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The Andover Companies 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.

$412k
Granted FY2025still arriving
178
Grants FY2025still arriving
25
States reached
$63k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Health$401kEducation$198kHousing & Shelter$154kHuman Services$151kYouth Development$100kReligion$78kFood & Nutrition$75kPhilanthropy$45kOther$0
02FY2025 · 178 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k169 grants · $226k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $123k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $63k
$1,000
Median grant
25
States reached
$408k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LAWRENCE GENERAL HOSPITAL$63,000
LAWRENCE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB INC$25,000
LAZARUS HOUSE INCORPORATED$15,275
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC$15,000
SAINT PATRICKS PARISH$15,000
AGESPAN INC$15,000
INSURANCE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION$15,000
LAWRENCE GENERAL HOSPITAL$12,000
NOTRE DAME CRISTO REY HIGH SCHOOL INC$10,500
THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC$5,052
CATHOLIC CHARITABLE BUREAU OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF B$5,000
INSURANCE INDUSTRY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC$5,000
SPECIAL OLYMPICS MASSACHUSETTS INC$5,000
LAZARUS HOUSE INCORPORATED$5,000
LAZARUS HOUSE INCORPORATED$5,000
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 (FY21–25, $138k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 69% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%OLD COLONY YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $1k → 8%LOAVES & FISHES FOOD PANTRY INC: $3k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $140 → 11%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $3k → 7%LINCOLNS ANGELS INC: $3k → 16%SUSAN B ANTHONY PROJECT INC: $3k → 9%RUTHS HOUSE INC: $3k → 9%ELMHURST WALK-IN ASSISTANCE NETWORK: $500 → 7%LAZARUS HOUSE: $1k → 8%MISERICORDIA HOME: $5k → 14%FOODBANK OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES INC: $2k → 6%BANCROFT A NEW JERSEY NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $1k → 12%CITY RELIEF INC: $3k → 12%HOMEWORTHY: $250 → 11%JOHN F MURPHY HOMES INC: $3k → 13%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION BUFFALO NIAGARA: $1k → 13%MISERICORDIA HOME: $1k → 14%IEP YOUTH SERVICES INC: $4k → 6%THE OASIS HAVEN FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN INC: $2k → 12%KNOX COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION: $250 → 11%HOSPICE CARE IN THE BERKSHIRES INC: $150 → 12%LONG ISLAND CARES INC: $2k → 7%MARIE WILKINSON FOOD PANTRY INC: $2k → 8%KNOX COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION: $250 → 11%NEADS INC: $2k → 11%SWEET ANNIE MEMORIAL GOLF OUTING INC: $1k → 6%MOORE CENTER SERVICES INC: $3k → 7%TREE OF LIFE: $2k → 11%LITTLE SPARKS PROJECT INC: $650 → 7%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $577 → 14%WILLIAMS BE YOURSELF CHALLENGE: $3k → 8%PINE STREET INN INC: $500 → 16%SWEET ANNIE MEMORIAL GOLF OUTING INC: $500 → 6%DEVICES 4 THE DISABLED: $3k → 14%GATHER: $3k → 5%SCIBOSTON INC: $3k → 8%GATHER: $2k → 5%HAVEN-VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND SUPPORT SERVICES: $500 → 5%I PODS FOR WOUNDED VETERANS: $2k → 8%EAGLE-TRIBUNE SANTA CLAUS TRUST: $2k → 10%THE MICHAEL LISNOW RESPITE CENTER INC: $3k → 8%GLEN DOHERTY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $515 → 10%AGESPAN INC: $15k → 10%AGESPAN INC: $15k → 10%ELDER SERVICES OF THE MERRIMACK VALLEY INC: $10k → 10%AGESPAN INC: $10k → 10%AGESPAN INC: $10k → 10%ALL CARE HOSPICE INC: $1k → 10%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
WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
NC
DC
OK
LA
GA
TX
FL
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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$948k · 66 repeat orgs$339k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +15% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

66 repeat relationships: 56 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 106 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

66
141

Total granted

$948k
$184k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+4%

Still filing today

83%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $155k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationAnimalsPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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

  • Lawrence General Hospital
    5× · 2021–2025 · $301k · revenue +16%
  • LAWRENCE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $83k · revenue +18%
  • IL
    INSURANCE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF BOSTON
    4× · 2022–2025 · $60k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • BC
    Bowdoin College
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +9%
  • EH
    EXETER HOSPITAL INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +1%
  • AA
    AURORA AREA INTERFAITH FOOD PANTRY
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -14%
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
Brighton Marine Inc

Brighton marine, inc. provides military and veteran families with comprehensive campus-based quality health care, as well as affordable and supportive housing for at-risk veterans and their families.

Health
2
Bridgton Hospital

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustfulenvironment through the expertise, commitment, and compassion ofour family of caregivers.

Health
3
Neighborhealth Corporation

Neighborhealth's mission is to promote and sustain healthy communities, families, and individuals by providing accessible, person-centered, and compassionate, high-quality health care services to all who live and work in our service area,…

Health
4
Mass General Brigham Health Plan Inc

Mass general brigham health plan's mission is to promote the health and wellness of our members, and to help ensure equitable, affordbale health care for the diverse communities we serve.

Health
5
MaineGeneral Health

To enhance, every day, the health of our patients, our families and our communities. We do that through a range of health care services for people of all ages, in a variety of care settings.

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 Maine Healthcare Corporation

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustful environment through the expertise, committment, and compassion of our family of caregivers.

Health
8
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
9
Saratoga Care Inc

To serve the people of the Saratoga region by providing them access to excellence in healthcare in a supportive and caring environment.

Health
10
Lifestream Inc

Lifestream, inc. (the organization") provides community-based services that support individuals in attaining greater independence, promising opportunities, and lives that are meaningful and fulfilling on their own terms.

Health
11
Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation

Mhic's mission is to be an innovative private financier of afforable housing and community development throughout new england, providing financing that would not otherwise be available, and extending the impact of that financing to ensure…

Housing & Shelter
12
Rumford Hospital

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustfulenvironment through the expertise, commitment and compassion of ourfamily of caregivers.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish of New Hampshire Inc; the most unlike its peers is Parker School Parent Teachers 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

267 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 267 of the 317 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)
26
Early backer (in before they grew)
263/267
Grantees still filing
131/267
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Lawrence General Hospital: $301,000 · HealthLawrence General Hospital+24 more: $50,012 · Health+24 moreSAINT PATRICKS PARISH: $61,150 · OtherSAINT PATRICKS PARISHINSURANCE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF BOSTON: $60,000 · OtherINSURANCE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF B…GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $25,316 · OtherGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INCST THOMAS AQUINAS HIGH SCHOOL: $18,536 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITABLE BUREAU OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON INC: $15,000 · OtherClean River Project Inc: $14,000 · Other+90 more: $191,133 · Other+90 moreLAZARUS HOUSE INC: $76,350 · Housing & ShelterLAZARUS HOUSE…ESSEX COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $60,000 · Housing & ShelterESSEX COUNTY …+7 more: $10,000 · Housing & Shelter+7 moreAGESPAN INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesAGESPAN INCMISERICORDIA HOME: $6,000 · Human Services+37 more: $75,722 · Human Services+37 moreNOTRE DAME CRISTO REY HIGH SCHOOL INC: $50,500 · EducationNOTRE DAM…Bowdoin College: $25,000 · EducationBowdoin C…PROVIDENCE COLLEGE: $6,834 · EducationPROVIDENC…The President and Trustees of Colby College: $5,525 · EducationNorth Shore Community College Foundation Inc: $5,000 · Education+11 more: $16,417 · Education+11 moreLAWRENCE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC: $82,800 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER LOWELL INC: $5,000 · Youth Development+7 more: $10,500 · Youth DevelopmentINSURANCE INDUSTRY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $30,000 · PhilanthropyLIVE 4 EVAN INC: $3,000 · PhilanthropyCommunity Connections Foundation Inc: $3,000 · PhilanthropyMaine Community Foundation Inc: $2,000 · PhilanthropyBirthday Wishes Inc: $1,500 · Philanthropy+1 more: $500 · Philanthropy
Health$351,012Other$385,135Housing & Shelter$146,350Human Services$141,722Education$109,276Youth Development$98,300Philanthropy$40,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetLawrence General Hospital: $301,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLAWRENCE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC: $82,800 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetLAZARUS HOUSE INC: $76,350 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetINSURANCE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF BOSTON: $60,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetESSEX COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $60,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetAGESPAN INC: $60,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNOTRE DAME CRISTO REY HIGH SCHOOL INC: $50,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetINSURANCE INDUSTRY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $25,316 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBowdoin College: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITABLE BUREAU OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetClean River Project Inc: $14,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetNORTHEAST ARC INC: $7,154 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPROVIDENCE COLLEGE: $6,834 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMISERICORDIA HOME: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe President and Trustees of Colby College: $5,525 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEXETER HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Shore Community College Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAURORA AREA INTERFAITH FOOD PANTRY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MASSACHUSETTS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Ministry for Hope Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities New York Metro Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGather: $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFOR PETE'S SAKE CANCER RESPITE FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDOUBLE H HOLE IN THE WOODS RANCH INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIEP Youth Services Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetVeterans Outreach Center Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCAPE ANN ANIMAL AID ASSOCIATIONINC: $3,739 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $3,111 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJOHN F MURPHY HOMES INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetELS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFare Share Wny Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetNATIONAL PKU ALLIANCE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWILLIAM'S BE YOURSELF CHALLENGE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSUSAN B ANTHONY PROJECT INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWESTERLY AREA REST MEALS (WARM) INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOORE CENTER SERVICES INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SAINT ELIZABETH COMMUNITY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS NEW ENGLAND INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEAST BAY FOOD PANTRY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMarys Dog Rescue & Adoption: $3,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetOPEN CUPBOARD FOOD PANTRY INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MICHAEL LISNOW RESPITE CENTER INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCITY RELIEF INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBEVERLY BOOTSTRAPS COMMUNITY SERVICES I: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANNIE'S ANGELS MEMORIAL FUND INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTWO GRATEFUL FRIENDS INC: $3,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCAMP SUNSHINE AND CAMP SNOWFLAKE: $3,000 over 1y, 1.4% 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.

Eastern Bank FoundationMA56.2× affinity51 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 The Andover Companies Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Andover Companies Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 410%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Employment Horizons Inc: 90% of income from government
  • The Arc Eastern Connecticut Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Bridgewell Inc: 85% of income from government
  • Northeast Arc Inc: 73% of income from government
  • Berkshire Hills Music Academy Inc: 63% of income from government
  • Clear Path for Veterans New England Inc: 62% of income from government
  • Agespan Inc: 57% of income from government
  • Iep Youth Services Inc: 50% of income from government
  • Lawrence General Hospital: 41% of income from government
  • Food Bank of South Jersey Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Jazz House Kids Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Behavioral Health Network Inc: 28% of income from government
  • Nourishnj Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • The Boys and Girls Clubs of Hartford: 20% of income from government
  • Montachusett Veterans Outreach Center I: 17% of income from government
  • Care Dimensions Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Epilepsy Foundation New England: 11% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Emmaus Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • All Care Hospice Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Hoops and Homework Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Red Sox Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Boys and Girls Club of Worcester Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Special Olympics Massachusetts Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Neads Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Beacon Academy Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Lazarus House Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Children's Museum in Easton Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Central Catholic High School of Lawrence Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Insurance Library Association of Boston: 0% of income from government
  • Cape Ann Animal Aid Associationinc: 0% of income from government
  • Groton Hill Music Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Susan B Anthony Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Exeter Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
41get no government money at all
50report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
7rely 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Andover Companies Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Andover Companies 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 317 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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