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Skp Foundation

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.

$93k
Granted FY2017
7
Grants FY2017
3
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of Skp Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Amg Charitable Gift Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2017, the last year Skp Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $93k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

5
’17
4
’18
3
’19
4
’20
4
’21
3
’22
2
’23
3
’24
0
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$871kArts & Culture$335kEducation$143kEnvironment$71kHealth$70kFood & Nutrition$5kHuman Services$2kCivil Rights$125
02FY2017 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2017

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $88k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SUZUKI SCHOOL OF NEWTON$25,000
BOSTON LYRIC OPERA$16,500
THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$16,000
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$10,000
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL$10,000
BUZZARDS BAY COALITION$10,000
MANNA FOODBANK$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 38% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE BOSTON CECILIA: $5k → 7%WAREHAM LAND TRUST INC: $1k → 8%SUZUKI SCHOOL OF NEWTON: $25k → 8%BUZZARDS BAY COALITION: $30k → 11%THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $25k → 16%THE PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL: $2k → 22%METROPOLITAN OPERA GUILD: $250 → 17%THE REVELS FUND: $125 → 14%MANNA FOODBANK: $5k → 12%AMG CHARITABLE GIFT FOUNDATION: $871k → 8%THE VIOLIN SOCIETY: $100k → 16%SUZUKI SCHOOL OF NEWTON: $20k → 8%BUZZARDS BAY COALITION: $10k → 11%THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $16k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $50k → 22%AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARCHITECTURE: $250 → 14%BUZZARDS BAY COALITION: $10k → 11%THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $15k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $11k → 22%BUZZARDS BAY COALITION: $10k → 11%THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $15k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $10k → 22%BUZZARDS BAY COALITION: $10k → 11%THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $12k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $10k → 22%THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $10k → 16%BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE CAREERS PROGRAM CO HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL: $10k → 16%VENEZUELAN ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $5k → 16%BOSTON LYRIC OPERA: $30k → 16%BOSTON LYRIC OPERA: $25k → 16%BOSTON LYRIC OPERA: $17k → 16%BOSTON LYRIC OPERA: $15k → 16%BOSTON LYRIC OPERA: $15k → 16%BOSTON LYRIC OPERA: $15k → 16%BOSTON LYRIC OPERA: $10k → 16%BOSTON LYRIC OPERA: $10k → 16%MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $25k → 16%MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $25k → 16%MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $10k → 16%MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $10k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$415k · 5 repeat orgs$130k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +83% since the first grant, against +62% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2017, 0 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2017 (too recent to call). Read against FY2017, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
11

Total granted

$415k
$130k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+83%
+62%

Still filing today

80%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEnvironmentEducationFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • BOSTON LYRIC OPERA COMPANY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $137k · revenue +94%
  • BS
    BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $93k · revenue +38%
  • BUZZARDS BAY COALITION
    5× · 2017–2024 · $70k · revenue +83%

Funded once

  • TV
    THE VIOLIN SOCIETY
    one grant, 2024 · $100k
  • BS
    BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE CAREERS PROGRAM INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +234%
  • MANNA FOOD BANK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +230%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
San Francisco Opera Association

We believe opera is a uniquely compelling, entertaining and emotionally thrilling art form. our mission is to bring together growing audiences to experience opera's transformative power.

Arts & Culture
2
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
3
Boston Children's Chorus Inc

Boston children's chorus harnesses the power of music to connect our city's diverse communities, cultivate empathy, and inspire social inquiry.

Arts & Culture
4
Manhattan School of Music

Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…

Arts & Culture
5
Boston Modern Orchestra Project Inc

To build a structurally sound and musically vital ensemble which seeks to explore and present music of the 20th century. all schools, movements and styles from the turn of the century to the present day will be offered. it is the practical…

Arts & Culture
6
Vermont Philharmonic Inc

The purpose of the Vermont Philharmonic, Inc is to provide the very best live, symphonic music concerts within our means and abilities to as wide an area of Vermont audiences as feasible, to promote the appreciation of good symphonic and…

Arts & Culture
7
Boston Chinese Musicians Association

Promote music activities

Arts & Culture
8
Brookline Chorus Inc

Our mission is to unite vocal musicians who share the joy of learning and performing diverse repertoire. Our varied programming is designed to engage and inspire both performers and audience members. We are committed to building a richer,…

Arts & Culture
9
Oratorio Society of Minnesota

Performance and Promotion of Choral Music

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10
Boston Baroque Inc

The organization operates america's first permanent period orchestra and chorus which reach local, national, and international audiences through a subscription series, touring engagements, recordings, and broadcasts.

Arts & Culture
11
Julian Gau Horizon Ensemble Inc

The mission of the Horizon Ensemble is to enrich the artistic and cultural lives of our communities of musicians and audiences through our orchestral concerts. We serve the community of the Boston area by providing accessible musical…

Arts & Culture
12
Trustees of Boston College

Mission strengthened by more than a century and a half of dedication to academic excellence, boston college commits itself to the highest standards of teaching and research in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs and to the…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boston Lyric Opera Company; the most unlike its peers is Venezuelan Association of Massachusetts Inc. 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

13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
11/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMG CHARITABLE GIFT FOUNDATION: $871,091 · PhilanthropyAMG CHARITABLE GIFT FOUNDATIONBOSTON LYRIC OPERA COMPANY: $136,500 · Arts & CultureBOSTON LYRIC OPER…BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $93,000 · Arts & CultureBOSTON SYMPHONY O…+2 more: $5,250 · Arts & CultureTHE VIOLIN SOCIETY: $100,000 · OtherTHE VIOLIN SOCIE…MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $70,000 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS GE…SUZUKI SCHOOL OF NEWTON INC: $45,000 · OtherSUZUKI SCHOOL OF…+4 more: $3,875 · OtherTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $81,000 · EducationBIOMEDICAL SCIENCE CAREERS PROGRAM INC: $10,000 · EducationVENEZUELAN ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $5,000 · EducationBUZZARDS BAY COALITION: $70,000 · Environment+1 more: $1,000 · EnvironmentMANNA FOOD BANK INC: $5,000 · Food & Nutrition
Philanthropy$871,091Arts & Culture$234,750Other$218,875Education$96,000Environment$71,000Food & Nutrition$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBOSTON LYRIC OPERA COMPANY: $136,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $93,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $81,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBUZZARDS BAY COALITION: $70,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSUZUKI SCHOOL OF NEWTON INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetBIOMEDICAL SCIENCE CAREERS PROGRAM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetMANNA FOOD BANK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVENEZUELAN ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetTHE BOSTON CECILIA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetTHE PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWAREHAM LAND TRUST INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Metropolitan Opera Guild Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Skp Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Skp Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 19%
  • Buzzards Bay Coalition: 37% of income from government
  • Wareham Land Trust Inc: 27% of income from government
  • The Boston Cecilia Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Boston Lyric Opera Company: 3% of income from government
  • Suzuki School of Newton Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Skp Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Skp Foundation 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 18 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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where grant money is based, and what stays home