· Private foundation
The Robertson Foundation
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.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k16 grants · $26k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $76k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BUZZARDS BAY COALITION | $50,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SO NEW ENG | $25,000 |
| PUBLIC'S RADIO | $20,000 |
| DESIGN ART TECHNOLOGY MASSACHUSETTS | $16,000 |
| NEW ENG FIRST AMENDMENT COALITION | $15,000 |
| TRINITY REPERTORY COMPANY | $8,000 |
| THE NEWFORD BEDFORD LIGHT | $5,000 |
| OUR SISTERS SCHOOL | $4,000 |
| COASTAL NEIGHBORS NETWORK | $2,500 |
| FOUNDATION FOR WEST AFRICA | $1,500 |
| MARION INSTITUTE | $1,000 |
| WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION | $500 |
| THE TOMORROW FUND | $500 |
| ZEITERION PERFORMING ARTS CENTER | $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 (FY17–25, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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.
35 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 1 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, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
BUZZARDS BAY COALITION8× · 2018–2025 · $327k · revenue +83%- TMThe Mustique Charitable Foundation8× · 2017–2024 · $156k · revenue +106%
- OSOUR SISTERS SCHOOL9× · 2017–2025 · $54k · revenue +52%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $50k
- NENEW ENGLAND FIRST AMENDMENTone grant, 2017 · $15k
- CACHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTERone grant, 2019 · $15k
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 program mission of the quebec-labrador foundation u.s. is defined by a regional component (new england and eastern canada), and an international component, which ties our regional model to a global conservation network. qlf's program…
Our mission is to spark people's curiosity to explore, steward, and find peace and joy in nature. in service to this, norman bird sanctuary inspires, builds, and engages a community of stewards who preserve, protect, enjoy, and learn from…
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…
Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.
The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.
Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.
The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…
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.
The purpose of the montauk historical society is to collect, restore, preserve and display historically significant buildings, objects and writings and to preserve and share the history and cultures of montauk and the east end for this and…
The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…
Overview - founded in boston by pioneering landscape architect and open space visionary charles eliot in 1891, the trustees is the nation's first and the commonwealth's largest conservation and preservation nonprofit.
How this is measured
32 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. 32 of the 63 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 BUZZARDS BAY COALITION ↗
- Who funds The Mustique Charitable Foundation ↗
- Who funds RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC RADIO ↗
- Who funds OUR SISTERS SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds COASTAL NEIGHBORS NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds Trinity Repertory Company ↗
- Who funds ZEITERION THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds THE LIVESTOCK INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INC ↗
- Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR WEST AFRICA ↗
- Who funds WGBH Educational Foundation ↗
- Who funds WATERFIRE PROVIDENCE ↗
- Who funds THE TOMORROW FUND ↗
- Who funds AMOS HOUSE ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE MARION INSTITUTE 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: Boston Foundation Inc · Amica Companies Foundation · The Carney Family Charitable Foundation · Alvord Family Foundation · Southcoast Community Foundation Inc · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · Grimshaw-Gudewicz Charitable Foundation A Shabshelowitz Co-Trustee · June Rockwell Levy Foundation Incorporated · Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · United Way of Rhode Island Inc · The Rhode Island Community Foundation · The New York Community Trust
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Robertson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Robertson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Buzzards Bay Coalition: 37% of income from government
- Immigrants' Assistance Center Inc: 14% of income from government
- Round the Bend Farm Inc: 11% of income from government
- Zeiterion Theatre Inc: 4% of income from government
- The Marion Institute Inc: 1% of income from government
- Wgbh Educational Foundation: 1% of income from government
- Our Sisters School: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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