· Private foundation
Michael & Karen Tichnor Family Foundation
Its FY2021 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 2021.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2021
- Under $10k20 grants · $10k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $44k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CJP | $44,044 |
| JFS OF METROWEST | $5,000 |
| CONGREGATION OR ATID | $1,612 |
| FIDF | $500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $360 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD | $300 |
| WGBH | $260 |
| JNF | $250 |
| YOUNG AUDIENCES OF MASSACHUSETTS | $250 |
| GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK | $117 |
| HRS | $100 |
| PARMENTER FOUNDATION | $100 |
| WEST END HOUSE | $100 |
| MAGEN DAVID ADOM | $100 |
| SUDBURY VALLEY TRUSTEES | $100 |
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 (FY20–21, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +59% since the first grant, against +45% for those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2021, 0 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (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 FY2021, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $967 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- JFJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF METROWEST INC2× · 2020–2021 · $10k · revenue +42%
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES2× · 2020–2021 · $800 · revenue +211%- AFARTS FOR LEARNING MASSACHUSETTS INC2× · 2020–2021 · $500 · revenue +59%
Funded once
- AAJCone grant, 2020 · $63k
- AAALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATIONone grant, 2020 · $1k
- OOneinfortyone grant, 2020 · $900
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.
Mass general brigham health plan's mission is to promote the health and wellness of our members, and to help ensure equitable, affordbale health care for the diverse communities we serve.
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.
Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…
Emerson health systems is the parent organization of four subsidiaries - emerson hospital, emerson occupational health services, emerson property development and emerson health care foundation. emerson health systems provides its…
The mission of the roundtable is to make massachusetts the most desirable place to live, work and do business by engaging private sector executives and public leaders to ensure access to a robust, diverse and talented workforce that…
Bridgespan's mission is to build a better world by strengthening the ability of mission-driven organizations and philanthropists to achieve breakthrough results in addressing society's most important challenges and opportunities.
Non-profit organization dedicated to improving the physical, spiritual and emotional health of individuals and families.
As Greater Boston's community foundation, the Boston Foundation devotes its resources to expanding opportunities, improving lives and strengthening communities. See Schedule OThe Foundation fulfills this mission in three principal ways:…
The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.
Minneapolis jewish federation is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 27 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 JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF METROWEST INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES ↗
- Who funds ARTS FOR LEARNING MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
- Who funds SUDBURY VALLEY TRUSTEES INC ↗
- Who funds HIAS INC ↗
- Who funds THE PARMENTER FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds WEST END HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM ↗
- Who funds MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger ↗
- Who funds Children's Hospital Corporation ↗
- Who funds BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION ↗
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: Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Boston Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Michael & Karen Tichnor Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Michael & Karen Tichnor Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
- Boston Medical Center Corporation: 23% of income from government
- Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
- Sudbury Valley Trustees Inc: 11% of income from government
- Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
- Arts for Learning Massachusetts Inc: 4% of income from government
- West End House Inc: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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