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The Westervelt Charitable Trust at a glance

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The Westervelt Charitable Trust

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.

$71k
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$118kHealth$68kEducation$64kCivil Rights$64kReligion$55kCommunity Improvement$45kEnvironment$34kHousing & Shelter$32kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k19 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $40k
$1,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SPREAD THE VOTE$10,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$10,000
PHILLIPS COLLECTION$10,000
CAMBRIDGE IN AMERICA$10,000
HARBOR CAMPS$6,000
YORKIST HISTORY TRUST$6,000
KEEGAN THEATRE$3,000
N STREET VILLAGE INC$3,000
CABOT COMMUNITY ASSOC$3,000
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION$2,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$1,000
FRIENDS OF SWS$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS AMERICAN FOUNDATION$1,000
SCENIC & HISTORIC COSTAL A1A BYWAY$500
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 69% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SPREAD THE VOTE: $10k → 14%NATURE RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL: $5k → 17%MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF CENTRAL VERMONT: $5k → 9%SPREAD THE VOTE: $10k → 14%NATURE RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL: $4k → 17%UNITED CHURCH OF CABOT: $20k → 9%SPREAD THE VOTE: $10k → 14%NATURE RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL: $4k → 17%United Church of Cabot: $20k → 9%SPREAD THE VOTE: $10k → 14%NATURE RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL: $3k → 17%CABOT COMMUNITY ASSOC: $15k → 9%SPREAD THE VOTE: $10k → 14%PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $5k → 17%CABOT COMMUNITY ASSOC: $15k → 9%SPREAD THE VOTE: $5k → 14%PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $4k → 17%UNITED CHURCH OF CABOT: $10k → 9%SPREAD THE VOTE: $4k → 14%PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $4k → 17%UNITED CHURCH OF CABOT: $5k → 9%SPREAD THE VOTE: $3k → 14%PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $3k → 17%CABOT COMMUNITY ASSOC: $5k → 9%PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $3k → 17%CABOT COMMUNITY ASSOC: $5k → 9%PRO PUBLICA: $3k → 17%PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $10k → 14%CABOT COMMUNITY ASSOC: $3k → 9%PRO PUBLICA: $3k → 17%PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $10k → 14%CABOT COMMUNITY ASSOC: $3k → 9%PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $5k → 14%PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $5k → 14%PHILLIPS COLLECTION: $10k → 14%N STREET VILLAGE INC: $3k → 14%PHILLIPS COLLECTION: $10k → 14%N STREET VILLAGE INC: $3k → 14%PHILLIPS COLLECTION: $10k → 14%N STREET VILLAGE INC: $3k → 14%PHILLIPS COLLECTION: $10k → 14%N STREET VILLAGE INC: $3k → 14%PHILLIPS COLLECTION: $10k → 14%N STREET VILLAGE INC: $3k → 14%PHILLIPS COLLECTION: $10k → 14%PHILLIPS COLLECTION: $10k → 14%PHILLIPS COLLECTION: $10k → 14%PHILLIPS COLLECTION: $10k → 14%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
IL
NY
MA
IA
IN
CA
VA
DC
TX
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$513k · 30 repeat orgs$12k to everyone else

30 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
5

Total granted

$513k
$7k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+85%

Still filing today

67%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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
Arts & CultureAnimalsHealthEnvironmentEducationCivil RightsOther
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

  • TP
    THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $90k · revenue +60%
  • ST
    SPREAD THE VOTE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $64k · revenue +200%
  • CC
    Cabot Community Association Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $45k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • MS
    MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF CENTRAL VT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +38%
  • TD
    Translifeline DBA Trans Lifelinegraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue +85%
  • ML
    MATCHBOOK LEARNING
    one grant, 2020 · $500
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
Wildlife Conservation Society

The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.

Animals
2
National Audubon Society Inc

We work towards a future where birds thrive across the americas because audubon is a powerful, diverse, and ever-growing force for conservation. (continued on schedule o).

Environment
3
New Jersey Conservation Foundation

Recognizing that a healthy environment is critical to the well-being and survival of all living things, new jersey conservation foundation is devoted to preserving land and protecting natural resources throughout new jersey's (continued on…

Environment
4
Property and Environment Research Center

Perc is dedicated to advancing conservation through markets, incentives, property rights, and partnerships.

Public Benefit
5
The Wildlife Society

The wildlife society's mission is to inspire, empower, and enable wildlife professionals to sustain wildlife populations and habitats through science-based management and conservation.

Animals
6
Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper Inc

In 2024, biscayne bay waterkeeper (d/b/a miami waterkeeper) built on our reputation by navigating challenges, seizing opportunities, and continuing our unwavering commitment to safeguarding our precious waterways and finding local…

Environment
7
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
8
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
9
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
10
Denver Zoological Foundation

Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.

Animals
11
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
12
American Littoral Society

Promote the study and conservation of marine life and its habitat, defend the coast from harm, and empower others to do the same.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wjct Inc; the most unlike its peers is Pit Sisters 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

25 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. 25 of the 38 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/25
Grantees still filing
16/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

United Church of Cabot: $55,000 · OtherUnited Church of CabotPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $49,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODN STREET VILLAGE INC: $27,000 · OtherN STREET VILLAGE INCYORKIST HISTORY TRUST: $16,327 · OtherYORKIST HISTORY TRUSTFRIENDS OF THE GTM RESERVE INC: $7,700 · OtherHARBOR CAMPS INC: $10,000 · OtherAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $8,500 · Other+15 more: $29,838 · Other+15 moreTHE PHILLIPS COLLECTION: $90,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PHILLIPS COLLECTIONCabot Community Association Inc: $45,400 · Arts & CultureCabot Community Association IncPRO PUBLICA INC: $6,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $3,000 · Arts & CultureSPREAD THE VOTE INC: $64,000 · Civil RightsSPREAD THE VO…CAMBRIDGE IN AMERICA: $51,000 · InternationalCAMBRIDGE I…NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $16,000 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $4,500 · EnvironmentWILDFLOWER DONOR INC: $2,700 · EnvironmentMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $18,000 · HealthMembers Association of Vicars Landing: $3,900 · HealthTranslifeline DBA Trans Lifeline: $1,000 · HealthJACKSONVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $4,500 · AnimalsNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $4,500 · AnimalsDefenders of Wildlife: $4,500 · AnimalsPIT SISTERS INC: $2,400 · Animals
Other$203,365Arts & Culture$144,400Civil Rights$64,000International$51,000Environment$23,200Health$22,900Animals$15,900

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 budgetTHE PHILLIPS COLLECTION: $90,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetSPREAD THE VOTE INC: $64,000 over 9y, 2.0% of budgetCAMBRIDGE IN AMERICA: $51,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCabot Community Association Inc: $45,400 over 6y, 14% of budgetN STREET VILLAGE INC: $27,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $18,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $16,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHARBOR CAMPS INC: $10,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $8,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMONTESSORI SCHOOL OF CENTRAL VT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWJCT INC: $4,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetJACKSONVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $4,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $4,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CITY RESCUE MISSION INC: $4,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $4,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $4,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMembers Association of Vicars Landing: $3,900 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetThe Andrew Keegan Theatre Company The Keegan Theatre: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF A1A SCENIC AND HISTORIC COASTAL BYWAY INC: $3,000 over 6y, 5.6% of budgetWILDFLOWER DONOR INC: $2,700 over 9y, 70% of budgetPIT SISTERS INC: $2,400 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of SWS Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFriends of the Library-Ponte Vedra: $1,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTranslifeline DBA Trans Lifeline: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION ↗
  • Who funds SPREAD THE VOTE INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMBRIDGE IN AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds Cabot Community Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds N STREET VILLAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds HARBOR CAMPS INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds PRO PUBLICA INC ↗
  • Who funds MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF CENTRAL VT INC ↗
  • Who funds WJCT INC ↗
  • Who funds JACKSONVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds THE CITY RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds Defenders of Wildlife ↗
  • Who funds Members Association of Vicars Landing ↗
  • Who funds The Andrew Keegan Theatre Company The Keegan Theatre ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF A1A SCENIC AND HISTORIC COASTAL BYWAY INC ↗
  • Who funds WILDFLOWER DONOR INC ↗
  • Who funds PIT SISTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds Friends of SWS Inc ↗
  • Who funds Friends of the Library-Ponte Vedra ↗
  • Who funds Translifeline DBA Trans Lifeline ↗

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.

National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Westervelt Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Westervelt Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 31%
  • Montessori School of Central Vt Inc: 31% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.

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 38 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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