· Private foundation
S Elizabeth O'Brien Trust
Its FY2020 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 2020.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2020
- Under $10k2 grants · $15k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $107k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $262k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS | $56,756 |
| DANA FARBER CANCER | $54,896 |
| PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND | $50,000 |
| CARROLL CENTER FOR THE | $50,000 |
| MAB COMMUNITY SERVICES | $50,000 |
| BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER INC | $45,000 |
| THE GUILD FOR HUMAN SERVICES INC | $25,000 |
| SOUTHCOAST VISITING NURSE ASSOC | $15,000 |
| LOWELL ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND | $11,500 |
| LUCYS LOVE BUS CHARITABLE TRUST | $10,000 |
| HEALTH RESOURCES IN ACTION INC | $9,731 |
| YWCA OF SOUTHEASTERN MASS | $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 (FY20–20, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +115% since the first grant, against +85% for those funded once.
5 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2020, 1 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (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 FY2020, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $183k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc2× · 2017–2020 · $183k · revenue +162%
BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION3× · 2017–2020 · $171k · revenue +115%- MCMAB COMMUNITY SERVICES INC3× · 2017–2020 · $80k · revenue +149%
Funded once
- MGMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATEDgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $103k · revenue +85%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $80k
- UOUNIVERSITY OF MARYLANDone grant, 2018 · $80k
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.
Mass general brigham incorporated is developing an integrated health care delivery system throughout the region that offers patients a continuum of coordinated, high-quality care.
To provide the highest quality specialty medical care to patients with diabetes and diabetes related conditions and to search for a cure.
The mission of winchester hospital is "to care. to heal. to excel." this ethos provides each and every staff member with clear expectations, promoting teamwork and respect while ensuring safety, quality and empathy for patients. winchester…
The mission of the beth israel deaconess hospital-milton, inc. (bid-milton or hospital) is to provide safe, high-quality, community-based health care and access to tertiary care in close collaboration with its sister hospital, beth israel…
Beth israel lahey health inc.'s mission is to support its affiliates and their healthcare missions, to improve the health of patients, their families and the communities served and as a network its purpose is to create healthier…
The mission of the beth israel deaconess hospital-plymouth, inc. (bid-plymouth or hospital) is to improve the health and well-being of its patients and communities by providing a full continuum of healthcare services with excellence and…
Centering on a concept and continuum of care that embraces the health, well-being and dignity of each patient, regardless of their ability to pay, northeast hospital corporation (nhc) has four facilities, beverly hospital, addison gilbert…
Beth israel lahey health primary care (bilhpc) is a network of community based physicians affiliated with the beth israel lahey health (bilh) network and serving the patients and communities served by the lahey clinic hospital (lahey…
The mission of northeast behavioral health corporation d/b/a beth israel lahey health behavioral services' (bilhbs) is to provide personal, compassionate, state-of-the-art, integrated behavioral healthcare that makes a difference in the…
Tertiary care academic medical center
Lahey clinic (lc) provides the highest quality interdisciplinary and coordinated patient care leading to the best possible outcomes and experiences for every patient, advancing medicine through research and educating tomorrow's health care…
The lahey clinic foundation, inc. (lcf) serves as the sole member and supports the lahey clinic (lc) and lahey clinic hospital d/b/a lahey hospital & medical center (lhmc), enabling lhmc and lc to provide superior health care leading to…
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 18 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 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
- Who funds BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds MAB COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND ↗
- Who funds THE GUILD FOR HUMAN SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTHCOAST VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds LOWELL ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
- Who funds LUCY'S LOVE BUS CHARITABLE TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds HEALTH RESOURCES IN ACTION INC ↗
- Who funds THE CARROLL CENTER FOR THE BLIND 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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization S Elizabeth O'Brien Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from S Elizabeth O'Brien Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
- Mab Community Services Inc: 69% of income from government
- Lowell Association for the Blind Inc: 49% of income from government
- The Guild for Human Services Inc: 44% of income from government
- Health Resources in Action Inc: 39% of income from government
- Joslin Diabetes Center Inc: 35% of income from government
- Boston Medical Center Corporation: 23% of income from government
- Perkins School for the Blind: 7% of income from government
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
- Southcoast Visiting Nurse Association Inc: 7% of income from government
- The Carroll Center for the Blind Inc: 3% of income from government
How this is measured
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