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Sneath Dorothy Melcher Tr Uind

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.

$280k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$1.7M
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $170k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $110k
$30,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE WINSOR SCHOOL$60,000
THE ROXBURY LATIN SCHOOL$50,000
THE RIVERS SCHOOL$40,000
NOBLE AND GREENOUGH SCHOOL$30,000
BEAVER COUNTY DAY SCHOOL$30,000
MILTON ACADEMY SCHOOL$30,000
BROOKS SCHOOL$20,000
THAYER ACADEMY$20,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 64% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%BEAVER COUNTY DAY SCHOOL: $35k → 7%THE RIVERS SCHOOL: $45k → 8%BROOKS SCHOOL: $20k → 10%THE ROXBURY LATIN SCHOOL: $60k → 16%BEAVER COUNTY DAY SCHOOL: $35k → 7%THE RIVERS SCHOOL: $45k → 8%BROOKS SCHOOL: $20k → 10%THE ROXBURY LATIN SCHOOL: $60k → 16%BEAVER COUNTY DAY SCHOOL: $30k → 7%THE RIVERS SCHOOL: $40k → 8%BROOKS SCHOOL: $20k → 10%THE ROXBURY LATIN SCHOOL: $55k → 16%BEAVER COUNTY DAY SCHOOL: $30k → 7%THE RIVERS SCHOOL: $40k → 8%BROOKS SCHOOL: $20k → 10%THE ROXBURY LATIN SCHOOL: $50k → 16%MILTON ACADEMY SCHOOL: $40k → 7%THE WINSOR SCHOOL: $60k → 16%MILTON ACADEMY SCHOOL: $40k → 7%THE WINSOR SCHOOL: $60k → 16%MILTON ACADEMY SCHOOL: $25k → 7%THE WINSOR SCHOOL: $60k → 16%MILTON ACADEMY SCHOOL: $15k → 7%THE WINSOR SCHOOL: $60k → 16%MILTON ACADEMY: $5k → 7%NOBLE AND GREENOUGH SCHOOL: $35k → 7%NOBLE AND GREENOUGH SCHOOL: $30k → 7%NOBLE AND GREENOUGH SCHOOL: $20k → 7%NOBLE AND GREENOUGH SCHOOL: $20k → 7%THAYER ACADEMY: $15k → 7%THAYER ACADEMY: $10k → 7%THAYER ACADEMY: $10k → 7%THAYER ACADEMY: $10k → 7%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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 9 repeat orgs$0 to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
0

Total granted

$1.7M
$0

Still filing today

89%
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
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

  • THE WINSOR SCHOOL
    6× · 2020–2025 · $360k · revenue +26%
  • TR
    THE ROXBURY LATIN SCHOOL
    6× · 2020–2025 · $325k · revenue +28%
  • TR
    THE RIVERS SCHOOL CORPORATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $250k · revenue +19%

Funded once

    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
    Masters School

    The masters school celebrates active participation, deep understanding, and meaningful connection. a community of diverse individuals, we gather to learn, to strive, to dare, to do - to be a power for good in the world.

    —
    2
    Buckingham Browne & Nichols School

    Bb&n, an all gender day school in cambridge, massachusetts, was established in 1974 by the merger of two independent schools, the buckingham school and the browne & nichols school, founded respectively in 1889 and 1883. located on multiple…

    Education
    3
    Pembroke Hill School

    A preschool through 12th grade, private, college preparatory school. the school's mission statement is "together, cultivating the best in each for the benefit of all."

    Education
    4
    Phillips Exeter Academy

    Unite goodness and knowledge and inspire youth from every quarter to lead purposeful lives. [text in quotations is taken from the academy's deed of gift, drafted in 1781] knowledge and goodness "above all, it is expected that the attention…

    Education
    5
    Darrow School

    Darrow school is dedicated to serving students with diverse backgrounds and abilities, building on each student's talents and interests to inspire enduring confidence for success in college and life. this mission is accomplished through…

    Education
    6
    The Cambridge School of Weston Inc

    The cambridge school of weston's mission is to provide a progressive education that emphasizes deep learning and meaningful relationships. our dynamic program inspires students to discover who they are and what their contribution is to…

    Education
    7
    Brunswick School Inc

    Brunswick school, inc. is a day school for boys in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. the purpose of the school is to educate the "whole boy". it does so by helping boys and young men - without regard to culture, ethnicity or religion…

    Education
    8
    The Fenn School

    Guided by our motto, sua sponte, and inspired by our core values of honesty, respect, empathy, and courage, the fenn school challenges each boy to take responsibility for himself, for his own education, and for the well-being of others.…

    —
    9
    Meadowbrook School of Weston Incorporated

    Meadowbrook knows, loves, and challenges every child. together, as a diverse community with high academic, ethical and social standards, we nurture character, promote confidence, inspire creativity and foster critical thinking skills as we…

    Education
    10
    Boston Architectural College

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

    —
    11
    Pine Cobble School Incorporated

    Provide private school education for children from nursery school through grade 8

    Education
    12
    Suffield Academy

    Suffield Academy is a coeducational independent secondary school serving a diverse student body of day and boarding students from across the United States and from many foreign counties. The school is grounded in a tradition of academic…

    Education
    How this is measured
    The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Rivers School Corporation; 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

    8 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. 8 of the 9 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)
    0
    Early backer (in before they grew)
    8/8
    Grantees still filing
    8/8
    Grew since first funded

    Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

    THE WINSOR SCHOOL: $360,000 · EducationTHE WINSOR SCHOOLTHE ROXBURY LATIN SCHOOL: $325,000 · EducationTHE ROXBURY LATIN SCHOOLTHE BEAVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $190,000 · EducationTHE BEAVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INCNOBLE AND GREENOUGH SCHOOL: $165,000 · EducationNOBLE AND GREENOUGH SCHOOLBROOKS SCHOOL: $120,000 · EducationBROOKS SCHOOLTRUSTEES OF THAYER ACADEMY INC: $85,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THAYER ACADEMY INC+1 more: $35,000 · EducationTHE RIVERS SCHOOL CORPORATION: $250,000 · OtherTHE RIVERS SCHOOL CORPORAT…MILTON ACADEMY SCHOOL: $150,000 · OtherMILTON ACADEMY SCHOOL
    Education$1,280,000Other$400,000

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

    25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE WINSOR SCHOOL: $360,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ROXBURY LATIN SCHOOL: $325,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTHE RIVERS SCHOOL CORPORATION: $250,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BEAVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $190,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNOBLE AND GREENOUGH SCHOOL: $165,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBROOKS SCHOOL: $120,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THAYER ACADEMY INC: $85,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMILTON ACADEMY: $35,000 over 2y, 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.

    • Who funds THE WINSOR SCHOOL ↗
    • Who funds THE ROXBURY LATIN SCHOOL ↗
    • Who funds THE RIVERS SCHOOL CORPORATION ↗
    • Who funds THE BEAVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC ↗
    • Who funds NOBLE AND GREENOUGH SCHOOL ↗
    • Who funds BROOKS SCHOOL ↗
    • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THAYER ACADEMY INC ↗
    • Who funds MILTON ACADEMY ↗

    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.

    Fidelity FoundationMA13.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

    Open a dossier: Fidelity Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

    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 Sneath Dorothy Melcher Tr Uind funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sneath Dorothy Melcher Tr Uind. Bigger dots raise more.

    2024
    ’20’21’22’23’24’25
    no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
    • Milton Academy: 0% of income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    6get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.
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    How do I get to Sneath Dorothy Melcher Tr Uind?

    Find your warmest path to Sneath Dorothy Melcher Tr Uind 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 9 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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