· Private foundation
Matthew J & Gilda F Strazzula Foundation
Its FY2024 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, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k2 grants · $6k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SENTINEL MINISTRIES | $25,000 |
| CONGO EDUCATION PARTNERS INC | $10,000 |
| NEW ENGLAND DISABLED SPORTS | $3,000 |
| BOSTON MARATHON JIMMY FUND WALK | $3,000 |
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 (FY17–20, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, 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 +79% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 20 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
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 FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SMSENTINEL MINISTRIES5× · 2020–2024 · $65k · revenue +168%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc4× · 2017–2020 · $25k · revenue +162%
ESPERANZA ACADEMY INC4× · 2017–2020 · $10k · revenue +492%
Funded once
- HCHARTWICK COLLEGE -COVIDone grant, 2020 · $10k
- HCHARTWICK COLLEGE J TERM - INNER CITY STUDENTSone grant, 2017 · $5k
- TDTHE DIMOCK CENTERone grant, 2020 · $3k
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.
Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service
Neighborhealth's mission is to promote and sustain healthy communities, families, and individuals by providing accessible, person-centered, and compassionate, high-quality health care services to all who live and work in our service area,…
Wentworth institute of technology is a nationally recognized private coeducational and residential university of higher education with a mission to empower, inspire and innovate through experiential learning with a core purpose of career…
Ceres is a nonprofit advocacy organization working to accelerate the transition to a cleaner, more just, and resilient world. through education and research, we make the business case for action on the most pressing sustainability…
Massachusetts education and career opportunities, inc. (massedco, inc.) is a statewide network of service sites that provides education and career advising to over 12,000 low-income, first generation individuals each year. massedco…
The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.
Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.
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,…
Mhic's mission is to be an innovative private financier of afforable housing and community development throughout new england, providing financing that would not otherwise be available, and extending the impact of that financing to ensure…
Wheaton college provides a transformative liberal arts education, combining theory and practice, for intellectually curious students within a collaborative and vibrant extended community and network that values and strives to create an…
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
To cultivate an intimate, welcoming community where children develop respectful relationships and inquisitive minds, build confidence in their individual gifts, and are engaged, prepared and inspired to learn.
How this is measured
16 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. 16 of the 35 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 SENTINEL MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
- Who funds PARTNERS IN DEVELOPMENT INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds The Food Project Inc ↗
- Who funds ESPERANZA ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds CONGO EDUCATION PARTNERS INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY GIVING TREE INC ↗
- Who funds WINDRUSH FARM THERAPEUTIC EQUITATION INC ↗
- Who funds LAWRENCE COMMUNITYWORKS INC ↗
- Who funds THE HYDE SQUARE TASK FORCE INC ↗
- Who funds BROCKTON NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds NEW ENGLAND DISABLED SPORTS ↗
- Who funds WOLFEBORO AREA CHILDREN'S CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds SAVE THE HARBORSAVE THE BAY INC ↗
- Who funds ESSEX COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds DONORSCHOOSEORG ↗
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: Eastern Bank Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Essex County Community Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Rogers Family Foundation · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Eversource Energy Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Matthew J & Gilda F Strazzula Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Matthew J & Gilda F Strazzula Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Hyde Square Task Force Inc: 52% of income from government
- Brockton Neighborhood Health Center Inc: 9% of income from government
- Lawrence Communityworks Inc: 9% of income from government
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
- Essex County Community Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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