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The Menemsha Family Fund at a glance

· Private foundation

The Menemsha Family Fund

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$968k
Granted FY2025still arriving
66
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Science & Tech$1.3MCivil Rights$542kHealth$508kCrime & Legal$410kEducation$374kPublic Benefit$367kPhilanthropy$331kArts & Culture$305kOther$0
02FY2025 · 66 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k23 grants · $106k
  • $10k–50k40 grants · $662k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $200k
$12,500
Median grant
8
States reached
$18M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HANDEL & HAYDN SOCIETY$100,000
CENTER ON BUDGET$50,000
UNITED WAY OF MASS BAY & MERRIMACK VALLEY$50,000
NATIONAL ABORTION FEDERATION$30,000
GREATER BOSTON LEGAL SERVICES$30,000
GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK$30,000
AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE$25,000
ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE$25,000
BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND$25,000
WEST END HOUSE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB$20,000
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND$20,000
NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT$20,000
LEGAL DEFENSE FUND$20,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MASS$20,000
FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - BOSTON$20,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–25, $81k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, 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.

area typical 10%PINE STREET INN: $10k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $8k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $6k → 16%ABORTION COALITION FOR TELEMEDICINE: $8k → 17%ABORTION COALITION FOR TELEMEDICINE: $8k → 17%SMART FROM THE START: $13k → 16%SMART FROM THE START: $13k → 16%SMART FROM THE START: $13k → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $5k → 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

NH
MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
PA
CA
CO
MD
DC
TX
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.7M · 81 repeat orgs$285k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against -15% for those funded once.

81 repeat relationships: 54 still active in FY2025, 27 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

81
20

Total granted

$3.7M
$238k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
-15%

Still filing today

73%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $47k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’23’24’25
Civil RightsEducationHealthPublic BenefitArts & CultureHuman 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

  • GB
    GREATER BOSTON LEGAL SERVICES INC
    6× · 2019–2025 · $165k · revenue +78%
  • HA
    HANDEL AND HAYDN SOCIETY
    6× · 2019–2025 · $163k · revenue +4%
  • TC
    THE CHILDRENS MUSEUM
    6× · 2019–2025 · $123k · revenue +136%

Funded once

  • WC
    WELLESLEY COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
  • BO
    BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -30%
  • CF
    Center for Budget and Policy Priorities
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
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
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

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
R Street Institute

The r street institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, public-policy research organization ("think tank"). our mission is to engage in policy research and outreach to promote free markets and limited, effective government. (continued on…

Education
4
Massachusetts Business Roundtable Inc

The mission of the roundtable is to make massachusetts the most desirable place to live, work and do business by engaging private sector executives and public leaders to ensure access to a robust, diverse and talented workforce that…

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5
Center for International Policy Inc

The center for international policy is a woman-led, progressive, independent nonprofit center for research, education, and advocacy working to advance a more peaceful, just, and sustainable u.s. approach to foreign policy. through…

International
6
Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association Inc

The mission of the volunteer lawyers project of the boston bar association is to increase access to justice by delivering high quality pro bono civil legal services to eligible clients in the greater boston area.

Crime & Legal
7
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
8
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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9
Center for American Progress

The center for american progress (cap) is an independent nonpartisan policy institute that is dedicated to improving the lives of all americans through bold, progressive ideas, as well as strong leadership and concerted action. our aim is…

Civil Rights
10
The Rand Corporation

Help improve policy and decision making through research and analysis.

Public Benefit
11
Partnership for Public Service Inc

Making our government work better is a daunting task, and we are a small organization seeking to transform a government that employs millions of civilians and manages trillions of dollars in taxpayer revenue needed to protect public…

Employment
12
Ceres Inc

Ceres is a nonprofit advocacy organization working to accelerate the transition to a cleaner, more just, and resilient world. through education and research, we make the business case for action on the most pressing sustainability…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Catalyst Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wgbh Educational 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

73 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. 73 of the 111 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)
73/73
Grantees still filing
48/73
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GREATER BOSTON LEGAL SERVICES INC: $165,000 · OtherGREATER BOSTON LEGAL SERVICES INCCENTER ON BUDGET: $150,000 · OtherCENTER ON BUDGETGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $113,750 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MASS: $100,000 · OtherWELLESLEY COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $100,000 · OtherNATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT: $92,500 · OtherNATIONAL ABORTION FEDERATION: $85,000 · Other+74 more: $1,708,750 · Other+74 moreTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $90,000 · Civil RightsTHE CENTER…NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $62,500 · Civil RightsNAACP LEGA…ACLU FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $62,500 · Civil RightsACLU FOUND…ACLU FOUNDATION OF MARYLAND INC: $53,500 · Civil RightsACLU FOUND…PROVIDE INC: $41,000 · Civil RightsPROVIDE IN…CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS: $31,000 · Civil RightsCENTER FOR…NATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER: $16,000 · Civil RightsREPRODUCTIVE EQUITY NOW FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Civil Rights+2 more: $5,500 · Civil RightsHANDEL AND HAYDN SOCIETY: $162,500 · Arts & CultureHANDEL AN…THE CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $122,500 · Arts & CultureTHE CHILD…JEWISH ALLIANCE FOR LAW AND SOCIAL ACTION INC: $60,000 · Arts & CultureJEWISH AL…+1 more: $5,000 · Arts & CultureUnited Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc: $242,500 · PhilanthropyTHE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC: $76,250 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $117,500 · InternationalNEW ISRAEL FUND: $70,000 · InternationalHIAS INC: $30,000 · InternationalGLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN INC: $21,000 · InternationalWellesley College: $70,000 · EducationBOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND INC: $38,000 · EducationTHE ROOSEVELT INSTITUTE: $30,000 · EducationWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $27,000 · EducationCornell University: $16,500 · EducationCITIZEN SCHOOLS INC: $12,500 · EducationRaising A Reader: $10,000 · EducationTHE FAMILY NURTURING CENTER ROGUE VALLEY CHILDREN'S RELIEF NURSERY: $7,500 · EducationMASSACHUSETTS LAW REFORM INSTITUTE INC: $82,500 · Crime & LegalCENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY: $54,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$2,515,000Civil Rights$377,000Arts & Culture$350,000Philanthropy$318,750International$238,500Education$211,500Crime & Legal$136,500

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnited Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc: $242,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER BOSTON LEGAL SERVICES INC: $165,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHANDEL AND HAYDN SOCIETY: $162,500 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetTHE CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $122,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $117,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $113,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT: $92,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $90,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL ABORTION FEDERATION: $85,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS LAW REFORM INSTITUTE INC: $82,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetGuttmacher Institute Inc: $78,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER: $78,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC: $76,250 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $75,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWellesley College: $70,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ISRAEL FUND: $70,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $62,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetACLU FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $62,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSMART FROM THE START INC: $62,500 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetJEWISH ALLIANCE FOR LAW AND SOCIAL ACTION INC: $60,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetCENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY: $54,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetACLU FOUNDATION OF MARYLAND INC: $53,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCenter on Budget and Policy Priorities: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMassachusetts Budget and Policy Center Inc: $42,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetPROVIDE INC: $41,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetBOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND INC: $38,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCITIZENS' HOUSING AND PLANNING ASSOCIATION INC: $37,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetROSIE'S PLACE INC: $36,750 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $36,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUTEC Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWEST END HOUSE INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSILVER LINING MENTORING INC: $32,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS: $31,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHIAS INC: $30,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROOSEVELT INSTITUTE: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBREAKTIME UNITED INC: $30,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetMARYLAND CENTER ON ECONOMIC POLICY INC: $28,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $27,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEDICAL STUDENTS FOR CHOICE: $24,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetPINE STREET INN INC: $23,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE: $22,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNURTURY INC: $21,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN INC: $21,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $16,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPARKS AND PEOPLE INC: $16,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER: $16,000 over 2y, 0.1% 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 United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc ↗
  • Who funds GREATER BOSTON LEGAL SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds HANDEL AND HAYDN SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDRENS MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ABORTION FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds MASSACHUSETTS LAW REFORM INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds Guttmacher Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds Wellesley College ↗
  • Who funds NEW ISRAEL FUND ↗
  • Who funds NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds ACLU FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
  • Who funds SMART FROM THE START INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH ALLIANCE FOR LAW AND SOCIAL ACTION INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY ↗
  • Who funds ACLU FOUNDATION OF MARYLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds Center on Budget and Policy Priorities ↗
  • Who funds Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds PROVIDE INC ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds CITIZENS' HOUSING AND PLANNING ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ROSIE'S PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC ↗

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…Annie E Casey Foundat…Combined Jewish Phila…Liberty Mutual Founda…Hopewell FundThe Ford FoundationChildren's Hospital C…United Way Of Massach…New Venture FundLebowitz-Aberly Famil…Point32health Foundat…
Boston Foundation IncMA29× affinity15 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 · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Hopewell Fund · The Ford Foundation · Children's Hospital Corporation · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · New Venture Fund · Lebowitz-Aberly Family Foundation · Point32health Foundation Inc

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 Menemsha Family Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Menemsha Family Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Tides for Reproductive Freedom Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Health Imperatives Inc: 79% of income from government
  • Roca Inc: 78% of income from government
  • Nurtury Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Utec Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Parks and People Inc: 43% of income from government
  • The Family Nurturing Center Rogue Valley Children's Relief Nursery: 38% of income from government
  • Citizens' Housing and Planning Association Inc: 26% 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
  • Horizons for Homeless Children: 21% of income from government
  • Community Catalyst Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Silver Lining Mentoring Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Citizen Schools Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Smart From the Start Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Legal Services Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Handel and Haydn Society: 2% of income from government
  • The United Way of Central Maryland Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Childrens Museum: 1% of income from government
  • Breaktime United Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Wellesley College: 1% of income from government
  • Wgbh Educational Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
4rely 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.

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 111 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home