFIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY — $8,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCLINIC FOR THE REHABILITATION OF WILDLIFE INC — $8,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetNANTUCKET DREAMLAND FOUNDATION INC — $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC — $7,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPROPRIETORS OF THE BOSTON ATHENAEUM — $6,100 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC — $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ADVENT SCHOOL CORPORATION — $5,500 over 6y, 0.0% 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 TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds ROGERSON COMMUNITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BROOKS SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds EMMA WILLARD SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ROWING FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HILL HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF AMY B H GREENWELL ETHNOBOTANICAL GARDEN ↗
  • Who funds THE BARTH SYNDROME FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SHEDD AQUARIUM SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds BEACON HILL CIVIC ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CHARLES RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ACCESSPORTSAMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES ROWING ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ROWING INC ↗
  • Who funds THE VINCENT CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds NANTUCKET YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds University of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds CHIKAMING OPEN LANDS ↗
  • Who funds St Anthony 1907 Foundation ↗
  • Who funds NANTUCKET CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Boston Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Community Foundation for Nantucket Inc ↗
  • Who funds NANTUCKET HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds SHADY HILL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds NANTUCKET LAND & WATER COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc ↗
  • Who funds ESPLANADE ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ST PAUL'S SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds SHELL MUSEUM AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION 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.

Boston Foundation IncCommunity Foundation …Combined Jewish Phila…Kershaw Foundation Ch…Nantucket Golf Club F…Charina Foundation In…Ernst & Elfriede Fran…Highland Street Conne…Gilbert Verney Founda…Fidelity Non-Profit M…Mass General Brigham …Fidelity Foundation
Boston Foundation IncMA40.7× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for Nantucket Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Kershaw Foundation Charitable Trust · Nantucket Golf Club Foundation Inc · Charina Foundation Inc Richard Menschel · Ernst & Elfriede Frank Foundation Inc · Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries · Gilbert Verney Foundation · Fidelity Non-Profit Management Foundation · Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return · Fidelity Foundation

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 King Spruce Company 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 · 250%6%23%51%90%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • New England Forestry Foundation Inc — 88% of income from government
  • Beacon Hill Village Inc — 28% of income from government
  • United Way of Massachusetts Bay Inc — 23% of income from government
  • Horizons for Homeless Children — 21% of income from government
  • Revolutionary Spaces Inc — 20% of income from government
  • Hull Lifesaving Museum Inc — 13% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University — 12% of income from government
  • Community Foundation for Nantucket Inc — 10% of income from government
  • Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association in — 9% of income from government
  • Women's Lunch Place Inc — 8% of income from government
  • Als Therapy Development Foundation Inc — 8% of income from government
  • Charles River Watershed Association Inc — 8% of income from government
  • Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc — 8% of income from government
  • Perkins School for the Blind — 7% of income from government
  • Rogerson Communities Inc — 6% of income from government
  • New England Life Flight Inc — 5% of income from government
  • Huntington Theatre Co Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Nantucket Dreamland Foundation Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Community Rowing Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Society for the Preservation of New Engl — 2% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Friends of the Public Garden Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Nantucket Historical Association — 1% of income from government
  • Proprietors of the Boston Athenaeum — 0% of income from government
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Museum of Science — 0% of income from government
  • Artists Association of Nantucket Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Museum of Fine Arts — 0% of income from government
  • Boston Foundation Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
25get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 King Spruce Company?

Find your warmest path to King Spruce Company 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 150 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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