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The Ives Family Charitable Trust at a glance

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The Ives Family Charitable Trust

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$357k
Granted FY2024still arriving
86
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$2.2MEnvironment$1.9MEducation$269kPhilanthropy$186kHealth$52kInternational$46kHuman Services$46kYouth Development$23kOther$0
02FY2024 · 86 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k69 grants · $92k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $265k
$1,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY$30,000
MUSUEM OF FINE ARTS BOSTON$30,000
YALE UNIVERSITY$25,000
WOODWELL CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTER$25,000
WOODWELL CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTER$25,000
LEXHAB$20,000
THE BOSTON FOUNDATION$10,000
GBH$10,000
OPEN DOOR CLINIC$10,000
UNITED WAY OF ADDISON COUNTY$10,000
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL$10,000
CARROLL SCHOOL$10,000
ADDISON COUNTY PARENTCHILD CENTER$10,000
NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION$10,000
THE BOSTON FOUNDATION$10,000
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 (FY17–24, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 74% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FREEDOM OF THE PRESS FOUNDATION: $2k → 20%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $220 → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $150 → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $100 → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $50 → 17%WOMEN'S SAFE: $2k → 9%PINE STREET INN: $1k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $500 → 16%PINE STREET INN: $500 → 16%MASSACHUSETTS BAIL FUND: $2k → 8%MASSACHUSETTS BAIL FUND: $2k → 8%MASSACHUSETTS BAIL FUND: $2k → 8%MASSACHUSETTS BAIL FUND: $2k → 16%MASSACHUSETTS BAIL FUND: $2k → 16%MASSACHUSETTS BAIL FUND: $2k → 16%MASSACHUSETTS BAIL FUND: $2k → 16%BEACON HILL VILLAGE: $2k → 16%BEACON HILL VILLAGE: $2k → 16%BEACON HILL VILLAGE: $1k → 16%BEACON HILL VILLAGE: $1k → 16%BEACON HILL VILLAGE: $1k → 16%BEACON HILL VILLAGE: $1k → 16%BEACON HILL VILLAGE: $1k → 16%BEACON HILL VILLAGE: $500 → 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
NH
NY
MA
OR
SD
IN
NJ
CT
CA
NE
MO
VA
MD
KS
DC
AL
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.6M · 92 repeat orgs$177k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

92 repeat relationships: 49 still active in FY2024, 43 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

92
76

Total granted

$4.6M
$77k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+20%

Still filing today

64%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $101k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentEducationArts & CultureAnimalsInternationalHuman ServicesOther
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

  • Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $841k · revenue +123%
  • MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
    6× · 2017–2022 · $793k · revenue +29%
  • MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $521k · revenue +99%

Funded once

  • PA
    PROCTOR ACADEMYgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $11k · revenue +35%
  • NP
    NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • DI
    DANA-FARBER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +279%
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
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
2
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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3
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
4
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
5
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
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
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
8
Climate Institute

The climate institute is organized for the purpose of educating the general public and policy makers as to the gravity of potential climate change, exploring the policy implications of the latest scientific findings on climate modelling…

Environment
9
Property and Environment Research Center

Perc is dedicated to advancing conservation through markets, incentives, property rights, and partnerships.

Public Benefit
10
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
11
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
12
Earth & Space Research

Increase societal understanding of the earth system through scientific research and education.

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is Leopold Schepp Foundation. 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

115 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. 115 of the 187 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)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
113/115
Grantees still filing
82/115
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WGBH: $1,125,500 · OtherWGBHNATURAL RESOURCE DEFENSE COUNCIL: $156,000 · OtherNATURAL RESOURCE DEFENSE COUNCILHUNTINGTON THEATER: $120,000 · OtherHUNTINGTON THEATER+123 more: $548,571 · Other+123 moreMUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $793,220 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF FINE ARTSHUNTINGTON THEATRE CO INC: $87,000 · Arts & CultureHUNTINGTON THEATRE C…+8 more: $9,961 · Arts & CultureWoodwell Climate Research Center Inc: $840,500 · Science & TechWoodwell Climate Res…+2 more: $16,805 · Science & TechMASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $520,685 · EnvironmentMASSACHUSETTS AUDUB…NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $148,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES D…ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $93,100 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFEN…NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $28,988 · Environment+14 more: $26,096 · EnvironmentUnited Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc: $80,000 · PhilanthropyBoston Foundation Inc: $50,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF ADDISON COUNTY INC: $40,000 · PhilanthropyLeopold Schepp Foundation: $16,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $1,252 · PhilanthropyNorth Branch School Inc: $42,000 · EducationGROTON SCHOOL: $15,789 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION: $12,000 · EducationPROCTOR ACADEMY: $11,000 · EducationTHE CARROLL SCHOOL: $10,000 · EducationBUCKINGHAM BROWNE & NICHOLS SCHOOL: $6,000 · Education+10 more: $12,219 · EducationUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $23,200 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $9,000 · InternationalOPERATION SMILE INC: $4,800 · InternationalTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $4,000 · InternationalFINCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $3,850 · International+3 more: $1,025 · International
Other$1,950,071Arts & Culture$890,181Science & Tech$857,305Environment$816,869Philanthropy$187,252Education$109,008International$45,875

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 budgetWoodwell Climate Research Center Inc: $840,500 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetMUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $793,220 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $520,685 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $148,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $93,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHUNTINGTON THEATRE CO INC: $87,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUnited Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc: $80,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $45,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Branch School Inc: $42,000 over 6y, 8.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ADDISON COUNTY INC: $40,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $28,988 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $23,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHWATCH INSTITUTE INC: $16,250 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $16,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLeopold Schepp Foundation: $16,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetGROTON SCHOOL: $15,789 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetVERMONT FOODBANK: $14,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMassachusetts Bail Fund: $14,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetMORE THAN WORDS INC: $12,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetPROCTOR ACADEMY: $11,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Health Services of Addison Cty Inc: $11,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $10,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDANA-FARBER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUTEC Inc: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CARROLL SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEACON HILL VILLAGE INC: $9,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $9,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $7,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBUCKINGHAM BROWNE & NICHOLS SCHOOL: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN RIVERS INC: $5,680 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ENGLAND WILDLIFE CENTER INC: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE STURGIS LIBRARY: $5,250 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $4,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF CAPE COD INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FORT TICONDEROGA ASSOCIATION: $4,342 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLEARNING RIGHTS LAW CENTER: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFINCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $3,850 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBARNSTABLE LAND TRUST INC: $3,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMOTHERS OUT FRONT INC: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $2,275 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPINE STREET INN INC: $2,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT COLLEGE: $2,000 over 2y, 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 Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds HUNTINGTON THEATRE CO INC ↗
  • Who funds United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc ↗
  • Who funds Boston Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds North Branch School Inc ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF ADDISON COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds EARTHWATCH INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds Leopold Schepp Foundation ↗
  • Who funds GROTON SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds VERMONT FOODBANK ↗
  • Who funds Massachusetts Bail Fund ↗
  • Who funds MORE THAN WORDS INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PROCTOR ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds Community Health Services of Addison Cty Inc ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds DANA-FARBER INC ↗
  • Who funds UTEC Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE CARROLL SCHOOL ↗

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 IncEastern Bank Foundati…The Vermont Community…Combined Jewish Phila…Analog Devices Founda…The Loring Wolcott & …Cape Cod Foundation I…Ge Aerospace Foundati…American Tower Corpor…Chubb Charitable Foun…Mutual Bancorp Founda…Texas Instruments Fou…
Boston Foundation IncMA26.9× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · The Vermont Community Foundation · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Analog Devices Foundation · The Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Charitable Trust-I · Cape Cod Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Mutual Bancorp Foundation Inc Fka Cape Cod 5 Foundation Inc · Texas Instruments 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 Ives Family Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ives Family Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 180%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Atria Collective Inc: 96% of income from government
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: 63% of income from government
  • Utec Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Beacon Hill Village Inc: 28% of income from government
  • More Than Words Inc: 24% of income from government
  • United Way of Massachusetts Bay Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Vermont Foodbank: 13% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • United Way of Addison County Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Rehearsal for Life Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports: 11% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Barnstable Land Trust Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Huntington Theatre Co Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston College: 3% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Emerson Umbrella Inc: 1% of income from government
  • New England Conservatory of Music: 1% of income from government
  • The Institute of Contemporary Art Inc: 1% of income from government
  • New England Wildlife Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Emerald Necklace Conservancy Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Connecticut College: 0% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Sturgis Library: 0% of income from government
  • Museum of Fine Arts: 0% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Buckingham Browne & Nichols School: 0% of income from government
  • Boston Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
18get no government money at all
8report 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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How do I get to The Ives Family Charitable Trust?

Find your warmest path to The Ives 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 187 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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