· Private foundation
The Janet Malser Humanities Trust
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, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k14 grants · $73k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $120k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SACRED HEART OF JESUS PARISH | $25,000 |
| UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST FEDERATED | $20,000 |
| UMASS MEMORIAL HEALTH HARRINGTON HOSPITAL | $20,000 |
| WEBSTER - DUDLEY FOOD SHARE | $12,265 |
| PARK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | $12,265 |
| GLADYS E KELLY PUBLIC LIBRARY | $10,000 |
| TOWN OF OXFORD COMMUNITY CENTER | $10,000 |
| FRIENDS OF THE GLADYS KELLY LIBRARY | $10,000 |
| NICOLS COLLEGE | $8,799 |
| Individual grant recipient | $8,349 |
| ST JOSEPH'S SCHOOL | $8,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $6,200 |
| DUDLEY CHARLTON REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRIC | $6,135 |
| ALL SAINTS ACADEMY | $5,889 |
| ST ROCH'S CHURCH | $5,200 |
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 (FY17–25, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 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.
39 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 6 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, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $76k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BTBLACK TAVERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC8× · 2017–2025 · $87k · revenue +195% · 48% of their budget
- WDWEBSTER DUDLEY FOOD SHARE INC2× · 2017–2025 · $27k · revenue +91%
- OFOXFORD FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION INC2× · 2018–2024 · $25k · revenue +57% · 96% of their budget
Funded once
- WMWEBSTER MUSEUMS INCORPORATEDone grant, 2020 · $40k · revenue -10%
- SRST ROCH CHURCH CEMETARY COMMISSIONone grant, 2020 · $38k
- CCCHESTER C CORBIN PUBLIC LIBRARYone grant, 2018 · $35k
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.
To provide equitable access to a world of resources, reading, and lifelong learning.
Museum and research library for history of fitchburg, massachusetts
To study, educate, collect and preserve historical records and artifacts for the town of Westborough, MA
The mission of the west stockbridge historical society is to preserve the history and culture of west stockbridge, ma through research, programming, community involvment and the restoration of the old town hall.
Friends of webster county conservation is a non-profit organization made up of people who are concerned with preserving our natural areas and providing opportunities for people to interact and learn about our natural environment funds are…
Friends of webster trails advocates for the preservation of the natural character of websters open space. fwt promotes this through sensible management, education, and low-impact access. fwt advises the parks and recreation department and…
Worcester historical museum is a unique organization dedicated to collecting, preserving, and interpreting worcester's history in all time periods and subject areas.
The worcester business development corporation (wbdc) is a private, non- profit business organization with a public purpose mission to serve as an innovation and leading force in the economic development of the city of worcester and the…
The purpose of the "Society" is to collect, preserve, and interpret Wethersfield's past for the education and enjoyment of present and future generations.
The mission of westerly armory restoration, inc is to restore the historic westerly armory (national register of historic places and a save americas treasures site) for use by its community as a museum and community building.
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 94 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.
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.
Open a dossier: Fels Family Foundation · Hometown Bank Community Foundation Inc · Webster Five Foundation Inc · Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc · John J and Elizabeth M Kunkel & Family Foundation Inc · United Way of South Central Massachusetts Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Janet Malser Humanities Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Janet Malser Humanities Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
- Webster Lake Association Inc: 20% of income from government
- Worcester Community Action Council Inc: 8% of income from government
- Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc: 1% of income from government
- Nichols College: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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