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The Sager Family Traveling Foundation and Road Show 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.

$51k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$50k
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, FY2019 to 2025.

Science & Tech$688kReligion$284kArts & Culture$275kInternational$253kPhilanthropy$147kEnvironment$105kEducation$54kHuman Services$51kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $999
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$50,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TIBET FUND INC$50,000
TIBET HOUSE US INC$999
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 (FY20–20, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 26% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%LONG ISLAND CARES INC: $5k → 7%NOT MY KID: $2k → 11%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

VT
MI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
MO
AZ
DC
AL
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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 13 repeat orgs$650k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
38

Total granted

$1.3M
$600k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+14%

Still filing today

77%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 2% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalArts & CultureEducationEnvironmentHealthScience & TechOther
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

  • TV
    THE VILNA SHUL BOSTONS CENTER FOR JEWISH CULTURE INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $158k · revenue +153%
  • Trustees of Tufts College
    2× · 2020–2021 · $28k · revenue +39%
  • FF
    Fund for Parks and Recreation - Boston
    2× · 2020–2023 · $20k · revenue +74%

Funded once

  • PS
    PARK STREET CHURCH
    one grant, 2022 · $157k
  • TR
    THE RAINFOREST FUND INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +245% · 32% of their budget
  • IM
    INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +24%
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
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
3
The Bridgespan Group Inc

Bridgespan's mission is to build a better world by strengthening the ability of mission-driven organizations and philanthropists to achieve breakthrough results in addressing society's most important challenges and opportunities.

Community Improvement
4
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
5
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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6
Fajr Scientific

To provide multi-specialty surgical care, humanitarian aid and educational support to people in low- and middle-income countries.

Science & Tech
7
Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation Inc

Massachusetts taxpayers foundation provides public & private sector decision makers with accurate, timely, unbiased research & constructive solutions that drive public policy in order to strengthen the state's finances & position the…

Public Benefit
8
Mass General Brigham Health Plan Inc

Mass general brigham health plan's mission is to promote the health and wellness of our members, and to help ensure equitable, affordbale health care for the diverse communities we serve.

Health
9
United States Naval Institute

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.

—
10
The Boston Foundation for Sight Inc

Our mission is to improve quality of life by transforming the understanding, treatment, and care of the ocular surface.

Human Services
11
Boston Foundation Inc

As Greater Boston's community foundation, the Boston Foundation devotes its resources to expanding opportunities, improving lives and strengthening communities. See Schedule OThe Foundation fulfills this mission in three principal ways:…

Philanthropy
12
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Lenny Zakim Fund; the most unlike its peers is Science for Monks. 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

35 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. 35 of the 52 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
25/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SCIENCE FOR MONKS: $687,209 · Science & TechSCIENCE FOR MONKS+1 more: $500 · Science & TechLIBRARY OF TIBETAN WORKS AND ARCHIVES: $175,000 · OtherLIBRARY OF TIBETAN WORKS AND ARCHI…PARK STREET CHURCH: $156,871 · OtherPARK STREET CHURCHPARK ST CHURCH: $50,000 · OtherPARK ST CHURCH+30 more: $220,153 · Other+30 moreINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $100,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL M…THE SYNERGOS INSTITUTE INC: $74,000 · InternationalTHE SYNERGOS IN…Tibet Fund Inc: $50,000 · InternationalTibet Fund IncTHE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT INCUBATOR INC: $18,000 · InternationalTHE GLOBAL DEVE…Druze Orphans and Charitable Organization Inc: $10,000 · InternationalFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $10,000 · International+1 more: $500 · InternationalTHE VILNA SHUL BOSTONS CENTER FOR JEWISH CULTURE INC: $158,000 · Arts & CultureTHE VILNA…TIBET HOUSE US INC: $10,978 · Arts & CultureTIBET HOU…+1 more: $500 · Arts & CultureTHE LENNY ZAKIM FUND: $112,800 · ReligionTHE RAINFOREST FUND INC: $100,000 · EnvironmentBOSTON HARBOR NOW INC: $5,128 · Environment+1 more: $150 · EnvironmentTrustees of Tufts College: $28,000 · EducationPOPULATION MEDIA CENTER INC: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $100 · Education
Science & Tech$687,709Other$602,024International$262,500Arts & Culture$169,478Religion$112,800Environment$105,278Education$38,100

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 budgetSCIENCE FOR MONKS: $687,209 over 4y, 100% of budgetTHE VILNA SHUL BOSTONS CENTER FOR JEWISH CULTURE INC: $158,000 over 3y, 9.1% of budgetTHE LENNY ZAKIM FUND: $112,800 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetTHE RAINFOREST FUND INC: $100,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SYNERGOS INSTITUTE INC: $74,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $28,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFund for Parks and Recreation - Boston: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT INCUBATOR INC: $18,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBERNICE & PHILIP FRIEZE FUND INC: $13,400 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetJOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION: $11,285 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTIBET HOUSE US INC: $10,978 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDruze Orphans and Charitable Organization Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetCITIZENSHIP COUNTS: $10,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetPOPULATION MEDIA CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON HARBOR NOW INC: $5,128 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCATSKILL ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSPOONFULS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLong Island Cares Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON RESCUE MISSION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROSIE'S PLACE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON COMMUNITY PEDIATRICS INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNOTMYKID: $1,800 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWGBH Educational Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND INC: $100 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.

Boston Foundation IncEastern Bank Foundati…Combined Jewish Phila…George B Henderson Fo…Highland Street Conne…Cummings Foundation G…Arbella Insurance Fou…American Tower Corpor…National Philanthropi…Jewish Communal FundThe Ayco Charitable F…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…
Boston Foundation IncMA20.7× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · George B Henderson Foundation Jh5090 · Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Arbella Insurance Foundation · American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Jewish Communal Fund · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase 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 Sager Family Traveling Foundation and Road Show Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Sager Family Traveling Foundation and Road Show Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: 63% of income from government
  • Boston Harbor Now Inc: 45% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Boston Community Pediatrics Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Wgbh Educational Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 Sager Family Traveling Foundation and Road Show 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 52 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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