· Private foundation
Pamela Whitcomb Larsen Foundation
Its FY2025 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 · FY2025
- Under $10k4 grants · $20k
- $10k–50k11 grants · $200k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| COALITION FOR CHRISTIAN OUTREACH | $30,000 |
| PKD FOUNDATION | $30,000 |
| CRADLES TO CRAYONS | $30,000 |
| GLOBAL LINKS | $25,000 |
| SHRINERS INTERNATIONAL | $20,000 |
| SAVE THE CHILDREN | $15,000 |
| MILLIS ECUMENICAL FOOD PANTRY | $10,000 |
| MEDFIELD FOOD CUPBOARD | $10,000 |
| CONVOY OF HOPE | $10,000 |
| GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK | $10,000 |
| TIDELINES | $10,000 |
| ARISE RWANDA MINISTRIES INC | $5,000 |
| HERRING GUT COASTAL SCIENCE CENTER | $5,000 |
| HOLLISTON FOOD PANTRY | $5,000 |
| DOORWAYS FOOD PANTRY | $5,000 |
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 (FY17–25, $335k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 73% 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.
16 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down.
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 FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PFPKD Foundation9× · 2017–2025 · $250k · revenue +90%
- CTCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC9× · 2017–2025 · $245k · revenue +202%
Save The Children Federation Inc9× · 2017–2025 · $170k · revenue +21%
Funded once
- HIHand in Hand Mano en Manograduatedone grant, 2017 · $8k · revenue +152%
- GRGEORGES RIVER EDUCATION FOUNDATIONone grant, 2021 · $5k
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.
Pci is a global development organization that drives innovation from the ground up to enhance health end hunger, overcome hardship and advance women & girls-resulting in meaningful and measurable change in people's lives.
Gardens for Health International works to provide lasting agricultural solutions to chronic childhood malnutrition
Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…
World hunger relief institute equips people to alleviate hunger through education, research, and sustainable agriculture.
Global Forest Generation restores and protects forest ecosystems in partnership with grassroots leaders and local communities across vast landscapes which play a critical role in preserving water, protecting biodiversity, storing carbon,…
Cei integrates financing, small business and industry expertise, and policy solutions to grow a vibrant future for people and communities in maine and rural regions.
Food link is working to create a more equitable food system throughout greater boston by rescuing and distributing high-quality, customized food to under-resourced communities and by advocating for systems change.
California Coastkeeper Alliance unites Waterkeeper programs statewide to fight for swimmable, fishable, and drinkable waters for all Californians.
Devworks international is dedicated to a society where all people enjoy the freedom to pursue their own sustainable development. we contribute to this by strengthening the capacity of local organizations.
To build a permanent and powerful progressive movement in Maine. We will promote a healthy, just, equitable democracy through research, engagement, and education of Maine's citizens. We will engage in democracy expansion, voter engagement,…
Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…
End hunger together.
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 20 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 PKD Foundation ↗
- Who funds CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC ↗
- Who funds COALITION FOR CHRISTIAN OUTREACH ↗
- Who funds GLOBAL LINKS ↗
- Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
- Who funds Amilia's Light Inc ↗
- Who funds GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds MEDFIELD FOOD CUPBOARD ↗
- Who funds ARISE RWANDA MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds Community Foundation for MetroWest Inc ↗
- Who funds TIDELINES INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds CONVOY OF HOPE ↗
- Who funds HERRING GUT COASTAL SCIENCE CENTER ↗
- Who funds Hand in Hand Mano en Mano ↗
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: The Whitcomb Charitable Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Pamela Whitcomb Larsen Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pamela Whitcomb Larsen Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
- Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
- Medfield Food Cupboard: 6% of income from government
- Community Foundation for MetroWest Inc: 4% of income from government
- Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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