· Private foundation
The Hazeldean 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ALZHEIMER ASSOCIATION | $20,000 |
| BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE CAREERS PROGRAM | $20,000 |
| CITY YEAR | $20,000 |
| CHURCH WORLD SERVICE | $20,000 |
| CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES | $20,000 |
| MASS AUDUBON SOCIETY | $20,000 |
| THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK | $20,000 |
| EARTHWATCH | $20,000 |
| WORLD FOOD PROGRAM USA | $20,000 |
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 (FY25–25, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% 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
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 +10% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.
6 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC5× · 2020–2025 · $100k · revenue +47%- GBGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC3× · 2020–2025 · $60k · revenue +1%
CITY YEAR INC2× · 2024–2025 · $45k · revenue +10%
Funded once
United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Incone grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue -24%
CATHOLIC CHARITABLE BUREAU OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON INCone grant, 2024 · $20k · revenue +10%- BCBoston Charitable Trust Fund City of Boston Trust Officeone grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue -100%
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.
Mission strengthened by more than a century and a half of dedication to academic excellence, boston college commits itself to the highest standards of teaching and research in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs and to the…
Necp believes that social change happens when those most impacted by issues of systemic injustice, organize at the block level to address issues within their neighborhoods. through their involvement at a community level, residents engage…
Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)
Conservation law foundation, inc. (clf) protects new england's environment for the benefit of all people and future generations. we use the law, science, and markets to create solutions that preserve and restore our natural resources,…
The ymca of greater boston is dedicated to improving the health of mind, body, and spirit of individuals and families in our communities. we promote welcoming, belonging, and opportunity for all.
Form 990 - organization's mission or most significant activitiesboston impact initiative (bii) is a nonprofit impact investment fund and certified community development financial institution (cdfi). bii provides small businesses,…
WGBH enriches people's lives through programs and services that educate, inspire, and entertain, fostering citizenship and culture, the joy of learning, and the power of diverse perspectives.
Patient care, teaching, research and serving the community.
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.
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…
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 18 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 MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds CITY YEAR INC ↗
- Who funds BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE CAREERS PROGRAM INC ↗
- Who funds United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITABLE BUREAU OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON INC ↗
- Who funds Boston Charitable Trust Fund City of Boston Trust Office ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC ↗
- Who funds Storytime Crafts Inc ↗
- Who funds CHURCH WORLD SERVICE INC ↗
- Who funds Boston Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds MINUTE MAN NATIONAL PARK ASSOC 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Hazeldean Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Hazeldean Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 26% of income from government
- United Way of Massachusetts Bay Inc: 23% of income from government
- City Year Inc: 21% of income from government
- Boston Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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