· Private foundation
Richard Saltonstall Charitable Foundation
Its FY2024 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, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k17 grants · $550k
- $50k–250k22 grants · $1.8M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNITED WAY | $160,000 |
| CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION | $150,000 |
| NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM | $150,000 |
| GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK | $115,000 |
| HALE RESERVATION | $100,000 |
| UNITED WAY | $100,000 |
| CURE ALZHEIMER'S FUND | $100,000 |
| GLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE | $90,000 |
| BAY AREA LYME FOUNDATION | $90,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $75,000 |
| WBUR | $75,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD | $70,000 |
| WGBH | $62,500 |
| MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $60,000 |
| TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS | $60,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 87% of its 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.
44 repeat relationships: 37 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ADALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION6× · 2019–2024 · $900k · revenue +85%
CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC6× · 2019–2024 · $800k · revenue +122%
NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM CORPORATION5× · 2020–2024 · $675k · revenue +108%
Funded once
- MGMassachusetts General Hospitalone grant, 2019 · $100k
- UWUnited Way (Family Fund)one grant, 2019 · $81k
- HHaleone grant, 2019 · $50k
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 museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
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…
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…
The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…
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.
To protect the nature of massachusetts for people and for wildlife through education, land conservation, advocacy, scientific research, and habitat stewardship/restoration.
Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.
Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…
The museum's mission statement is "turn on the science: inspire learning. inform policy. improve lives."
The program mission of the quebec-labrador foundation u.s. is defined by a regional component (new england and eastern canada), and an international component, which ties our regional model to a global conservation network. qlf's program…
Organization's mission bentley university believes good business can impact more than the bottom line - it can change the world. bentley is a community of future business leaders who will deliver value in the marketplace and lasting…
How this is measured
29 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. 29 of the 54 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 ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds BAY AREA LYME FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds GLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ↗
- Who funds WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION ↗
- Who funds PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND ↗
- Who funds BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
- Who funds HALE EDUCATION INC ↗
- Who funds CHARLES RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS ↗
- Who funds MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF SCIENCE ↗
- Who funds PENOBSCOT MARINE MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC ↗
- Who funds MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds WholeSchool Mindfulness Inc ↗
- Who funds SAVE THE HARBORSAVE THE BAY INC ↗
- Who funds Maine Coast Heritage Trust ↗
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: Boston Foundation Inc · Haven Trust · Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Barr Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Richard Saltonstall Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Richard Saltonstall Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: 63% of income from government
- Massachusetts Historical Society: 22% of income from government
- Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
- Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
- New England Aquarium Corporation: 12% of income from government
- Charles River Watershed Association Inc: 8% of income from government
- President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
- Perkins School for the Blind: 7% of income from government
- Peabody Essex Museum Inc: 3% of income from government
- Community Rowing Inc: 2% of income from government
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc: 2% of income from government
- The Trustees of Reservations: 2% of income from government
- Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
- Museum of Science: 0% of income from government
- Museum of Fine Arts: 0% of income from government
- Animal Rescue League of Boston: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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