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Malcolm and Elizabeth Fraser Foundation Inc at a glance

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Malcolm and Elizabeth Fraser Foundation Inc

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.

$79k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Religion$282kHealth$52kEnvironment$50kInternational$40kFood & Nutrition$32kPublic Safety & Disaster$30kHuman Services$21kArts & Culture$21kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $69k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$314k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALSACST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$15,000
CAROUSEL OF LIGHT INC$14,000
GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK$10,000
300 COMMITTEE LAND TRUST$10,000
MERCY SHIPS$10,000
OPERATION SMILE$10,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
WORLD SERVICE KITCHEN$3,500
GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK$1,500
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 32% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%300 COMMITTEE: $15k → 8%THE RED CROSS: $8k → 8%CAI: $2k → 8%BUZZARDS BAY COALITION: $10k → 11%TANGLEWOOD: $4k → 12%SYMPHONY HALL: $5k → 16%INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE: $5k → 12%UNICEF: $5k → 17%MERCY SHIPS: $10k → 12%ST PETERSBURG FREE CLINIC: $3k → 12%MISSIONARIES FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL: $3k → 13%THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER: $5k → 18%ALSACST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $15k → 17%THE CARTER CENTER: $10k → 14%OPERATION SMILE: $10k → 10%CAROUSEL OF LIGHT INC: $14k → 8%FALMOUTH ROAD RACE: $5k → 8%BUZZARDS BAY COALITION: $7k → 11%SYMPHONY HALL: $5k → 16%WOUNDED WARRIORS: $5k → 17%WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN: $8k → 14%CREATIVE PLAY CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTER: $8k → 12%OPERATION SMILE: $5k → 10%FALMOUTH 300 COMMITTEE: $7k → 8%NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $5k → 8%BUZZARDS BAY COALITION: $5k → 11%THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK: $12k → 16%WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN: $7k → 14%R-CLUB CHILDCARE - EDIBLE PEACE PATCH PROJECT: $7k → 12%THE FALMOUTH SERVICE CENTER: $7k → 8%GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK: $10k → 16%MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%R'CLUB CHILD CARE INC: $2k → 12%FALMOUTH ACADEMY: $7k → 8%FALMOUTH 300 COMMITTEE: $5k → 8%THE MGH FUND: $5k → 16%FALMOUTH SERVICE CENTER: $3k → 8%CAPE COD CHURCH - COLOR BLAZE PROGRAM: $3k → 8%RECOVERY WITHOUT WALLS: $2k → 8%CAPE COD CHURCH: $25k → 8%CAPE COD CHURCH: $12k → 8%300 COMMITTEE LAND TRUST: $10k → 8%K9'S FOR THE WAR ON TERROR: $5k → 8%SOLID ROCK MINISTRIES: $5k → 8%SOLID ROCK MINISTRIES: $4k → 8%K9S ON THE WAR ON TERROR: $3k → 8%CAPE COD CHURCH: $200k → 8%SOLID ROCK MINISTRIES: $32k → 8%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

VT
MN
NY
MA
IA
CA
VA
AZ
TN
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$432k · 13 repeat orgs$159k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
31

Total granted

$432k
$117k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+14%

Still filing today

77%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalEnvironmentEducationReligionHealthCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • SR
    SOLID ROCK MINISTRIES INC
    3× · 2019–2021 · $42k · revenue +38%
  • T3
    THE 300 COMMITTEE LAND TRUST INC
    2× · 2023–2025 · $25k · revenue +35%
  • GB
    GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC
    2× · 2020–2025 · $24k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • TC
    THE CARTER CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +32%
  • CP
    CREATIVE PLAY CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTER INC
    one grant, 2024 · $8k · revenue 0%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    one grant, 2024 · $8k · 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.

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
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
2
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
3
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
4
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
5
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
6
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
7
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
8
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
9
The Global FoodBanking Network

To nourish the world's hungry through uniting and advancing food banks.

International
10
Wildaid Inc

Wildaid's mission is to inspire change and empower the world to protect wildlife and vital habitats from critical threats.

Animals
11
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
12
Fajr Scientific

To provide multi-specialty surgical care, humanitarian aid and educational support to people in low- and middle-income countries.

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Feeding America Tampa Bay Inc; the most unlike its peers is K-9S of the War On Terror 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

29 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. 29 of the 48 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
28/29
Grantees still filing
23/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CAPE COD CHURCH: $237,000 · OtherCAPE COD CHURCHGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $23,500 · OtherGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INCALSACST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $15,000 · OtherCAROUSEL OF LIGHT INC: $14,000 · Other+28 more: $113,000 · Other+28 moreOPERATION SMILE INC: $15,000 · InternationalOPERATION SM…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $14,500 · InternationalWORLD CENTRA…THE CARTER CENTER INC: $10,000 · InternationalTHE CARTER C…Mercy Ships International: $10,000 · InternationalMercy Ships …Mercy Corps: $7,000 · InternationalMercy CorpsUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $5,000 · InternationalUNITED STATE…International Rescue Committee INC: $5,000 · InternationalInternationa…THE 300 COMMITTEE LAND TRUST INC: $25,000 · EnvironmentTHE 300 C…BUZZARDS BAY COALITION: $22,000 · EnvironmentBUZZARDS …+2 more: $1,000 · EnvironmentSOLID ROCK MINISTRIES INC: $42,000 · ReligionFALMOUTH ACADEMY INC: $9,000 · EducationCREATIVE PLAY CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTER INC: $8,000 · EducationAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $7,774 · Human ServicesRECOVERY WITHOUT WALLS INC: $7,000 · Health
Other$402,500International$66,500Environment$48,000Religion$42,000Education$17,000Human Services$7,774Health$7,000

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 budgetSOLID ROCK MINISTRIES INC: $42,000 over 3y, 25% of budgetTHE 300 COMMITTEE LAND TRUST INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $23,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBUZZARDS BAY COALITION: $22,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $14,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFALMOUTH SERVICE CENTER INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFALMOUTH ACADEMY INC: $9,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCREATIVE PLAY CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTER INC: $8,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $7,774 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRECOVERY WITHOUT WALLS INC: $7,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetMercy Corps: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFALMOUTH ROAD RACE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Petersburg Free Clinic Inc: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetR'CLUB CHILD CARE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD FALMOUTH INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOCEANA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetONE TREE PLANTED INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Council On Renewable Energy: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $500 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.

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.

Hermann Foundation IncMartha's Vineyard Ban…Fraser Family Foundat…Caithness FoundationCape Cod Five Cents S…Cape Cod Foundation I…Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Hermann Foundation IncMA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hermann Foundation Inc · Martha's Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation Inc · Fraser Family Foundation Inc · Caithness Foundation · Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank Charitable Foundation Trust · Cape Cod Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Malcolm and Elizabeth Fraser Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Malcolm and Elizabeth Fraser Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 37%
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Buzzards Bay Coalition: 37% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Feeding America Tampa Bay Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 Malcolm and Elizabeth Fraser Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Malcolm and Elizabeth Fraser Foundation Inc 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 48 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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