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Mv Vision Fellowship Fund

To empower students to develop themselves as critical thinkers, compassionate citizens, and engaged participants in local and world affairs.

$766k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$98k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$794kEnvironment$637kHealth$342kFood & Nutrition$325kArts & Culture$296kPublic Benefit$293kHuman Services$72kHousing & Shelter$46kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $311,557, the rows itemized in this filing. The $765,854 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $454,297 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $82k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $230k
$50,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$7.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMISSION$97,750
ISLAND GROWN INITIATIVE$81,752
VINEYARD POWER DEVELOPMENT FUND$50,000
HEALTHY AGING MARTHA'S VINEYARD$49,380
BIODIVERSITY WORKS$20,175
MARTHA'S VINEYARD BUILDER ASSOCIATION$12,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $175k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES: $68k → 8%HEALTHY AGING MARTHA'S VINEYARD: $49k → 8%MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES: $35k → 8%HEALTHY AGING MV: $23k → 8%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.
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.3M · 17 repeat orgs$422k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against -2% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
9

Total granted

$2.3M
$422k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
-2%

Still filing today

82%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentPhilanthropyFood & NutritionEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureOther
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

  • WC
    WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2017–2020 · $400k · revenue +11%
  • MV
    MARTHA'S VINEYARD FISHERMEN'S PRESERVATION TRUST INC
    4× · 2017–2024 · $237k · revenue +11% · 31% of their budget
  • IG
    ISLAND GROWN INITIATIVE LTD
    6× · 2017–2025 · $224k · revenue +437%

Funded once

  • MU
    MANHATTANVILLE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2017 · $200k · revenue -2%
  • MV
    MARTHA'S VINEYARD FILM SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2021 · $77k · revenue -50%
  • MV
    MARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM INC
    one grant, 2024 · $36k · revenue 0%
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
Martha's Vineyard Community Foundation Inc

The martha's vineyard community foundation, inc., successor to the permanent endowment fund for martha's vineyard, the island's community foundation, puts charitable contributions to work for the people of martha's vineyard by making…

Philanthropy
2
Martha's Vineyard Preservation Trust Inc

The organization's primary mission is to acquire, restore, and maintain the historic landmarks of martha's vineyard and to preserve the island's unique character, cultural history, and heritage for the community and it's visitors.

Arts & Culture
3
Martha's Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation Inc
Education
4
Martha's Vineyard Community Television Inc

To produce public, education, and governmental (peg) access programming for the residents and organizations of the six communities of the island of martha's vineyard. in addition, the organization allocates channel space and time to…

Arts & Culture
5
Mv Vision Fellowship Fund

To empower students to develop themselves as critical thinkers, compassionate citizens, and engaged participants in local and world affairs.

Education
6
Island Food Pantry of Martha's Vineyard Inc

The island food pantry of martha's vineyard, inc.'s mission is to improve and sustain the quality of life in dukes county, massachusetts through the operation of a food pantry to provide temporary food and personal items as needed to…

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7
Marthas Vineyard Beachgoers Access Group Inc

Mission to advocate for continued broad and affordable public beach access for residents and visitors of Marthas Vineyard alike while being mindful of the environmental conservation and preservation that makes these places special History…

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8
Martha's Vineyard Donors Collaborative Inc

Expand philanthropy on Marthas Vineyard and support its nonprofit organizations through capacity building and advocacy.

Philanthropy
9
Stonehouse Inc
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10
Vineyard Lands for Our Community Inc C/O Philip Wallis

Vineyard lands for our community inc. (the organization) is a charitable educational and community organization that is actively engaged in solving island-wide needs with sustainable and viable solutions to preserve the character and life…

Arts & Culture
11
Vineyard Energy Project Inc

The Vineyard Energy Project is dedicated to meeting the needs for greater energy knowledge on the island of Martha's Vineyard. Vineyard Energy Project is also focused on education, advocacy and developing community-based solutions to the…

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12
V G C Foundation Inc

The purpose of the foundation is to collect and distribute donations for charitable purposes on the island of martha's vineyard.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Martha's Vineyard Shellfish Group Inc; the most unlike its peers is Options in Education 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

22 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. 22 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
12/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMISSION: $317,890 · OtherMARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMISSIONPERMANENT ENDOWMENT FUND FOR MARTHA'S VINEYARD: $138,027 · OtherPERMANENT ENDOWMENT FUND FOR MARTH…MARTHA'S VINEYARD REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL: $115,961 · OtherMARTHA'S VINEYARD REGIONAL HIGH SC…VINEYARD INDEPENDENCE PARTNERSHIP INC: $50,564 · OtherVINEYARD INDEPENDENCE PARTNERSHIP …MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $48,438 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATEDISLAND HEALTH INC: $54,750 · OtherISLAND HEALTH INCISLAND HOUSING TRUST CORPORATION: $46,000 · OtherISLAND HOUSING TRUST CORPORATION+4 more: $88,151 · Other+4 moreWESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $400,000 · PhilanthropyWESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COL…Vineyard Power Development Fund Inc: $200,000 · PhilanthropyVineyard Power Developmen…SOUTH MOUNTAIN COMPANY FOUNDATION: $35,034 · PhilanthropySOUTH MOUNTAIN COMPANY FO…MARTHA'S VINEYARD FISHERMEN'S PRESERVATION TRUST INC: $236,780 · EnvironmentMARTHA'S VINEYARD FISHER…VINEYARD CONSERVATION SOCIETY INC: $197,000 · EnvironmentVINEYARD CONSERVATION SO…BIODIVERSITYWORKS INC: $129,161 · EnvironmentBIODIVERSITYWORKS INCThe Great Pond Foundation Inc: $39,925 · EnvironmentThe Great Pond Foundatio…+1 more: $7,500 · EnvironmentISLAND GROWN INITIATIVE LTD: $223,529 · Food & NutritionISLAND GR…MVBA Inc: $25,000 · Food & NutritionMVBA IncMANHATTANVILLE UNIVERSITY: $200,000 · EducationOptions In Education Inc: $13,400 · EducationMARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $103,000 · Human ServicesHEALTHY AGING MARTHA'S VINEYARD INC: $72,005 · Human ServicesMARTHA'S VINEYARD FILM SOCIETY INC: $76,750 · Arts & CultureMARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM INC: $35,821 · Arts & Culture
Other$859,781Philanthropy$635,034Environment$610,366Food & Nutrition$248,529Education$213,400Human Services$175,005Arts & Culture$112,571

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 budgetWESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $400,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD FISHERMEN'S PRESERVATION TRUST INC: $236,780 over 4y, 31% of budgetISLAND GROWN INITIATIVE LTD: $223,529 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetMANHATTANVILLE UNIVERSITY: $200,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVineyard Power Development Fund Inc: $200,000 over 3y, 8.9% of budgetVINEYARD CONSERVATION SOCIETY INC: $197,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetPERMANENT ENDOWMENT FUND FOR MARTHA'S VINEYARD: $138,027 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetBIODIVERSITYWORKS INC: $129,161 over 3y, 15% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $103,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD FILM SOCIETY INC: $76,750 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetHEALTHY AGING MARTHA'S VINEYARD INC: $72,005 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetISLAND HEALTH INC: $54,750 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetVINEYARD INDEPENDENCE PARTNERSHIP INC: $50,564 over 2y, 57% of budgetISLAND HOUSING TRUST CORPORATION: $46,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetThe Great Pond Foundation Inc: $39,925 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM INC: $35,821 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSOUTH MOUNTAIN COMPANY FOUNDATION: $35,034 over 2y, 84% of budgetMVBA Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD SHELLFISH GROUP INC: $25,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY INC: $22,952 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCENTER FOR ECOTECHNOLOGY INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

Martha's Vineyard Ban…Martha's Vineyard Com…South Mountain Compan…Slough Farm FoundationStonehouse IncThe Kohlberg Foundati…Tower Family Fund IncT Rowe Price Program …Henry & Anne Garfinkl…Alden Charitable Foun…Cardinal Brook TrustThe Peter and Elizabe…
Martha's Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation IncMA26.2× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Martha's Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation Inc · Martha's Vineyard Community Foundation Inc · South Mountain Company Foundation · Slough Farm Foundation · Stonehouse Inc · The Kohlberg Foundation Inc · Tower Family Fund Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Henry & Anne Garfinkle Foundation Inc · Alden Charitable Foundation Inc · Cardinal Brook Trust · The Peter and Elizabeth C Tower 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 Mv Vision Fellowship Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mv Vision Fellowship Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Island Health Inc: 77% of income from government
  • Center for Ecotechnology Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Martha's Vineyard Community Services Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Martha's Vineyard Film Society Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Island Housing Trust Corporation: 1% of income from government
  • Biodiversityworks Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Island Grown Initiative Ltd: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
3report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Mv Vision Fellowship Fund?

Find your warmest path to Mv Vision Fellowship Fund 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 27 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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where grant money is based, and what stays home