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Middlecott 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.

$701k
Granted FY2024still arriving
238
Grants FY2024still arriving
22
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$635kArts & Culture$499kEnvironment$457kInternational$334kHealth$272kFood & Nutrition$185kRecreation & Sports$171kPhilanthropy$138kOther$0
02FY2024 · 238 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k219 grants · $360k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $341k
$1,000
Median grant
22
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
REHEARSAL FOR LIFE$45,250
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY$45,000
SEA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION$45,000
YOUTH FARM PROJECT$20,500
BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL$20,000
CROSSCURRENTS INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE$20,000
CHARLES RIVER SCHOOL$15,000
MISS PORTER'S SCHOOL$13,750
CHAPEL HAVEN INC$12,000
PARTNERS IN HEALTH$12,000
PENOBSCOT MARINE MUSEUM$11,500
Individual grant recipient$11,000
CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION$10,000
PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM$10,000
FRIENDS OF STEWART PARK$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $85k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 79% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS: $1k → 17%ALASKA CHILDREN'S TRUST: $6k → 10%ALASKA CHILDREN'S TRUST: $6k → 22%WILLING HANDS: $2k → 9%COASTAL FAMILY HOSPICE VOLUNTEERS: $2k → 11%ALASKA CHILDREN'S TRUST: $6k → 22%WILLING HANDS: $2k → 9%KNOX COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION: $2k → 11%WILLING HANDS: $2k → 9%KNOX COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION: $2k → 11%MARTHAS VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES: $500 → 8%KNOX COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION: $2k → 11%COASTAL FAMILY HOSPICE VOLUNTEERS: $1k → 11%COASTAL FAMILY HOSPICE VOLUNTEERS: $600 → 11%CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES: $4k → 10%URBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE: $2k → 17%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM - USA: $11k → 14%LISTEN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2k → 10%COASTAL FAMILY HOSPICE: $500 → 11%LISTEN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2k → 10%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM - USA: $1k → 14%LISTEN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2k → 10%COASTAL FAMILY HOSPICE VOLUNTEERS: $500 → 11%LISTEN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2k → 10%COASTAL FAMILY HOSPICE: $500 → 11%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM - USA: $1k → 14%LISTEN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2k → 10%LISTEN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $1k → 10%COASTAL FAMILY HOSPICE: $500 → 11%LISTEN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $1k → 10%PINE STREET INN: $600 → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF MASSACHUSETTS: $5k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF MASSACHUSETTS: $3k → 8%PINE STREET INN: $400 → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF ALASKA: $1k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF MASSACHUSETTS: $2k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF MASSACHUSETTS: $2k → 8%SOUTHERN HARBOR ELDERCARE SERVICES: $1k → 11%SOUTHERN HARBOR ELDERCARE SERVICES: $1k → 11%SOUTHERN HARBOR ELDERCARE SERVICES: $1k → 11%SOUTHERN HARBOR ELDERCARE SERVICES: $1k → 11%WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER: $250 → 7%WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER: $250 → 7%WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER: $250 → 7%ST FRANCIS HOUSE: $200 → 16%ST FRANCIS HOUSE: $200 → 16%ST FRANCIS HOUSE: $200 → 16%ST FRANCIS HOUSE: $200 → 16%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

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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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.6M · 274 repeat orgs$804k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

274 repeat relationships: 182 still active in FY2024, 92 since wound down; 35 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

274
160

Total granted

$2.6M
$741k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+23%

Still filing today

61%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $63k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationEnvironmentArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesInternationalOther
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

  • MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    6× · 2019–2024 · $165k · revenue +65%
  • TC
    THE CHARLES RIVER SCHOOL INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $162k · revenue +43%
  • CI
    CROSSCURRENTS INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE
    5× · 2019–2024 · $100k · revenue +74%

Funded once

  • CH
    CHATHAM HALL
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -31%
  • CS
    CONSTANCE SALTONSTALL FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $60k · revenue +39% · 34% of their budget
  • OH
    OLIVER HAZARD PERRY RI
    one grant, 2023 · $55k
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
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
3
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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.

Education
5
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
6
Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc

The nantucket conservation foundation owns, protects, and stewards over 9,000 acres of land and coastal shoreline, conserves nantucket's rare and significant natural resources, and engages in impactful ecological research to inform…

Environment
7
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
8
Marine Biological Laboratory

The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is a world-renowned center for biological discovery and training that is notably affiliated with more than 60 Nobel Prize winners. Research is conducted by full-time faculty as well as hundreds of the…

Science & Tech
9
Boston Harbor Now Inc

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,…

Environment
10
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
11
Harvard Conservation Trust

To preserve the unique character and natural resources of harvard.

Environment
12
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc

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…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Child and Family Services of Newport County; the most unlike its peers is Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts 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

259 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. 259 of the 473 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)
62
Early backer (in before they grew)
256/259
Grantees still filing
194/259
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SEA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INC: $112,000 · OtherSEA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INCCONSTANCE SALTONSTALL FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC: $60,000 · OtherOLIVER HAZARD PERRY RI: $55,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $72,250 · Other+104 more: $1,104,104 · Other+104 moreTHE CHARLES RIVER SCHOOL INC: $161,500 · EducationTHE CHARLES RIVER …CHATHAM HALL: $100,000 · EducationCHATHAM HALLMISS PORTER'S SCHOOL INC: $63,447 · EducationMISS PORTER'S SCHO…YOUTH FARM PROJECT INC: $57,500 · EducationYOUTH FARM PROJECT…DEXTER SOUTHFIELD INC: $31,750 · EducationDEXTER SOUTHFIELD …MISSOULA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL: $25,000 · EducationMIDDLESEX SCHOOL: $23,700 · Education+13 more: $58,200 · Education+13 moreMASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $164,750 · Arts & CultureMASSACHUSETTS…REHEARSAL FOR LIFE INC: $81,250 · Arts & CultureREHEARSAL FOR…PENOBSCOT MARINE MUSEUM: $53,100 · Arts & CulturePENOBSCOT MAR…PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC: $35,250 · Arts & CulturePEABODY ESSEX…SCIENCENTER DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $20,000 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $36,000 · Arts & Culture+5 moreCROSSCURRENTS INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE: $100,000 · InternationalCROSSCURRE…COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $23,000 · InternationalCOOPERATIV…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $20,500 · InternationalMEDECINS S…International Rescue Committee INC: $20,000 · InternationalInternatio…AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC: $20,000 · InternationalAMNESTY IN…ARMENIAN RELIEF SOCIETY INC: $20,000 · InternationalARMENIAN R…THE HALO TRUST (USA) INC: $20,000 · InternationalTHE HALO T…CHILDREN OF ARMENIA FUND INC DBA CHILDREN OF ARMENIA FUND COAF: $20,000 · InternationalCHILDREN O…RISE AGAINST HUNGER INC: $13,000 · InternationalOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $11,000 · International+6 more: $46,400 · International+6 moreCONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC: $44,800 · EnvironmentCONSERVAT…THE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $31,250 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST…Maine Coast Heritage Trust: $30,500 · EnvironmentMaine Coa…Natural Resources Council of Maine Inc: $26,250 · EnvironmentNatural R…VINALHAVEN LAND TRUST INC: $24,700 · EnvironmentVINALHAVE…AQUIDNECK ISLAND LAND TRUST: $17,500 · EnvironmentAQUIDNECK…LAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC: $15,000 · EnvironmentLAND TRUS…The Newport Tree Conservancy: $13,280 · Environment+13 more: $64,400 · Environment+13 moreCHAPEL HAVEN SCHLEIFER CENTER INC: $38,500 · HealthALASKAN AIDS ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $25,000 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $18,000 · HealthISLANDS COMMUNITY MEDICAL SERVICES: $11,800 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK INC: $10,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $10,000 · HealthNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $7,000 · HealthFoundation for Energy Therapies Inc: $6,500 · HealthVineyard House Inc: $5,500 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC: $5,000 · Health+3 more: $11,500 · HealthFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $31,000 · Human ServicesALASKA CHILDREN'S TRUST: $24,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $20,500 · Human ServicesAnchorage Coalition to End Homelessness: $18,000 · Human ServicesLISTEN Lebanon in Service to Each Neighbor: $11,000 · Human ServicesSOUTHERN HARBOR ELDERCARE SERVICES: $9,500 · Human ServicesHomeworthy: $6,500 · Human ServicesCOASTAL FAMILY HOSPICE: $5,600 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesWILLING HANDS ENTERPRISES INC: $5,000 · Human Services+1 more: $4,000 · Human Services
Other$1,453,354Education$521,097Arts & Culture$390,350International$313,900Environment$267,680Health$148,800Human Services$140,100

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $164,750 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetTHE CHARLES RIVER SCHOOL INC: $161,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetSEA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INC: $112,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCROSSCURRENTS INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE: $100,000 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetCHATHAM HALL: $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetREHEARSAL FOR LIFE INC: $81,250 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $72,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMISS PORTER'S SCHOOL INC: $63,447 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCONSTANCE SALTONSTALL FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC: $60,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetYOUTH FARM PROJECT INC: $57,500 over 5y, 12% of budgetPENOBSCOT MARINE MUSEUM: $53,100 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetMaine Community Foundation Inc: $47,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC: $44,800 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCHAPEL HAVEN SCHLEIFER CENTER INC: $38,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC: $35,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBeans Cafe Inc: $35,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMEGUNTICOOK ROWING: $34,000 over 4y, 18% of budgetDEXTER SOUTHFIELD INC: $31,750 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $31,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc: $31,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $31,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMaine Coast Heritage Trust: $30,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Council of Maine Inc: $26,250 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMISSOULA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL: $25,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetALASKAN AIDS ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $25,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE STORM TRYSAIL FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetVINALHAVEN LAND TRUST INC: $24,700 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetALASKA CHILDREN'S TRUST: $24,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMIDDLESEX SCHOOL: $23,700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $23,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $22,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF STEWART PARK INC: $22,000 over 4y, 5.8% of budgetMAPLEBROOK SCHOOL INC: $21,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $20,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $20,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $20,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetONE ARMENIA INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCIENCENTER DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE HALO TRUST (USA) INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN OF ARMENIA FUND INC DBA CHILDREN OF ARMENIA FUND COAF: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAnchorage Coalition to End Homelessness: $18,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $18,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAQUIDNECK ISLAND LAND TRUST: $17,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetLAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARTIN LUTHER KING COMMUNITY CENTER INCORPORATED: $13,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Newport Tree Conservancy: $13,280 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetRISE AGAINST HUNGER INC: $13,000 over 2y, 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.

  • Who funds MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE CHARLES RIVER SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds SEA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CROSSCURRENTS INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds CHATHAM HALL ↗
  • Who funds REHEARSAL FOR LIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds MISS PORTER'S SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds CONSTANCE SALTONSTALL FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH FARM PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds PENOBSCOT MARINE MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds Maine Community Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CHAPEL HAVEN SCHLEIFER CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds Beans Cafe Inc ↗
  • Who funds MEGUNTICOOK ROWING ↗
  • Who funds DEXTER SOUTHFIELD INC ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS ↗
  • Who funds United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds Maine Coast Heritage Trust ↗
  • Who funds Natural Resources Council of Maine Inc ↗
  • Who funds MISSOULA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds ALASKAN AIDS ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds THE STORM TRYSAIL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VINALHAVEN LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds ALASKA CHILDREN'S TRUST ↗
  • Who funds MIDDLESEX SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF STEWART PARK 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.

Haven TrustBoston Foundation IncMaine Community Found…The Rhode Island Comm…Van Beuren Charitable…Ejmp Fund for Philant…Bazarsky Family Found…Fidelity FoundationEastern Bank Foundati…Gruben Charitable Fou…Frederick Henry Princ…Fisher Charitable Fou…
Haven TrustMA53.1× affinity23 shared granteesties to 6 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Haven Trust · Boston Foundation Inc · Maine Community Foundation Inc · The Rhode Island Community Foundation · Van Beuren Charitable Foundation Inc · Ejmp Fund for Philanthropy · Bazarsky Family Foundation · Fidelity Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · Gruben Charitable Foundation · Frederick Henry Prince Testamentary Trust · Fisher Charitable 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 Middlecott Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Middlecott Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 300%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • New England Forestry Foundation Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Upper Valley Haven: 38% of income from government
  • Joslin Diabetes Center Inc: 35% of income from government
  • United Way of Massachusetts Bay Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Historical Society: 22% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Saint Francis House Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Willing Hands Enterprises Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Chapel Haven Schleifer Center Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Sea Education Association Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Rehearsal for Life Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Epilepsy Foundation New England: 11% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
  • The Cambridge Historical Society: 11% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Women's Lunch Place Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Charles River Watershed Association Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Native Plant Trust Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Peabody Essex Museum Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Martha's Vineyard Community Services Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Needham Community Council Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Reservations: 2% of income from government
  • Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Caspar Inc: 1% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Middlebury College: 1% of income from government
  • Friends of the Public Garden Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Proprietors of the Boston Athenaeum: 0% of income from government
  • The Epiphany School Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Kingswood Oxford School Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Island Grown Initiative Ltd: 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • The Fessenden School: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
30get no government money at all
34report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 Middlecott Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Middlecott Foundation 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 473 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home