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The Donna Anne Poulack Foundation at a glance

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The Donna Anne Poulack 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.

$124k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$20k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$268kHealth$249kEducation$172kYouth Development$81kArts & Culture$75kRecreation & Sports$46kFood & Nutrition$45kPhilanthropy$37kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $54k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $70k
$5,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$20,000
THE ARTIST OUTREACH$20,000
OPERATION WARM$20,000
INITIATIVE FOR A COMPETITIVE INNER CITY$10,000
SPECIAL OLYMPICS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE$7,500
NEW HAMPSHIRE FOOD BANK$6,500
SCOUTING AMERICA NEW HAMPSHIRE$5,000
ST JUDE$5,000
MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION$5,000
END 68 HOURS OF HUNGER$5,000
CASA OF NEW HAMPSHIRE$5,000
NH CHILDREN'S TRUST$5,000
SEACOAST FAMILY PROMISE$3,000
COVENANT HOUSE$2,500
HEAL THE PLANET TOGETHER$2,300
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 (FY17–25, $185k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 7% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NORTH AMERICAN FAMILY INSTITUTE: $10k → 8%OPERATION WARM: $20k → 6%NORTH AMERICAN FAMILY INSTITUTE: $5k → 8%OPERATION WARM: $20k → 6%OPERATION WARM: $20k → 6%NEW HAMPSHIRE FOOD BANK: $7k → 7%OPERATION WARM: $20k → 6%NEW HAMPSHIRE FOOD BANK: $5k → 7%OPERATION WARM: $15k → 6%NEW HAMPSHIRE FOOD BANK: $5k → 7%OPERATION WARM: $10k → 6%OPERATION WARM: $10k → 6%NEW HAMPSHIRE FOOD BANK: $5k → 7%OPERATION WARM: $10k → 6%NEW HAMPSHIRE FOOD BANK: $5k → 7%NEW HAMPSHIRE FOOD BANK: $2k → 7%NEW HAMPSHIRE FOOD BANK: $2k → 7%NEW HAMPSHIRE FOOD BANK: $1k → 7%ACTION FOR BOSTON COMMUNITY: $3k → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $5k → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $5k → 16%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
NH
IL
NY
MA
IN
PA
CA
VA
AZ
TN
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$889k · 22 repeat orgs$162k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
27

Total granted

$889k
$128k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+43%

Still filing today

77%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k 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 ServicesArts & CultureEducationYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionOther
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

  • TD
    THE DERRYFIELD SCHOOL
    7× · 2017–2024 · $165k · revenue +22%
  • CH
    Children's Hospital Corporation
    8× · 2017–2025 · $133k · revenue +91%
  • OW
    Operation Warm Inc
    8× · 2018–2025 · $125k · revenue +216%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
  • TM
    TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
    one grant, 2017 · $18k
  • CC
    CONNORS CLIMB FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue +209%
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
New Hampshire Children's Health Foundation
Health
2
Beth Israel Hospital & Children's Hospital Medical Care Corporation

Pediatric healthcare, education & research

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3
Boston Children's Network Specialty Physicians Inc

BCNSP supports the following three pillars of Boston Children's Hospital's four-part mission: (1) providing care to individuals in the community, (2) improving clinical care to its patients, and (3) educating and training clinicians. In…

Health
4
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
5
The Shriners' Hospital for Children

Shriners children's is committed to compassionate, high-quality care that improves children's lives, in a family-centered and collaborative environment. (continued on schedule o)

Health
6
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
7
Conquering Congenital Heart Disease

At conquering chd we exist to conquerin the most common birth defect. we engage, listen, learn, and act. we create visibility and empower all impacted by chd. we accomplish this through awareness, knowledge, community and research.

Health
8
Concord Children's Center Inc

To cultivate an intimate, welcoming community where children develop respectful relationships and inquisitive minds, build confidence in their individual gifts, and are engaged, prepared and inspired to learn.

Human Services
9
Cutchins Programs for Children & Families Inc

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…

Health
10
Massachusetts Advocates for Children Inc

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…

Civil Rights
11
Physicians Organization at Children's Hospital Inc

The Organization operates exclusively for the benefit of the charitable purposes of Boston Children's Hospital (the Hospital) and the affiliated Foundations. It works jointly with the Hospital and the Foundations in developing and…

Health
12
Children's Hospital

Organization's mission to improve health outcomes for children; be a leader in creating innovative solutions to pediatric healthcare problems; and excel in care, advocacy, research. as the nation's children's hospital, the mission of…

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 Feeding America. 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

38 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. 38 of the 58 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/38
Grantees still filing
27/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE DERRYFIELD SCHOOL: $165,000 · OtherTHE DERRYFIELD SCHOOLSPECIAL OLYMPICS NEW HAMPSHIRE INC: $36,000 · OtherSPECIAL OLYMPICS NEW HAMPSHIRE INCIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSt Mary's Center for Women & Children Inc: $22,500 · OtherSt Mary's Center for Women & Children IncTUFTS MEDICAL CENTER: $17,500 · OtherEASTERSEALS NH: $15,000 · Other+29 more: $111,404 · Other+29 moreChildren's Hospital Corporation: $132,500 · HealthChildren's Hospital CorporationITALIAN HOME FOR CHILDREN INC: $75,000 · HealthITALIAN HOME FOR CHILDREN INCMARCH OF DIMES INC: $62,500 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INCCONNORS CLIMB FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Health+3 more: $8,500 · HealthOperation Warm Inc: $125,000 · Human ServicesOperation Warm IncNew Hampshire Catholic Charities: $31,943 · Human ServicesNew Hampshire Cathol…North American Family Institute Inc: $15,000 · Human ServicesNorth American Famil…HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $10,000 · Human Services+2 more: $8,000 · Human ServicesRodman For Kids Inc: $55,000 · PhilanthropyRodman Fo…Boston Foundation Inc: $20,000 · PhilanthropyBoston Fo…MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $17,000 · PhilanthropyMARINE TO…Artist Outreach Inc: $40,000 · Arts & CultureSOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE YOUTH BALLET: $35,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,500 · Arts & CultureEND 68 HOURS OF HUNGER: $13,000 · Food & NutritionFeeding America: $500 · Food & NutritionINITIATIVE FOR A COMPETITIVE INNER CITY INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterSEACOAST FAMILY PROMISE: $3,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$392,404Health$293,500Human Services$189,943Philanthropy$92,000Arts & Culture$76,500Food & Nutrition$13,500Housing & Shelter$13,000

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 budgetTHE DERRYFIELD SCHOOL: $165,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $132,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Warm Inc: $125,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetITALIAN HOME FOR CHILDREN INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $62,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRodman For Kids Inc: $55,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetArtist Outreach Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS NEW HAMPSHIRE INC: $36,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE YOUTH BALLET: $35,000 over 4y, 8.9% of budgetNew Hampshire Catholic Charities: $31,943 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSt Mary's Center for Women & Children Inc: $22,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBoston Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $17,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNorth American Family Institute Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCONNORS CLIMB FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetEND 68 HOURS OF HUNGER: $13,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetDAVID ORTIZ CHILDREN'S FUND: $12,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetINITIATIVE FOR A COMPETITIVE INNER CITY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE INC: $5,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWAYPOINT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACTION FOR BOSTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSEACOAST FAMILY PROMISE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEAL THE PLANET TOGETHER INC: $2,300 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSEACOAST UNITED FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetBERWICK ACADEMY: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH OF NEW HAMPSHIRE INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGlenview Youth Baseball Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPIRIT OF GIVING NETWORK INC: $725 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFeeding America: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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 Foundati…New Hampshire Charita…Fidelity FoundationHerbert A & Iva B Gra…M L Billings Tr FBO N…Arthur L Getz Charita…Peoples United Commun…United Way Of Massach…Eversource Energy Fou…Edward Jones Foundati…Boston Foundation IncJpmorgan Chase Founda…
Eastern Bank FoundationMA19.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eastern Bank Foundation · New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · Fidelity Foundation · Herbert A & Iva B Grant Charitable · M L Billings Tr FBO Nh Charities · Arthur L Getz Charitable Tr · Peoples United Community Foundation · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Eversource Energy Foundation Inc · Edward Jones Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase 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 Donna Anne Poulack Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Donna Anne Poulack 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 21%
  • St Mary's Center for Women & Children Inc: 40% of income from government
  • Italian Home for Children Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Horizons for Homeless Children: 21% of income from government
  • Action for Boston Community Development Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Boston Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.

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 58 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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