· Private foundation
The Penniman 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.
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 |
|---|---|
| FRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN | $3,000 |
| MSPCC MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN | $1,000 |
| SPRINGS FOOD PANTRY | $1,000 |
| INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NE | $1,000 |
| MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL CANCER CENTER | $1,000 |
| PROJECT HOPE | $1,000 |
| BEACON HILL CIVIC ASSOCIATION | $750 |
| NEADS WORLD CLASS SERVICE DOGS | $750 |
| NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO | $750 |
| BROOKLYN HEIGHTS ASSOCATION | $600 |
| ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON | $500 |
| BOSTON PARTNERS IN EDUCATION | $500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $500 |
| BEACON HILL VILLAGE | $500 |
| OLA OF EASTERN LONG ISLAND | $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 (FY18–25, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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.
50 repeat relationships: 35 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 3 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, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FOFRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN INC6× · 2020–2025 · $17k · revenue +19%
- IIINTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEW ENGLAND INC5× · 2021–2025 · $5k · revenue +252%
ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON9× · 2017–2025 · $5k · revenue +64%
Funded once
- LLLUPUS LA CO EMERGEone grant, 2018 · $12k · revenue -10%
- UMUKRAINIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONone grant, 2022 · $3k
- OCOCEAN CITY JOB LOT FOUNDATIONone grant, 2023 · $3k
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.
The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…
The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).
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 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.
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.
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.
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,…
Vision: drive positive change through the power of design and focused activism.mission: aia inspires and empowers architects to improve society and transform the world.
The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.
To manage the brooklyn navy yard for the city of new york, specifically to expand job opportunities for new yorkers by fostering the development of small businesses.
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…
How this is measured
43 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. 43 of the 74 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 FRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN INC ↗
- Who funds LUPUS LA CO EMERGE ↗
- Who funds LONGHOUSE RESERVE ↗
- Who funds BEACON HILL CIVIC ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEW ENGLAND INC ↗
- Who funds ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON ↗
- Who funds NEADS INC ↗
- Who funds AMAGANSETT VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds Brooklyn Heights Association Inc ↗
- Who funds BOSTON PARTNERS IN EDUCATION INC ↗
- Who funds SPRINGS FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
- Who funds BEACON HILL VILLAGE INC ↗
- Who funds OLA OF EASTERN LONG ISLAND INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds PECONIC LAND TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds PETS AND PEOPLE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds AMAGANSETT FREE LIBRARY ↗
- Who funds BROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC ↗
- Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds 3LPlace Inc ↗
- Who funds PAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC ↗
- Who funds UNCOMMONORG INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND 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.
Open a dossier: Andrew Sabin Family Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Kazickas Family Foundation · The Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Penniman Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Penniman Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Beacon Hill Village Inc: 28% of income from government
- International Institute of New England Inc: 24% of income from government
- Horizons for Homeless Children: 21% of income from government
- Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
- Women's Lunch Place Inc: 8% of income from government
- Neads Inc: 1% of income from government
- Friends of the Public Garden Inc: 1% of income from government
- Museum of Fine Arts: 0% of income from government
- Animal Rescue League of Boston: 0% of income from government
- Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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