· Private foundation
The Christopher Catanese Childrens Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
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 $10k17 grants · $47k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $100k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND | $25,000 |
| NE HEMOPHILIA ASSOCIATION | $25,000 |
| THE LEAGUE SCHOOL | $17,500 |
| BE LIKE BRIT | $12,000 |
| ST JOHN'S SEMINARY | $10,000 |
| CIRCLE OF HOPE | $10,000 |
| PAN MASS CHALLENGE | $8,212 |
| MARY'S WISH FOR CHILDREN | $5,000 |
| GOLF FIGHTS CANCER | $5,000 |
| MILLERTRACY CHILDREN'S F | $4,000 |
| GIVENGAIN FOUNDATION | $2,750 |
| A GIFT FROM AN ANGEL | $2,500 |
| CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| ITALIAN HOME FOR CHILDREN | $2,500 |
| COPS FOR KIDS WITH CANCER | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $108k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 88% 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +57% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.
42 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2024, 21 since wound down; 2 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, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- COCIRCLE OF HOPE INC8× · 2017–2024 · $59k · revenue +181%
- PSPERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND2× · 2023–2024 · $50k · revenue +2%
- HOHOUSE OF POSSIBILITIES INC3× · 2017–2019 · $43k · revenue +506%
Funded once
- MMMAGICAL MOON FOUNDATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +56%
- DODIOCESE OF OAKLAND ROMAN CATHOLICone grant, 2021 · $20k
- TRTHE ROBERT F TERRY JR FOUNDATIONone grant, 2019 · $15k · revenue -22% · 54% of their budget
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.
Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service
Pediatric healthcare, education & research
The mission of children's cancer cause is to champion policies and programs that improve the lives of children with cancer and survivors.
To help kids and families heal the emotional scars of childhood cancer and learn to thrive.
Boston community pediatrics (bcp) provides ambulatory pediatric and related health care services to the residents of boston, massachusetts, and surrounding communities. bcp is a new model of innovative pediatric healthcare that addresses…
To help children and families transform significant emotional distress into increased resilience, hope and quality of life. to support the healing and learning process with innovation and integrity, and to serve as a model for best and…
Curesearch's mission is to fund & support targeted & innovative cancer research with measurable results, & to be the authoritative source of information & resources for all those affected by children's cancer. see schedule o for…
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…
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.
Massachusetts advocates for children, inc. ("mac") is a non-profit organization dedicated to removing barriers to educational and life opportunities for children and youth. we do so by advocating for and partnering with students and…
Beat childhood cancer drives childhood cancer research and raises awareness, making a difference in kids' survival today. our vision is to change the story for the next family by finding viable treatments and ultimately, cures for…
How this is measured
45 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. 45 of the 87 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.
- Who funds BE LIKE BRIT FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CIRCLE OF HOPE INC ↗
- Who funds PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND ↗
- Who funds HOUSE OF POSSIBILITIES INC ↗
- Who funds HOYT FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds NEW ENGLAND HEMOPHILIA ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds JOE ANDRUZZI FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds HOME START INC ↗
- Who funds MAGICAL MOON FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds PAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC ↗
- Who funds NASHOBA LEARNING GROUP INC ↗
- Who funds GOLF FIGHTS CANCER INC ↗
- Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
- Who funds THE ROBERT F TERRY JR FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds KING SOLOMON HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN INC ↗
- Who funds THE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS INC ↗
- Who funds ITALIAN HOME FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THAI DAUGHTERS INC ↗
- Who funds Rodman For Kids Inc ↗
- Who funds COPS FOR KIDS WITH CANCER 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: Eastern Bank Foundation · American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc · GivenGain Foundation USA · Amica Companies Foundation · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · The Norwood Charitable Foundation Inc · The Bay State Federal Savings Charitable Foundation · Rockland Trust - Blue Hills Charitable Foundation · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Arbella Insurance Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Lissy Family Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Christopher Catanese Childrens Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Christopher Catanese Childrens Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- House of Possibilities Inc: 76% of income from government
- Riverside Community Care Inc: 58% of income from government
- The Home for Little Wanderers Inc: 38% of income from government
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
- Italian Home for Children Inc: 29% of income from government
- Nashoba Learning Group Inc: 14% of income from government
- Perkins School for the Blind: 7% of income from government
- Special Olympics Massachusetts Inc: 1% of income from government
- The Filmmakers Collaborative Inc: 1% of income from government
- Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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