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Osceola Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$210k
Granted FY2024still arriving
27
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0192% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Arts & Culture$161kEducation$154kEnvironment$136kHealth$106kScience & Tech$82kPhilanthropy$30kReligion$23kHuman Services$16kOther$0
02FY2024 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 27 grants below total $163,250 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $209,750 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $46,500 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k21 grants · $56k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $107k
$3,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$5.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Nantucket Historical Association$30,000
Nantucket Community Music Center$27,375
Nantucket Cottage Hospital$15,000
Nantucket Land & Water Council, Inc.$15,000
Brain Aneurysm Foundation$10,000
New School University$10,000
Hawaii Community Foundation$7,000
Proctor Academy$6,000
Nantucket Preservation Trust$5,000
Nantucket Sustainable Development Corp.$4,500
Upper Arlington Community Foundation$3,375
Artist Association of Nantucket$3,000
Sant Bani School$3,000
A Kid Again$3,000
Maria Mitchell Association$2,500
02Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$589k · 34 repeat orgs$125k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +35% since the first grant, against +25% for the ones you funded once.

34 repeat relationships — 23 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
34

Total granted

$589k
$115k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+25%

Still filing today

56%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEnvironmentEducationHuman ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • NM
    NANTUCKET MARIA MITCHELL ASSOCIATION IN
    3× · 2022–2024 · $81k · revenue +53%
  • TN
    The New School
    4× · 2017–2024 · $65k · revenue +24%
  • NC
    NANTUCKET COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER
    3× · 2017–2024 · $41k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • TF
    The Friends of NPS National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
    one grant, 2022 · $30k
  • ME
    MANCHESTER ESSEX CONSERVATION TRUSTgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $13k · revenue +119%
  • CM
    COLUMBIA MUSEUM OF ART
    one grant, 2017 · $8k · revenue +19%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
2
Harvard Conservation Trust

To preserve the unique character and natural resources of harvard.

Environment
3
Mount Desert Land and Garden Preserve

The mission of the mount desert land & garden preserve is to conserve and share the beauty of our historic lands and gardens.

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4
'Sconset Trust Inc

To preserve the character of the village of 'sconset by conserving open land, preserving historically and/or architecturally significant structures and fostering a healthy commercial center in keeping with 'sconset's character.

Environment
5
Aquidneck Island Land Trust

To preserve and steward aquidneck island's open spaces for the lasting benefit of the community while connecting people with the land that defines the island's natural character.

Environment
6
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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7
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History

To inspire appreciation, understanding and stewardship of our natural environment through discovery and learning.

Arts & Culture
8
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.

—
9
Bartlett Arboretum Association Inc

To cultivate and develop an expansive collection of trees, gardens, and plants for all to explore, enjoy and study; and to provide through education and stewardship, a greener, healthier, more beautiful environment.

Environment
10
Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound Inc

The alliance to protect nantucket sound is a 501(c)(3) non-profit environmental organization dedicated to the permanent preservation of nantucket sound, the historic body of water that lies between cape cod, martha's vineyard, and…

Environment
11
Preserve Rhode Island

Preserve ri's vision is a future where historic preservation creates positive change, making our diverse cultures, the environment, and the economy better for the people who live, visit and work in rhode island. preserve ri's mission is to…

Arts & Culture
12
Natural History Institute

Natural History Institute is organized to provide leadership and resources for a revitalized practice of natural history that integrates art, science, and humanities to promote the health and well-being of humans and the rest of the…

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cape Ann Museum Inc and the most unlike its peers is The Albert F Egan Jr & Dorothy H Egan F. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyClassical Music OrchestrasChildhood Cancer SupportCharter and Independent Sch…Urban Agriculture EducationCommunity FoundationsCommunity Theater CompaniesDomestic Violence and Sexua…Local History MuseumsCommunity Arts CentersFood Pantries and AssistancePrivate Grantmaking Foundat…Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Environmental Advocacy and …
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 45 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%2%<5yr14%2%5–10yr20%9%10–20yr19%21%20–35yr14%28%35–55yr14%37%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%1%<5yr14%0%5–10yr20%2%10–20yr19%18%20–35yr14%36%35–55yr14%43%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/46
the rest of the field
11%
4,714/42,312

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

03the grantee network

45 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 45 of the 72 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
44/45
Grantees still filing
37/45
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Nantucket Cottage Hospital — $87,775 · OtherNantucket Cottage HospitalNANTUCKET MARIA MITCHELL ASSOCIATION IN — $80,500 · OtherNANTUCKET MARIA MITCHELL ASSOCIATION INUniversity of Florida — $33,500 · OtherUniversity of FloridaThe Friends of NPS National Center for Preservation Technology and Training — $30,000 · OtherThe Friends of NPS National Center for Preservation Techno…Artist Association of Nantucket — $17,725 · OtherRitz Theatre — $14,000 · OtherFirst Congregational Church — $13,000 · Other+30 more — $102,042 · Other+30 moreNANTUCKET COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER — $40,875 · Arts & CultureNANTUCKET COMMUN…NANTUCKET HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION — $36,500 · Arts & CultureNANTUCKET HISTOR…NANTUCKET PRESERVATION TRUST INC — $12,000 · Arts & CultureNANTUCKET PRESER…COLUMBIA MUSEUM OF ART — $8,000 · Arts & CultureCOLUMBIA MUSEUM …THOMAS COLE HISTORIC HOUSE — $4,000 · Arts & Culture+6 more — $6,000 · Arts & Culture+6 moreNANTUCKET CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC — $32,833 · EnvironmentNANTUCKET CONSER…NANTUCKET LAND & WATER COUNCIL INC — $20,000 · EnvironmentNANTUCKET LAND &…VERMONT LAND TRUST INC — $19,500 · EnvironmentVERMONT LAND TRU…MANCHESTER ESSEX CONSERVATION TRUST — $13,000 · EnvironmentMANCHESTER ESSEX…ESSEX COUNTY GREENBELT ASSOCIATION — $6,000 · EnvironmentESSEX COUNTY GRE…THE GARDEN CLUB OF AMERICA — $5,000 · EnvironmentNATIVE PLANT TRUST INC — $4,000 · Environment+2 more — $5,000 · EnvironmentThe New School — $65,000 · EducationThe New SchoolPROCTOR ACADEMY — $12,000 · EducationPROCTOR ACADEM…RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN — $10,000 · EducationRHODE ISLAND S…The University of Findlay — $5,000 · Education+4 more — $4,000 · EducationHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $14,000 · PhilanthropyCommunity Foundation for Nantucket Inc — $7,000 · PhilanthropyTHE BRAIN ANEURYSM FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 · HealthTHE ALBERT F EGAN JR & DOROTHY H EGAN F — $8,000 · HealthA KID AGAIN INC — $8,000 · Human ServicesHORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN — $3,500 · Human ServicesWOODSTOCK COMMUNITY FOOD SHELF — $1,000 · Human Services
Other$378,542Arts & Culture$107,375Environment$105,333Education$96,000Philanthropy$21,000Health$18,000Human Services$12,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetNANTUCKET MARIA MITCHELL ASSOCIATION IN — $80,500 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetThe New School — $65,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNANTUCKET COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER — $40,875 over 3y, 6.2% of budgetNANTUCKET HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION — $36,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNANTUCKET CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC — $32,833 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetNANTUCKET LAND & WATER COUNCIL INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetVERMONT LAND TRUST INC — $19,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $14,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMANCHESTER ESSEX CONSERVATION TRUST — $13,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetPROCTOR ACADEMY — $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNANTUCKET PRESERVATION TRUST INC — $12,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetTHE BRAIN ANEURYSM FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSANT BANI SCHOOL — $9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetA KID AGAIN INC — $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBIA MUSEUM OF ART — $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNANTUCKET SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $8,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetTHE ALBERT F EGAN JR & DOROTHY H EGAN F — $8,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCommunity Foundation for Nantucket Inc — $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGREEN MOUNTAIN COLLEGE — $6,667 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetESSEX COUNTY GREENBELT ASSOCIATION — $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetACKNOW COMMUNITY INITIATIVES INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetThe University of Findlay — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GARDEN CLUB OF AMERICA — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUPPER ARLINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $4,375 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNATIVE PLANT TRUST INC — $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS COLE HISTORIC HOUSE — $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN — $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS — $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAPE ANN MUSEUM INC — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVERMONT INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCE INC — $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetXERCES SOCIETY INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANFORD SCHOOL — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEMMA WILLARD SCHOOL — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH CAROLINA STATE MUSEUM FOUNDATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOODSTOCK COMMUNITY FOOD SHELF — $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAS 220 — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOMEGROWN NATIONAL PARK INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCornell University — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GLOUCESTER ADVENTUREINC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGLOUCESTER MARINE GENOMICS INSTITUTE INCORPORATED — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHEATRE WORKSHOP OF NANTUCKET INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTIFFIN HISTORIC TRUST INC — $500 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetA SAFE PLACE INC — $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Community Foundation …Boston Foundation IncCarverdelaney Familie…Charina Foundation In…Ernst & Elfriede Fran…The George & Marie Ch…Gilbert Verney Founda…Nantucket Golf Club F…The Hale Family Found…Clara Foundation IncPeravid Foundation Ag…Karp Family Foundatio…
Community Foundation for Nantucket IncMA24.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Nantucket Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Carverdelaney Families Foundation Inc · Charina Foundation Inc Richard Menschel · Ernst & Elfriede Frank Foundation Inc · The George & Marie Chabot Charitable Foundation · Gilbert Verney Foundation · Nantucket Golf Club Foundation Inc · The Hale Family Foundation · Clara Foundation Inc · Peravid Foundation Agency · Karp Family Foundation Stephen R and Jill E Karp Trustees

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

04Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Osceola Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Osceola Foundation Inc 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 72 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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