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The Gordon and Marjorie Osborne Foundation #0756244 at a glance

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The Gordon and Marjorie Osborne Foundation #0756244

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.

$815k
Granted FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$930kHealth$675kEnvironment$488kInternational$385kCommunity Improvement$205kHuman Services$185kPhilanthropy$180kArts & Culture$119kOther$0
02FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k19 grants · $415k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $400k
$25,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$6.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BERKS COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC$100,000
CHOOSE LOVE INC$100,000
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL$100,000
BUZZARDS BAY COALITION$50,000
SUDBURY VALLEY TRUSTEES INC$50,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA INC$40,000
BEYOND BORDERS INC$25,000
NEW BEDFORD WHALING MUSEUM$25,000
NURTURY INC$25,000
CHARLES RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC$25,000
CITY OF BOSTON - BOSTON CHILDCARE ENTREPRENEUR FUND$25,000
EAST BOSTON SOCIAL CENTERS EARLY LEARNING PROGRAM$25,000
LA COLABORATIVA INC$25,000
CRISTO REY BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL$25,000
UNCORNERED INC$20,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $340k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FAMILIES FIRST PARENTING PROGRAMS INC: $20k → 8%CHOOSE LOVE INC: $100k → 17%CHOOSE LOVE INC: $50k → 17%FAMILIES FIRST PARENTING PROGRAMS INC: $10k → 8%LA COLABORATIVA INC: $25k → 16%CHELSEA COLLABORATIVE: $25k → 16%CHELSEA COLLABORATIVE: $25k → 16%LA COLABORATIVA INC: $25k → 16%FAMILY NURTURING CENTER OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $20k → 16%UNCORNERED INC: $20k → 16%FAMILY NURTURING CENTER OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $10k → 16%UNCORNERED INC: $10k → 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
VT
NY
MA
PA
RI
MD
AZ
NC
DC
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.9M · 26 repeat orgs$305k to everyone else

26 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
16

Total granted

$2.9M
$305k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+55%

Still filing today

73%
81%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEnvironmentArts & CultureEducationInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • Cornell University
    2× · 2020–2021 · $500k · revenue +46%
  • SV
    SUDBURY VALLEY TRUSTEES INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $270k · revenue +104%
  • BUZZARDS BAY COALITION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $100k · revenue +105%

Funded once

  • HB
    HOME BASE
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • RAZOM INC
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue -65%
  • United Help Ukraine Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue -81%
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
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
3
Wildlands Trust Inc

The wildlands trust works throughout southeastern massachusetts to conserve and permanently protect native habitats, farmland, and lands of high ecologic and scenic value that serve to keep our communities healthy and our residents…

Environment
4
Trustees of Boston University

Organization's mission: boston university is an international, comprehensive, private research university, committed to educating students to be reflective, resourceful individuals ready to live, adapt, and lead in an interconnected world.…

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5
Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition

The mission of the massachusetts land trust coalition is to advance land conservation across massachusetts by providing education, tools, networking and advocacy for land trusts and their partners.

Environment
6
Massachusetts Outdoor Heritage Foundation Inc Attn Susan Sacco
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7
The Trustees of Reservations

Overview - founded in boston by pioneering landscape architect and open space visionary charles eliot in 1891, the trustees is the nation's first and the commonwealth's largest conservation and preservation nonprofit.

Environment
8
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
9
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Inc

Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…

Arts & Culture
10
Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc

To protect the nature of massachusetts for people and for wildlife through education, land conservation, advocacy, scientific research, and habitat stewardship/restoration.

Environment
11
Massachusetts Business Roundtable Inc

The mission of the roundtable is to make massachusetts the most desirable place to live, work and do business by engaging private sector executives and public leaders to ensure access to a robust, diverse and talented workforce that…

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12
New England Museum Association

New england museum association's mission is to connect a community engaged in learning, collaboration, and action to cultivate a better museum world.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sudbury Valley Trustees Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dorset Historical Society. 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

34 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. 34 of the 44 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/34
Grantees still filing
26/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $675,000 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITALEAST BOSTON SOCIAL CENTERS EARLY LEARNING PROGRAM: $125,000 · OtherEAST BOSTON SOCIAL CENTERS EARLY LEARNING PROGR…CRISTO REY BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL INC: $100,000 · OtherCRISTO REY BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL INCNURTURY INC: $100,000 · OtherNURTURY INCCITY OF BOSTON - BOSTON CHILDCARE ENTREPRENEUR FUND: $75,000 · OtherCITY OF BOSTON - BOSTON CHILDCARE ENTREPRENEUR …MALDEN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $71,000 · OtherHOME BASE: $50,000 · Other+10 more: $199,840 · Other+10 moreCornell University: $500,000 · EducationCornell UniversityNORTH CAROLINA TEXTILE FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · EducationNORTH CAROLINA TEXT…+2 more: $2,000 · EducationSUDBURY VALLEY TRUSTEES INC: $270,000 · EnvironmentSUDBURY VALLEY T…BUZZARDS BAY COALITION: $100,000 · EnvironmentBUZZARDS BAY COA…BOURNE CONSERVATION TRUST: $50,000 · EnvironmentBOURNE CONSERVAT…CHARLES RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC: $37,500 · EnvironmentCHARLES RIVER WA…NEW ENGLAND FORESTRY FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Environment+1 more: $5,000 · EnvironmentCHOOSE LOVE INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesCHOOSE LOVE I…LA COLABORATIVA INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesLA COLABORATI…United Help Ukraine Inc: $50,000 · Human ServicesUnited Help U…FAMILIES FIRST PARENTING PROGRAM INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesFAMILIES FIRS…UNCORNERED INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesUNCORNERED IN…FAMILY NURTURING CENTER OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY NURTUR…BEYOND BORDERS INC: $75,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $60,000 · InternationalRAZOM INC: $50,000 · InternationalBERKS COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · PhilanthropyUnited Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc: $15,000 · PhilanthropyBoston Foundation Inc: $15,000 · PhilanthropyOld Dartmouth Historical Society: $50,000 · Arts & CultureOLD SLATER MILL ASSOCIATION: $32,500 · Arts & CultureGORE PLACE SOCIETY: $27,000 · Arts & CultureSHELBURNE MUSEUM INC: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,395,840Education$577,000Environment$487,500Human Services$390,000International$185,000Philanthropy$180,000Arts & Culture$115,500

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 budgetCornell University: $500,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSUDBURY VALLEY TRUSTEES INC: $270,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetCHOOSE LOVE INC: $150,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetBERKS COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetBUZZARDS BAY COALITION: $100,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetLA COLABORATIVA INC: $100,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetNURTURY INC: $100,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBEYOND BORDERS INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA TEXTILE FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOld Dartmouth Historical Society: $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetRAZOM INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Help Ukraine Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOURNE CONSERVATION TRUST: $50,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetCHARLES RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC: $37,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetOLD SLATER MILL ASSOCIATION: $32,500 over 4y, 7.2% of budgetSILVER LINING MENTORING INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetFAMILIES FIRST PARENTING PROGRAM INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetUNCORNERED INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE MASS MENTORING PARTNERSHIP INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetFAMILY NURTURING CENTER OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMORE THAN WORDS INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGORE PLACE SOCIETY: $27,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetNEW ENGLAND FORESTRY FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAATCC Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetSHELBURNE MUSEUM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLINCOLN LAND CONSERVATION TRUST: $5,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetMonhegan Historical & Cultural Museum Association: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBENNINGTON MUSEUM INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROPRIETORS OF THE BOSTON ATHENAEUM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDORSET HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $1,000 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.

Boston Foundation IncFidelity FoundationEastern Bank Foundati…Cummings Foundation G…Liberty Mutual Founda…Combined Jewish Phila…Riley Mabel Louise Tr…Yawkey Foundation IIHighland Street Conne…United Way Of Massach…Wellington Management…The Cabot Family Char…
Boston Foundation IncMA29.5× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Fidelity Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Riley Mabel Louise Tr Uwill · Yawkey Foundation II · Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Wellington Management Foundation · The Cabot Family Charitable Trust

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 Gordon and Marjorie Osborne Foundation #0756244 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Gordon and Marjorie Osborne Foundation #0756244. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • New England Forestry Foundation Inc: 88% of income from government
  • The Mass Mentoring Partnership Inc: 63% of income from government
  • Nurtury Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Buzzards Bay Coalition: 37% of income from government
  • La Colaborativa Inc: 34% of income from government
  • More Than Words Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Uncornered Inc: 24% of income from government
  • United Way of Massachusetts Bay Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Sudbury Valley Trustees Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Silver Lining Mentoring Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Families First Parenting Program Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Shelburne Museum Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Charles River Watershed Association Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Old Dartmouth Historical Society: 2% of income from government
  • Gore Place Society: 2% of income from government
  • Proprietors of the Boston Athenaeum: 0% of income from government
  • Boston Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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.
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Find your warmest path to The Gordon and Marjorie Osborne Foundation #0756244 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.

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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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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