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The Keel Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$150k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$20k
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 2025.

Religion$542kHealth$539kInternational$173kFood & Nutrition$130kArts & Culture$113kHuman Services$100kEducation$76kCrime & Legal$40kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $132k
$15,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY$20,000
LAKES REGION SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$16,000
UKRAINE CRISIS AID GOUP$15,600
HADASSAH$15,000
KEREM SHALOM$15,000
OPEN TABLE INC$15,000
CLOVER FOUNDATION INC$15,000
18 DOORS$10,000
PRESCOTT CONSERVANCY INC$10,000
JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES$5,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY GREATER BOSTON INC$5,000
JEWISHGEN INC$3,600
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATIONS$2,500
BUDDY DOG HUMANE SOCIETY$2,500
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 (FY20–25, $232k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 7% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CATHOLIC CHARITIES NEW HAMPSHIRE: $40k → 7%NEW HAMPSHIRE CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $10k → 7%BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $10k → 16%NEW HAMPSHIRE CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $5k → 7%NARAL PRO CHOICE AMERICA: $3k → 14%NARAL PRO CHOICE AMERICA: $2k → 14%CLOVER FOUNDATION INC: $66k → 8%NARAL PRO CHOICE AMERICA: $2k → 14%CLOVER FOUNDATION INC: $25k → 8%CLOVER FOUNDATION INC: $25k → 8%CLOVER FOUNDATION INC: $15k → 8%CLOVER FOUNDATION INC: $15k → 8%MASSACHUSETTS BAJL FUND INC: $15k → 8%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
NH
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
MD
DC
GA
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 20 repeat orgs$212k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against -14% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
20

Total granted

$1.6M
$196k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
-14%

Still filing today

80%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthInternationalArts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • CH
    Concord Hospital Trust
    3× · 2021–2023 · $311k · revenue +95%
  • OT
    OPEN TABLE INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $130k · revenue +121%
  • II
    INTERFAITHFAMILYCOM INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $82k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • TM
    THE MALALA FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $26k · revenue -72%
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -40%
  • BS
    BAY STATE BRAWLERS ROLLER DERBY
    one grant, 2022 · $15k
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
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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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
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
4
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
5
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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6
Mass General Brigham Health Plan Inc

Mass general brigham health plan's mission is to promote the health and wellness of our members, and to help ensure equitable, affordbale health care for the diverse communities we serve.

Health
7
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
8
Massachusetts Council of Human Services Providers Inc

To advance the interests of the human services sector and providers through advocacy, education, and engagement of diverse stakeholders for collective impact.

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9
Massachusetts Health & Hospital Assoc Inc

To advance the health of individuals and communities by serving as the leading voice for all massachusetts hospitals and healthcare systems and to help them provide high quality, cost-effective and equitable patient care.

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10
Mcphs University

Mcphs university prepares students for careers in health care through teaching, scholarship, research, professional service and community engagement.

Education
11
Commonwealth Care Alliance Inc

Commonwealth care alliance, inc.'s mission is to improve the health and well-being of people with significant needs by innovating, coordinating and providing the highest quality, individualized care.

Health
12
Emerson Health System Inc

Emerson health systems is the parent organization of four subsidiaries - emerson hospital, emerson occupational health services, emerson property development and emerson health care foundation. emerson health systems provides its…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Family & Children's Service Inc; the most unlike its peers is Prescott Conservancy Inc. 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

33 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. 33 of the 42 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
20/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HADASSAH: $290,000 · OtherHADASSAHKEREM SHALOM INC: $153,000 · OtherKEREM SHALOM INCMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $115,000 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITALNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $90,000 · OtherNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETYLAKES REGION SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $58,000 · OtherLAKES REGION SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAJEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC: $35,000 · Other+17 more: $208,200 · Other+17 moreConcord Hospital Trust: $310,550 · HealthConcord Hospital Tru…+3 more: $18,000 · Health+3 moreCLOVER FOUNDATION INC: $146,000 · Human ServicesCLOVER FOUNDAT…New Hampshire Catholic Charities: $55,000 · Human ServicesNew Hampshire …Massachusetts Bail Fund: $15,000 · Human ServicesMassachusetts …BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC: $10,000 · Human Services+1 more: $5,500 · Human ServicesOPEN TABLE INC: $130,000 · Food & NutritionINTERFAITHFAMILYCOM INC: $81,800 · ReligionMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $30,000 · EducationTHE MALALA FUND: $26,000 · EducationTHE EPIPHANY SCHOOL INC: $10,000 · EducationNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $25,000 · InternationalUKRAINE CRISIS AID GROUP: $15,600 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $6,000 · InternationalHIAS INC: $5,000 · International
Other$949,200Health$328,550Human Services$231,500Food & Nutrition$130,000Religion$81,800Education$76,000International$51,600

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetConcord Hospital Trust: $310,550 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetCLOVER FOUNDATION INC: $146,000 over 5y, 38% of budgetOPEN TABLE INC: $130,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetINTERFAITHFAMILYCOM INC: $81,800 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetLAKES REGION SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $58,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetNew Hampshire Catholic Charities: $55,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY GREATER BOSTON INC: $30,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MALALA FUND: $26,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMETROWEST LEGAL SERVICES INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBUDDY DOG HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $20,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetPRESCOTT CONSERVANCY INC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetJEWISH GEN INC: $17,200 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetUKRAINE CRISIS AID GROUP: $15,600 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMassachusetts Bail Fund: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBAY CHAMBER CONCERTS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMONWEALTH ZOOLOGICAL CORPORATION D/B/A ZOO NEW ENGLAND: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EPIPHANY SCHOOL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHIAS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Charitable Trust Fund City of Boston Trust Office: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLEGE DIABETES NETWORK INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CONCORD ORCHESTRA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF TRI COUNTY INC: $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.

American Tower Corpor…Boston Foundation IncCombined Jewish Phila…Eastern Bank Foundati…Community Foundation …Fiduciary Charitable …Middlesex Savings Cha…Cummings Foundation G…Analog Devices Founda…Bny Mellon Charitable…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…
American Tower Corporation Foundation IncMA18.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Community Foundation for MetroWest Inc · Fiduciary Charitable Foundation Dba Fiduciary Trust Charitable · Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Analog Devices Foundation · Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic 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 Keel Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Keel Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • United Way of Tri County Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Metrowest Legal Services Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Open Table Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
  • Commonwealth Zoological Corporation D/B/a Zoo New England: 2% of income from government
  • Jewish Family & Children's Service Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Epiphany School Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get 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
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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Keel Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Keel Foundation 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 42 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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