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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.

$971k
Granted FY2026still arriving
69
Grants FY2026still arriving
9
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$2.1MArts & Culture$1.7MEducation$887kRecreation & Sports$788kHuman Services$237kPhilanthropy$101kHealth$101kHousing & Shelter$81kOther$0
02FY2026 · 69 grants

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
$5,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
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
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 (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.

area typical 10%UNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS: $32k → 16%VISTA DEL MAR: $18k → 14%UNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS: $25k → 16%VISTA DEL MAR: $10k → 14%UNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS: $20k → 16%VISTA DEL MAR: $5k → 14%UNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS: $20k → 16%VISTA DEL MAR: $5k → 14%UNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS: $20k → 16%VISTA DEL MAR: $3k → 14%UNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS: $14k → 16%VISTA DEL MAR: $1k → 14%UNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS: $14k → 16%VISTA DEL MAR: $1k → 14%UNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS: $10k → 16%UNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS: $3k → 16%united south end settlements: $1k → 16%PEOPLE CONCERN: $3k → 14%HILL HOUSE: $5k → 16%HILL HOUSE: $5k → 16%HILL HOUSE: $5k → 16%HILL HOUSE: $3k → 16%HILL HOUSE: $3k → 16%HILL HOUSE: $1k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER BOSTON: $6k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER BOSTON: $6k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER BOSTON: $5k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER BOSTON: $5k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER BOSTON: $5k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER BOSTON: $4k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER BOSTON: $200 → 16%YMCA OF GREATER BOSTON: $200 → 16%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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NH
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
CO
FL
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.6M · 88 repeat orgs$371k to everyone else

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

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

88
35

Total granted

$6.6M
$273k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+37%

Still filing today

68%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $98k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
Arts & CultureEnvironmentEducationHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsHealthOther
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

  • THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND
    10× · 2017–2026 · $1.9M · revenue +109%
  • BOSTON LYRIC OPERA COMPANY
    5× · 2017–2021 · $553k · revenue +94%
  • TS
    The Society of the Four Arts Inc
    6× · 2021–2026 · $500k · revenue +381%

Funded once

  • HS
    HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PALM BEACH
    one grant, 2023 · $110k
  • YO
    YMCA OF THE PALM BEACHES
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • DS
    DAWSON SCHOOL
    one 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.

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
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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2
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Inc

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…

Arts & Culture
3
Buckingham Browne & Nichols School

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…

Education
4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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.

Education
5
Trustees of Boston College

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…

Education
6
President and Trustees of Bates College

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…

Education
7
Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston

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…

Education
8
Boston Society of Architects

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…

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9
Marine Biological Laboratory

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…

Science & Tech
10
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

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).

Arts & Culture
11
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
12
Trustees of Dartmouth College

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.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New England Aquarium Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Historic Boston Incorporated. 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

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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
22
Early backer (in before they grew)
92/93
Grantees still filing
73/93
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $1,875,967 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND+11 more: $196,250 · Environment+11 moreBOSTON LYRIC OPERA COMPANY: $552,500 · Arts & CultureBOSTON LYRIC OPERA COMPANYThe Society of the Four Arts Inc: $500,000 · Arts & CultureThe Society of the Four Ar…ESPLANADE ASSOCIATION INC: $495,480 · Arts & CultureESPLANADE ASSOCIATION INC+17 more: $138,750 · Arts & Culture+17 moreCROQUET FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $375,000 · OtherCROQUET FOUNDATION OF AMERIC…METROPOLITAN OPERA: $165,000 · OtherMETROPOLITAN OPERAFUND FOR THE NEW SCHOOL BOULDER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $160,000 · OtherFUND FOR THE NEW SCHOOL BOUL…HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PALM BEACH: $110,000 · OtherHISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PALM B…SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF NH FORESTS: $97,500 · OtherSOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION O…WEST PALM BEACH LIBRARY FOUNDATION 2561: $85,000 · Other+77 more: $812,311 · Other+77 morePROPRIETORS OF THE BOSTON ATHENAEUM: $319,535 · EducationPROPRIETORS OF TH…MILTON ACADEMY: $264,249 · EducationMILTON ACADEMYTHE EPIPHANY SCHOOL INC: $158,100 · EducationTHE EPIPHANY SCHO…PARK SCHOOL CORPORATION: $145,000 · EducationPARK SCHOOL CORPO…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $55,000 · EducationTRINITY COLLEGE: $50,000 · EducationTHE BEAVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $40,000 · Education+7 more: $42,050 · EducationUNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS: $158,500 · Human ServicesVISTA DEL MAR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $43,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON INC: $31,400 · Human ServicesHILL HOUSE INC: $21,500 · Human Services+1 more: $2,500 · Human ServicesIslesboro Community Center: $74,250 · Recreation & SportsBig Tree Boating Association: $24,000 · Recreation & SportsEMERALD NECKLACE CONSERVANCY INC: $18,000 · Recreation & SportsBoston Explorers Inc: $11,600 · Recreation & SportsBoston Foundation Inc: $78,750 · PhilanthropyIslesboro Islands Trust: $26,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION BOULDER COUNTY: $14,000 · PhilanthropyCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Philanthropy
Environment$2,072,217Arts & Culture$1,686,730Other$1,804,811Education$1,073,934Human Services$256,900Recreation & Sports$127,850Philanthropy$123,750

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $1,875,967 over 10y, 0.2% of budgetBOSTON LYRIC OPERA COMPANY: $552,500 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetThe Society of the Four Arts Inc: $500,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetESPLANADE ASSOCIATION INC: $495,480 over 9y, 4.6% of budgetCROQUET FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $375,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetPROPRIETORS OF THE BOSTON ATHENAEUM: $319,535 over 10y, 1.8% of budgetMILTON ACADEMY: $264,249 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFUND FOR THE NEW SCHOOL BOULDER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $160,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetUNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS: $158,500 over 10y, 0.5% of budgetTHE EPIPHANY SCHOOL INC: $158,100 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetPARK SCHOOL CORPORATION: $145,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetBoston Foundation Inc: $78,750 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetIslesboro Community Center: $74,250 over 10y, 2.4% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $55,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budget'SCONSET TRUST INC: $52,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTRINITY COLLEGE: $50,000 over 10y, 0.0% of budgetLittleton Hospital Association: $45,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVISTA DEL MAR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $43,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BEAVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON INC: $31,400 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAMMONOOSUC CONSERVATION TRUST: $29,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN INC: $28,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPALM BEACH OPERA INC: $27,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetVILLAGE SCHOOL INC: $27,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetIslesboro Islands Trust: $26,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetCHILD AND FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAM: $26,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBig Tree Boating Association: $24,000 over 8y, 6.0% of budgetNATUREBRIDGE: $23,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHILL HOUSE INC: $21,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEMERALD NECKLACE CONSERVANCY INC: $18,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $15,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRound the Bend Farm Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetYEAR UP INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION BOULDER COUNTY: $14,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF SCIENCE: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE CO INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Explorers Inc: $11,600 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetLifeFlight Foundation: $11,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBOULDER SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Beacon Project: $9,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetNEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM CORPORATION: $8,500 over 10y, 0.0% of budgetNANTUCKET MARIA MITCHELL ASSOCIATION IN: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCAMDEN CONFERENCE: $7,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetANN NORTON SCULPTURE GARDENS INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.3% 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.

  • 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.

Windhover FoundationNH26.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 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.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 150%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • 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
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
15get no government money at all
20report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.

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 142 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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