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The Hausman Family Charitable Trust at a glance

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The Hausman Family Charitable Trust

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$20M
Granted FY2023
1
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$20M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0178% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.

Philanthropy$42MEducation$292kArts & Culture$135kScience & Tech$120kRecreation & Sports$37kFood & Nutrition$35kPublic Safety & Disaster$32kHuman Services$18kOther$0
02FY2023 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$19,640,867
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIDELITY DONOR ADVISED FUNDS$19,640,867
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 (FY20–21, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 59% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PATHWAYS FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 10%PATHWAYS FOR CHILDREN: $2k → 10%ST FRANCIS HOUSE: $100 → 16%ST FRANCIS HOUSE: $100 → 16%EXCEL ACADEMY: $5k → 16%EXCEL ACADEMY: $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

NY
MA
OH
NJ
CT
RI
CA
KY
TN
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.

2%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$505k · 34 repeat orgs$20M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +48% for those funded once.

34 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2023, 34 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
22

Total granted

$505k
$702k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+48%

Still filing today

38%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’23
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentInternationalRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • EM
    ELEMENTAL MUSIC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $30k · revenue +253%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $26k · revenue +19%
  • ROCKPORT MUSIC INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $25k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $500k
  • WH
    WOODS HOLE RESEARCH
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
  • PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue -65%
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
Rhode Island School of Design

The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…

Education
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
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
6
Wheaton College

Wheaton college provides a transformative liberal arts education, combining theory and practice, for intellectually curious students within a collaborative and vibrant extended community and network that values and strives to create an…

Education
7
Museum of American Finance

Finance impacts everyone. as a socially relevant organization, the museum of american finance seeks to improve understanding of the influence of financial institutions and capital markets on the u.s. and global economies, and on…

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8
Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.

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9
Emmanuel College

Emmanuel college is a coed, residential catholic liberal arts and sciences college with 2,112 undergraduate and graduate students.

Education
10
University of Massachusetts Amherst Alumni Association Inc

To promote the interests of the university of massachusetts amherst through programs, services and communications that develop and reinforce the bonds between the university and its alumni; to validate the value and alumni pride in the…

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11
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
12
Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Rockport Music Inc; the most unlike its peers is Excel Academy. 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

24 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. 24 of the 60 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
21/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $22,175,852 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND+1 more: $20,000 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY DONOR ADVISED FUNDS: $19,640,867 · OtherFIDELITY DONOR ADVISED FUNDS+40 more: $967,322 · OtherPEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureELEMENTAL MUSIC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureROCKPORT MUSIC INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureCAPE ANN MUSEUM INC: $4,000 · Arts & CultureTHE GARDNER MUSEUM INC: $4,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $200 · Arts & CultureMILTON ACADEMY: $50,000 · EducationHarmony Project: $20,000 · EducationTHE EPIPHANY SCHOOL INC: $10,000 · Education+2 more: $1,550 · EducationFRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN INC: $26,000 · EnvironmentTHE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $2,000 · EnvironmentEXCEL ACADEMY: $10,000 · Human ServicesPATHWAYS FOR CHILDRENINC: $7,000 · Human Services+1 more: $200 · Human ServicesCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,500 · Philanthropy
Community Improvement$22,195,852Other$20,608,189Arts & Culture$113,200Education$81,550Environment$28,000Human Services$17,200Philanthropy$1,500

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 budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $22,175,852 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMILTON ACADEMY: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetELEMENTAL MUSIC: $30,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN INC: $26,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetROCKPORT MUSIC INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHarmony Project: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEXCEL ACADEMY: $10,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetTHE EPIPHANY SCHOOL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPATHWAYS FOR CHILDRENINC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCAPE ANN MUSEUM INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GARDNER MUSEUM INC: $4,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROPRIETORS OF THE BOSTON ATHENAEUM: $1,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetECONOMETRIC SOCIETY INC: $1,010 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBRITISH SCHOOLS & UNIVERSITIES FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRESH AIR FUND: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ROCKPORT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSAINT FRANCIS HOUSE INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROCKPORT ART ASSOCIATION: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION: $84 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 FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
  • Who funds MILTON ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds ELEMENTAL MUSIC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN INC ↗
  • Who funds ROCKPORT MUSIC INC ↗
  • Who funds BROWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Harmony Project ↗
  • Who funds GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds EXCEL ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds THE EPIPHANY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds PATHWAYS FOR CHILDRENINC ↗
  • Who funds CAPE ANN MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GARDNER MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PROPRIETORS OF THE BOSTON ATHENAEUM ↗
  • Who funds ECONOMETRIC SOCIETY 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.

Institution for Savin…Boston Foundation IncCharles Family Charit…Hildreth Stewart Char…The Jebediah Foundati…Essex County Communit…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…
Institution for Savings in Newburyport & Its Vicinity Charitable Foundation IncMA15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Institution for Savings in Newburyport & Its Vicinity Charitable Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Charles Family Charitable Foundation · Hildreth Stewart Charitable Foundation · The Jebediah Foundation 7563-Xxxxxx00129 · Essex County Community Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Pathways for Childreninc: 86% of income from government
  • Cape Ann Museum Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Saint Francis House Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Rockport Music Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Peabody Essex Museum Inc: 3% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Reservations: 2% of income from government
  • Friends of the Public Garden Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Rockport Art Association: 0% of income from government
  • Proprietors of the Boston Athenaeum: 0% of income from government
  • The Epiphany School Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Milton Academy: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
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How do I get to The Hausman Family Charitable Trust?

Find your warmest path to The Hausman Family Charitable Trust 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.

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 60 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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