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The Bancroft Family Foundation at a glance

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The Bancroft Family 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.

$190k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$298kHuman Services$171kHealth$76kYouth Development$68kHousing & Shelter$47kRecreation & Sports$42kFood & Nutrition$20kPublic Safety & Disaster$12kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $55k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $135k
$6,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$3.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Nativity Preparatory School$25,000
Family Service of RI$22,576
Adoption Rhode Island$20,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters Rhode Island$15,000
Reading Partners$15,000
Hall Neighborhood House$15,000
Clothes to Kids Rhode Island$12,500
Hopecam Inc$10,000
City Care$7,500
College Bound$6,000
Just World International$6,000
Foundation for Underway Experiential Learning$6,000
BuddyMentor Inc$6,000
Gifts To Give$5,000
Catholic Charities of Los Angeles$5,000
02The need
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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 (FY19–25, $175k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 66% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Cradle to Crayons: $6k → 8%Catholic Charities of Los Angeles: $5k → 14%Embrace Grace: $3k → 11%City Care: $8k → 16%CRADLE TO CRAYONS: $6k → 8%Cradles to Crayons: $3k → 8%Cradle to Crayons: $3k → 8%Cradles to Crayons: $3k → 8%Hall Neighborhood House: $15k → 9%Hall Neighborhood House: $10k → 9%ADOPTION RHODE ISLAND: $20k → 14%HALL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $10k → 9%Adoption Rhode Island: $20k → 14%Adoption Rhode Island: $20k → 14%Adoption Rhode Island: $15k → 14%Adoption Rhode Island: $15k → 14%HALL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $3k → 9%ADOPTION RHODE ISLAND: $10k → 14%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
MA
CT
RI
VA
MD
NC
DC
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$823k · 27 repeat orgs$136k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
15

Total granted

$823k
$104k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
0%

Still filing today

81%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthHousing & ShelterRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • ADOPTION RHODE ISLAND
    7× · 2019–2025 · $115k · revenue +83%
  • HI
    HOPECAM INC
    6× · 2019–2025 · $50k · revenue +101%
  • RP
    READING PARTNERS
    4× · 2019–2025 · $41k · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • CS
    Clarke Schools for Hearing & Speech
    one grant, 2022 · $18k
  • RW
    ROBERT W JOHNSON COMMUNITY CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $12k · revenue +30%
  • BB
    Big Brothers Big Sisters of RI
    one grant, 2023 · $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.

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
Rhode Island Kids Count Inc

Rhode island kids count, inc. is a not-for-profit corporation. the organization is a children's policy and advocacy organization that provides information on child well-being, stimulates dialogue on children's issues, and promotes…

Youth Development
2
Friends Center for Children Inc

Educate children, empower families, inspire teachers, engage community, embrace diversity, embody equity

Human Services
3
Friends of the Children - Boston Inc

Impacting generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships with professional mentors - 12+ years, no matter what.

Human Services
4
Child Care of the Berkshires Inc

The organization provides child care services to families through child care centers and a network of family child care homes. child care of the berkshires also strengthens families through support services and home visiting focused on…

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5
New Bedford Star Kids Scholarship Program

To provide educational opportunities in the form of tuition aid to effective non-public schools, uniforms, after-school and summer programs, tutoring and mentoring for those high-risk, low-income children who have a parent with a history…

Education
6
Pathways for Childreninc

Pathways for children nurtures children and supports families impacted by economic and social inequity through programs that educate, enrich, empower and motivate.

Human Services
7
The Open Center for Children Inc

Since 1972, the open center for children has worked in partnership with families to create a nurturing early education and care experience. the play-based curriculum inspires children to become motivated, self-directed learners, feel…

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8
Friends of the Children- New York

Friends of the children - new york has a mission of impacting generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships with professional mentors - 12+ years, no matter what. 92% go on to enroll in…

Crime & Legal
9
Providence Children's Museum

The mission of the providence children's museum is to inspire and celebrate learning through active play and exploration. the museum welcomes children and adults of all ages and backgrounds and from all communities although its focus is on…

Arts & Culture
10
Nurture and Nature Children's Center Inc

In partnership with families, we as an educational community, foster learning in a nurturing, supportive, child-centered environment immersed in nature. we teach, respect and celebrate diversity, individuality, and the whole child.

Human Services
11
Massachusetts Wonderfund Inc

The wonderfund invests in children receiving services from dcf by providing enrichment opportunities and access to emergency aid and transitional necessities.the wonderfund is a private, nonprofit 501(c)3 that serves children engaged with…

Human Services
12
Read to a Child Inc

Read to a child's mission is to foster a love of reading, improve literacy skills and support socio-emotional well-being in students from under-resourced communities.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Adoption Rhode Island; the most unlike its peers is Symi-Fr Inc. 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

31 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. 31 of the 48 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
23/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Nativity Preparatory School: $141,000 · OtherNativity Preparatory SchoolHOPECAM INC: $50,000 · OtherHOPECAM INCBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF RHODE ISLAND INC: $37,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF RHODE ISLAND INCBUDDY-MENTOR INC: $30,000 · OtherBUDDY-MENTOR INCBuddyMentor Inc: $26,000 · OtherBuddyMentor IncGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $20,000 · OtherClarke Schools for Hearing & Speech: $18,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF RHODE ISLAND CASA INC: $18,000 · Other+15 more: $104,500 · Other+15 moreADOPTION RHODE ISLAND: $115,000 · Human ServicesADOPTION RHODE ISLANDHALL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $38,000 · Human ServicesHALL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE I…FAMILY SERVICE OF RHODE ISLAND INC: $27,976 · Human ServicesFAMILY SERVICE OF RHODE I…CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $21,000 · Human ServicesCRADLES TO CRAYONS INCCITY CARE INC: $7,500 · Human Services+2 more: $8,000 · Human ServicesREADING PARTNERS: $40,500 · EducationREADING PARTNERSOUR SISTERS SCHOOL: $38,000 · EducationOUR SISTERS SCHOOLNEW BEGINNINGS FAMILY ACADEMY INC: $31,600 · EducationNEW BEGINNINGS FAMI…COLLEGE BOUND INC: $23,500 · EducationCOLLEGE BOUND INCFOUNDATION FOR UNDERWAY EXPERIENTIA L LEARNING INC: $12,000 · EducationFOUNDATION FOR UNDE…JustWorld International Inc: $12,000 · EducationJustWorld Internati…+1 more: $4,000 · EducationSOUTHEAST CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterMARY'S SHELTER OF THE TREASURE COAST INC: $17,000 · Housing & ShelterLUCY'S HEARTH: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterCOMMUNITY BOATING CENTER INC: $28,000 · Youth DevelopmentONE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION: $3,000 · Youth DevelopmentLIVFREE INC: $22,000 · HealthGNOME INC: $6,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $3,000 · HealthROBERT W JOHNSON COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $12,000 · Recreation & SportsCAMP SUNSHINE AT SEBAGO LAKE INC: $8,000 · Recreation & SportsMARTIN LUTHER KING COMMUNITY CENTER INCORPORATED: $6,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$444,500Human Services$217,476Education$161,600Housing & Shelter$47,000Youth Development$31,000Health$31,000Recreation & Sports$26,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetADOPTION RHODE ISLAND: $115,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetHOPECAM INC: $50,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetREADING PARTNERS: $40,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHALL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $38,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetOUR SISTERS SCHOOL: $38,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF RHODE ISLAND INC: $37,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetNEW BEGINNINGS FAMILY ACADEMY INC: $31,600 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY BOATING CENTER INC: $28,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE OF RHODE ISLAND INC: $27,976 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOLLEGE BOUND INC: $23,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetLIVFREE INC: $22,000 over 3y, 9.7% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $21,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHEAST CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $20,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF RHODE ISLAND CASA INC: $18,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetMARY'S SHELTER OF THE TREASURE COAST INC: $17,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR UNDERWAY EXPERIENTIA L LEARNING INC: $12,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetJustWorld International Inc: $12,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSYMI-FR Inc: $12,000 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetROBERT W JOHNSON COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $12,000 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetLUCY'S HEARTH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGIFTS TO GIVE INC: $10,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCAMP SUNSHINE AT SEBAGO LAKE INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGNOME INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMARTIN LUTHER KING COMMUNITY CENTER INCORPORATED: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFABNEWPORT INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEmbrace Grace Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetONE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

The Rhode Island Comm…The Champlin Foundati…United Way of Rhode I…Citizens Charitable F…Billy Andrade-Brad Fa…Banknewport Charitabl…Centreville Savings B…The Nordson Corporati…Amica Companies Found…Harry M Miriam C Will…Newportfed Charitable…Gruben Charitable Fou…
The Rhode Island Community FoundationRI20.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Rhode Island Community Foundation · The Champlin Foundation · United Way of Rhode Island Inc · Citizens Charitable Foundation · Billy Andrade-Brad Faxon Charities for Children Inc · Banknewport Charitable Foundation Inc · Centreville Savings Bank Charitable Foundation · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · Amica Companies Foundation · Harry M Miriam C Will C Horton F · Newportfed Charitable Foundation · Gruben Charitable Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Hall Neighborhood House Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Gnome Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Community Boating Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Our Sisters School: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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.

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 48 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home