· Private foundation
The Spillane Charitable Foundation
Its FY2026 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, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k8 grants · $32k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE FUND FOR SAINT MARY'S SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| PARTNERS IN CHARITY | $10,000 |
| DEXTER SOUTHFIELD SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| SAINT JOHNS HIGH SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| MERCY CENTRE-CATHOLIC CHARITRIES | $5,000 |
| TABOR ACADEMY | $5,000 |
| HYANNIS YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| DEDHAM COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| MUSEUM OF WORCESTER | $1,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $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 (FY21–24, $18k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +5% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
21 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2026, 14 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (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 FY2026, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TSTHE SISTERS OF SAINT ANN INC6× · 2020–2025 · $82k · revenue +5%
- AUASSUMPTION UNIVERSITY3× · 2020–2023 · $35k · revenue +9%
- PPPROBLEM PREGNANCY OF WORCESTER INC6× · 2020–2025 · $33k · revenue +10%
Funded once
- UMUMASS MEMORIAL HEALTH-QUINLAN BREAST CANCER ENDOWMENT FUNDone grant, 2024 · $5k
- CTCHRIST THE KING PARISHone grant, 2025 · $3k
- SPSAINT PAUL DIOCESAN JRSR HIGH SCHOOLone grant, 2025 · $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.
Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…
Nichols college strives to develop tomorrow's leaders through a dynamic, career-focused business education. the college transforms students into successful graduates who respond to challenges, are eager for responsibility, and assume…
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…
Worcester academy exists to instill in its students the desire to learn throughout life, to engage passionately with the world around them, and to be honorable persons of strong and resourceful character.
Dean college is a private, residential new england college grounded in a culture and tradition that all students deserve the opportunity to discover and exceed their greatest aspirations. a personal and transformative community since 1865,…
New england law/boston dedicates itself to preparing students to be successful lawyers and leaders in the public and private sectors through integrated practical, theoretical and ethical education of the highest caliber and to contributing…
Hampshire country school is a place of possibilities for high-ability, neurodiverse students enrolling in later elementary or middle school who have not found success in traditional educational environments. hampshire country school offers…
Mcphs university prepares students for careers in health care through teaching, scholarship, research, professional service and community engagement.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
Cushing academy, founded as a coeducational boarding school in 1865, exists for students, their academic growth and their personal development. we are dedicated to educating the mind, shaping the character, and nurturing the creativity of…
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…
Emmanuel college is a coed, residential catholic liberal arts and sciences college with 2,112 undergraduate and graduate students.
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 28 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 THE SISTERS OF SAINT ANN INC ↗
- Who funds ASSUMPTION UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds PROBLEM PREGNANCY OF WORCESTER INC ↗
- Who funds MCAULEY NAZARETH INC ↗
- Who funds NATIVITY SCHOOL OF WORCESTER INC ↗
- Who funds DEXTER SOUTHFIELD INC ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds TABOR ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds DEDHAM COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds HYANNIS YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds OLD STURBRIDGE INC ↗
- Who funds HEART OF NEW ENGLAND COUNCIL BSA INC ↗
- Who funds VISITATION HOUSE 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: David R Grenon Family Foundation · Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc · Lauring Charitable Foundation · Coghlin Family Foundation · The George I Alden Trust · AbbVie Foundation · Fidelity Foundation · Anthony-Arthur Foundation Inc · Carroll Charitable Foundation · The Camosse Family Foundation Inc · The Fletcher Foundation · Fallon Community Health Plan Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Spillane Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Spillane Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Mcauley Nazareth Inc: 74% of income from government
- Old Sturbridge Inc: 4% of income from government
- The Sisters of Saint Ann Inc: 2% of income from government
- Assumption University: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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