· Private foundation
Michele E Dufault Foundation
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, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k10 grants · $47k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $69k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE LABORATORY SAFETY INSTITUTE | $25,000 |
| WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION | $13,500 |
| NOBLE AND GREENOUGH SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| NORTH AND SOUTH RIVERS WATERSHED ASSOCIATION | $10,000 |
| SUMMER STARS CAMP FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC | $10,000 |
| BRIGHAM & WOMEN'S HOSPITAL | $7,500 |
| ATLANTIC WHITE SHARK CONSERVANCY | $6,000 |
| GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS | $6,000 |
| GIRLS INC OF GREATER LOWELL | $5,000 |
| SCIENCE CLUB FOR GIRLS | $5,000 |
| BACK ON MY FEET BOSTON | $5,000 |
| SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS | $5,000 |
| PENIKESE ISLAND SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| SCITUATE PUBLIC SCHOOLS | $1,000 |
| FRIENDS OF HOLLY HILL FARM INC | $1,000 |
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 (FY24–25, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 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.
17 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 2 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
- WHWOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION7× · 2019–2025 · $95k · revenue +32%
- TLTHE LABORATORY SAFETY INSTITUTE INC7× · 2019–2025 · $80k · revenue +4%
NOBLE AND GREENOUGH SCHOOL6× · 2019–2025 · $55k · revenue +24%
Funded once
- TFTIMBERLINE FOUNDATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +101%
Safe Passagegraduatedone grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +108%
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.
To educate and inspire girls to become innovators and leaders in stem.
The woodward school honors and cultivates each student's academic and personal potential to enrich the world with courage and creativity. woodward has been educating and empowering young women in grades 6-12 since 1894.
The organizations mission is to inspire all girls to be strong,smart, and bold, through research-based, innovative, and educational programs and activities.
Stoneleigh-burnham school is an academic community that fosters an international perspective. we inspire girls to pursue meaningful lives based on honor, respect, and intellectual curiosity. each student is challenged to discover her best…
Girls global academy public charter school (gga) was incorporated in the district of columbia in june 2019 and opened its doors in august 2020 fostering pathways to lead and learn. as an all-girls public charter high school, gga ignites…
Emma willard school is a privately operated school for girls in grades 9 through 12 for boarding and day students.
To inspire girls and young women to become game changers and ethical leaders who forge an equitable, sustainable and joyous future.
The institutes mission is to cultivate a responsibility for the natural environment and our human communities through interdisciplinary science education.
Washington school for girls ignites the joyful pursuit of learning and inspires lives of faith-filled purpose, leadership, and service by educating girls in underserved areas through an academically challenging education. an extended day…
Educateandinspireeconomicallydisadvantagedgirlsfromthenewbedford, massachusetts area.empower girls with valuable life skills and a mindset of achievement by providing a safe, supportive, and academically challenging environment.
Sea educates and inspires ocean scholars, stewards and leaders. sea fosters and enhances knowledge about the state of oceans and coastal communities. it also helps shape public dialogue and policy through long-term environmental reseach,…
The waldorf school of lexington nurtures each child's curiosity, ingenuity, and love of learning so that they can meet the future with wonder, confidence, and resilience.
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 19 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 WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION ↗
- Who funds THE LABORATORY SAFETY INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds Summer Stars Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds NOBLE AND GREENOUGH SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds NORTH & SOUTH RIVERS WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds ATLANTIC WHITE SHARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
- Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
- Who funds SCIENCE CLUB FOR GIRLS INC ↗
- Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED OF GREATER LOWELL ↗
- Who funds PENIKESE ISLAND SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds BACK ON MY FEET ↗
- Who funds SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS ↗
- Who funds TIMBERLINE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Safe Passage ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF HOLLY HILL FARM INC ↗
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: Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable 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 Michele E Dufault Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Michele E Dufault Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: 63% of income from government
- Atlantic White Shark Conservancy Inc: 5% of income from government
- Girls Incorporated of Greater Lowell: 3% of income from government
- Friends of Holly Hill Farm Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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