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Tapper Charitable 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.

$1.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
49
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$794k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0192% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2025.

Arts & Culture$3.0MEducation$1.6MHealth$626kReligion$541kRecreation & Sports$309kPhilanthropy$222kHuman Services$195kCivil Rights$116kOther$0
02FY2025 · 49 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k29 grants · $91k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $158k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $400k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.2M
$5,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMT THEATER$793,580
CITY LORE INC$367,500
BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL$100,000
BOSTON UNIVERSITY$100,000
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY$100,000
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY$50,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
TAMARACK CAMPS$20,000
JEWISH ALLIANCE FOR LAW & SOCIAL ACTION$15,000
HARTFORD PROMISE$15,000
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF METROWEST$15,000
THE DEBORAH PROJECT$12,500
FANS FOR THE CURE$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
CONNECTICUT FOODSHARE$10,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $121k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%STREET ROOTS: $100 → 12%THE INTERNATIONAL 22Q112 FOUNDATION: $3k → 8%PINE STREET INN: $100 → 16%JEFF'S PLACE: $1k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF METROWEST: $36k → 8%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $3k → 22%DIGNITY GROWS: $2k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF METROWEST: $15k → 8%DIGNITY GROWS: $1k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF METROWEST: $5k → 8%BROAD STREET MINISTRY: $5k → 22%DIGNITY GROWS: $1k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF METROWEST: $1k → 8%BROAD STREET MINISTRY: $2k → 22%YAD CHESSED FUND: $36 → 8%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $250 → 17%THE GATHERING PLACE: $8k → 17%THE GATHERING PLACE: $8k → 17%THE GATHERING PLACE: $5k → 17%THE GATHERING PLACE: $5k → 17%THE GATHERING PLACE: $5k → 17%THE GATHERING PLACE: $5k → 17%THE GATHERING PLACE: $5k → 17%THE GATHERING PLACE: $5k → 17%THE GATHERING PLACE: $3k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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OH
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CO
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DC
OK
AL
GA
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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$5.8M · 75 repeat orgs$507k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +36% since the first grant, against +18% for the ones you funded once.

75 repeat relationships — 40 still active in FY2025, 35 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

75
93

Total granted

$5.8M
$446k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+18%

Still filing today

55%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $61k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureCivil RightsPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • CL
    CITY LORE INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +6%
  • TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2021–2025 · $300k · revenue +24%
  • CS
    Capitol Squash Inc
    7× · 2017–2024 · $162k · revenue +92%

Funded once

  • WC
    WEILL CORNELL MEDICINE
    one grant, 2020 · $133k
  • UM
    UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $38k
  • TG
    THE GRADUATE CENTER FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $36k · revenue +349%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
University of New Haven

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…

Education
2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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.

Education
3
Boston Architectural College

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

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4
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
5
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
6
Commonwealth Care Alliance Inc

Commonwealth care alliance, inc.'s mission is to improve the health and well-being of people with significant needs by innovating, coordinating and providing the highest quality, individualized care.

Health
7
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
8
American Jewish Committee

AJC's mission is to enhance the wellbeing of the Jewish people and Israel, and to advance human rights and democratic values in the United States and around the world. In pursuit of this mission, AJC advances democratic principles, fights…

Civil Rights
9
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis

Jewish family and children's service of minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.

Human Services
10
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
11
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
12
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated

The national council of jewish women is a grassroots nonpartisan organization of volunteers and advocates who strive for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children and families.

Community Improvement

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Family & Children's Service Inc and the most unlike its peers is Holocaust Music Lost & Found. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity FoundationsFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Independent K-12 SchoolsAnimal Rescue and ShelterPolicy Research and AdvocacyDomestic Violence ServicesCommunity Arts CentersYouth Sports ProgramsFood Banks and PantriesPregnancy Support ServicesCancer Support ServicesJewish Community Organizati…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 39 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%3%<5yr14%4%5–10yr19%14%10–20yr16%26%20–35yr13%28%35–55yr16%27%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%36%<5yr14%1%5–10yr19%6%10–20yr16%6%20–35yr13%35%35–55yr16%17%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 36% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 3% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
3%3/113
the rest of the field
13%
240,394/1,819,452

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

106 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 106 of the 180 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
102/106
Grantees still filing
77/106
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

AMT THEATER INC — $1,687,580 · Arts & CultureAMT THEATER INCCITY LORE INC — $1,167,500 · Arts & CultureCITY LORE INC+8 more — $79,740 · Arts & CultureTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY — $300,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYIndividual grant recipient — $279,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL — $200,000 · OtherBIRTHRIGHT ISRAELUSC SHOAH FOUNDATION — $200,000 · OtherUSC SHOAH FOUNDATIONWEILL CORNELL MEDICINE — $132,610 · OtherWEILL CORNELL MEDICINEIndividual grant recipient — $100,100 · Other+112 more — $1,140,892 · Other+112 moreBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY — $810,000 · EducationBRANDEIS UNIVERSIT…THE WOODLYNDE SCHOOL CORPORATION — $137,500 · EducationTHE WOODLYNDE SCHO…TRUSTEES OF CLARK UNIVERSITY — $125,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF CLARK …HARTFORD PROMISE INC — $73,000 · EducationHARTFORD PROMISE I…NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY — $50,000 · Education+7 more — $30,036 · EducationJEWISH FEDERATION OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC — $106,950 · PhilanthropyFANS FOR THE CURE — $78,500 · PhilanthropyCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc — $45,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA — $15,000 · Philanthropy+5 more — $20,700 · PhilanthropyRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF NORTHEAST OHIO INC — $45,000 · HealthCLEVELAND RAPE CRISIS CENTER — $45,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC — $35,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO — $30,000 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc — $20,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $16,700 · HealthREACH INC — $15,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc — $12,025 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC — $12,000 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D — $10,500 · Health+5 more — $5,900 · HealthCapitol Squash Inc — $161,680 · Recreation & Sports+2 more — $1,500 · Recreation & SportsJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF METROWEST INC — $57,000 · Human ServicesTHE GATHERING PLACE — $47,500 · Human ServicesBROAD STREET MINISTRY — $6,500 · Human Services+10 more — $13,749 · Human Services
Arts & Culture$2,934,820Other$2,352,602Education$1,225,536Philanthropy$266,150Health$247,125Recreation & Sports$163,180Human Services$124,749

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetAMT THEATER INC — $1,687,580 over 3y, 85% of budgetCITY LORE INC — $1,167,500 over 4y, 11% of budgetBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY — $810,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY — $300,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCapitol Squash Inc — $161,680 over 7y, 7.7% of budgetTHE WOODLYNDE SCHOOL CORPORATION — $137,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetTRUSTEES OF CLARK UNIVERSITY — $125,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC — $106,950 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetFANS FOR THE CURE — $78,500 over 8y, 8.9% of budgetHARTFORD PROMISE INC — $73,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC — $62,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH ALLIANCE FOR LAW AND SOCIAL ACTION INC — $57,500 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF METROWEST INC — $57,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GATHERING PLACE — $47,500 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE — $47,288 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC — $46,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF NORTHEAST OHIO INC — $45,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCLEVELAND RAPE CRISIS CENTER — $45,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc — $45,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GRADUATE CENTER FOUNDATION INC — $36,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC — $35,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO — $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC — $23,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR CHILDRENS ADVOCACY INC — $22,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetFOODSHARE INC — $21,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DEBORAH PROJECT INC — $17,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $16,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJACK M BARRACK HEBREW ACADEMY — $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREACH INC — $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPROVIDENCE HOUSE INC — $12,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $12,025 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC — $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIRACLE LEAGUE OF CONNECTICUT INC — $11,500 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetTHE CONNECTICUT FORUM INC — $10,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D — $10,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOACHING FOR CHANGE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCAMP BAUERCREST INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY BONDS INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUnited Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc — $8,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE — $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHRIVE SCHOLARS — $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHEATERWORKS INC — $8,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPHILADELPHIA THEATRE COMPANY — $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTH PALM BEACH COUNTY INC — $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR FACES OF CHILDREN — $6,500 over 3y, 3.6% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds AMT THEATER INC ↗
  • Who funds CITY LORE INC ↗
  • Who funds BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Capitol Squash Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE WOODLYNDE SCHOOL CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF CLARK UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
  • Who funds FANS FOR THE CURE ↗
  • Who funds HARTFORD PROMISE INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH ALLIANCE FOR LAW AND SOCIAL ACTION INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF METROWEST INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE GATHERING PLACE ↗
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF NORTHEAST OHIO INC ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND RAPE CRISIS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE GRADUATE CENTER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR CHILDRENS ADVOCACY INC ↗
  • Who funds FOODSHARE INC ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Hartford Foundation f…Combined Jewish Phila…Farmington Bank Commu…Aetna Foundation IncJ Walton Bissell Foun…United Way Inc United…Lincoln Financial Fou…Eversource Energy Fou…The William and Alice…Boston Foundation IncCheryl Chase & Stuart…The Betty Knox Founda…
Hartford Foundation for Public GivingCT28.9× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Farmington Bank Community Foundation Inc · Aetna Foundation Inc · J Walton Bissell Foundation Inc · United Way Inc United Way of Cent & Ne Connecticut · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Eversource Energy Foundation Inc · The William and Alice Mortensen Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Cheryl Chase & Stuart Bear Family Foundation Inc · The Betty Knox Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Tapper Charitable Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 150%6%23%51%90%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Reach Inc — 85% of income from government
  • Mercy Housing & Shelter Corporation — 77% of income from government
  • Reach Beyond Domestic Violence Inc — 53% of income from government
  • United Way of Massachusetts Bay Inc — 23% of income from government
  • She Leads Justice Inc — 22% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc — 22% of income from government
  • Jewish Healthcare Center Inc — 15% of income from government
  • Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action Inc — 13% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University — 12% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc — 11% of income from government
  • Brandeis University — 9% of income from government
  • Northeastern University — 7% of income from government
  • Perkins School for the Blind — 7% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc — 7% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc — 5% of income from government
  • Community Legal Aid Inc — 5% of income from government
  • Coaching for Change Inc — 5% of income from government
  • Center for Childrens Advocacy Inc — 5% of income from government
  • Theaterworks Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Trustees of Clark University — 2% of income from government
  • Knox Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Jewish Family & Children's Service Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Forge City Works Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Worcester County Food Bank Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Healing Meals Foundation Corporation — 0% of income from government
  • Connecticut College — 0% of income from government
  • Artists Association of Nantucket Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Miracle League of Connecticut Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
15get no government money at all
16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
3rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Tapper Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Tapper Charitable Foundation 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 180 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines