· Private foundation
Mr Owl 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, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k2 grants · $10k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $111k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $55k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM | $55,000 |
| NOTICEABILITY INC | $25,000 |
| ST FRANCIS HOUSE | $16,000 |
| FLYING KITES INC | $15,000 |
| PINE STREET INN | $15,000 |
| WINGS OF AMERICA | $10,000 |
| WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN | $10,000 |
| CROSSROADS FOR KIDS INC | $10,000 |
| DIRECT RELIEF | $10,000 |
| PRECIOUS PROJECT INC | $5,000 |
| THE LENNY ZAKIM FUND | $5,000 |
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 (FY20–25, $106k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 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
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 5% of Mr Owl Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 85% of the giving stays in MA; by stated purpose, 71%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
11 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
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
NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM CORPORATION6× · 2020–2025 · $360k · revenue +108%- NINoticeAbility Inc6× · 2020–2025 · $140k · revenue +13%
- FKFLYING KITES INC6× · 2020–2025 · $90k · revenue +39%
Funded once
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.
The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…
Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
U.s. digital response is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that helps governments, nonprofits, and public entities respond quickly to critical public needs. the organization serves the public by leveraging a network of pro bono…
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…
Devworks international is dedicated to a society where all people enjoy the freedom to pursue their own sustainable development. we contribute to this by strengthening the capacity of local organizations.
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.
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.
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…
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…
Our mission is to create a fair and inclusive economy where underserved people have quality financial choices and opportunities to improve their economic well-being. we find and help build innovative companies with the potential to reach…
Brighton marine, inc. provides military and veteran families with comprehensive campus-based quality health care, as well as affordable and supportive housing for at-risk veterans and their families.
How this is measured
11 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.
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 NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds NoticeAbility Inc ↗
- Who funds FLYING KITES INC ↗
- Who funds PINE STREET INN INC ↗
- Who funds THE EARTH CIRCLE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CROSSROADS FOR KIDS INC ↗
- Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds THE LENNY ZAKIM FUND ↗
- Who funds PRECIOUS PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds SAINT FRANCIS HOUSE 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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Mr Owl Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mr Owl Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Saint Francis House Inc: 18% of income from government
- New England Aquarium Corporation: 12% of income from government
- Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
- Crossroads for Kids Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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