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Nathaniel & Elizabeth P Stevens Foundation at a glance

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Nathaniel & Elizabeth P Stevens Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
64
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$140k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$574kArts & Culture$573kYouth Development$562kHuman Services$305kFood & Nutrition$96kHealth$93kHousing & Shelter$75kPublic Benefit$63kOther$0
02FY2024 · 64 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 64 grants below total $908,200, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,222,950 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $314,750 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k31 grants · $93k
  • $10k–50k31 grants · $625k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $190k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
St. James Episcopal Church$140,000
Merrimack Valley Food Bank$50,000
Windrush Farm$45,000
Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence$40,000
Family Services of Merrimack Valley$35,000
Family Services of Merrimack Valley$35,000
Esperanza Academy$35,000
Lawrence History Center$30,000
Project Adventure$25,000
Cloud Forest School$25,000
ECCF Greater Lawrence Summer Fund$25,000
Governor's Academy$20,000
Addison Gallery of American Art$20,000
Windrush Farm$20,000
Gr. Lowell Family YMCA$20,000
02Its 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.
$2.9M · 53 repeat orgs$556k to everyone else

53 repeat relationships: 35 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

53
43

Total granted

$2.9M
$420k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+36%

Still filing today

68%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $136k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • Essex Art Center Inc
    4× · 2021–2024 · $271k · revenue +65% · 27% of their budget
  • WINDRUSH FARM THERAPEUTIC EQUITATION INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $176k · revenue +10%
  • ESPERANZA ACADEMY INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $124k · revenue +340%

Funded once

  • SQUASHBUSTERS INC
    one grant, 2022 · $63k · revenue -47%
  • GL
    GREATER LAWRENCE FAMILY HEALTH CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +36%
  • LH
    LOWELL HOUSE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $24k · revenue +145%
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.

03Its 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
Massachusetts Education & Career Opportunities Inc

Massachusetts education and career opportunities, inc. (massedco, inc.) is a statewide network of service sites that provides education and career advising to over 12,000 low-income, first generation individuals each year. massedco…

Education
2
Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance Inc

Maha breaks down barriers facing first-time and first-generation home buyers and owners through education, counseling, advocacy, and grassroots organizing.

Housing & Shelter
3
Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation

Mhic's mission is to be an innovative private financier of afforable housing and community development throughout new england, providing financing that would not otherwise be available, and extending the impact of that financing to ensure…

Housing & Shelter
4
Lawrence Extended Day Program Inc

Provide after school educational programs to students of the Lawrence School in Brookline MA

Human Services
5
Massachusetts Fair Housing Center Inc

Mfhc is committed to ending systemic housing discrimination and creating inclusive communities through education, outreach, advocacy, housing counseling and enforcement.

Housing & Shelter
6
Brookview House Inc

Brookview's mission is to help homeless and at risk families learn the skills necessary to break the cycle of homelessness and poverty.

Human Services
7
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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8
Wheaton College

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…

Education
9
Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership Inc D/B/a Metro Housing Boston

Metro housing boston mobilizes wide-ranging resources to provide innovative and personalized services that lead families and individuals to housing stability, economic security, and an improved quality of life.

Housing & Shelter
10
Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities & Public Policy Inc

We create opportunities for the people of massachusetts to transform their lives and build a more equitable commonwealth through the humanities.

Arts & Culture
11
Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.

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12
New England Museum Association

New england museum association's mission is to connect a community engaged in learning, collaboration, and action to cultivate a better museum world.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange Inc; the most unlike its peers is Immigrant City Archives. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

61 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. 61 of the 112 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
60/61
Grantees still filing
39/61
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ECCF Greater Lawrence Summer Fund: $229,500 · OtherECCF Greater Lawrence Summer FundSt. James Episcopal Church: $147,700 · OtherSt. James Episcopal ChurchBellesini Academy: $101,000 · OtherBellesini AcademyBoys & Girls Club of Lawrence: $75,000 · OtherPROJECT ADVENTURE INC: $74,700 · OtherMERRIMACK VALLEY FOOD BANK INC: $65,000 · Other+69 more: $840,930 · Other+69 moreNOTRE DAME CRISTO REY HIGH SCHOOL INC: $200,000 · EducationNOTRE DAME CRISTO RE…ESPERANZA ACADEMY INC: $123,500 · EducationESPERANZA ACADEMY IN…Immigrant City Archives: $121,000 · EducationImmigrant City Archi…GOVERNOR DUMMER ACADEMY THE GOVERNOR'S ACADEMY: $72,000 · EducationGOVERNOR DUMMER ACAD…BRADFORD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $30,000 · EducationBERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC INC: $26,500 · EducationENDICOTT COLLEGE: $22,500 · Education+2 more: $13,500 · EducationEssex Art Center Inc: $271,250 · Arts & CultureEssex Art Cent…DISCOVERY MUSEUM INC: $92,500 · Arts & CultureDISCOVERY MUSE…THE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INC: $23,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CENTER FOR…Merrimack Repertory Theatre Inc: $18,500 · Arts & CultureHAVERHILL HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $7,500 · Arts & CultureWINDRUSH FARM THERAPEUTIC EQUITATION INC: $176,000 · Human ServicesWINDRUSH FA…FAMILY SERVICES OF THE MERRIMACK VALLEY INC: $112,500 · Human ServicesFAMILY SERV…LAWRENCE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT INC: $28,000 · Human ServicesLAWRENCE FA…+6 more: $47,000 · Human Services+6 moreYOUTH DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION INC: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentUTEC Inc: $65,250 · Youth DevelopmentSQUASHBUSTERS INC: $62,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER HAVERHILL INC: $38,000 · Youth DevelopmentESSEX COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $53,000 · Housing & ShelterLAZARUS HOUSE INC: $47,700 · Housing & ShelterCOMMONWEALTH LAND TRUST INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterMerrimack Valley Housing Partnership Inc: $8,500 · Housing & ShelterLOWELL TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER INC: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterAppalachian Mountain Club: $60,000 · EnvironmentHURRICANE ISLAND OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL: $43,750 · EnvironmentESSEX COUNTY GREENBELT ASSOCIATION: $8,000 · Environment+1 more: $250 · Environment
Other$1,533,830Education$609,000Arts & Culture$427,750Human Services$363,500Youth Development$265,750Housing & Shelter$124,200Environment$112,000

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 budgetEssex Art Center Inc: $271,250 over 4y, 27% of budgetNOTRE DAME CRISTO REY HIGH SCHOOL INC: $200,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetWINDRUSH FARM THERAPEUTIC EQUITATION INC: $176,000 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetESPERANZA ACADEMY INC: $123,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetImmigrant City Archives: $121,000 over 3y, 22% of budgetFAMILY SERVICES OF THE MERRIMACK VALLEY INC: $112,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetYOUTH DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION INC: $100,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetDISCOVERY MUSEUM INC: $92,500 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetPROJECT ADVENTURE INC: $74,700 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetGOVERNOR DUMMER ACADEMY THE GOVERNOR'S ACADEMY: $72,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUTEC Inc: $65,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMERRIMACK VALLEY FOOD BANK INC: $65,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSQUASHBUSTERS INC: $62,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAppalachian Mountain Club: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetESSEX COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $53,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetGREATER LAWRENCE FAMILY HEALTH CENTER INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLAZARUS HOUSE INC: $47,700 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHURRICANE ISLAND OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL: $43,750 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER HAVERHILL INC: $38,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetPROJECT HOME AGAIN: $32,500 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetMassachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetBRADFORD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPROJECT CITIZENSHIP INC: $30,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetLAWRENCE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT INC: $28,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBREAD AND ROSES HERITAGE COMMITTEE INC: $27,000 over 4y, 72% of budgetBERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC INC: $26,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLOWELL HOUSE INC: $24,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INC: $23,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetENDICOTT COLLEGE: $22,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMerrimack Repertory Theatre Inc: $18,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetLATINO STEM ALLIANCE: $15,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetHAVERHILL HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $15,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLAFAYETTE COLLEGE: $12,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHARVEY GIRLS INC: $12,000 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetRUTHS HOUSE INC: $12,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetGREATER LOWELL FAMILY YMCA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMONWEALTH LAND TRUST INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetESSEX COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHALLENGE UNLIMITED INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetDWELLING HOUSE OF HOPE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetMERRIMACK VALLEY DREAM CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetMerrimack Valley Housing Partnership Inc: $8,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetESSEX COUNTY GREENBELT ASSOCIATION: $8,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCITY LIGHTS INC: $7,500 over 1y, 23% of budgetLOWELL TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMERRIMACK VALLEY PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 5.0% 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.

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.

Essex County Communit…Cummings Foundation G…Eastern Bank Foundati…Rogers Family Foundat…Abbot & Dorothy H Ste…We Share A Common Thr…Boston Foundation IncJosephine G Russell T…Theodore Edson Parker…Demoulas FoundationSalem Five Charitable…United Way Of Massach…
Essex County Community Foundation IncMA51.3× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Essex County Community Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Eastern Bank Foundation · Rogers Family Foundation · Abbot & Dorothy H Stevens Foundation · We Share A Common Thread Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Josephine G Russell Trust · Theodore Edson Parker Foundation · Demoulas Foundation · Salem Five Charitable Foundation Inc · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay 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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How do I get to Nathaniel & Elizabeth P Stevens Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Nathaniel & Elizabeth P Stevens 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 112 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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