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Mwc Foundation Inc #0726315

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$7.1M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
93
Grants FY2024
89
Organizations funded FY2023
17%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$50,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,100,000
Organizations funded a year
68 to 89
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
17
Total assets, FY2024
$24M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 17% of the organizations Mwc Foundation Inc #0726315 funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $512k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
EnvironmentArts & CultureHealthScience & TechHuman ServicesEducationOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving91$5.9M7%
FY202389$5.3M17%
FY202284$4.9M13%
FY202182$5.1M22%
FY202068$4.8Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Environment$8.5MPhilanthropy$6.0MAnimals$3.0MCivil Rights$2.6MHealth$2.0MCrime & Legal$1.6MHousing & Shelter$1.6MHuman Services$1.3MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
NY
MA
WY
OH
PA
CA
CO
VA
AZ
NM
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 105 grantees
All grantees of Mwc Foundation Inc #0726315 by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Earthjustice$1,175,00050%
Defenders of Wildlife$800,00051%
The Wilderness Society$750,00050%
Pine Street Inn Inc$675,00050%
National Wildlife Federation$650,00050%
New England Aquarium Corporation$595,00051%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$525,00050%
American Rivers Inc$522,75051%
Democracy Now Productions Inc$500,00051%
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc$500,00030%
ACLU Foundation of Massachusetts Inc$500,00052%
Hebrew Senior Life Inc$500,00051%
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Boston Inc$500,00050%
Boston Medical Center Corporation$500,00050%
Northeast Wilderness Trust Corporation$475,00052%
Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc$475,00050%
Greater Boston Legal Services Inc$475,00050%
Harlem Lacrosse and Leadership Corporation$475,00052%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$475,00050%
Women's Bar Foundation of Massachusetts$435,000523%
Rogerson Communities Inc$425,00051%
826 Boston Inc$405,00054%
Ocean Conservancy$400,00050%
Glbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders Inc$400,00042%
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc$400,00050%
Sierra Club Foundation$385,00050%
National Center for Lgbtq Rights Fka National Center for Lesbian Rights$375,00052%
New England Center for Arts & Technology Inc$365,00046%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$360,00050%
Greater Yellowstone Coalition$332,00051%
Beth Israel Lahey Health Inc$325,00020%
Conservation Law Foundation Inc$300,00050%
Saint Francis House Inc$300,00051%
Rainforest Alliance Inc$300,00040%
Turtle Island Restoration Network$290,00053%
Agassiz Village Founded by Mr & Mrs Harry E Burroughs$285,00055%
WGBH Educational Foundation$280,00050%
United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc$250,00050%
Marine Biological Laboratory$240,00050%
Familyaid Boston Inc$205,00040%
Perkins School for the Blind$200,00040%
Rosie's Place Inc$200,00040%
Massachusetts Appleseed Center for Law and Justice$195,000518%
Haymarket People's Fund Inc$180,00043%
Lawyers for Civil Rights Inc$170,00052%
Partakers Inc$165,000415%
Wyoming Outdoor Council$160,00051%
Clark Fork Coalition$160,00052%
Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center Inc$155,00050%
Women's Lunch Place Inc$150,20741%
Center for Biological Diversity Inc$150,00020%
Young Women's Christian Association of Boston Inc$150,00031%
National Parks Conservation Association$149,50030%
Businesses United in Investing Lending & Development$145,00040%
Idaho Conservation League Inc$145,00041%
Wondermore Inc$135,000519%
Tech Goes Home Incorporated$135,00031%
National Marine Life Center Inc$130,00038%
Blackfoot Challenge Inc$127,10042%
Inwater Research Group Inc$126,00034%
Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation$125,00043%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$125,00010%
The Grand Canyon Trust Inc$125,00040%
Damascus Citizens for Sustainability Inc$125,000532%
Cradles to Crayons Inc$120,00030%
University of Idaho Foundation Inc$115,00040%
Western Landowners Alliance$110,00042%
Northeast Animal Shelter Inc$105,00030%
Project Citizenship Inc$105,00042%
The Glacier-Two Medicine Alliance$102,500414%
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$100,00040%
Third Sector New England Inc$100,00030%
Social Innovation Forum Inc$100,00023%
Farm Sanctuary Inc$85,00050%
Yellowstone to Yukon$85,00041%
High Country News$80,00031%
Catskill Mountainkeeper Inc$75,00032%
Refugee & Immigrant Assistance Center$75,00034%
Playworks Education Energized$75,00020%
Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition Inc$75,000215%
The Center for Independent Documentary Inc$73,68420%
Nuday$70,00020%
International Institute of New England Inc$60,00020%
International Wilderness Leadership Foundation Inc$55,00021%
Legacy Philanthropy Works$55,00021%
Sitka Conservation Society$55,00021%
Conservation Nw$55,00021%
Northern Plains Resource Council$50,00021%
Pro Publica Inc$50,00010%
Rare$50,00010%
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras Inc$50,00020%
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc$38,00020%
The Common Ground Project$37,000313%
Road to Responsibility Inc$35,00010%
Sylvia Earle AllianceMission Blue$25,00011%
Boston Public Housing Corporation$25,00015%
Cotting School Inc$25,00010%
Mountain Time Arts$20,00013%
Climate Conservation Dba Center for Large Landscape Conservation$17,60011%
Climate Smart Missoula Inc$15,00015%
The Common Ground Project$15,000112%
Pretty Shield Foundation Inc$14,20829%
Good Sports Inc$5,00010%
Cristo Rey Boston High School Inc$5,0001n/a
Fractured Atlas Inc$2,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Mwc Foundation Inc #0726315 supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 104 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEarthjustice: $1,175,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $800,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetThe Wilderness Society: $750,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetPine Street Inn Inc: $675,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNational Wildlife Federation: $650,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNew England Aquarium Corporation: $595,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $525,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Rivers Inc: $522,750 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetDemocracy Now Productions Inc: $500,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc: $500,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetACLU Foundation of Massachusetts Inc: $500,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetHebrew Senior Life Inc: $500,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Boston Inc: $500,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBoston Medical Center Corporation: $500,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNortheast Wilderness Trust Corporation: $475,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetLambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc: $475,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetGreater Boston Legal Services Inc: $475,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetHarlem Lacrosse and Leadership Corporation: $475,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $475,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWomen's Bar Foundation of Massachusetts: $435,000 over 5y, 23% of budgetRogerson Communities Inc: $425,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budget826 Boston Inc: $405,000 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetOcean Conservancy: $400,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetGlbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders Inc: $400,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetGreater Boston Food Bank Inc: $400,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSierra Club Foundation: $385,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNational Center for Lgbtq Rights Fka National Center for Lesbian Rights: $375,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetNew England Center for Arts & Technology Inc: $365,000 over 4y, 5.5% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $360,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Yellowstone Coalition: $332,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetBeth Israel Lahey Health Inc: $325,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetConservation Law Foundation Inc: $300,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSaint Francis House Inc: $300,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetRainforest Alliance Inc: $300,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTurtle Island Restoration Network: $290,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetAgassiz Village Founded by Mr & Mrs Harry E Burroughs: $285,000 over 5y, 5.4% of budgetWGBH Educational Foundation: $280,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc: $250,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMarine Biological Laboratory: $240,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFamilyaid Boston Inc: $205,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetPerkins School for the Blind: $200,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRosie's Place Inc: $200,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMassachusetts Appleseed Center for Law and Justice: $195,000 over 5y, 18% of budgetHaymarket People's Fund Inc: $180,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetLawyers for Civil Rights Inc: $170,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetPartakers Inc: $165,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetWyoming Outdoor Council: $160,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetClark Fork Coalition: $160,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 104.

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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.

Eastern Bank FoundationMA36.6× affinity19 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eastern Bank Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Boston Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · The Fish Family Foundation · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · The Liz Claiborne & Art Ortenberg Foundation · The High Stakes Foundation · Rockland Trust - East Boston Savings Bank Foundation Inc

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.

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About Mwc Foundation Inc #0726315

How much does Mwc Foundation Inc #0726315 give?
Mwc Foundation Inc #0726315 reported 93 grants totaling $7,092,857 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 68 and 89 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Mwc Foundation Inc #0726315 fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (27%), Philanthropy (19%), Animals (9%).
Who are Mwc Foundation Inc #0726315's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Earthjustice ($1.2M), Defenders of Wildlife ($800k), The Wilderness Society ($750k).
Does Mwc Foundation Inc #0726315 fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Mwc Foundation Inc #0726315 accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Mwc Foundation Inc #0726315?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eastern Bank Foundation, Patagoniaorg, Boston Foundation Inc.
Where is Mwc Foundation Inc #0726315 based?
Mwc Foundation Inc #0726315 is based in MA.

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 120 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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