· Private foundation
The Lenox 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.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k49 grants · $167k
- $10k–50k14 grants · $239k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $133k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL | $75,000 |
| VERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART | $58,400 |
| CLEVELAND CLINIC CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | $30,000 |
| WINOUS POINT MARSH CONSERVANCY | $30,000 |
| JOHN'S ISLAND FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| MASS EYE & EAR | $25,000 |
| BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE | $25,000 |
| ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY | $20,000 |
| CLEVELAND CLINIC INDIAN RIVER FOUNDATION | $14,100 |
| CAPE & ISLAND UNITED WAY | $10,000 |
| HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CHURCH | $10,000 |
| HOMELESS NOT HOPELESS | $10,000 |
| CAPE & ISLANDS VETERANS OUTREACH CENTER | $10,000 |
| BEST BUDDIES INTERNATIONAL (OHIO) | $10,000 |
| INDIAN RIVER LAND TRUST | $10,000 |
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 (FY17–25, $79k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.
93 repeat relationships: 55 still active in FY2025, 38 since wound down; 9 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, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY9× · 2017–2025 · $287k · revenue +21%- VUVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY5× · 2018–2022 · $125k · revenue +39%
- HBHATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL5× · 2017–2021 · $104k · revenue +48%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $50k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $50k
- BHBOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE NE OHIOone grant, 2022 · $40k
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.
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.
Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…
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…
Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…
Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.
Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.
United way's mission is uniting our community and resources to build racial equity and opportunities for all rhode islanders.
The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.
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 provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustful environment through the expertise, committment, and compassion of our family of caregivers.
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…
Our mission is to ensure that the people of greater boston benefit from a vibrant, resilient, and inclusive waterfront, harbor, and islands; these spaces are equitable, accessible, and adapted to climate change; and to ensure our public,…
How this is measured
68 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. 68 of the 159 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 HOPE IGNITES CINCINNATI ↗
- Who funds ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds WINOUS POINT MARSH CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ↗
- Who funds THE JOHN'S ISLAND FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds VERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
- Who funds CAPE AND ISLANDS UNITED WAY INC ↗
- Who funds INDIAN RIVER HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds HERITAGE MUSEUMS AND GARDENS INC ↗
- Who funds THE HYANNISPORT CLUB SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC ↗
- Who funds Best Buddies International Inc ↗
- Who funds TABOR ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds Children's Hospital Corporation ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE CAPE AND ISLANDS VETERANS OUTREACH CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds BLUECOATS INC ↗
- Who funds HALLS CREEK PRESERVATION FUND INC ↗
- Who funds COURAGEOUS SAILING CENTER FOR YOUTH INC ↗
- Who funds CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART ↗
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: The Cleveland Foundation · Indian River Community Foundation Inc · Sullivan Family Fund · Mutual Bancorp Foundation Inc Fka Cape Cod 5 Foundation Inc · Cape Cod Foundation Inc · Jewish Federation of Cleveland · B Charles and Jay G Ames Foundation · Third Federal Foundation · Carfagna Family-Magis Foundation · The Page Foundation · Holloway Family Foundation · United Way of Indian River County Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Lenox Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lenox Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Home for Little Wanderers Inc: 38% of income from government
- Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
- Courageous Sailing Center for Youth Inc: 10% of income from government
- Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
- Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
- Trustees of Boston College: 3% of income from government
- Treasure Coast Food Bank Inc: 2% of income from government
- United Way of Indian River County Inc: 1% of income from government
- Quinnipiac University: 0% of income from government
- Indian River Land Trust Inc: 0% of income from government
- Family Table Collaborative Inc: 0% of income from government
- Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
- Whole Family Health Center Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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