· Private foundation
Pilgrim Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
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 $10k5 grants · $16k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $208k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $108,490 |
| CHARITY GUILD | $50,000 |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB | $50,000 |
| OLD COLONY YMCA | $40,000 |
| SCHOOLS ON WHEELS | $10,000 |
| ROTARY CLUB | $9,000 |
| BSA MAYFLOWER COUNCIL | $3,500 |
| UNITED WAY OF GREATER PLYMOUTH COUN | $2,000 |
| L STREET MISSION | $1,000 |
| BROCKTON HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA | $500 |
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, $457k) 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.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
20 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- OCOLD COLONY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC9× · 2017–2025 · $441k · revenue +49%
- TCTHE CHARITY GUILD INC6× · 2020–2025 · $203k · revenue +37%
- BBBERWICK BOYS FOUNDATION INC4× · 2017–2022 · $11k · revenue +178%
Funded once
- COCITY OF BROCKTON - TREASURER'S OFFICEone grant, 2020 · $37k
- STSupport the Soupman Corpone grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +209%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $3k
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 brien center provides a continuum of care for children, adolescents, adults and families living with significant and persistent mental health and substance use disorders. we are guided by the belief that everyone in berkshire county…
Strengthen and support individuals and families and to address the social service needs of our diverse and changing communities.
We support individuals, families, and the community with our continuum of care services with integrated, culturally competent behaviourial health, substance use recovery, and rehabilitative justice services.
North suffolk community services supports individuals and families across the lifespan in their pursuit of independence and stability by providing a comprehensive array of treatment and recovery services. our approach is to intervene as…
Enhance the lives of seniors, caregivers and those with similar needs by assisting them to remain independent through a range of quality services.
Helping adults and children with disabilities, (incl asd), become full participants in the community.
The ymca of greater boston is dedicated to improving the health of mind, body, and spirit of individuals and families in our communities. we promote welcoming, belonging, and opportunity for all.
Veterans inc.'s mission is to end homelessness among veterans by helping veterans regain control of their lives. we believe that all veterans have earned respect and gratitude from our nation. this belief is translated into the philosophy…
Founded in 1973, bristol aging & wellness, inc. is a private non-profit corporation, designated as an aging services access point and an area agency on aging. bristol serves as the entry point for elder services in southeastern…
Sojourner house is a shelter of hope for families;providing a circle of support and empowering them towards independence.
Provide a range of high-quality, community-based, behavioral health services to empower individuals and families to live healthy and successful lives.
The lynn shelter association (lsa) believes every person deserves a place to call home. lsa's mission is to provide a safe environment for each individual to define and pursue their goals for independence and self-sufficiency and offers…
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 31 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 OLD COLONY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE CHARITY GUILD INC ↗
- Who funds BERWICK BOYS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN ↗
- Who funds OLD COLONY ELDER SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds Old Colony Hospice Inc ↗
- Who funds Support the Soupman Corp ↗
- Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
- Who funds FAMILY AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES INC ↗
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: Eastern Bank Foundation · Abington Bank Community Foundation Inc F/K/A Envision Bank Foundation Inc · South Shore Bank Charitable Foundation Inc · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Demarco Charitable Foundation · Bluestone Bank Charitable Foundation Inc · North Easton Savings Bank Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable 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 Pilgrim Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pilgrim Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Old Colony Elder Services Inc: 59% of income from government
- United Way of Greater Plymouth County in: 56% of income from government
- Family and Community Resources Inc: 54% of income from government
- Old Colony Hospice Inc: 13% of income from government
- The Charity Guild Inc: 10% of income from government
- Special Olympics Massachusetts Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
Play a game based on Pilgrim’s filings →