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· Private foundation

The Peter and Elizabeth C Tower Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$12M
Granted FY2025still arriving
208
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$841k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$14MHuman Services$7.0MEducation$6.1MPhilanthropy$4.3MCommunity Improvement$3.6MYouth Development$2.6MCrime & Legal$2.4MArts & Culture$2.1MOther$0
02FY2025 · 208 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k49 grants · $163k
  • $10k–50k67 grants · $1.6M
  • $50k–250k86 grants · $7.5M
  • $250k+6 grants · $2.4M
$35,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$123M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
POWER OF PLACE LEARNING COMMUNITITES$840,743
ELIOT COMMUNITY HUMAN SERVICES$395,311
BROOKLINE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC$333,333
COMMUNITY CATALYST$328,668
NEW YORK FUNDERS ALLIANCE$263,317
CENTER FOR PUBLIC REPRESENTATION$261,640
ESSEX COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$248,250
CENTER FOR LAW AND EDUCATION$219,815
PARENT NETWORK OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC$211,437
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INNOVATORS INC$195,650
CENTER FOR SELF ADVOCACY$190,600
LEGAL ACTION CENTER$179,815
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO$168,750
NEW VENTURE FUND$165,000
CAUSEWAVE COMMUNITY PARTNERS$164,000
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 (FY20–25, $6.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 37% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FAMILY SERVICES OF MERRIMACK VALLEY INC: $120k → 10%FAMILY SERVICES OF MERRIMACK VALLEY INC: $40k → 10%KENNEDY-DONOVAN CENTER INC: $60k → 7%KENNEDY-DONOVAN CENTER INC: $60k → 7%INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT PRACTICE: $700k → 7%INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT PRACTICE: $363k → 7%INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT PRACTICE: $355k → 7%INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT PRACTICE: $255k → 7%INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT PRACTICE: $100k → 7%MASSACHUSETTS CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $75k → 16%PINNACLE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $60k → 14%B FREE WELLNESS INC: $58k → 8%JEANNE GEIGER CRISIS CENTER: $70k → 10%NEW DIRECTIONS YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $50k → 14%HEALTH LAW ADVOCATES: $200k → 16%HEALTH LAW ADVOCATES: $175k → 16%HEALTH LAW ADVOCATES: $125k → 16%HEALTH LAW ADVOCATES: $100k → 16%HEALTH LAW ADVOCATES: $75k → 16%MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $137k → 8%MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $110k → 8%MARTHA'S VINEYARD YOUTH TASK FORCE INC: $60k → 8%CAPE ABILITIES INC: $80k → 8%MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $43k → 8%B FREE WELLNESS INC: $58k → 8%MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $40k → 8%CAPE ABILITIES INC: $40k → 8%WAYSTONE HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES: $46k → 10%PEOPLE AGAINST TRAFFICKING HUMANS INC: $40k → 13%THE PETTENGILL HOUSE INC: $70k → 10%THE PETTENGILL HOUSE INC: $60k → 10%THE PETTENGILL HOUSE INC: $50k → 10%PATHWAYS FOR CHILDREN INC: $60k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF WESTERN NEW YORK: $160k → 13%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF BUFFALO & ERIE COUNTY: $102k → 13%PEOPLE AGAINST TRAFFICKING HUMANS INC: $40k → 13%PLUMMER YOUTH PROMISE: $110k → 10%PLUMMER YOUTH PROMISE: $73k → 10%PLUMMER YOUTH PROMISE: $71k → 10%FOR KIDS ONLY AFTERSCHOOL: $40k → 10%FANTASTIC FRIENDS OF WNY INC: $60k → 13%NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $100k → 13%NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $67k → 13%NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SERVICES OF ERIE AND NIAGARA COUNTIES INC: $60k → 13%LAKESHORE CONNECTIONS INC: $57k → 13%LAKESHORE CONNECTIONS INC: $57k → 13%THE RURAL OUTREACH CENTER INC: $76k → 13%THE RURAL OUTREACH CENTER INC: $54k → 13%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
NY
MA
IN
OH
NJ
CT
CA
UT
VA
MD
DC
AL
GA
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$40M · 280 repeat orgs$5.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

280 repeat relationships: 150 still active in FY2025, 130 since wound down; 52 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

280
193

Total granted

$40M
$4.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+14%

Still filing today

75%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureHousing & ShelterEnvironmentOther
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

  • POWER OF PLACE LEARNING COMMUNITIES
    3× · 2023–2025 · $1.9M · revenue ×11 · 68% of their budget
  • INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT PRACTICE INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $1.8M · revenue +76%
  • BC
    BROOKLINE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC DBA THE BROOKLINE CENTER
    5× · 2020–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +164%

Funded once

  • EH
    ENDEAVOR HEALTH SERVICES
    one grant, 2022 · $400k
  • BA
    BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL HEALTH (BAMH) CONSORTIUM
    one grant, 2021 · $200k
  • PI
    PEOPLE INC ACTING AS FISCAL AGENT FOR BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CONSORT
    one grant, 2020 · $125k
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
Accesscny Inc

Accesscny offers personcentered services that empower individuals of all ages and abilities to reach their full potential as part of our shared community. services are provided with dedication, compassion, innovation, and commitment. the…

Health
2
Central New York Quest Inc

Central ny quest has been established to serve the needs of persons with intellectual, developmental and mental health disorders in the central new york region.

Human Services
3
The Way Back Inc

To provide rehabilitative housing services and support to help people with psychiatric disabilities reintegrate into the community.the agency provides rehabilitative housing services and staff support as a primary mechanism for achieving…

Human Services
4
Erie Homes for Children & Adults Inc

Erie homes for children and adults operates as a private, non-profit agency providing programs for individuals with intellectual and physical disabilities.

Health
5
Marrakech Inc

Provides person-centered and inclusive services to children and adults with and without disabilities that includes securing employment, connecting to necessary supportive services, accessing housing and participating fully as contributing…

Employment
6
Families Together in New York State Inc

Establish a unified voice for children and youth with emotional, behavioral, and social challenges. the organizational mission is to ensure that every family has access to needed information, support, and services.

Human Services
7
Lifestream Inc

Lifestream, inc. (the organization") provides community-based services that support individuals in attaining greater independence, promising opportunities, and lives that are meaningful and fulfilling on their own terms.

Health
8
Center for Independence of the Disabled in New York Inc

The center for independence of the disabled, new york's goal is to ensure full integration, independence and equal opportunity for all people with disabilities by removing barriers to the social, economic, cultural and civic life of the…

Human Services
9
Nassau Suffolk Services for the Autistic Inc

Nassau suffolk services for the autistic (nssa) offers hope to people with autism and their families by providing high quality life-long support through services which enable people with autism to function better in everday life. nssa…

Health
10
Job Path Inc

Job path supports people with autism and other developmental disabilities as they make choices about their lives and play valued roles in their communities. job path encourages people to explore what they want out of life and to chart…

Employment
11
Legal Assistance of Western New York Inc

Lawny increases access to justice through excellent legal representation, advocacy and service.

Crime & Legal
12
Coordinated Care Services Inc

Ccsi's mission is to inspire innovation in practice by providing essental business services in partnership with organizations that improve lives and strengthen communities.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Catalyst Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Rock Ministries. 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

364 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. 364 of the 531 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.

15
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
89
Early backer (in before they grew)
358/364
Grantees still filing
250/364
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $1,788,130 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITALBROOKLINE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC DBA THE BROOKLINE CENTER: $1,120,000 · OtherBROOKLINE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC DBA TH…Newburyport Public Schools: $686,432 · Other+98 more: $16,049,859 · Other+98 moreCARE MANAGEMENT COALITION OF WESTERN NEW YORKINC: $863,460 · HealthCARE MANAGEMENT C…COMMUNITY CATALYST INC: $751,168 · HealthCOMMUNITY CATALYS…BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INNOVATORS INC: $573,250 · HealthBEHAVIORAL HEALTH…ELIOT COMMUNITY HUMAN SERVICES INC: $531,311 · HealthELIOT COMMUNITY H…FAIRWINDS-NANTUCKET'S COUNSELING CENTER: $392,032 · HealthFAIRWINDS-NANTUCK…JOHN ASHFORD LINK HOUSE: $255,000 · HealthCOMPEER WEST INC: $248,777 · HealthISLAND AUTISM GROUP INC: $231,750 · Health+22 more: $2,615,155 · Health+22 moreINSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT PRACTICE INC: $1,777,500 · Human ServicesINSTITUTE FOR NO…HEALTH LAW ADVOCATES INC: $675,000 · Human ServicesHEALTH LAW ADVOC…MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $337,898 · Human ServicesMARTHA'S VINEYAR…PLUMMER YOUTH PROMISE INC: $298,500 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF WESTERN NEW YORK: $276,833 · Human ServicesNative American Community Services of Erie and Niagara County Inc: $269,267 · Human ServicesFAMILY SERVICES OF THE MERRIMACK VALLEY INC: $236,039 · Human ServicesThe Pettengill House Inc: $205,250 · Human Services+21 more: $2,063,854 · Human Services+21 morePOWER OF PLACE LEARNING COMMUNITIES: $1,851,779 · EducationPOWER OF PLAC…Cape Cod Foundation Inc: $390,000 · EducationCape Cod Foun…DAEMEN UNIVERSITY: $316,521 · EducationDAEMEN UNIVER…RON CLARK ACADEMY INC: $300,000 · EducationRON CLARK ACA…NIAGARA UNIVERSITY: $247,580 · EducationFriends of Northshore Education Consortium: $232,750 · EducationMELMARK NEW ENGLAND INC: $210,030 · EducationLEAP for Education Inc: $166,762 · Education+12 more: $1,250,545 · Education+12 moreESSEX COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,130,362 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC: $1,071,250 · PhilanthropyCommunity Foundation for Nantucket Inc: $290,860 · PhilanthropyPHILANTHROPY MASSACHUSETTS INC: $154,626 · PhilanthropyMartha's Vineyard Donors Collaborative Inc: $132,207 · Philanthropy+1 more: $57,000 · PhilanthropyCENTER FOR PUBLIC REPRESENTATION INC: $774,355 · Crime & LegalMASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN: $300,000 · Crime & LegalCENTER FOR LAW AND EDUCATION INC: $259,815 · Crime & LegalLEGAL ACTION CENTER OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC: $179,815 · Crime & LegalCreative Restorations Inc: $132,300 · Crime & LegalJUSTICE RESOURCE INSTITUTE INC: $114,575 · Crime & LegalTHE LEGAL AID BUREAU OF BUFFALO: $100,000 · Crime & LegalEXPRESS YOURSELF INC: $222,960 · Arts & CultureCOTUIT CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $176,950 · Arts & CultureEXPLORE & MORE A CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $150,132 · Arts & CultureBUFFALO STRING WORKS INC: $147,176 · Arts & CultureROCK AUTISM INC: $90,032 · Arts & CultureDANCEABILITY INC: $67,102 · Arts & CultureCAPE ANN MUSEUM INC: $65,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$19,644,421Health$6,461,903Human Services$6,140,141Education$4,965,967Philanthropy$2,836,305Crime & Legal$1,860,860Arts & Culture$919,352

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetPOWER OF PLACE LEARNING COMMUNITIES: $1,851,779 over 3y, 68% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT PRACTICE INC: $1,777,500 over 6y, 11% of budgetESSEX COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,130,362 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetBROOKLINE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC DBA THE BROOKLINE CENTER: $1,120,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC: $1,071,250 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetCARE MANAGEMENT COALITION OF WESTERN NEW YORKINC: $863,460 over 5y, 26% of budgetCENTER FOR PUBLIC REPRESENTATION INC: $774,355 over 5y, 14% of budgetCOMMUNITY CATALYST INC: $751,168 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetHEALTH LAW ADVOCATES INC: $675,000 over 5y, 10% of budgetBEHAVIORAL HEALTH INNOVATORS INC: $573,250 over 6y, 74% of budgetELIOT COMMUNITY HUMAN SERVICES INC: $531,311 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGay & Lesbian Youth Services of WNY Inc: $483,894 over 6y, 22% of budgetWESTERN NEW YORK GRANTMAKERS ASSOCIATION INC DBA NY FUNDERS ALLIANCE: $467,352 over 2y, 11% of budgetPartnership For the Public Good Inc: $428,500 over 4y, 15% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN INC: $418,750 over 5y, 6.9% of budgetCausewave Community Partners Inc: $394,000 over 2y, 8.9% of budgetFAIRWINDS-NANTUCKET'S COUNSELING CENTER: $392,032 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetCape Cod Foundation Inc: $390,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetUTEC Inc: $382,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetCenter for Self Advocacy Inc: $354,938 over 6y, 92% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $337,898 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetDAEMEN UNIVERSITY: $316,521 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHARMONIA COLLABORATIVE CARE INC: $310,000 over 2y, 9.1% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN: $300,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetRON CLARK ACADEMY INC: $300,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetPLUMMER YOUTH PROMISE INC: $298,500 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetCommunity Foundation for Nantucket Inc: $290,860 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetBUFFALO FEDERATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC: $286,600 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF WESTERN NEW YORK: $276,833 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetNative American Community Services of Erie and Niagara County Inc: $269,267 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetBUFFALO ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER INC: $267,519 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetCENTER FOR LAW AND EDUCATION INC: $259,815 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetJOHN ASHFORD LINK HOUSE: $255,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetCENTERBOARD INC: $252,800 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCOMPEER WEST INC: $248,777 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetNIAGARA UNIVERSITY: $247,580 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBESTSELF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INC: $245,250 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFAMILY SERVICES OF THE MERRIMACK VALLEY INC: $236,039 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetFriends of Northshore Education Consortium: $232,750 over 4y, 22% of budgetISLAND AUTISM GROUP INC: $231,750 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetErie County Restorative Justice Coalition Inc: $228,164 over 6y, 15% of budgetEXPRESS YOURSELF INC: $222,960 over 6y, 10% of budgetRAW ART WORKS INC: $220,500 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetSHARING KINDNESS INC: $205,875 over 3y, 20% of budgetThe Pettengill House Inc: $205,250 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY SOLUTIONS FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INC: $200,250 over 2y, 13% of budgetJERICHO ROAD MINISTRIES INC: $200,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHOMESPACE CORPORATION: $198,266 over 6y, 1.5% 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 POWER OF PLACE LEARNING COMMUNITIES ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT PRACTICE INC ↗
  • Who funds ESSEX COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BROOKLINE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC DBA THE BROOKLINE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC ↗
  • Who funds CARE MANAGEMENT COALITION OF WESTERN NEW YORKINC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR PUBLIC REPRESENTATION INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY CATALYST INC ↗
  • Who funds HEALTH LAW ADVOCATES INC ↗
  • Who funds BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INNOVATORS INC ↗
  • Who funds ELIOT COMMUNITY HUMAN SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds Gay & Lesbian Youth Services of WNY Inc ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN NEW YORK GRANTMAKERS ASSOCIATION INC DBA NY FUNDERS ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds Partnership For the Public Good Inc ↗
  • Who funds MASSACHUSETTS ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds Causewave Community Partners Inc ↗
  • Who funds FAIRWINDS-NANTUCKET'S COUNSELING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Cape Cod Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds UTEC Inc ↗
  • Who funds Center for Self Advocacy Inc ↗
  • Who funds MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds DAEMEN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds HARMONIA COLLABORATIVE CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds RON CLARK ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds PLUMMER YOUTH PROMISE INC ↗
  • Who funds Community Foundation for Nantucket Inc ↗
  • Who funds BUFFALO FEDERATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF WESTERN NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds Native American Community Services of Erie and Niagara County Inc ↗
  • Who funds BUFFALO ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR LAW AND EDUCATION 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.

Community Foundation …The John R Oishei Fou…Tower Family Fund IncThe Western New York …Essex County Communit…First Niagara Foundat…Cullen FoundationThe Children's Guild …United Way of Buffalo…James H Cummings Foun…Institution for Savin…Cummings Foundation G…
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo IncNY146.2× affinity121 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc · The John R Oishei Foundation · Tower Family Fund Inc · The Western New York Foundation · Essex County Community Foundation Inc · First Niagara Foundation · Cullen Foundation · The Children's Guild Foundation Inc · United Way of Buffalo and Erie County · James H Cummings Foundation Inc · Institution for Savings in Newburyport & Its Vicinity Charitable Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston 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 Peter and Elizabeth C Tower Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Peter and Elizabeth C Tower Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 290%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 15%
  • Ccb Foundation Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Marthas Vineyard Youth Task Force Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Children'S Alliance Inc: 95% of income from government
  • Fidelity House Inc: 91% of income from government
  • Triangle Inc: 90% of income from government
  • Youre With Us Inc: 90% of income from government
  • Pathways for Childreninc: 86% of income from government
  • Cape Abilities Inc: 81% of income from government
  • Roca Inc: 78% of income from government
  • Island Health Inc: 77% of income from government
  • Northeast Arc Inc: 73% of income from government
  • Cordial Eye Gallery and Artist Space Inc: 73% of income from government
  • Plummer Youth Promise Inc: 64% of income from government
  • Kennedy-Donovan Center Inc: 62% of income from government
  • Health Law Advocates Inc: 52% of income from government
  • Justice Resource Institute Inc: 48% of income from government
  • Cape Cod Children's Place Inc: 47% of income from government
  • Utec Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Lawrence General Hospital: 41% of income from government
  • Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center Inc: 40% of income from government
  • Latham Centers Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Cape Ann Museum Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Martha's Vineyard Community Foundation Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Lynn Community Health Inc: 31% of income from government
  • For Kids Only Afterschool Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Walker Inc: 26% of income from government
  • John Ashford Link House: 25% of income from government
  • Building Audacity: 24% of income from government
  • Child and Family Services Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Centerboard Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Community Catalyst Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Greater Lawrence Community Action Council Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Calmer Choice Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Cape Cod Toy Library Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Lynn Shelter Association Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Family Services of the Merrimack Valley Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Housing Assistance Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Community Foundation for Nantucket Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Leap for Education Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Raw Art Works Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Martha's Vineyard Chamber Music Society Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Ymca of the North Shore Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Gosnold Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Northeast Hospital Corporation: 5% of income from government
  • Coaching for Change Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Hospice of Martha's Vineyard Inc Dba Hospice and Palliative Care of Martha's: 5% of income from government
  • Rockport Music Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Sassafras Earth Education Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Action Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Martha's Vineyard Community Services Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Cape Cod Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Essex County Community Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Project Adventure Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Sharing Kindness Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Sail Martha's Vineyard Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Cotuit Center for the Arts Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Childrens Center for Communication Inc Beverly School for the Deaf: 0% of income from government
  • Philanthropy Massachusetts Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
29get no government money at all
60report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
15rely 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.
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Find your warmest path to The Peter and Elizabeth C Tower Foundation 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 531 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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