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Stonehouse Inc

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.

$16k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$24kHuman Services$8kArts & Culture$8kInternational$5kHealth$5kAnimals$5kFood & Nutrition$5kEducation$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MV FISHERMEN'S PRESERVATION TRUST$2,500
MASS AUDUBON$2,000
VINEYARD HOUSE$1,000
CAMP JABBERWOCKY$1,000
HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD$1,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD$1,000
MARTHA'S VINEYARD AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY$1,000
OPTIONS IN EDUCATION$1,000
MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$1,000
NATIONAL MARITIME HISTORICAL SOCIETY$1,000
HEIFER INTERNATIONAL$1,000
MARTHA'S VINEYARD PLAYHOUSE INC$1,000
VINEYARD CONSERVATION SOCIETY$1,000
THE POLLY HILL ARBORETUM$500
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 (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 6%STATE POLICE ASSOC OF MA: $799 → 8%MASS AUDUBON: $2k → 8%THE POLLY HILL ARBORETUM: $2k → 8%THE SALVATION ARMY: $5k → 16%NATIONAL MARITIME HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $2k → 9%HEIFER INTERNATIONAL: $2k → 17%MASS AUDUBON: $2k → 8%THE POLLY HILL ARBORETUM: $2k → 8%THE SALVATION ARMY: $1k → 16%NATIONAL MARITIME HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1k → 9%HEIFER INTERNATIONAL: $1k → 17%MASS AUDUBON: $2k → 8%MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1k → 8%THE SALVATION ARMY: $1k → 16%HEIFER INTERNATIONAL: $1k → 17%MASS AUDUBON: $1k → 8%MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1k → 8%THE SALVATION ARMY: $1k → 16%HEIFER INTERNATIONAL: $1k → 17%MASS AUDUBON: $1k → 8%OPTIONS IN EDUCATION: $1k → 8%MARTHA'S VINEYARD AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY: $1k → 8%MARTHA'S VINEYARD AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY: $1k → 8%THE POLLY HILL ARBORETUM: $1k → 8%THE MARTHA'S VINEYARD SHELLFISH GROUP INC: $1k → 8%FEATHERSTONE CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $1k → 8%ISLAND AUTISM GROUP: $1k → 8%ISLAND AUTISM GROUP: $1k → 8%MARTHA'S VINEYARD VEGAN SOCIETY: $1k → 8%SHERIFF'S MEADOW FOUNDATION: $5k → 8%MARTHA'S VINEYARD PLAYHOUSE INC: $2k → 8%BIODIVERSITY WORKS: $2k → 8%BIODIVERSITY WORKS: $2k → 8%VINEYARD HOUSE: $1k → 8%BIODIVERSITY WORKS: $1k → 8%HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD: $1k → 8%VINEYARD CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $1k → 8%CAMP JABBERWOCKY: $1k → 8%VINEYARD CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $1k → 8%HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD: $1k → 8%MARTHA'S VINEYARD PLAYHOUSE INC: $1k → 8%SHERIFF'S MEADOW FOUNDATION: $1k → 8%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD: $1k → 8%BIODIVERSITY WORKS: $1k → 8%VINEYARD OPEN LAND FOUNDATION: $1k → 8%VINEYARD CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $1k → 8%HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD: $1k → 8%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD: $1k → 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.
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$59k · 14 repeat orgs$11k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
6

Total granted

$59k
$5k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
+163%

Still filing today

71%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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
EnvironmentHealthRecreation & SportsAnimalsArts & CultureEducationOther
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

  • BI
    BIODIVERSITYWORKS INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $6k · revenue +189%
  • MV
    MARTHA'S VINEYARD PLAYHOUSE INC
    3× · 2021–2025 · $4k · revenue +27%
  • NM
    NATIONAL MARITIME HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    2× · 2023–2025 · $3k · revenue +76%

Funded once

  • VO
    VINEYARD OPEN LAND FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue ×18
  • FEATHERSTONE CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue -47%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $1k
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.

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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
2
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
3
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
4
Martha's Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation Inc
Education
5
Island Housing Trust Corporation

To own and lease land for the purpose of developing, building and maintaining affordable housing on martha's vineyard, massachusetts.

Housing & Shelter
6
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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7
Stonehouse Inc
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8
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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9
Sail Martha's Vineyard Inc

Preserve and protect the maritime history, culture and skills of martha's vineyard through on the water academics and environmental programs.

Arts & Culture
10
Martha's Vineyard Donors Collaborative Inc

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

Philanthropy
11
Martha's Vineyard Foundation Inc

Provide a temporary home at no cost to serve and sustain families of seriously ill or injured adults and children receiving treatment at pensacola area hospitals.

Health
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Martha's Vineyard Community Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is National Maritime Historical Society. 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

18 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. 18 of the 25 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
10/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE SALVATION ARMY: $8,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYMASS AUDUBON: $8,000 · OtherMASS AUDUBONHEIFER INTERNATIONAL: $5,000 · OtherHEIFER INTERNATIONALMARTHA'S VINEYARD PLAYHOUSE INC: $3,500 · OtherMARTHA'S VINEYARD PLAYHOUSE INCHOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD: $3,000 · OtherHOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE OF MARTHA'S VINEYARDNATIONAL MARITIME HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $3,000 · OtherNATIONAL MARITIME HISTORICAL SOCIETYMV FISHERMEN'S PRESERVATION TRUST: $2,500 · OtherMV FISHERMEN'S PRESERVATION TRUSTHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD INC: $2,000 · Other+4 more: $3,049 · Other+4 moreBIODIVERSITYWORKS INC: $6,000 · EnvironmentBIODIVERSITYWORKS INCSHERIFF'S MEADOW FOUNDATION: $6,000 · EnvironmentSHERIFF'S MEADOW FOUNDATIONPOLLY HILL ARBORETUM INC: $5,500 · EnvironmentPOLLY HILL ARBORETUM INCVINEYARD CONSERVATION SOCIETY INC: $3,000 · EnvironmentVINEYARD CONSERVATION SOCIETY INCVINEYARD OPEN LAND FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EnvironmentISLAND AUTISM GROUP INC: $2,000 · HealthVineyard House Inc: $1,000 · HealthMARTHA S VINEYARD VEGAN SOCIETY INC: $1,000 · HealthMARTHA'S VINEYARD AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY INC: $2,000 · Recreation & SportsMARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · PhilanthropyMARTHA'S VINEYARD SHELLFISH GROUP INC: $1,500 · AnimalsOptions In Education Inc: $1,000 · EducationFEATHERSTONE CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $1,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$38,049Environment$21,500Health$4,000Recreation & Sports$2,000Philanthropy$2,000Animals$1,500Education$1,000Arts & Culture$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBIODIVERSITYWORKS INC: $6,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSHERIFF'S MEADOW FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPOLLY HILL ARBORETUM INC: $5,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD PLAYHOUSE INC: $3,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetVINEYARD CONSERVATION SOCIETY INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL MARITIME HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $3,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetISLAND AUTISM GROUP INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD SHELLFISH GROUP INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD CEREBRAL PALSY CAMP INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVineyard House Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVINEYARD OPEN LAND FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetFEATHERSTONE CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARTHA S VINEYARD VEGAN SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 8.6% 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.

South Mountain Compan…Martha's Vineyard Ban…The Peter and Elizabe…The Helen Benham Foun…Martha's Vineyard Com…Slough Farm FoundationMv Vision Fellowship …Richard and Bette Sal…The Kohlberg Foundati…Gretchen V & Samuel M…Swartz Foundation Tru…If Hummingbird Founda…
South Mountain Company FoundationMA32.7× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: South Mountain Company Foundation · Martha's Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation Inc · The Peter and Elizabeth C Tower Foundation · The Helen Benham Foundation Helen Benham Trustee · Martha's Vineyard Community Foundation Inc · Slough Farm Foundation · Mv Vision Fellowship Fund · Richard and Bette Saltzman Foundation · The Kohlberg Foundation Inc · Gretchen V & Samuel M Feldman Private Foundation Inc · Swartz Foundation Trust · If Hummingbird 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 Stonehouse Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stonehouse Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Martha's Vineyard Community Foundation Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Sheriff's Meadow Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • Martha's Vineyard Playhouse Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Biodiversityworks Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 Stonehouse Inc?

Find your warmest path to Stonehouse Inc 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 25 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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