· Private foundation
The Kelly and Michael Tzannes 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, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| METALWERX | $5,000 |
| BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS | $2,500 |
| CAMP JABBERWOCKY | $2,500 |
| MASS EYE AND EAR | $2,000 |
| WESTPORT LAND TRUST | $2,000 |
| OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER | $1,500 |
| GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK | $1,500 |
| SHATTERPROOFORG | $1,000 |
| SANDY HOOK PROMISE | $1,000 |
| THE WISH PROJECT | $1,000 |
| BOSTON FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| IN CONTROL CRASH PREVENTION | $1,000 |
| GNOME SURF | $500 |
| WEST PLACE ANIMAL SANCTURY | $500 |
| BALTIMORE CLAYWORKS | $500 |
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 (FY19–25, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MIMetalwerx Inc6× · 2019–2025 · $77k · revenue +43%
Trustees of Tufts College3× · 2020–2022 · $6k · revenue +39%- TRTHE RECORD COMPANY INC4× · 2017–2020 · $4k · revenue +353%
Funded once
- EEVERYTOWNone grant, 2023 · $1k
- MAMAKE A WISHone grant, 2022 · $300
- DFDR FARM FOUNDATIONone grant, 2017 · $250
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.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
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…
The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.
Wentworth institute of technology is a nationally recognized private coeducational and residential university of higher education with a mission to empower, inspire and innovate through experiential learning with a core purpose of career…
To cultivate and develop an expansive collection of trees, gardens, and plants for all to explore, enjoy and study; and to provide through education and stewardship, a greener, healthier, more beautiful environment.
The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.
Jewelers of america, the most trusted and influential voice of the jewelry industry, empowers and unites its members through expert guidance and advocacy, driving excellence, integrity, and success in an ever-changing marketplace.
The boston society of architects (bsa/aia) exists to improve the quality of life for boston-area residents by championing innovation in the built environment. as a membership association, we achieve this mission in partnership with the bsa…
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…
Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…
To sponsor and conduct educational conferences, seminars, workshops and symposia for purposes of informing members and other interested parties on current research, legislation and practices in all phases of employee reward programs…
How this is measured
18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 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.
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 Metalwerx Inc ↗
- Who funds TENACITY INC ↗
- Who funds Trustees of Tufts College ↗
- Who funds THE RECORD COMPANY INC ↗
- Who funds HIGH MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds MARTHA'S VINEYARD CEREBRAL PALSY CAMP INC ↗
- Who funds ASCENTRIA CARE ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds THE WISH PROJECT ↗
- Who funds SANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Boston Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds Birthday Wishes Inc ↗
- Who funds THE SOCIETY OF ARTS AND CRAFTS ↗
- Who funds WEST PLACE ANIMAL SANCTUARY ↗
- Who funds BALTIMORE CLAYWORKS INC ↗
- Who funds SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICAN GOLDSMITHS ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONNECTION INC ↗
- Who funds University of Michigan ↗
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: Eastern Bank Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Kelly and Michael Tzannes Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kelly and Michael Tzannes Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
- Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
- The Society of Arts and Crafts: 10% of income from government
- The Nature Connection Inc: 5% of income from government
- Baltimore Clayworks Inc: 5% of income from government
- The Record Company Inc: 2% of income from government
- Metalwerx Inc: 1% of income from government
- Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
- Boston Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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