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The Stevens Family 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.

$55k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Recreation & Sports$358kEducation$340kAnimals$238kPublic Safety & Disaster$124kHealth$77kPublic Benefit$63kCrime & Legal$60kHousing & Shelter$50kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $40k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$421k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WHEELCHAIR BOWLERS OF AMERICA$30,000
HUNDRED CLUB OF MASSACHUSETTS$10,000
MATTHEW PATTON FOUNDATION$5,000
MALBOROUGH POLICE PATROL OFFICERS ASSOCIATION$5,000
WALDEN WOODS PROJECT$5,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 74% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AIMEE'S FARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $87k → 11%FRANKLIN POLICE DEPARTMENT: $30k → 7%FATHER BILL'S & MAINSPRING INC: $50k → 8%WORCESTER FIRE BRIGADE PIPES: $24k → 8%BOX 4 SPECIAL SERVICES CANTEEN ASSOCIATION INC: $45k → 11%THE HUNDRED CLUB OF MASS INC: $250 → 16%THE PET PANTRY OF LANCASTER COUNTY: $5k → 9%PARKWAY BUICK GMC CADILLAC: $43k → 14%ONLY MAKE BELIEVE INC: $20k → 17%BROOKLYN'S CHILDREN'S THEATRE: $15k → 20%WHEELCHAIR BOWLERS OF AMERICA: $30k → 12%MATTHEW PATTON FOUNDATION: $5k → 7%AIMEE'S FARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $40k → 11%HUNDRED CLUB OF MASSACHUSETTS: $10k → 7%TOWN OF ROCKLAND MA: $62k → 8%WORCESTER FIRE BRIGADE PIPES: $16k → 8%BOX 4 SPECIAL SERVICES CANTEEN ASSOCIATION INC: $6k → 11%THE BOSTON BRUINS FOUNDATION: $80k → 16%LINDA BLAIR WORLD HEART FOUNDATION: $76k → 14%826NYC INC: $10k → 20%AIMEE'S FARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $30k → 11%LAST CALL FOUNDATION INC: $25k → 7%TOWN OF ROCKLAND VETERANS SERVICES: $20k → 8%CROSSROADS COMMUNITY CHURCH: $10k → 8%ASHBURNHAM WESTMINSTER SCHOOL DISTRICT: $25k → 11%THE BOSTON BRUINS FOUNDATION: $50k → 16%TOWN OF ROCKLAND VETERANS SERVICES: $1k → 8%WORCESTER FIRE BRIGADE PIPES: $1k → 8%TOWN OF BERLIN: $102k → 11%THE BOSTON BRUINS FOUNDATION: $50k → 16%TOWN OF ROCKLAND MA: $1k → 8%WALDEN WOODS PROJECT: $5k → 8%OLD METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $35k → 11%THE BOSTON BRUINS FOUNDATION: $50k → 16%TOWN OF ROCKLAND VETERANS SERVICES: $650 → 8%WALDEN WOODS PROJECT: $5k → 8%CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS CHIEFS OF POLICE ASSOCIATION: $3k → 11%THE BOSTON BRUINS FOUNDATION: $25k → 16%UNITED WAY OF TRI COUNTY: $20k → 8%THE BOSTON BRUINS FOUNDATION: $25k → 16%HERO'S CUP HOCKEY INC: $22k → 8%MG&M THE LAW FIRM: $50k → 16%MARLBOROUGH COMMUNITY CUPBOARD: $5k → 8%MG&M THE LAW FIRM: $29k → 16%MALBOROUGH POLICE PATROL OFFICERS ASSOCIATION: $5k → 8%MARLBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL ALL-NIGHTER COMMITTEE: $5k → 8%FEED A NEIGHBOR: $5k → 8%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

NH
NY
MA
PA
RI
CA
AZ
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.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 10 repeat orgs$572k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
20

Total granted

$1.0M
$532k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+18%

Still filing today

50%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsArts & CultureEducationPublic Safety & DisasterPhilanthropyMembership BenefitOther
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

  • WS
    Westfield State University Foundation Inc
    6× · 2017–2022 · $300k · revenue +73%
  • AF
    Aimees Farm Animal Sanctuary
    3× · 2017–2019 · $157k · revenue +22% · 64% of their budget
  • TH
    THE HUNDRED CLUB OF MASS INC
    2× · 2017–2025 · $10k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $102k
  • LB
    LINDA BLAIR WORLD HEART FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $76k · revenue +18%
  • FB
    FATHER BILL'S & MAINSPRING INCgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue +29%
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
Chief Michael Maloney Memorial Fund

Our mission is to provide relief fort he distressed members, spouses and children of new england public safety who have been killed or injured in the line of duty. such relief may take the form of direct financial assistance to the victim…

Public Benefit
2
Boston Firemen's Relief Fund
Public Safety & Disaster
3
New Bedford Police Association

To provide benefits to police personnel

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4
Massachusetts Corps of Fire Chaplains
Public Safety & Disaster
5
Friends of the Boston Police Inc

Friends of the boston police, inc. is a non-profit formed to support the needs of the boston police department of boston, ma. their efforts include fundraising, meeting with the boston police to learn their needs, then applying funds to…

Public Safety & Disaster
6
Boston Firefighters Burn Fnd Inc

Assisting burn victims and their families.

Health
7
The Boston Police Foundation Inc

The boston police foundation (foundation) was formed in 1993 as a charitable organization, exempt from tax under code section 501(c)(3), with the specific mission of advancing public safety by supporting and funding programs that…

Philanthropy
8
Manchester Police Patrolmans Association

The organization's primary mission is to support the membership which consists of patrolman from the manchester nh police (the "brotherhood") and to support various organizations within the town.

Employment
9
Boston Police Detectives Benevolent Society

Labor relations with employer; labor contract and grievance negotiations, recognition of members and retirees, and health, dental, and legal defense member benefits.

—
10
Mass Law Enforcement Memorial

Organization's primary purpose is to plan, design and establish memorial honorings of law enforcement officers slain in the line of duty in the commonwealth of massachusetts.

Arts & Culture
11
Massachusetts Fallen Firefighters Memorial Fund Inc

The fund was established to design, construct and maintain a memorial for deceased firefighters.

Arts & Culture
12
Friends of Charlton Police Dogs Inc

Raise funds to support the Charlton MA Police Department K9 unit

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Tri County Inc; the most unlike its peers is 826NYC Inc. 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

18 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. 18 of the 33 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
13/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE BOSTON BRUINS FOUNDATION: $280,000 · OtherTHE BOSTON BRUINS FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $102,272 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMG&M THE LAW FIRM: $78,671 · OtherMG&M THE LAW FIRMTOWN OF ROCKLAND MA: $62,813 · OtherTOWN OF ROCKLAND MAPARKWAY BUICK GMC CADILLAC: $42,998 · OtherPARKWAY BUICK GMC CADILLACWORCESTER FIRE BRIGADE PIPES: $40,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $30,298 · OtherWHEELCHAIR BOWLERS OF AMERICA: $30,000 · Other+12 more: $135,962 · Other+12 moreWestfield State University Foundation Inc: $300,000 · EducationWestfield State Univer…+1 more: $10,000 · EducationAimees Farm Animal Sanctuary: $157,000 · AnimalsAimees Farm Anima…LINDA BLAIR WORLD HEART FOUNDATION: $75,749 · AnimalsLINDA BLAIR WORLD…+1 more: $5,000 · AnimalsBOX 4 SPECIAL SERVICES CANTEEN ASSOCIATION INC: $50,778 · Public Safety & DisasterLAST CALL FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Public Safety & DisasterOld Methodist Episcopal Church of Berlin Inc dba 19 Carter: $35,256 · Arts & CultureONLY MAKE BELIEVE INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureTHE WALDEN WOODS PROJECT: $9,500 · Arts & CultureFATHER BILL'S & MAINSPRING INC: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterHEALING HEROES FOUNDATION INC: $21,830 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF TRI COUNTY INC: $20,000 · Philanthropy
Other$803,514Education$310,000Animals$237,749Public Safety & Disaster$75,778Arts & Culture$64,756Housing & Shelter$50,000Philanthropy$41,830

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWestfield State University Foundation Inc: $300,000 over 6y, 3.9% of budgetAimees Farm Animal Sanctuary: $157,000 over 3y, 64% of budgetLINDA BLAIR WORLD HEART FOUNDATION: $75,749 over 1y, 20% of budgetBOX 4 SPECIAL SERVICES CANTEEN ASSOCIATION INC: $50,778 over 2y, 65% of budgetFATHER BILL'S & MAINSPRING INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOld Methodist Episcopal Church of Berlin Inc dba 19 Carter: $35,256 over 1y, 20% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS NEW HAMPSHIRE INC: $26,200 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetLAST CALL FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetHEALING HEROES FOUNDATION INC: $21,830 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF TRI COUNTY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetONLY MAKE BELIEVE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTHE HUNDRED CLUB OF MASS INC: $10,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WALDEN WOODS PROJECT: $9,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPET PANTRY OF LANCASTER COUNTY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMATTHEW PATTON FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 30% of budgetCENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS CHIEFS OF POLICE ASSOCIATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 6.9% 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.

The Pfizer Foundation…Enterprise Holdings F…Network for GoodJpmorgan Chase Founda…National Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…Paypal Charitable Giv…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…
The Pfizer Foundation IncNY10× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Network for Good · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Stevens Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Stevens Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 18%
  • Father Bill's & Mainspring Inc: 24% of income from government
  • United Way of Tri County Inc: 18% of income from government
  • The Walden Woods Project: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Stevens Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Stevens Family 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 33 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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