· Private foundation
The Water Cove Charitable 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, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k15 grants · $22k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $135k
- $250k+1 grant · $2.0M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BRIGHAM & WOMEN'S HOSPITAL | $1,993,000 |
| BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY | $25,000 |
| HARPSWELL SANTA FUND | $25,000 |
| YEARUP | $15,000 |
| DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE | $10,000 |
| GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION - JAMAICA RELIEF | $10,000 |
| AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION | $10,000 |
| NAPLES NORTH ROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION - JAMAICA RELIEF | $10,000 |
| AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION | $10,000 |
| NMSS - MICHAEL WILSON PROJECT | $10,000 |
| THE BOSTON HOME | $10,000 |
| MCHPP - AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| ORR'S BAILEY ISLAND FIRE DEPT | $3,000 |
| JIMMY FUND - HARRIN ZIEVE | $2,500 |
| JIMMY FUND - JACALYN LESSER | $2,500 |
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 (FY22–25, $31k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 13% 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.
26 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
Bucknell University4× · 2022–2025 · $100k · revenue +47%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc4× · 2022–2025 · $40k · revenue +47%
American Diabetes Association4× · 2022–2025 · $40k · revenue +28%
Funded once
- NMNATIONAL MS SOCIETYone grant, 2022 · $155k
- ARAMERICAN RED CROSSone grant, 2022 · $25k
- ARAMERICAN RED CROSS - HURRICANE MILTONone grant, 2024 · $25k
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.
Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…
The mission of the broad institute is to propel progress in biomedicine, through research aimed at the understanding and treatment of disease and the dissemination of scientific knowledge to the scientific community to benefit the public.…
Organization's mission bentley university believes good business can impact more than the bottom line - it can change the world. bentley is a community of future business leaders who will deliver value in the marketplace and lasting…
Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…
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…
Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.
To accelerate the development of breakthrough discoveries that will transform the lives of people living with food allergies.
Improve the health of every person in our community through the efficient delivery of excellent, innovative and compassionate care.
Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.
Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.
Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.
The mission of the institute has remained constant since its founding in 1953. as its restated articles of incorporation state the primary purpose and objective of the howard hughes medical institute shall be the promotion of human…
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 34 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 BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Bucknell University ↗
- Who funds YEAR UP INC ↗
- Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
- Who funds American Diabetes Association ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds THE BOSTON HOME INC ↗
- Who funds HARPSWELL SANTA FUND INC ↗
- Who funds STARABILITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF COLLIER COUNTY FLOR ↗
- Who funds HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds PINE STREET INN INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds ORRS ISLAND LIBRARY INC ↗
- Who funds HOLBROOK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
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 · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Water Cove Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Water Cove Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Boston Home Inc: 45% of income from government
- Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
- Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
- Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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