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Ronald M Ansin Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$155k
Granted FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$27k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0197% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Philanthropy$431kEducation$273kCivil Rights$145kHousing & Shelter$60kHealth$31kReligion$30kArts & Culture$23kCrime & Legal$21kOther$0
02FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k17 grants · $72k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $83k
$5,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HEALING HEARTS CHANGING MINDS$26,666
ACLU FOUNDATION OF MASS$15,000
GIRLS AT WORK$11,666
FITCHBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY$10,000
LAMBDA LEGAL$10,000
FITCHBURG LIBRARY$10,000
NORTH COUNTRY LAND TRUST$7,500
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB$5,000
MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH$5,000
LAWRENCE ACADEMY$5,000
ASHOKA$5,000
GLSEN$5,000
BELOVED$5,000
TEMPLE ISAIAH$5,000
FOODLINK$5,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY22–24, $43k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%PATIENT AIRLIFT SERVICES: $3k → 7%NORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES: $30k → 11%NORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

VT
NH
NY
MA
CT
CA
VA
MD
NC
AL
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$446k · 10 repeat orgs$312k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +40% since the first grant, against +29% for the ones you funded once.

10 repeat relationships — 8 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
17

Total granted

$446k
$236k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+29%

Still filing today

90%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $77k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24
EducationCivil RightsHealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentArts & CultureOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TO
    TRUSTEES OF LAWRENCE ACADEMY AT GROTON MA CORP
    3× · 2017–2024 · $108k · revenue +40%
  • HH
    HEALING HEARTS CHANGING MINDS INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $61k · revenue +10%
  • LL
    LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $50k · revenue +95%

Funded once

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF NCM
    one grant, 2021 · $35k
  • LM
    LEXINGTON MONTESSORI SCHOOL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $30k · revenue +29%
  • CT
    CONGREGATION TIFERETH ISRAEL
    one grant, 2021 · $25k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Wheaton College

Wheaton college provides a transformative liberal arts education, combining theory and practice, for intellectually curious students within a collaborative and vibrant extended community and network that values and strives to create an…

Education
2
Boston Harbor Now Inc

Our mission is to ensure that the people of greater boston benefit from a vibrant, resilient, and inclusive waterfront, harbor, and islands; these spaces are equitable, accessible, and adapted to climate change; and to ensure our public,…

Environment
3
New England Lawboston

New england law/boston dedicates itself to preparing students to be successful lawyers and leaders in the public and private sectors through integrated practical, theoretical and ethical education of the highest caliber and to contributing…

Education
4
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc

Wentworth institute of technology is a nationally recognized private coeducational and residential university of higher education with a mission to empower, inspire and innovate through experiential learning with a core purpose of career…

Education
5
Aclu Foundation of Massachusetts Inc

Aclu foundation of ma was established to defend freedoms guaranteed in the constitution and bill of rights through public education and litigation.

Civil Rights
6
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
7
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
8
Neighborhealth Corporation

Neighborhealth's mission is to promote and sustain healthy communities, families, and individuals by providing accessible, person-centered, and compassionate, high-quality health care services to all who live and work in our service area,…

Health
9
Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities & Public Policy Inc

We create opportunities for the people of massachusetts to transform their lives and build a more equitable commonwealth through the humanities.

Arts & Culture
10
Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.

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11
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
12
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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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fenway Community Health Center Inc and the most unlike its peers is Healing Hearts Changing Minds Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 31 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%7%<5yr14%3%5–10yr20%19%10–20yr19%32%20–35yr14%16%35–55yr14%23%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%7%<5yr14%2%5–10yr20%6%10–20yr19%26%20–35yr14%12%35–55yr14%47%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 7% of your grantees by number, and just 7% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/34
the rest of the field
11%
4,714/42,324

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

32 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 32 of the 46 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
23/32
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF NORTH CENTRAL MASS INC — $200,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF NORTH CENTRAL MASS INCCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH CENTRAL MA — $110,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH CENTRAL MAHEALING HEARTS CHANGING MINDS INC — $61,166 · PhilanthropyHEALING HEARTS CHANGING MINDS INCTHE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 · Philanthropy+1 more — $5,000 · PhilanthropyACLU FOUNDATION OF MASS — $95,000 · OtherACLU FOUNDATION OF MASSUNITED WAY OF NCM — $35,282 · OtherUNITED WAY OF NCMCONGREGATION TIFERETH ISRAEL — $25,000 · OtherCONGREGATION TIFERETH ISRAELTHE RIVERS SCHOOL CORPORATION — $20,000 · OtherTHE RIVERS SCHOOL CORPORATIONBERKLEE COLLEGE — $20,000 · OtherBERKLEE COLLEGENORTH COUNTY LAND TRUST INC — $13,500 · OtherASHOKA — $15,000 · OtherGIRLS AT WORK INC — $11,666 · Other+19 more — $93,300 · Other+19 moreTRUSTEES OF LAWRENCE ACADEMY AT GROTON MA CORP — $107,500 · EducationTRUSTEES OF LAWRENC…APPLEWILD SCHOOL INCORPORATED — $34,160 · EducationAPPLEWILD SCHOOL IN…LEXINGTON MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC — $30,000 · EducationLEXINGTON MONTESSOR…THE WINCHENDON SCHOOL INC — $20,000 · EducationTHE WINCHENDON SCHO…+1 more — $1,000 · EducationLAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC — $50,000 · Civil RightsLAMBDA LE…GLBTQ LEGAL ADVOCATES & DEFENDERS INC — $20,000 · Civil RightsGLBTQ LEG…GLSEN INC — $20,000 · Civil RightsGLSEN INC+1 more — $1,000 · Civil RightsNORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES INC — $40,000 · Human ServicesPATIENT AIRLIFT SERVICES INC — $2,500 · Human ServicesRALLYSOUND INC — $20,000 · Arts & CultureNEW DAWN ARTS CENTER INC — $2,500 · Arts & CultureNEWVUE COMMUNITIES INC — $20,000 · Housing & Shelter
Philanthropy$396,166Other$328,748Education$192,660Civil Rights$91,000Human Services$42,500Arts & Culture$22,500Housing & Shelter$20,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTH CENTRAL MASS INC — $200,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH CENTRAL MA — $110,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTRUSTEES OF LAWRENCE ACADEMY AT GROTON MA CORP — $107,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHEALING HEARTS CHANGING MINDS INC — $61,166 over 3y, 10% of budgetLAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC — $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES INC — $40,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetAPPLEWILD SCHOOL INCORPORATED — $34,160 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetLEXINGTON MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC — $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE RIVERS SCHOOL CORPORATION — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGLBTQ LEGAL ADVOCATES & DEFENDERS INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE WINCHENDON SCHOOL INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRALLYSOUND INC — $20,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetNEWVUE COMMUNITIES INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGLSEN INC — $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetASHOKA — $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH COUNTY LAND TRUST INC — $13,500 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetGIRLS AT WORK INC — $11,666 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetATHLETE ALLY INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH CONNECTIONS INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOUR FUND FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGAINING GROUND INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFOOD LINK INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPATIENT AIRLIFT SERVICES INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFENWAY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASHBURNHAM CONSERVATION TRUST — $2,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF CHITTENDEN COUNTY — $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKHAN ACADEMY INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

United Way of North C…Community Foundation …Boston Foundation IncDouglas & Isabelle Cr…Rollstone Charitable …Greater Worcester Com…Analog Devices Founda…Fidelity FoundationGeorge R Wallace Foun…Main Street Group Fou…Greater Lowell Commun…Combined Jewish Phila…
United Way of North Central Mass IncMA24.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of North Central Mass Inc · Community Foundation of North Central Ma · Boston Foundation Inc · Douglas & Isabelle Crocker Foundation · Rollstone Charitable Foundation Inc · Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc · Analog Devices Foundation · Fidelity Foundation · George R Wallace Foundation · Main Street Group Foundation Inc · Greater Lowell Community Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Ronald M Ansin Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Newvue Communities Inc — 40% of income from government
  • Community Health Connections Inc — 32% of income from government
  • Fenway Community Health Center Inc — 27% of income from government
  • North Star Family Services Inc — 12% of income from government
  • Food Link Inc — 9% of income from government
  • New Dawn Arts Center Inc — 5% of income from government
  • Rallysound Inc — 5% of income from government
  • Gaining Ground Inc — 5% of income from government
  • Glbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
4report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 46 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines