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The Mullen Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Mullen Family Foundation Inc

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.

$565k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$125k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.7MHealth$380kPublic Benefit$238kPhilanthropy$208kRecreation & Sports$187kArts & Culture$88kHuman Services$47kYouth Development$26kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $90k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $450k
$10,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$6.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NANTUCKET COTTAGE HOSPITAL$125,000
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY$100,000
ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION$75,000
BOSTON UNIVERSITY$50,000
REPRESENT US$50,000
NANTUCKET GOLF CLUB FOUNDATION$50,000
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY$25,000
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$25,000
THE HEADSTRONG PROJECT$10,000
PALM BEACH DAY ACADEMY$10,000
THE SOCIETY OF THE FOUR ARTS$10,000
PALM BEACH CIVIC ASSOCIATION INC$10,000
THE 1909 FOUNDATION$5,000
FRESH RX$5,000
SANKATY HEAD FOUNDATION INC$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–23, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 9% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%KIEVE WAVUS EDUCATION INC: $5k → 9%PLACE OF HOPE: $515 → 11%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
IL
MI
NY
MA
CA
MD
TN
NC
FL
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.6M · 21 repeat orgs$237k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +37% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
17

Total granted

$2.6M
$123k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+37%

Still filing today

86%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $114k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentOther
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

  • TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $769k · revenue +45%
  • PB
    PALM BEACH DAY ACADEMY INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $433k · revenue +80%
  • WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2022–2025 · $140k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • WF
    WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY - ATHLETICS
    one grant, 2017 · $44k
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF NASSAU COUNTY RECREATION INC aka NASSAU PARKS CONSERVANCY INC
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue -13%
  • TN
    THE NANTUCKET PROJECT ACADEMY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +146%
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
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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2
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
3
University of New Haven

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…

Education
4
United States Naval Institute

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.

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5
Boston Harbor Now Inc

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,…

Environment
6
North Shore University Hospital

North shore university hospital is part of northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and future…

Health
7
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
8
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
9
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
10
Roger Williams University

At Roger Williams University, students are prepared to be thinkers and doers ready to solve challenging problems with innovative solutions. RWU offers robust offerings of undergraduate, graduate and professional programs across eight…

Education
11
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
12
South Shore University Hospital

South shore university hospital is part of northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and future…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Nantucket Project Academy Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wake Forest University. 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

36 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. 36 of the 45 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/36
Grantees still filing
23/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $769,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNANTUCKET COTTAGE HOSPITAL: $312,500 · OtherNANTUCKET COTTAGE HOSPITALOXBRIDGE ACADEMY: $90,000 · OtherOXBRIDGE ACADEMYUniversity of Michigan: $50,000 · Other+18 more: $211,583 · Other+18 morePALM BEACH DAY ACADEMY INC: $433,300 · EducationPALM BEACH DAY ACADEMY INCWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $140,000 · EducationWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITYVanderbilt University: $100,000 · EducationVanderbilt University+4 more: $25,000 · EducationNANTUCKET GOLF CLUB FOUNDATION INC: $134,250 · PhilanthropyNANTUCKET GOLF C…ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $100,000 · PhilanthropyROBIN HOOD FOUND…Friends of Recreation Inc: $78,000 · PhilanthropyFriends of Recre…Community Foundation for Nantucket Inc: $65,000 · PhilanthropyCommunity Founda…United Way of Palm Beach County Inc: $27,500 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of Pa…PALM BEACH NAVY SEAL EVENING OF TRIBUTE INC: $15,000 · PhilanthropyRepresentUs: $175,000 · Public BenefitThe Society of the Four Arts Inc: $60,000 · Arts & CultureCabinet of Curiosity Inc NFP: $17,500 · Arts & CultureFLORIDA HOLOCAUST MUSEUM INC: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $500 · Arts & CulturePalm Beach Civic Association Inc: $62,500 · Community ImprovementTHE 1909 FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Community ImprovementHEAD STRONG PROJECT INC: $12,500 · HealthRED SNEAKERS FOR OAKLEY INC: $11,500 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 · Health
Other$1,433,083Education$698,300Philanthropy$419,750Public Benefit$175,000Arts & Culture$83,000Community Improvement$67,500Health$29,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $769,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPALM BEACH DAY ACADEMY INC: $433,300 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetRepresentUs: $175,000 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $140,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNANTUCKET GOLF CLUB FOUNDATION INC: $134,250 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Recreation Inc: $78,000 over 5y, 8.5% of budgetCommunity Foundation for Nantucket Inc: $65,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPalm Beach Civic Association Inc: $62,500 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetThe Society of the Four Arts Inc: $60,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $50,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetSANKATY HEAD FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetUnited Way of Palm Beach County Inc: $27,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters Of America: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF NASSAU COUNTY RECREATION INC aka NASSAU PARKS CONSERVANCY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetCabinet of Curiosity Inc NFP: $17,500 over 4y, 7.7% of budgetPALM BEACH NAVY SEAL EVENING OF TRIBUTE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetHEAD STRONG PROJECT INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRED SNEAKERS FOR OAKLEY INC: $11,500 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetSTARTING RIGHT NOW: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NANTUCKET PROJECT ACADEMY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetACADEMY FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFLORIDA HOLOCAUST MUSEUM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKieve Wavus Education Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRESH RX INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSEED GLOBAL HEALTH: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNANTUCKET MARIA MITCHELL ASSOCIATION IN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNANTUCKET CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLACE OF HOPE INC: $515 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.

Community Foundation …The Goldman Sachs Cha…Karyn Gerschel Lamb F…The Matthew & Tracy S…Borchardt Family Foun…National Philanthropi…Combined Jewish Phila…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…
Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties IncFL17.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Karyn Gerschel Lamb Foundation · The Matthew & Tracy Smith Foundation · Borchardt Family Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: 21% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Community Foundation for Nantucket Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association in: 9% of income from government
  • Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • United Way of Palm Beach County Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Palm Beach Day Academy Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Place of Hope Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Florida Holocaust Museum Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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 45 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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