· Private foundation
Mary-Louise & Ruth Eddy Fdn
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k2 grants · $16k
- $10k–50k15 grants · $365k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BREWSTER BAPTIST CHURCH | $36,000 |
| ASSOCIATION FOR THE | $35,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $30,000 |
| CAPE ABILITIES | $30,000 |
| BREWSTER CONSERVATION TRUST | $30,000 |
| COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP | $30,000 |
| CAPE COD REPERTORY THEATER | $25,000 |
| MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON | $25,000 |
| WILDCARE INC | $23,900 |
| CAPE COD HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION | $20,352 |
| THE SAMPSON FUND | $20,000 |
| BREWSTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $20,000 |
| SIGHT LOSS SERVICES INC | $15,035 |
| Individual grant recipient | $14,000 |
| CAPE COD MUSEUM OF NATURAL | $10,470 |
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 (FY20–25, $160k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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.
21 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down.
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
- BCBREWSTER CONSERVATION TRUST6× · 2020–2025 · $187k · revenue +299%
- CACAPE ABILITIES INC6× · 2020–2025 · $160k · revenue +22%
- BHBREWSTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC6× · 2020–2025 · $154k · revenue +116%
Funded once
ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTONgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +56%- CCCAPE COD CHAPTER OF AMERICAN RED CROSSone grant, 2022 · $5k
- ARANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUEone grant, 2020 · $5k
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.
Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…
To promote understanding of the history of massachusetts and the nation by collecting and communicating materials and resources that foster historical knowledge.
The rhode island historical society, through its collections, museums, and educational initiatives, welcomes everyone to engage with rhode island's complex and significant past.
Maine Audubon works to conserve Maine's wildlife and habitat by engaging people of all ages in education, conservation, and action. We are helping the people of Maine become the nation's most informed and effective stewards of wildlife and…
The mission of the center is to instill a life-long respect and affection for nature in all people through research and education; to advance a scientific and public understanding of our coastal ecosystems and the need to protect them; and…
Kestrel land trust conserves and cares for forests, farms, and riverways in the connecticut river valley of western massachusetts while nurturing an enduring love of the land
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…
250th Town of Cohasset, MA celebrations
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 25 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 BREWSTER CONSERVATION TRUST ↗
- Who funds CAPE ABILITIES INC ↗
- Who funds BREWSTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds LOWER CAPE COD COMMUNITY DEVELOP- MENT CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds CAPE COD REPERTORY THEATRE COMPANY INC ↗
- Who funds SIGHT LOSS SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds JR TECH INC ↗
- Who funds BRYN MAWR COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ↗
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: Edward Bangs Kelley and Elza Kelley Foundation Inc · Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank Charitable Foundation Trust · Mutual Bancorp Foundation Inc Fka Cape Cod 5 Foundation Inc · Cape Cod Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Mary-Louise & Ruth Eddy Fdn funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mary-Louise & Ruth Eddy Fdn. Bigger dots raise more.
- Cape Abilities Inc: 81% of income from government
- Sight Loss Services Inc: 46% of income from government
- Brewster Conservation Trust: 8% of income from government
- Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc: 1% of income from government
- Lower Cape Cod Community Develop- Ment Corporation: 1% of income from government
- Museum of Fine Arts: 0% of income from government
- Animal Rescue League of Boston: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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