· Public charity
Lowell Sun Charities Inc
Raise funds for charitable causes as well as needy families in the greater lowell area.
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Lowell Sun Charities Inc’s FY2026 grant dollars went to Greater Lowell Community Foundationinc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2026 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Lowell Sun Charities Inc named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $80k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2020
- Under $10k3 grants · $17k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $63k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| GREATER LOWELL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $20,500 |
| LOWELL GENERAL HOSPITAL | $20,000 |
| PROJECT LEARN INC | $12,500 |
| SEE A NEW SUN FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| THE MEGAN HOUSE FOUNDATION | $6,500 |
| CATIE'S CLOSET | $5,000 |
| D'YOUVILLE SENIOR CARE FOUNDATION INC | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +58% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.
6 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2020, 3 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call). Read against FY2020, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
THE LOWELL GENERAL HOSPITAL8× · 2017–2025 · $106k · revenue +43%- MCMIDDLESEX COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION C/O JACKSON CHEGE4× · 2017–2023 · $26k · revenue +283%
- PLPROJECT LEARN INC2× · 2019–2020 · $18k · revenue +155%
Funded once
- TLTHE LOWELL FESTIVAL FOUNDATIONone grant, 2017 · $8k · revenue -8%
- BGBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER LOWELL INCgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +103%
AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTIONone grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +3%
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.
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.
Lowell telecommunication corporation's mission is to strengthen the city of lowell as a community media and education center that empowers, connects, and informs all residents, businesses, and organizations in the city. ltc provides…
To provide a significant unified voice in shaping the future growth of the business communities which it serves and to provide a vehicle through which individuals can work to improve the area's business climate and quality of life. A…
Lowell makes is a collection of open workshops and laboratories where members and students can collaborate to learn, share, and hone crafts of all kinds. the focus is on providing a space for education, entrepreneurship, and engagement…
To improve the quality of life for the people of lowell through education and through the creation, conservation, and preservation of parks, open spaces, and special places.
Raise funds for charitable causes as well as needy families in the greater lowell area.
To create an inclusive community of life-long learners in which each individual is valued and respected. our charge, then, is to strengthen minds, ensure equity, and honor individuality.
The purpose of the society is to provide shelter, prevent cruelty to animals, and advocate for their welfare. through humane education, the society strives to enlighten the public and to improve the quality of life for animals and people.
To sustain and enhance lowell observatory's mission of research and education by generating perpetual financial support.
The mission of the loomis communities is to open the door of positive aging of older adults by providing a continuum of high quality services which promotes independence and meets the changing needs of people throughout the aging process.
Improve access to health services in the community of lynn, massachusetts and to support of the mission of lynn community health center. in addition, to hold title to real estate at 269 union street in lynn, massachusetts.
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 13 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 THE LOWELL GENERAL HOSPITAL ↗
- Who funds Greater Lowell Community Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds MIDDLESEX COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION C/O JACKSON CHEGE ↗
- Who funds PROJECT LEARN INC ↗
- Who funds Lowell Plan Inc ↗
- Who funds D'YOUVILLE SENIOR CARE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SEE A NEW SUN FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE LOWELL FESTIVAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE MEGAN HOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER LOWELL INC ↗
- Who funds Catie's Closet Inc ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Richard K & Nancy L Donahue Charitable Foundation · Demoulas Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · Lowell Five Charitable Foundation Inc · Salem Five Charitable Foundation Inc · The Lowell General Hospital · Aubert J Fay Charitable Fund · We Share A Common Thread Foundation Inc · Greater Lowell Community Foundation Inc · Marty Meehan Educational Foundation Inc · Greater Lowell Health Alliance Chna 10 Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc)
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Lowell Sun Charities Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lowell Sun Charities Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell Inc: 27% of income from government
- Greater Lowell Community Foundation Inc: 18% of income from government
- The Megan House Foundation Inc: 15% of income from government
- The Lowell Festival Foundation: 12% of income from government
- The Lowell General Hospital: 5% of income from government
- Project Learn Inc: 5% of income from government
- Catie's Closet Inc: 4% of income from government
- Lowell Plan Inc: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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