· Private foundation
Summer Star Foundation for Nature Art and Humanity Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k11 grants · $22k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $65k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ROBINSON MIDDLE SCHOOL | $42,000 |
| TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE | $22,500 |
| CITY OF BLOOMINGTON | $4,860 |
| GREATER BOSTON CHINESE ALLIANCE CHURCH (GBCCA) | $3,125 |
| WOODWELL CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTER | $3,000 |
| LUCILE PACKAND FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH | $3,000 |
| ROCKPORT ART ASSN AND MUSEUM | $3,000 |
| ROCKPORT MUSIC | $3,000 |
| NEW ENGLAND CHINESE YOUTH SUMMER CAMP (NECYSC) | $1,320 |
| STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION | $500 |
| TRUSTESS OF RESERVATIONS | $200 |
| SIERRA CLUB | $75 |
| SUDBURY VALLEY TRUSTEES | $50 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
US giving: 89% of grant dollars ($1.1M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 11% that went abroad ($142k) is mapped below.
Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $500) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 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
Beyond the US: 11% of all-years giving ($142k)
1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
20 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
Indiana University Foundation5× · 2018–2023 · $404k · revenue +30%
Trustees of Tufts College7× · 2018–2024 · $212k · revenue +36%
ROCKPORT MUSIC INC3× · 2017–2024 · $25k · revenue +3%
Funded once
- LPLOWELL PUBLIC SCHOOLSone grant, 2017 · $42k
- NPNATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYone grant, 2018 · $30k
- ITIFKIDS THEATRE COMPANYone grant, 2018 · $15k
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 mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
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.
To preserve the unique character and natural resources of harvard.
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
Sura's mission is to advance collaborative research and education and to strengthen the scientific capabilities of its members and our nation.
Girl scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place.
The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.
The mission of the massachusetts land trust coalition is to advance land conservation across massachusetts by providing education, tools, networking and advocacy for land trusts and their partners.
Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.
To provide essential value to our members, their careers, our partners, and the public, asce will: facilitate the advancement of technology; encourage and provide the tools for lifelong learning; promote professionalism and the profession;…
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 42 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 Trustees of Tufts College ↗
- Who funds ROCKPORT MUSIC INC ↗
- Who funds SUDBURY VALLEY TRUSTEES INC ↗
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- Who funds GREATER BOSTON CHINESE CULTURAL ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds LUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH ↗
- Who funds THE STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds MONGABAY ORG CORP ↗
- Who funds BUILT ENVIRONMENT PLUS ↗
- Who funds SENIORCARE INC ↗
- Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS ↗
- Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
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: Boston Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Summer Star Foundation for Nature Art and Humanity Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Summer Star Foundation for Nature Art and Humanity Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Seniorcare Inc: 82% of income from government
- Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
- Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc: 11% of income from government
- Sudbury Valley Trustees Inc: 11% of income from government
- Rockport Music Inc: 4% of income from government
- The Trustees of Reservations: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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