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Sea Breeze Foundation-Tr

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$130k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20202025.

Environment$283kArts & Culture$270kEducation$106kAnimals$73kHealth$54kHuman Services$6k
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $70k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $60k
$8,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UMASS MEDICAL SCHOOL$10,000
HERITAGE MUSEUM AND GARDENS$10,000
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$10,000
THE ZEITERION THEATRE$10,000
MANOMET CENTER FOR CONSERVATION STUDIES$10,000
BOURNE CONSERVATION TRUST$10,000
TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS$9,000
FROM THE TOP$8,000
ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON$8,000
NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC$8,000
OUR SISTERS SCHOOL$7,000
NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM$7,000
THE WINSOR SCHOOL$6,000
COMPASSIONATE CARE ALS$6,000
WGBH$6,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 58% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%OUR SISTERS SCHOOL: $7k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS: $8k → 12%BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $10k → 16%MANOMET CENTER FOR CONSERVATION STUDIES: $10k → 7%OUR SISTERS SCHOOL: $6k → 11%BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $10k → 16%MANOMET CENTER FOR CONSERVATION STUDIES: $7k → 7%BOURNE CONSERVATION TRUST: $112k → 8%OUR SISTERS SCHOOL: $6k → 11%NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $8k → 16%BOURNE CONSERVATION TRUST: $13k → 8%OUR SISTERS SCHOOL: $6k → 11%NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $8k → 16%BOURNE CONSERVATION TRUST: $10k → 8%OUR SISTERS SCHOOL: $6k → 11%NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $8k → 16%HERITAGE MUSEUM AND GARDENS: $10k → 8%OUR SISTERS SCHOOL: $6k → 11%NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $8k → 16%BOURNE CONSERVATION TRUST: $10k → 8%NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $8k → 16%HERITAGE MUSEUMS AND GARDENS: $10k → 8%NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY: $8k → 16%BOURNE CONSERVATION TRUST: $10k → 8%BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $7k → 16%HERITAGE MUSEUMS AND GARDENS: $10k → 8%BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $7k → 16%BOURNE CONSERVATION TRUST: $8k → 8%FROM THE TOP: $8k → 16%HERITAGE MUSEUM AND GARDENS: $10k → 8%ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON: $8k → 16%BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $7k → 8%FROM THE TOP: $7k → 16%HERITAGE MUSEUM AND GARDENS: $10k → 8%FROM THE TOP: $6k → 16%BOURNE CONSERVATION TRUST: $7k → 8%ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON: $6k → 16%HERITAGE MUSEUMS AND GARDENS: $8k → 8%UMASS MEDICAL SCHOOL: $10k → 16%UMASS MEDICAL SCHOOL: $8k → 16%UMASS MEDICAL SCHOOL: $8k → 16%TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $9k → 16%THE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $8k → 16%THE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $8k → 16%TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $8k → 16%THE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $8k → 16%TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $8k → 16%NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM: $7k → 16%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.

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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$777k · 20 repeat orgs$14k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships — 16 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
2

Total granted

$777k
$14k

Still filing today

70%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEnvironmentEducationAnimalsPhilanthropyHuman ServicesOther

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

  • BC
    BOURNE CONSERVATION TRUST
    6× · 2020–2025 · $169k · revenue +371%
  • HM
    HERITAGE MUSEUMS AND GARDENS INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $58k · revenue +139%
  • THE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS
    6× · 2020–2025 · $48k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
    one grant, 2022 · $8k
  • MC
    MANOMET CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $6k

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
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Inc

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…

Arts & Culture
2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

3
Western New England University

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…

Education
4
The Norman Bird Sanctuary Trust

Our mission is to spark people's curiosity to explore, steward, and find peace and joy in nature. in service to this, norman bird sanctuary inspires, builds, and engages a community of stewards who preserve, protect, enjoy, and learn from…

Animals
5
Bentley University

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…

Education
6
Lowell Observatory

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…

Science & Tech
7
Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc

To protect the nature of massachusetts for people and for wildlife through education, land conservation, advocacy, scientific research, and habitat stewardship/restoration.

Environment
8
Marine Biological Laboratory

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…

Science & Tech
9
American Museum of Natural History

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."

Arts & Culture
10
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
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
Worcester Natural History Society Inc

The ecotarium's mission is to inspire a passion for science and nature among all members of the community through one-of-a-kind experiences, interactive exhibits, and accessible programming. as new england's leading science and nature…

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New England Aquarium Corporation and the most unlike its peers is The Winsor School. 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

14 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 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 22 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
12/14
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

BOURNE CONSERVATION TRUST — $169,000 · EnvironmentBOURNE CONSERVATION TRUSTTHE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS — $47,500 · EnvironmentTHE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONSMANOMET INC — $19,000 · EnvironmentMANOMET INCHERITAGE MUSEUMS AND GARDENS INC — $58,000 · Arts & CultureHERITAGE MUSEUMS AND GARD…ZEITERION THEATRE INC — $44,000 · Arts & CultureZEITERION THEATRE INCBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC — $40,000 · Arts & CultureBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA…FROM THE TOP INC — $39,000 · Arts & CultureFROM THE TOP INCWGBH — $36,000 · OtherWGBHUMASS MEDICAL SCHOOL — $25,000 · OtherUMASS MEDICAL SCH…UNIV OF MASS CHAN MEDICAL SCHOOL — $18,000 · OtherUNIV OF MASS CHAN…MANOMET CENTER FOR CONSERVATION STUDIES — $17,000 · OtherMANOMET CENTER FO…MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL — $9,500 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS GEN…UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS — $7,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MAS…HIGHFIELD THEATRE RESTORATION PROJECT — $6,000 · OtherMANOMET CENTER — $6,000 · OtherNEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC — $46,500 · EducationNEW ENGLAND CONSE…OUR SISTERS SCHOOL — $37,000 · EducationOUR SISTERS SCHOO…THE WINSOR SCHOOL — $36,000 · EducationTHE WINSOR SCHOOLNEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM CORPORATION — $37,000 · AnimalsNEW ENGLAN…ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON — $36,000 · AnimalsANIMAL RES…FRIENDS OF SOUTH GEORGIA ISLAND — $30,000 · PhilanthropyCompassionate Care ALS Inc — $26,000 · Human Services
Environment$235,500Arts & Culture$181,000Other$125,000Education$119,500Animals$73,000Philanthropy$30,000Human Services$26,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetBOURNE CONSERVATION TRUST — $169,000 over 6y, 14% of budgetHERITAGE MUSEUMS AND GARDENS INC — $58,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS — $47,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC — $46,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetZEITERION THEATRE INC — $44,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC — $40,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFROM THE TOP INC — $39,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetNEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM CORPORATION — $37,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOUR SISTERS SCHOOL — $37,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTHE WINSOR SCHOOL — $36,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON — $36,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF SOUTH GEORGIA ISLAND — $30,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetCompassionate Care ALS Inc — $26,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMANOMET INC — $19,000 over 3y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds BOURNE CONSERVATION TRUST
  • Who funds HERITAGE MUSEUMS AND GARDENS INC
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS
  • Who funds NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
  • Who funds ZEITERION THEATRE INC
  • Who funds BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
  • Who funds FROM THE TOP INC
  • Who funds NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM CORPORATION
  • Who funds OUR SISTERS SCHOOL
  • Who funds THE WINSOR SCHOOL
  • Who funds ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF SOUTH GEORGIA ISLAND
  • Who funds Compassionate Care ALS Inc
  • Who funds MANOMET INC

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.

Boston Foundation IncMA13× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Sea Breeze Foundation-Tr 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
202122232425
no gov · 40%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 2%
  • New England Aquarium Corporation12% of income from government
  • Manomet Inc12% of income from government
  • From the Top Inc6% of income from government
  • Zeiterion Theatre Inc4% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Reservations2% of income from government
  • New England Conservatory of Music1% of income from government
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc0% of income from government
  • Our Sisters School0% of income from government
  • Animal Rescue League of Boston0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Sea Breeze Foundation-Tr?

Find your warmest path to Sea Breeze Foundation-Tr through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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.

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 22 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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