· Private foundation
Stephen F Quill Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2021
- Under $10k1 grant · $3k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE | $15,000 |
| MASS OUTDOOR HERITAGE FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| BANCROFT SCHOOL | $3,000 |
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 (FY17–17, $500) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 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.
22 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2021, 20 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (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 FY2021, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 Inc4× · 2017–2021 · $189k · revenue +162%- RGRUFFED GROUSE SOCIETY3× · 2017–2019 · $10k · revenue +25%
- BSBANCROFT SCHOOL4× · 2017–2021 · $7k · revenue +5%
Funded once
- TSTOURETTE SYNDROME ASSOCIATION INCone grant, 2017 · $25k
- MGMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATEDone grant, 2019 · $10k
- UMUMASS MEDICAL SCHOOLone grant, 2017 · $10k
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.
The wildlands trust works throughout southeastern massachusetts to conserve and permanently protect native habitats, farmland, and lands of high ecologic and scenic value that serve to keep our communities healthy and our residents…
The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.
Sudbury valley trustees, inc. ("the organization") works to protect natural areas and farmland for wildlife and people in the 36 communities that surround the sudbury, assabet, and concord rivers. the organization cares for some of the…
The nantucket conservation foundation owns, protects, and stewards over 9,000 acres of land and coastal shoreline, conserves nantucket's rare and significant natural resources, and engages in impactful ecological research to inform…
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…
Kestrel land trust conserves and cares for forests, farms, and riverways in the connecticut river valley of western massachusetts while nurturing an enduring love of the land
Northeast wilderness trust is a regional land trust working to preserve and restore forever-wild landscapes for nature and people in new york, vermont, new hampshire, maine, massachusetts and connecticut.
To protect the nature of massachusetts for people and for wildlife through education, land conservation, advocacy, scientific research, and habitat stewardship/restoration.
Preserve duxbury beach to safeguard adjacent bays and mainland, protect wildlife and vegetation while welcoming the public to enjoy.
The red sox foundation's mission is to harness the passion of red sox nation to make a difference in the lives of children, veterans, families and our communities in need throughout new england by improving their health, educational and…
Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.
How this is measured
16 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. 16 of the 43 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.
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- Who funds RUFFED GROUSE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds BANCROFT SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF TRI COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds NASHUA RIVER WATERSHED ASSOC INC ↗
- Who funds CASA PROJECT INC ↗
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- Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS ↗
- Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
- Who funds THE AMERICAN CHESTNUT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL MASS BASEBALL LEAGUE INC ↗
- Who funds CAMP SUNSHINE AT SEBAGO LAKE INC ↗
- Who funds VETERANS INC ↗
- Who funds NEW ENGLAND FORESTRY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE CARROLL SCHOOL ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of North Central Ma · Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc · AbbVie Foundation · Fallon Community Health Plan Inc · United Way of Central Massachusetts Inc · American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Verizon Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Stephen F Quill Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stephen F Quill Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- New England Forestry Foundation Inc: 88% of income from government
- Veterans Inc: 58% of income from government
- Nashua River Watershed Assoc Inc: 54% of income from government
- United Way of Tri County Inc: 18% of income from government
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
- The Trustees of Reservations: 2% of income from government
- Special Olympics Massachusetts Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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