· Private foundation
The Progin Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k8 grants · $40k
- $10k–50k9 grants · $248k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| RFK COMMUNITY ALLIANCE | $100,000 |
| WORCESTER ACADEMY | $40,000 |
| PROVISION MINISTRY | $35,000 |
| THE CARROLL CENTER FOR THE BLIND | $30,000 |
| NASHUA RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION | $29,000 |
| CRADLES TO CRAYONS | $25,000 |
| STRAIGHT AHEAD MINISTRIES | $25,000 |
| JOY OF MUSIC PROGRAM INC | $25,000 |
| MASSACHUSETTS WONDERFUND INC | $20,000 |
| GIRLS INC OF WORCESTER | $18,864 |
| Individual grant recipient | $7,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
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 (FY17–24, $295k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
19 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WAWORCESTER ACADEMY8× · 2017–2024 · $260k · revenue +28%
- JOJOY OF MUSIC PROGRAM INC8× · 2017–2024 · $180k · revenue +59%
- TCTHE CARROLL CENTER FOR THE BLIND INC6× · 2017–2024 · $170k · revenue +53%
Funded once
- FBFITCHBURG BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBone grant, 2019 · $30k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone 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.
Wentworth institute of technology is a nationally recognized private coeducational and residential university of higher education with a mission to empower, inspire and innovate through experiential learning with a core purpose of career…
To cultivate an intimate, welcoming community where children develop respectful relationships and inquisitive minds, build confidence in their individual gifts, and are engaged, prepared and inspired to learn.
Wheaton college provides a transformative liberal arts education, combining theory and practice, for intellectually curious students within a collaborative and vibrant extended community and network that values and strives to create an…
To inspire and educate students to become socially aware leaders and innovators who positively impact their communities around the world
The williston northampton school inspires students to live with purpose, passion and integrity. the school's philosophy comprises the tenents of respect for self and others, responsibility and trust, and honesty and integrity. the school's…
Meadowbrook knows, loves, and challenges every child. together, as a diverse community with high academic, ethical and social standards, we nurture character, promote confidence, inspire creativity and foster critical thinking skills as we…
The waldorf school of lexington nurtures each child's curiosity, ingenuity, and love of learning so that they can meet the future with wonder, confidence, and resilience.
The mission of winchester community music school is to provide outstanding and diverse musical education and performance, accessible to all, in winchester, neighboring communities, and beyond.
Brookline music school's mission is to awaken and nurture joy of learning, playing, and listening to music and to create a welcoming musical community for all ages, abilities, and interests.
To operate as a noncommercial educational fm broadcast public radio station for purposes of providing a cultural, educational, literary, scientific, artistic and musical outlet for the area community.
Waltham partnership for youth collaborates with youth, families, and partner organizations to address long-standing systemic inequities while building a community of belonging and opportunity for waltham youth. we envision a world where…
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 29 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 WORCESTER ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds JOY OF MUSIC PROGRAM INC ↗
- Who funds THE CARROLL CENTER FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
- Who funds Straight Ahead Ministries INC ↗
- Who funds CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC ↗
- Who funds PROVISION MINISTRY INC ↗
- Who funds MASSACHUSETTS WONDERFUND INC ↗
- Who funds Ron Burton Training Village Inc ↗
- Who funds NASHUA RIVER WATERSHED ASSOC INC ↗
- Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED OF WORCESTER ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH CENTRAL MA ↗
- Who funds PLUGGED IN BAND PROGRAM 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: Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc · The Fred Harris Daniels Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Webster Five Foundation Inc · Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund Trust · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Progin Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Progin Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Straight Ahead Ministries Inc: 30% of income from government
- Nashua River Watershed Assoc Inc: 11% of income from government
- The Carroll Center for the Blind Inc: 3% of income from government
- Plugged in Band Program Inc: 2% of income from government
- Girls Incorporated of Worcester: 2% of income from government
- Joy of Music Program Inc: 1% of income from government
- Cradles to Crayons Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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