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Permanent Endowment Fund for Martha's Vineyard

The PERMANENT ENDOWMENT FUND FOR MARTHA'S VINEYARD, the island's community foundation, puts charitable contributions to work for the people of martha's vineyard by makig grants that address community needs, funding scholarships for island students and building an endowment to provide the resources to enhance and preserve the quality of…

$1.8M
Granted FY2019
16
Grants FY2019
1
States reached
$1.2M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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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 2019.

Philanthropy$1.2MHealth$136kArts & Culture$133kFood & Nutrition$48kEducation$30kEnvironment$22kHuman Services$18kAnimals$16kOther$0
02FY2019 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 16 grants below total $1,500,594, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,848,844 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $348,250 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 · FY2019

  • Under $10k9 grants · $63k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $92k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $103k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.2M
$9,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MARTHA'S VINEYARD BANK CHARITABLE F$1,242,879
OTHER GRANTS 5000 OR LESS$103,064
MARTHA'S VINEYARD HOSPITAL$30,000
ISLAND FOOD PANTRY$25,000
GREAT POND FOUNDATION$16,662
ISLAND AUTISM GROUP$10,000
THE YARD INC$10,000
MARTHAS VINEYARD SHELLFISH GROUP$9,000
RED STOCKING FUND$8,059
ACE MV$8,000
ISLAND GROWN INITIATIVE$7,000
MARTHA'S VINEYARD CENTER FOR LIVING$6,840
DUKES COUNTY HEALTH COUNCIL$6,650
AQUINNAH CULTURAL CENTER$6,200
FEATHERSTONE CENTER FOR THE ARTS$6,000
02The need
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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 (FY17–19, $32k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 6%HOSPICE OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD: $8k → 8%MARTHA'S VINEYARD CENTER FOR LIVING: $7k → 8%MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES: $6k → 8%HOSPICE OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD: $6k → 8%MARTHA'S VINEYARD CENTER FOR LIVING: $6k → 8%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.
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.

13%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$223k · 9 repeat orgs$1.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +134% since the first grant, against +99% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2019, 2 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
8

Total granted

$223k
$108k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+134%
+99%

Still filing today

67%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 5% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.4M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19
Arts & CultureEnvironmentHuman ServicesHealthAnimalsFood & NutritionOther
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

  • FEATHERSTONE CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC
    2× · 2017–2019 · $34k · revenue +15%
  • SM
    SAIL MARTHA'S VINEYARD INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $18k · revenue +89%
  • MC
    MV CENTER FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING (MV
    2× · 2018–2019 · $16k · revenue +134%

Funded once

  • TO
    TOWN OF AQUINNAH
    one grant, 2017 · $58k
  • MV
    MARTHA'S VINEYARD PUBLIC SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $14k
  • MV
    MARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $8k · revenue +27%
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
Martha's Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation Inc
Education
2
Martha's Vineyard Preservation Trust Inc

The organization's primary mission is to acquire, restore, and maintain the historic landmarks of martha's vineyard and to preserve the island's unique character, cultural history, and heritage for the community and it's visitors.

Arts & Culture
3
Island Housing Trust Corporation

To own and lease land for the purpose of developing, building and maintaining affordable housing on martha's vineyard, massachusetts.

Housing & Shelter
4
Marthas Vineyard Beachgoers Access Group Inc

Mission to advocate for continued broad and affordable public beach access for residents and visitors of Marthas Vineyard alike while being mindful of the environmental conservation and preservation that makes these places special History…

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5
Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Society Inc

The martha's vineyard agricultural society supports a resilient and sustainable agricultural community on martha's vineyard. we do this by:- offering services, education, marketing, and technical support for farmers and farmworkers on the…

Recreation & Sports
6
Martha's Vineyard Community Foundation Inc

The martha's vineyard community foundation, inc., successor to the permanent endowment fund for martha's vineyard, the island's community foundation, puts charitable contributions to work for the people of martha's vineyard by making…

Philanthropy
7
Stonehouse Inc
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8
V G C Foundation Inc

The purpose of the foundation is to collect and distribute donations for charitable purposes on the island of martha's vineyard.

Philanthropy
9
Martha's Vineyard Community Television Inc

To produce public, education, and governmental (peg) access programming for the residents and organizations of the six communities of the island of martha's vineyard. in addition, the organization allocates channel space and time to…

Arts & Culture
10
Care for the Cape & Islands Inc

To facilitate the protection of the unique nature of cape cod, martha's vineyard and nantucket islands area and promote community improvements through responsible business practices, economic development and stewardship of the natural…

Environment
11
Friends of Mvyradio Inc

Wmvy's goal is to serve the communities of martha's vineyard and cape cod and to reflect the voice and spirit of those who live here, through the station's programming and personalities. mvy works hard to provide the community with…

Philanthropy
12
Permanent Endowment Fund for Martha's Vineyard

The permanent endowment fund for martha's vineyard, the island's community foundation, puts charitable contributions to work for the people of martha's vineyard by makig grants that address community needs, funding scholarships for island…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Martha's Vineyard Community Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Aquinnah Cultural Center Inc. 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

19 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. 19 of the 26 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
17/19
Grantees still filing
17/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MARTHA'S VINEYARD BANK CHARITABLE F: $1,242,879 · OtherMARTHA'S VINEYARD BANK CHARITABLE FOTHER GRANTS 5000 OR LESS: $103,064 · OtherOTHER GRANTS 5000 OR LESSMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $89,100 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATEDTOWN OF AQUINNAH: $57,500 · Other+7 more: $84,668 · Other+7 moreFEATHERSTONE CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $33,525 · Arts & CultureSAIL MARTHA'S VINEYARD INC: $18,150 · Arts & CultureTHE YARD INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureMARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM INC: $7,500 · Arts & CultureAQUINNAH CULTURAL CENTER INC: $6,200 · Arts & CultureHOSPICE OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD INC DBA HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE OF MARTHA'S: $13,770 · Human ServicesMARTHAS VINEYARD CENTER FOR LIVING INC: $12,540 · Human ServicesMARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $5,770 · Human ServicesThe Great Pond Foundation Inc: $16,662 · EnvironmentMASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $6,500 · EnvironmentMARTHA'S VINEYARD FISHERMEN'S PRESERVATION TRUST INC: $5,100 · EnvironmentMV CENTER FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING (MV: $15,500 · EducationISLAND GROWN INITIATIVE LTD: $14,750 · Food & NutritionISLAND AUTISM GROUP INC: $10,000 · HealthMARTHA'S VINEYARD SHELLFISH GROUP INC: $9,000 · Animals
Other$1,577,211Arts & Culture$75,375Human Services$32,080Environment$28,262Education$15,500Food & Nutrition$14,750Health$10,000Animals$9,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFEATHERSTONE CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $33,525 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetISLAND FOOD PANTRY OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD INC: $25,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetThe Great Pond Foundation Inc: $16,662 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetMV CENTER FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING (MV: $15,500 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetISLAND GROWN INITIATIVE LTD: $14,750 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetHOSPICE OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD INC DBA HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE OF MARTHA'S: $13,770 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTHE YARD INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetISLAND AUTISM GROUP INC: $10,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD SHELLFISH GROUP INC: $9,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetRED STOCKING FUND INC: $8,059 over 1y, 10% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD CANCER SUPPORT GROUP: $6,500 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetAQUINNAH CULTURAL CENTER INC: $6,200 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $5,770 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRISING TIDE THERAPEUTIC EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC: $5,290 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD FISHERMEN'S PRESERVATION TRUST INC: $5,100 over 1y, 1.4% 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.

Martha's Vineyard Com…Martha's Vineyard Ban…South Mountain Compan…The Peter and Elizabe…Slough Farm FoundationMutual Bancorp Founda…West Chop Community F…Richard and Bette Sal…Gretchen V & Samuel M…Glff IncIf Hummingbird Founda…Cape Cod Five Cents S…
Martha's Vineyard Community Foundation IncMA32.7× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Martha's Vineyard Community Foundation Inc · Martha's Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation Inc · South Mountain Company Foundation · The Peter and Elizabeth C Tower Foundation · Slough Farm Foundation · Mutual Bancorp Foundation Inc Fka Cape Cod 5 Foundation Inc · West Chop Community Fund Inc · Richard and Bette Saltzman Foundation · Gretchen V & Samuel M Feldman Private Foundation Inc · Glff Inc · If Hummingbird Foundation Inc · Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank Charitable Foundation Trust

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 Permanent Endowment Fund for Martha's Vineyard funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Permanent Endowment Fund for Martha's Vineyard. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 80%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Marthas Vineyard Center for Living Inc: 40% of income from government
  • The Yard Inc: 28% of income from government
  • Hospice of Martha's Vineyard Inc Dba Hospice and Palliative Care of Martha's: 5% of income from government
  • Martha's Vineyard Community Services Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Sail Martha's Vineyard Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Island Grown Initiative Ltd: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.
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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.

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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 e-file return for fiscal year 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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