· Private foundation
Palace Head Foundation Inc
Its FY2026 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, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k45 grants · $139k
- $10k–50k20 grants · $380k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $452k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CROQUET FOUNDATION OF AMERICA | $200,000 |
| SOCIETY OF THE FOUR ARTS | $125,000 |
| MILTON ACADEMY | $75,000 |
| ESPLANADE ASSOCIATION | $52,000 |
| HOOVER INSTITUTION | $45,000 |
| SCONSET TRUST | $40,000 |
| EPIPHANY SCHOOL | $35,000 |
| WEST PALM BEACH LIBRARY FOUNDATION 2561 | $25,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $25,000 |
| UNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS | $25,000 |
| METROPOLITAN OPERA | $20,000 |
| BOULDER COUNT ARTS ALLIANCE | $20,000 |
| BOULDER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL | $20,000 |
| TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND | $15,081 |
| SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF NH FORESTS | $15,000 |
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 (FY17–26, $257k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
88 repeat relationships: 53 still active in FY2026, 35 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (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 FY2026, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $98k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND10× · 2017–2026 · $1.9M · revenue +109%
BOSTON LYRIC OPERA COMPANY5× · 2017–2021 · $553k · revenue +94%- TSThe Society of the Four Arts Inc6× · 2021–2026 · $500k · revenue +381%
Funded once
- HSHISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PALM BEACHone grant, 2023 · $110k
- YOYMCA OF THE PALM BEACHESone grant, 2023 · $25k
- DSDAWSON SCHOOLone grant, 2025 · $20k
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.
Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…
Bb&n, an all gender day school in cambridge, massachusetts, was established in 1974 by the merger of two independent schools, the buckingham school and the browne & nichols school, founded respectively in 1889 and 1883. located on multiple…
The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
Mission strengthened by more than a century and a half of dedication to academic excellence, boston college commits itself to the highest standards of teaching and research in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs and to the…
Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…
The Boston Public Library provides educational and cultural enrichment free to all by engaging the public through programming and active spaces, restoring and preserving our history, providing access to borrow from our vast collection of…
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…
The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is a world-renowned center for biological discovery and training that is notably affiliated with more than 60 Nobel Prize winners. Research is conducted by full-time faculty as well as hundreds of the…
The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).
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.
Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.
How this is measured
93 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 93 of the 142 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 THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND ↗
- Who funds BOSTON LYRIC OPERA COMPANY ↗
- Who funds The Society of the Four Arts Inc ↗
- Who funds ESPLANADE ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds CROQUET FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds PROPRIETORS OF THE BOSTON ATHENAEUM ↗
- Who funds MILTON ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds FUND FOR THE NEW SCHOOL BOULDER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds UNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS ↗
- Who funds THE EPIPHANY SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds PARK SCHOOL CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds Boston Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds Islesboro Community Center ↗
- Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds 'SCONSET TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds TRINITY COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds Littleton Hospital Association ↗
- Who funds VISTA DEL MAR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES ↗
- Who funds THE BEAVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON INC ↗
- Who funds AMMONOOSUC CONSERVATION TRUST ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN INC ↗
- Who funds PALM BEACH OPERA INC ↗
- Who funds VILLAGE SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds Islesboro Islands Trust ↗
- Who funds CHILD AND FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAM ↗
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: Windhover Foundation · The Albright Foundation · Clarence & Anne Dillon Dunwalke Trust · Boston Foundation Inc · The Jockey Hollow Foundation Inc · Richard K Lubin Family Foundation · Pendleton Mazer Family Fund · Eastern Bank Foundation · Lois Chiles Foundation · Maine Community Foundation Inc · James M Collins Foundation · The Weezie Foundation Xxxxx0005
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Palace Head Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Palace Head Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- More Than Words Inc: 24% of income from government
- Massachusetts Historical Society: 22% of income from government
- Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
- New England Aquarium Corporation: 12% of income from government
- The Lord's Place Inc: 12% of income from government
- Round the Bend Farm Inc: 11% of income from government
- Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
- Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association in: 9% of income from government
- President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
- Emmanuel Music Inc: 5% of income from government
- Steps to Success Inc: 5% of income from government
- Huntington Theatre Co Inc: 4% of income from government
- Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc: 4% of income from government
- Boston Lyric Opera Company: 3% of income from government
- The Trustees of Reservations: 2% of income from government
- The Institute of Contemporary Art Inc: 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
- Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
- Emerald Necklace Conservancy Inc: 0% of income from government
- Museum of Science: 0% of income from government
- American Repertory Theatre Co Inc: 0% of income from government
- Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
- Trinity College: 0% of income from government
- The Epiphany School Inc: 0% of income from government
- Milton Academy: 0% of income from government
- Boston Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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