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The Oxford League Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.7M
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$1.0M
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$1.9MEducation$635kReligion$629kPublic Benefit$63kHousing & Shelter$50kYouth Development$20kRecreation & Sports$15kEnvironment$12kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $141k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.5M
$25,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$7.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
METROPOLITAN OPERA$1,000,000
CONGREGATION OF THE SISTERS$500,000
BREWSTER ACADEMY$50,000
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION$50,000
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$49,550
NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY$25,000
FAES$25,000
THE PENATES FOUNDATION$16,000
CAMP HARBOR VIEW FOUNDATION$15,000
ALNOBA$10,000
PEACE ON EARTH FOUNDATION$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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 91% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%BOSTON COLLEGE: $10k → 7%THE GOVERNOR'S ACADEMY: $25k → 10%BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $56k → 16%CONGREGATION OF THE SISTERS: $500k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS: $25k → 16%METROPOLITAN OPERA: $1.0M → 17%CANTERBURY SCHOOL: $50k → 9%FAES: $25k → 8%ALNOBA: $10k → 5%NH INSTITUTE FOR CIVICS EDUCATION: $10k → 7%UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE: $62k → 9%BREWSTER ACADEMY: $50k → 9%THE GOVERNOR'S ACADEMY: $15k → 10%BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $50k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON: $25k → 13%METROPOLITAN OPERA: $500k → 17%FAES: $25k → 8%UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE: $60k → 9%WRIGHT MUSEUM: $25k → 9%BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $37k → 16%LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING A: $25k → 17%THE PENATES FOUNDATION: $16k → 5%FRIENDS FOREVER INC: $5k → 9%FRIENDS OF ABENAKI: $15k → 9%BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $36k → 16%THE PENATES FOUNDATION: $16k → 5%OPEN SKY: $5k → 7%BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $29k → 16%NEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT: $10k → 17%THE PENATES FOUNDATION: $16k → 5%BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $27k → 16%THE PENATES FOUNDATION: $16k → 5%NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY: $25k → 16%THE PENATES FOUNDATION: $16k → 5%BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $25k → 16%THE PENATES FOUNDATION: $16k → 5%BOCH CENTER: $25k → 16%THE PENATES FOUNDATION: $16k → 5%CAMP HARBOR VIEW FOUNDATION: $15k → 16%THE PENATES FOUNDATION: $16k → 5%CATHOLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $100k → 16%PEACE ON EARTH FOUNDATION: $5k → 5%CATHOLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $60k → 16%CATHOLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $50k → 16%CATHOLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $20k → 16%CATHOLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $20k → 16%CATHOLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $20k → 16%CATHOLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $10k → 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

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NH
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
KY
VA
MD
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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.4M · 10 repeat orgs$898k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +60% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
23

Total granted

$2.4M
$293k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
+17%

Still filing today

50%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $605k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentInternationalOther
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

  • CS
    CATHOLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $280k · revenue +67%
  • BS
    BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $259k · revenue +38%
  • TP
    THE PENATES FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $128k · revenue +65%

Funded once

  • CS
    CANTERBURY SCHOOL INC
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +14%
  • LR
    LEADERSHIP ROUNDTABLE
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • WM
    WRIGHT MUSEUM
    one grant, 2022 · $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
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
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
3
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
4
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
5
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
6
Bentley University

Organization's mission bentley university believes good business can impact more than the bottom line - it can change the world. bentley is a community of future business leaders who will deliver value in the marketplace and lasting…

Education
7
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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8
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
9
Northeastern University
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
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
12
New England Lawboston

New england law/boston dedicates itself to preparing students to be successful lawyers and leaders in the public and private sectors through integrated practical, theoretical and ethical education of the highest caliber and to contributing…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New England Conservatory of Music; the most unlike its peers is The Penates 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

23 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. 23 of the 40 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
18/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

METROPOLITAN OPERA: $1,500,985 · OtherMETROPOLITAN OPERACONGREGATION OF THE SISTERS: $500,000 · OtherCONGREGATION OF THE SISTERSTHE PENATES FOUNDATION: $128,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE: $121,720 · Other+21 more: $228,436 · Other+21 moreCATHOLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $280,000 · EducationCATHOLIC SCHOOLS …CANTERBURY SCHOOL INC: $50,000 · EducationCANTERBURY SCHOOL…Brewster Academy: $50,000 · EducationBrewster AcademyGOVERNOR DUMMER ACADEMY THE GOVERNOR'S ACADEMY: $40,000 · EducationGOVERNOR DUMMER A…Yale University: $31,385 · EducationYale UniversityUniversity of Scranton: $25,000 · EducationNEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $25,000 · Education+1 more: $10,000 · EducationBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $259,030 · Arts & CultureBOSTON SY…THE WANG CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureTHE WANG …+1 more: $2,500 · Arts & CultureFriends of Abenaki Inc: $15,000 · Community ImprovementCAMP HARBOR VIEW FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentNEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT: $10,000 · EnvironmentOPEN SKY INC: $5,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$2,479,141Education$511,385Arts & Culture$286,530Community Improvement$15,000Youth Development$15,000Environment$10,000Crime & Legal$5,000

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 budgetCATHOLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $280,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $259,030 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PENATES FOUNDATION: $128,000 over 8y, 16% of budgetCANTERBURY SCHOOL INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBrewster Academy: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGOVERNOR DUMMER ACADEMY THE GOVERNOR'S ACADEMY: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYale University: $31,385 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Scranton: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WANG CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Abenaki Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetCAMP HARBOR VIEW FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEACE ON EARTH FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetFRIENDS FOREVER: $4,896 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMY BREAST CANCER SUPPORT: $1,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGRANITE STATE AMBASSADORS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWILD BURRO RESCUE AND PRESERVATION PROJECT: $250 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.

The Penates FoundationNew Hampshire Charita…Eastern Bank Foundati…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Penates FoundationNH17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Penates Foundation · New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Oxford League Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Oxford League Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • The Wang Center for the Performing Arts Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston College: 3% of income from government
  • Governor Dummer Academy the Governor's Academy: 1% of income from government
  • Camp Harbor View Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
  • New England Conservatory of Music: 1% of income from government
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.
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How do I get to The Oxford League Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Oxford League Inc 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 40 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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