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The Franchi-Hershoff Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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The Franchi-Hershoff Family 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.

$8k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$46kInternational$30kArts & Culture$18kEnvironment$11kHuman Services$5kScience & Tech$4kFood & Nutrition$4kHealth$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$259
Median grant
4
States reached
$42k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER$5,000
LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE ASSOCIATION$1,500
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$575
CASTLE PRESERVATION SOCIETY$500
DANA FARBER CANCER$259
BIRNBAUM FOUNDATION$250
GIFFORD CAT SHELTER$104
TUFTONBORO FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION$100
MAZON AJEWISH RESPONSE TO HUNGER$52
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 39% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%NORWELL ARTS: $15k → 8%UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $575 → 8%WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE: $3k → 11%TEAM FLYING CLOUD: $500 → 12%INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NE: $11k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $5k → 14%NATIONAL HOSPICE ALLIANCE REGATTA: $525 → 6%LAKES REGION CONSERVATION TRUST: $1k → 9%NORWELL HIGH SCHOOL PTO: $15k → 8%HENRI TERMEER FOUNDATION: $2k → 8%WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE: $2k → 11%INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NE: $10k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $2k → 14%NATIONAL HOSPICE ALLIANCE REGATTA: $525 → 6%LAKES REGION CONSERVATION TRUST: $500 → 9%NORWELL HIGH SCHOOL: $4k → 8%MASSACHUSETTS BIOTECH ED FNDTN: $1k → 8%INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NE: $3k → 16%LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE ASSOCIATION: $2k → 9%NORWELL HIGH SCHOOL PTO: $3k → 8%PEARL STREET CUPBOARD: $4k → 8%INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NE: $2k → 16%LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE ASSOCIATION: $2k → 9%NORWELL HIGH SCHOOL PTO: $3k → 8%PEARL STREET CUPBOARD: $1k → 8%INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NE: $2k → 16%LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE ASSOCIATION: $2k → 9%NORWELL HIGH SCHOOL PTO: $3k → 8%PEARL STREET CUPBOARD: $725 → 8%INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NE: $2k → 16%LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE ASSOCIATION: $2k → 9%NORWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL: $1k → 8%INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NE: $1k → 16%LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE ASSOCIATION: $1k → 9%NORWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL: $1k → 8%LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE ASSOCIATION: $1k → 9%NORWELL EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $1k → 8%WOBURN COUNCIL OF SOCIAL CONCERN: $2k → 8%LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE ASSOCIATION: $500 → 9%LOON PRESERVATION COMMITTEE: $500 → 9%NORWELL HIGH SCHOOL: $1k → 8%WOBURN COUNCIL OF SOCIAL CONCERN: $1k → 8%HENRI TERMEER FOUNDATION: $2k → 16%LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE ASSOCIATION: $500 → 9%LOON PRESERVATION COMMITTEE: $500 → 9%NORWELL SCHOLASTIC ARTS SOCIETY: $500 → 8%WOBURN COUNCIL OF SOCIAL CONCERN: $1k → 8%HENRI TERMEER FOUNDATION: $1k → 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.
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.
$106k · 24 repeat orgs$19k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
18

Total granted

$106k
$18k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+27%

Still filing today

63%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $929 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
HealthArts & CultureEducationAnimalsEnvironmentCivil RightsOther
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

  • II
    INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEW ENGLAND INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $30k · revenue +462%
  • LW
    Lake Winnipesaukee Association
    8× · 2018–2025 · $9k · revenue +332%
  • UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
    2× · 2024–2025 · $7k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • NA
    NORWELL ARTS
    one grant, 2024 · $15k
  • MB
    MASSACHUSETTS BIOTECH ED FNDTN
    one grant, 2019 · $1k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $500
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
Lowell Observatory

The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…

Science & Tech
2
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
3
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
4
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
5
Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return

Mass general brigham incorporated is developing an integrated health care delivery system throughout the region that offers patients a continuum of coordinated, high-quality care.

Health
6
The Quebec-Labrador Foundation Inc

The program mission of the quebec-labrador foundation u.s. is defined by a regional component (new england and eastern canada), and an international component, which ties our regional model to a global conservation network. qlf's program…

Philanthropy
7
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
8
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
9
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
10
Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary

THE MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY ("THE INFIRMARY") IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT TEACHING HOSPITAL CONDUCTING PATIENT CARE AND RESEARCH. THE INFIRMARY IS A TEACHING HOSPITAL OF HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL AND AN INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH.…

Health
11
Maine Audubon Society

Maine Audubon works to conserve Maine's wildlife and habitat by engaging people of all ages in education, conservation, and action. We are helping the people of Maine become the nation's most informed and effective stewards of wildlife and…

Environment
12
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

We educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Worcester Polytechnic Institute; the most unlike its peers is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 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

21 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. 21 of the 45 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
18/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NORWELL HIGH SCHOOL PTO: $23,190 · OtherNORWELL HIGH SCHOOL PTONORWELL ARTS: $15,000 · OtherNORWELL ARTSLake Winnipesaukee Association: $9,125 · OtherLake Winnipesaukee AssociationIndividual grant recipient: $5,635 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNORWELL HIGH SCHOOL: $5,160 · OtherNORWELL HIGH SCHOOLWORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE: $5,100 · OtherWORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTEWoburn Council of Social Concern Inc: $4,325 · OtherHENRI TERMEER FOUNDATION: $4,000 · Other+24 more: $9,947 · Other+24 moreINTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEW ENGLAND INC: $29,500 · Civil RightsINTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF…UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $6,500 · Education+1 more: $200 · EducationNORWELL SCHOLASTIC ARTS SOCIETY INC: $1,648 · Arts & CultureCASTLE PRESERVATION SOCIETY: $1,500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $100 · Arts & CultureLakes Region Conservation Trust: $1,500 · EnvironmentLoon Preservation Committee: $1,260 · EnvironmentTUFTONBORO FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION INC: $700 · Public Safety & DisasterDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $359 · HealthSOUTH SHORE HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $100 · HealthNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $100 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $50 · Health
Other$81,482Civil Rights$29,500Education$6,700Arts & Culture$3,248Environment$2,760Public Safety & Disaster$700Health$609

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 budgetINTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEW ENGLAND INC: $29,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetLake Winnipesaukee Association: $9,125 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE: $5,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWoburn Council of Social Concern Inc: $4,325 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCASTLE PRESERVATION SOCIETY: $1,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLakes Region Conservation Trust: $1,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetLoon Preservation Committee: $1,260 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTUFTONBORO FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION INC: $700 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetNORWELL FOOD PANTRY & FRIENDS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $359 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKHAN ACADEMY INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH SHORE HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetZAMIR CHORALE OF BOSTON INC: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budget261 FEARLESS INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $93 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $50 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.

  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEW ENGLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds Lake Winnipesaukee Association ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER ↗
  • Who funds WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds Woburn Council of Social Concern Inc ↗
  • Who funds NORWELL SCHOLASTIC ARTS SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds CASTLE PRESERVATION SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Lakes Region Conservation Trust ↗
  • Who funds Loon Preservation Committee ↗
  • Who funds TUFTONBORO FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NORWELL FOOD PANTRY & FRIENDS INC ↗
  • Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds KHAN ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH SHORE HEALTH SYSTEM INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds ZAMIR CHORALE OF BOSTON INC ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON ↗
  • Who funds 261 FEARLESS INC ↗
  • Who funds MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger ↗

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.

New Hampshire Charita…The Booth FoundationThe Ayco Charitable F…Shell USA Company Fou…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
New Hampshire Charitable FoundationNH16.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · The Booth Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Franchi-Hershoff Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Franchi-Hershoff Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • International Institute of New England Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute: 8% of income from government
  • Zamir Chorale of Boston Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • South Shore Health System Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Animal Rescue League of Boston: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get 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
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 45 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
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The regranting layer
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The endowment market
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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