· Private foundation
Munschauer Family 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, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UB LAW FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| DEXTER SOUTHFIELD ANNUAL FUND | $2,500 |
| MIT ANNUAL FUND | $1,000 |
| THE BEACON HILL NURSERY SCHOOL | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| MCGILL UNIVERSITY | $1,000 |
| DUKE UNIVERSITY | $1,000 |
| NICHOLS SCHOOL | $1,000 |
| BOSTON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE | $500 |
| WGBH BOSTON | $250 |
| THE SALVATION ARMY BUFFALO | $250 |
| THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK | $250 |
| BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION | $250 |
| Individual grant recipient | $250 |
| ROOM TO GROW | $250 |
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 (FY19–25, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 15%. 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 +77% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
DUKE UNIVERSITY8× · 2018–2025 · $12k · revenue +41%- NSNICHOLS SCHOOL OF BUFFALO6× · 2020–2025 · $9k · revenue +34%
- BHBEACON HILL NURSERY SCHOOL INC6× · 2018–2025 · $6k · revenue +63%
Funded once
- FOFRIENDS OF MCGILL UNIVERSITY INCgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue +205%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $2k
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INCgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue +64%
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 bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.
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 boston society of architects (bsa/aia) exists to improve the quality of life for boston-area residents by championing innovation in the built environment. as a membership association, we achieve this mission in partnership with the bsa…
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,…
Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.
The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.
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.
The new england aquarium is a catalyst for global change through public engagement and education, commitment to marine animal conservation, innovative scientific research, and effective advocacy for a vital and vibrant ocean.
The museum of the american revolution uncovers and shares compelling stories about the diverse people and complex events that sparked america's ongoing experiment in liberty, equality and self-government.
The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…
Commonwealth care alliance, inc.'s mission is to improve the health and well-being of people with significant needs by innovating, coordinating and providing the highest quality, individualized care.
How this is measured
20 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. 20 of the 34 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 COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC ↗
- Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds NICHOLS SCHOOL OF BUFFALO ↗
- Who funds BEACON HILL NURSERY SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds UDT - SEAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE CHILDRENS MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds WGBH Educational Foundation ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF MCGILL UNIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds ROOM TO GROW NATIONAL INC ↗
- Who funds The Children's Guild Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds NIAGARA AEROSPACE MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC ↗
- Who funds MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds PROPRIETORS OF THE BOSTON ATHENAEUM ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds BEACON HILL CIVIC ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN 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: Fidelity Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Verizon Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Munschauer Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Munschauer Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
- Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
- The Childrens Museum: 1% of income from government
- Wgbh Educational Foundation: 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
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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