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· Private foundation

The Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
108
Grants FY2024still arriving
23
States reached
$133k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Environment$2.0MEducation$1.4MPhilanthropy$1.3MHealth$1.0MHuman Services$848kInternational$811kArts & Culture$626kFood & Nutrition$448kOther$0
02FY2024 · 108 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k33 grants · $88k
  • $10k–50k67 grants · $1.4M
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $539k
$15,000
Median grant
23
States reached
$45M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TIDES FOUNDATION$133,151
VINFEN CORPORATION$70,000
HURRICANE ISLAND FOUNDATION$65,900
SAFETY TEAM INC$59,000
GREENWICH ACADEMY INC$55,564
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$55,000
HANLEY CENTER FOUNDATION$50,000
TUBA CITY HUMANE SOCIETY$50,000
MULTIFAITH ALLIANCE$45,000
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY$40,000
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES$40,000
US MEXICO FOUNDATION$40,000
PRISON BOOK PROGRAM$40,000
HURRICANE ISLAND OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL$40,000
OREGON ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL$35,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $759k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 66% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%COMMONWEAL: $5k → 8%OUR HOUSE CAFE: $10k → 16%HUDSON VALLEY HONOR FLIGHT: $10k → 14%HOME SWEET HOME: $20k → 11%AMERICAN INDIAN SERVICES: $10k → 8%HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION: $3k → 17%PETERBOROUGH HUMAN SERVICES FUND: $10k → 7%WELLSPRING HOUSE: $5k → 10%ZANAAFRICA FOUNDATION: $30k → 14%HOME SWEET HOME: $10k → 11%WELLSPRING HOUSE: $5k → 10%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ZANAAFRICA CORP: $25k → 14%YMCA OF GREATER BRANDYWINE: $20k → 6%COMMONWEAL: $2k → 8%VINFEN CORPORATION: $70k → 7%VINFEN CORPORATION INC: $30k → 8%VINFEN CORPORATION: $25k → 8%VINFEN CORPORATION: $21k → 8%VINFEN CORPORATION: $20k → 8%VINFEN CORPORATION: $20k → 8%AYUDA: $16k → 14%SPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $20k → 10%RESOURCE A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE: $33k → 10%RESOURCE A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE: $32k → 10%PLUMMER YOUTH PROMISE: $30k → 10%RESOURCE: $15k → 10%RESOURCE: $15k → 10%PLUMMER YOUTH PROMISE: $5k → 10%RESOURCE A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE: $10k → 10%PROJECT HOPE BOSTON: $25k → 16%PLUMMER YOUTH PROMISE: $5k → 10%FAMILY NURTURING CENTER OF MASSACHUSETTS: $35k → 16%FAMILY NURTURING CENTER OF MA: $30k → 16%CATIE'S CLOSET: $25k → 8%FAMILY NURTURING CENTER OF MA: $30k → 16%PLUMMER YOUTH PROMISE: $5k → 10%FAMILY NURTURING CENTER OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $28k → 16%FAMILY NURTURING CENTER OF MA: $25k → 16%FAMILY NURTURING CENTER OF MA: $25k → 16%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

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RI
CA
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CO
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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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.4M · 162 repeat orgs$2.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

162 repeat relationships: 74 still active in FY2024, 88 since wound down; 31 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

162
150

Total granted

$7.4M
$1.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+18%

Still filing today

80%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $460k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationEnvironmentArts & CultureInternationalHuman ServicesHealthOther
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

  • TH
    THE HURRICANE ISLAND FOUNDATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $236k · revenue +65%
  • VINFEN CORPORATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $186k · revenue +76%
  • FN
    FAMILY NURTURING CENTER OF MASSACHUSETTS INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $173k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • KL
    KENNETT LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY
    one grant, 2022 · $40k
  • BENEVOLENT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $36k · revenue +56%
  • KA
    KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $35k · revenue +44%
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
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
3
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.

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4
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
5
Wheaton College

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…

Education
6
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
7
University of New Haven

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…

Education
8
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
9
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
10
Boston Harbor Now Inc

Our mission is to ensure that the people of greater boston benefit from a vibrant, resilient, and inclusive waterfront, harbor, and islands; these spaces are equitable, accessible, and adapted to climate change; and to ensure our public,…

Environment
11
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
12
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Collateral Repair Project; the most unlike its peers is Wings of Hope Therapeutic Riding Program 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

275 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. 275 of the 350 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
69
Early backer (in before they grew)
266/275
Grantees still filing
196/275
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HURRICANE ISLAND OUTWARD BOUND: $165,500 · OtherTUBA CITY HUMANE SOCIETY INCORPORATED: $190,000 · Other+108 more: $4,170,179 · Other+108 moreTIDES FOUNDATION: $1,078,025 · PhilanthropyTIDES FOUNDATI…US MEXICO FOUNDATION: $150,000 · PhilanthropyUS MEXICO FOUN…+3 more: $62,900 · PhilanthropyPUBLIC EMPLOYEES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY INC: $160,000 · EnvironmentPUBLIC EMPLOYE…PUGET SOUNDKEEPER ALLIANCE: $130,000 · EnvironmentPUGET SOUNDKEE…Oregon Environmental Council: $125,000 · EnvironmentOregon Environ…SHELBURNE FARMS: $87,200 · EnvironmentSHELBURNE FARM…Californians Against Waste Foundation: $82,500 · EnvironmentCalifornians A…BORDERLANDS RESTORATION NETWORK: $75,250 · EnvironmentBORDERLANDS RE…HURRICANE ISLAND OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL: $75,000 · EnvironmentHURRICANE ISLA…Maine Island Trail Association: $51,200 · Environment+17 more: $464,613 · Environment+17 moreGREENWICH ACADEMY INC: $207,891 · EducationGREENWICH AC…The Society For Classical Studies: $95,000 · EducationThe Society …Woodlawn School: $90,000 · EducationWoodlawn Sch…REACH PREP INC: $71,481 · EducationREACH PREP I…LA COMPOST: $65,000 · EducationLA COMPOSTISLAND READERS & WRITERS AN INITIATIVE FOR MAINE CHILDREN: $60,000 · EducationISLAND READE…COACHING FOR CHANGE INC: $55,000 · EducationNorth Bennet Street School: $45,000 · EducationFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $43,900 · EducationTHE KINEO SCHOOL: $40,000 · Education+17 more: $329,417 · Education+17 moreCOLLATERAL REPAIR PROJECT: $158,456 · InternationalMULTIFAITH ALLIANCE INC: $122,246 · InternationalTHE FRIENDSHIP BRIDGE: $110,000 · InternationalHESPERIAN HEALTH GUIDES: $100,000 · InternationalTHE INT'L CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS INC: $48,000 · InternationalRAINFOREST TRUST: $45,000 · InternationalPYE GLOBAL: $37,750 · InternationalPLAYING FOR CHANGE FOUNDATION: $33,333 · International+6 more: $126,400 · InternationalVINFEN CORPORATION: $185,500 · Human ServicesFAMILY NURTURING CENTER OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $173,000 · Human ServicesRESOURCE A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE INC: $105,000 · Human ServicesAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ZANAAFRICA CORP: $55,000 · Human ServicesPLUMMER YOUTH PROMISE INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesHOME SWEET HOME: $30,000 · Human ServicesCatie's Closet Inc: $25,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT HOPE BOSTON INC: $25,000 · Human Services+5 more: $75,523 · Human ServicesTHE HURRICANE ISLAND FOUNDATION: $235,600 · Youth DevelopmentAPPRENTICE LEARNING INC: $45,500 · Youth DevelopmentWAYPOINT ADVENTURE INC: $42,500 · Youth DevelopmentA Childs Notebook: $42,000 · Youth DevelopmentCHOOSE 180: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC: $17,000 · Youth Development
Other$4,525,679Philanthropy$1,290,925Environment$1,250,763Education$1,102,689International$781,185Human Services$719,023Youth Development$402,600

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $1,078,025 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HURRICANE ISLAND FOUNDATION: $235,600 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetGREENWICH ACADEMY INC: $207,891 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTUBA CITY HUMANE SOCIETY INCORPORATED: $190,000 over 4y, 23% of budgetVINFEN CORPORATION: $185,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY NURTURING CENTER OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $173,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetPUBLIC EMPLOYEES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY INC: $160,000 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetCOLLATERAL REPAIR PROJECT: $158,456 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetUS MEXICO FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetBOSTON LYRIC OPERA COMPANY: $145,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetPUGET SOUNDKEEPER ALLIANCE: $130,000 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetOregon Environmental Council: $125,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetPRISON BOOK PROGRAM: $123,500 over 3y, 25% of budgetMULTIFAITH ALLIANCE INC: $122,246 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetVERMONT PARENT REPRESENTATION CENTER INC: $121,500 over 4y, 60% of budgetWATER IS LIFE KENYA: $120,000 over 4y, 8.5% of budgetTHE FRIENDSHIP BRIDGE: $110,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetHANLEY CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $110,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetRESOURCE A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE INC: $105,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetINTERVALE CENTER INC: $100,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetHESPERIAN HEALTH GUIDES: $100,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetHEALTHY PENINSULA: $95,400 over 6y, 9.5% of budgetThe Society For Classical Studies: $95,000 over 6y, 3.7% of budgetWoodlawn School: $90,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetSHELBURNE FARMS: $87,200 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $85,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornians Against Waste Foundation: $82,500 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetBORDERLANDS RESTORATION NETWORK: $75,250 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetHURRICANE ISLAND OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL: $75,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetREACH PREP INC: $71,481 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetCULTIVATING COMMUNITY: $70,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetLA COMPOST: $65,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetTHE GROWHAUS: $61,150 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetNATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHAWTHORNE VALLEY ASSOCIATION INC: $60,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetISLAND READERS & WRITERS AN INITIATIVE FOR MAINE CHILDREN: $60,000 over 4y, 6.6% of budgetTHE SAFETY TEAM INC: $59,000 over 1y, 47% of budgetCHAPEL HILL-CHAUNCY HALL SCHOOL: $58,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCharlottesville Ballet: $57,500 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetCENTER FOR NORTHERN WOODLANDS EDUCATION INC: $55,400 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetCOACHING FOR CHANGE INC: $55,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetTHE LAND CONSERVANCY FOR SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY: $55,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ZANAAFRICA CORP: $55,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetMaine Island Trail Association: $51,200 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetPIPERS ANGELS FOUNDATION INC: $48,500 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetTHE INT'L CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS INC: $48,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAPPRENTICE LEARNING INC: $45,500 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetRAINFOREST TRUST: $45,000 over 2y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds TIDES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE HURRICANE ISLAND FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GREENWICH ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds TUBA CITY HUMANE SOCIETY INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds VINFEN CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY NURTURING CENTER OF MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
  • Who funds PUBLIC EMPLOYEES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY INC ↗
  • Who funds COLLATERAL REPAIR PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds US MEXICO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON LYRIC OPERA COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds PUGET SOUNDKEEPER ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds Oregon Environmental Council ↗
  • Who funds PRISON BOOK PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds MULTIFAITH ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds VERMONT PARENT REPRESENTATION CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds WATER IS LIFE KENYA ↗
  • Who funds THE FRIENDSHIP BRIDGE ↗
  • Who funds HANLEY CENTER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds RESOURCE A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERVALE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds HESPERIAN HEALTH GUIDES ↗
  • Who funds HEALTHY PENINSULA ↗
  • Who funds The Society For Classical Studies ↗
  • Who funds Woodlawn School ↗
  • Who funds SHELBURNE FARMS ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds Californians Against Waste Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BORDERLANDS RESTORATION NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds HURRICANE ISLAND OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds REACH PREP INC ↗
  • Who funds CULTIVATING COMMUNITY ↗
  • Who funds LA COMPOST ↗
  • Who funds THE GROWHAUS ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ↗

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.

Tomac FoundationEdmund & Betsy Cabot …Boston Foundation IncMaine Community Found…The Loring Wolcott & …The Vermont Community…Cummings Foundation G…The Cabot Family Char…Eastern Bank Foundati…Amelia Peabody Charit…Goosefoot Community F…Whidbey Community Fou…
Tomac FoundationMA69.2× affinity31 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tomac Foundation · Edmund & Betsy Cabot Charitable Fndn · Boston Foundation Inc · Maine Community Foundation Inc · The Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Charitable Trust-I · The Vermont Community Foundation · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · The Cabot Family Charitable Trust · Eastern Bank Foundation · Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund Trust · Goosefoot Community Fund · Whidbey Community 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 Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 340%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Vinfen Corporation: 83% of income from government
  • Plummer Youth Promise Inc: 64% of income from government
  • Parent Child Center Inc: 45% of income from government
  • Save the Sound: 37% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • Hht Foundation: 30% of income from government
  • The Safety Team Inc: 21% of income from government
  • Project Hope Boston Inc: 18% of income from government
  • The Coral Restoration Foundation Inc: 16% of income from government
  • He Is Me Institute Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Knova Learning Oregon: 13% of income from government
  • Intervale Center Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Jobs for the Future Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Wellspring House Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Essex County Greenbelt Association: 8% of income from government
  • Coaching for Change Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Catie's Closet Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Supportive Living Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Boston Lyric Opera Company: 3% of income from government
  • American Academy of Arts & Sciences: 3% of income from government
  • Shelburne Farms: 3% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Middlebury Area Land Trust: 2% of income from government
  • Resource a Nonprofit Community Enterprise Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Revelsinc: 1% of income from government
  • Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Wgbh Educational Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Museum of Science: 0% of income from government
  • Cape Cod Academy: 0% of income from government
  • The Vermont Community Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
34get no government money at all
41report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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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How do I get to The Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Virginia Wellington Cabot 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 350 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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