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South Mountain Company 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.

$8k
Granted FY2023
4
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2023.

Philanthropy$31kYouth Development$25kEnvironment$18kFood & Nutrition$14kHousing & Shelter$14kHealth$14kHuman Services$9kEducation$9kOther$0
02FY2023 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$10k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MVYOUTH INC$5,000
HARBOR HOMES OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD$1,000
MVYOUTH INC$1,000
MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES$1,000
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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Its human-services grants (FY18–23, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 3% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%DAMIANO OF DULUTH INC: $250 → 15%CENTER ON HALSTED: $100 → 14%MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES: $5k → 8%MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES: $1k → 8%MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES: $250 → 8%MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES: $100 → 8%MV COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2k → 8%GARDEN GATE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $1k → 8%HOSPICE OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD: $500 → 8%HOSPICE OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD: $350 → 8%HOSPICE OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD: $350 → 8%MARTHA'S VINEYARD CENTER FOR LIVING: $100 → 8%MARTHA'S VINEYARD CENTER FOR LIVING: $100 → 8%GARDEN GATE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $100 → 8%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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NH
MN
IL
NY
MA
SD
IA
OH
PA
RI
CA
KY
AZ
DC
LA
MS
AL
TX
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$122k · 36 repeat orgs$35k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

36 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2023, 33 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
53

Total granted

$122k
$35k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+28%

Still filing today

78%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
EnvironmentHuman ServicesEducationInternationalArts & CultureHealthOther
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

  • YG
    You've Got a Friend Inc
    5× · 2018–2022 · $30k · revenue +46% · 52% of their budget
  • MY
    MV YOUTH INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $24k · revenue +31%
  • MV
    MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES INC
    5× · 2018–2023 · $9k · revenue +171%

Funded once

  • PE
    PERMANENT ENDOWMENT FOR MARTHA'S VINEYARD
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
  • RI
    REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES
    one grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue -30%
  • AI
    Amurtel Incgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue +65%
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
Martha's Vineyard Donors Collaborative Inc

Expand philanthropy on Marthas Vineyard and support its nonprofit organizations through capacity building and advocacy.

Philanthropy
2
Martha's Vineyard Fishermen's Preservation Trust Inc

Safeguarding martha's vineyard's fishing heritage and future by supporting the island's small-boat owner-operated fishing fleets and their sustainably harvested catch.

Environment
3
Martha's Vineyard Preservation Trust Inc

The organization's primary mission is to acquire, restore, and maintain the historic landmarks of martha's vineyard and to preserve the island's unique character, cultural history, and heritage for the community and it's visitors.

Arts & Culture
4
Martha's Vineyard Museum Inc

The martha's vineyard museum inspires all people to discover, explore, and strengthen their connections to this island and its diverse heritage.

Arts & Culture
5
Vineyard Power Development Fund Inc

We are located on Martha's Vineyard and our mission is to foster the production of electricity from local, renewable resources while enhancing resiliency at our community's critical facilities and ensuring equitable access for all…

Philanthropy
6
Vineyard Lands for Our Community Inc C/O Philip Wallis

Vineyard lands for our community inc. (the organization) is a charitable educational and community organization that is actively engaged in solving island-wide needs with sustainable and viable solutions to preserve the character and life…

Arts & Culture
7
Martha's Vineyard Community Television Inc

To produce public, education, and governmental (peg) access programming for the residents and organizations of the six communities of the island of martha's vineyard. in addition, the organization allocates channel space and time to…

Arts & Culture
8
Vineyard Open Land Foundation

Consulting on land preservation and limited development made available to the public.

Environment
9
V G C Foundation Inc

The purpose of the foundation is to collect and distribute donations for charitable purposes on the island of martha's vineyard.

Philanthropy
10
Healthy Aging Martha's Vineyard Inc

Hamv is a planning, advocacy, and community building organization whose mission is to ensure we have the services and infrastructure necessary to allow martha's vineyard's older adults to age in place.

Human Services
11
Permanent Endowment Fund for Martha's Vineyard

The permanent endowment fund for martha's vineyard, the island's community foundation, puts charitable contributions to work for the people of martha's vineyard by makig grants that address community needs, funding scholarships for island…

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12
Stillpoint Martha's Vineyard Inc

To do all things related to creating a gathering place for people from all walks of life for educational offerings including, but not limited to, discussions, workshops, silent retreats, and the arts.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Martha's Vineyard Community Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Tisbury School Pto. 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

65 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. 65 of the 90 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
23
Early backer (in before they grew)
62/65
Grantees still filing
44/65
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ISLAND FOOD PANTRY: $10,550 · OtherISLAND FOOD PANTRYPERMANENT ENDOWMENT FOR MARTHA'S VINEYARD: $3,250 · OtherISLAND HOUSING TRUST - SOLAR FOR ALL: $3,000 · OtherMV FISHERMEN'S PRESERVATION TRUST: $3,000 · OtherSATYAGRAHA INSTITUTE: $2,750 · OtherAQUINNAH CULTURAL CENTER INC: $3,250 · OtherTISBURY SCHOOL PTO: $2,300 · OtherREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $3,000 · OtherISLAND GROWN INITIATIVE LTD: $2,500 · Other+54 more: $31,335 · Other+54 moreYou've Got a Friend Inc: $30,000 · PhilanthropyYou've Got a Friend In…+2 more: $1,250 · PhilanthropyMV YOUTH INC: $24,000 · Youth DevelopmentMV YOUTH INC+1 more: $600 · Youth DevelopmentMARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $8,600 · Human ServicesHOSPICE OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD INC DBA HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE OF MARTHA'S: $1,200 · Human ServicesGARDEN GATE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $1,100 · Human Services+4 more: $650 · Human ServicesVINEYARD CONSERVATION SOCIETY INC: $8,250 · EnvironmentBIODIVERSITYWORKS INC: $600 · Environment+6 more: $1,000 · EnvironmentISLAND HOUSING TRUST CORPORATION: $5,083 · Housing & ShelterHARBOR HOMES OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD INC: $4,250 · Housing & ShelterAmurtel Inc: $3,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,500 · InternationalHAITIAN EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP PROGRAM: $1,300 · InternationalECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND EMPOWERMENT THROUGH MENTORING: $1,000 · International+1 more: $100 · International
Other$64,935Philanthropy$31,250Youth Development$24,600Human Services$11,550Environment$9,850Housing & Shelter$9,333International$6,900

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 budgetYou've Got a Friend Inc: $30,000 over 5y, 52% of budgetMV YOUTH INC: $24,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $8,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVINEYARD CONSERVATION SOCIETY INC: $8,250 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetISLAND HOUSING TRUST CORPORATION: $5,083 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHARBOR HOMES OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD INC: $4,250 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAQUINNAH CULTURAL CENTER INC: $3,250 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISLAND GROWN INITIATIVE LTD: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTISBURY SCHOOL PTO: $2,300 over 3y, 23% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD PLAYHOUSE INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetVineyard Energy Project Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVINEYARD MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC: $1,385 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHAITIAN EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP PROGRAM: $1,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD CEREBRAL PALSY CAMP INC: $1,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHOSPICE OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD INC DBA HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE OF MARTHA'S: $1,200 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGARDEN GATE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $1,100 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVineyard House Inc: $850 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD INC: $750 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWoodwell Climate Research Center Inc: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBIODIVERSITYWORKS INC: $600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY INC: $550 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVINEYARD INDEPENDENCE PARTNERSHIP INC: $500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetVINEYARD FUTUREWORKS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD SHELLFISH GROUP INC: $400 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVINEYARD HAVEN PUBLIC LIBRARY BUILDING FUND INC: $350 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMISTY MEADOWS EQUINE LEARNING CENTER INC: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFLORENCE IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE RIGHTS PROJECT INC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MARTHA'S VINEYARD STRIPED BASS BLUEFISH DERBY INC: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYestermorrow Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget350ORG: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENFIELD COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIsland Institute: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSUNRISE MOVEMENT EDUCATION FUND: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDAMIANO OF DULUTH INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRED STOCKING FUND INC: $200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFCNL EDUCATION FUND: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHERIFF'S MEADOW FOUNDATION: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOptions In Education Inc: $150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIVING BEYOND BREAST CANCER: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLEAN OCEAN ACCESS INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISLAND AUTISM GROUP INC: $100 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.

Martha's Vineyard Ban…Martha's Vineyard Com…Stonehouse IncThe Peter and Elizabe…Gretchen V & Samuel M…Tower Family Fund IncPermanent Endowment F…Slough Farm FoundationMutual Bancorp Founda…Boston Foundation IncMv Vision Fellowship …Henry & Anne Garfinkl…
Martha's Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation IncMA61.6× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Martha's Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation Inc · Martha's Vineyard Community Foundation Inc · Stonehouse Inc · The Peter and Elizabeth C Tower Foundation · Gretchen V & Samuel M Feldman Private Foundation Inc · Tower Family Fund Inc · Permanent Endowment Fund for Martha's Vineyard · Slough Farm Foundation · Mutual Bancorp Foundation Inc Fka Cape Cod 5 Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Mv Vision Fellowship Fund · Henry & Anne Garfinkle Foundation Inc

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 South Mountain Company Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from South Mountain Company Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 230%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Cooperative Development Institute Inc: 58% of income from government
  • Marthas Vineyard Center for Living Inc: 40% of income from government
  • Martha's Vineyard Community Foundation Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Martha's Vineyard Boys & Girls Club Inc: 30% of income from government
  • The Yard Inc: 28% of income from government
  • Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Center for Ecotechnology Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Hospice of Martha's Vineyard Inc Dba Hospice and Palliative Care of Martha's: 5% of income from government
  • Martha's Vineyard Community Services Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Sheriff's Meadow Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • Martha's Vineyard Playhouse Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Harbor Homes of Martha's Vineyard Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Island Housing Trust Corporation: 1% of income from government
  • Biodiversityworks Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Island Grown Initiative Ltd: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
23get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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.

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 90 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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