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Trimix Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$592k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$4.5MScience & Tech$3.4MEducation$1.4MYouth Development$669kArts & Culture$178kHousing & Shelter$169kCommunity Improvement$146kCivil Rights$113kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.1M
$500,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$45M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MILL TOWN PRIVATE FOUNDATION$592,471
UNION COLLEGE$500,000
RAILROAD STREET YOUTH 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:

Its human-services grants (FY19–21, $144k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND: $64k → 14%CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND: $48k → 14%CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND: $32k → 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.
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$10M · 21 repeat orgs$514k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
17

Total granted

$10M
$514k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+41%

Still filing today

81%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Youth DevelopmentEducationPhilanthropyCrime & LegalArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • MT
    MILL TOWN PRIVATE FOUNDATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $4.1M · revenue +894% · 100% of their budget
  • ET
    EDUCATE TOMORROW CORP
    5× · 2019–2023 · $473k · revenue +20%
  • TE
    THE EDUCATION FUND INC F/K/A DADE PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND IN
    4× · 2019–2022 · $400k · revenue +95%

Funded once

  • BU
    BERKSHIRE UNITED WAY INC
    one grant, 2020 · $190k · revenue -49%
  • PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +53%
  • MT
    MILL TOWN COMMUNITY TRUST INC
    one grant, 2022 · $40k
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
Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.

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2
Boston After School & Beyond Inc

Boston after school & beyond, inc. is a public private partnership that pursues a unified after-school and summer learning system that promotes stakeholder alignment, a focus on results, and access to learning opportunities, particularly…

Education
3
Massachusetts Education & Career Opportunities Inc

Massachusetts education and career opportunities, inc. (massedco, inc.) is a statewide network of service sites that provides education and career advising to over 12,000 low-income, first generation individuals each year. massedco…

Education
4
Preserve Rhode Island

Preserve ri's vision is a future where historic preservation creates positive change, making our diverse cultures, the environment, and the economy better for the people who live, visit and work in rhode island. preserve ri's mission is to…

Arts & Culture
5
Massachusetts Business Roundtable Inc

The mission of the roundtable is to make massachusetts the most desirable place to live, work and do business by engaging private sector executives and public leaders to ensure access to a robust, diverse and talented workforce that…

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6
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
7
Breakthrough Greater Boston Inc

To inspire excitement for learning, create paths to and through college, and promote careers in education.

Education
8
Jewish Vocational Service Inc

To empower individuals from diverse communities to find employment and build careers, while partnering with employers to hire, develop, and retain productive workforces.

Employment
9
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
10
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc

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…

Education
11
Rhode Island Kids Count Inc

Rhode island kids count, inc. is a not-for-profit corporation. the organization is a children's policy and advocacy organization that provides information on child well-being, stimulates dialogue on children's issues, and promotes…

Youth Development
12
United Way of Greater New Bedford Inc

Our mission is to mobilize people, partnerships and resources to catalyze change that strengthens the communities served.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boys and Girls Clubs of Providence; the most unlike its peers is Mill Town Private Foundation. 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

34 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. 34 of the 41 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/34
Grantees still filing
28/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNION COLLEGE: $3,400,000 · OtherUNION COLLEGESAN MIGUEL EDUCATION CENTER: $258,750 · OtherSAN MIGUEL EDUCATION CENTERCITY YEAR INC: $225,000 · OtherBERKSHIRE UNITED WAY INC: $190,000 · Other+17 more: $657,050 · Other+17 moreMILL TOWN PRIVATE FOUNDATION: $4,086,824 · PhilanthropyMILL TOWN PRIVATE FOUNDATIONUNITED WAY OF RHODE ISLAND INC: $225,000 · Philanthropy+3 more: $41,000 · PhilanthropyTHE EDUCATION FUND INC F/K/A DADE PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND IN: $400,000 · EducationCOLLEGE VISIONS: $123,750 · EducationREAD TO SUCCEED INC: $20,000 · Education+1 more: $1,800 · EducationEDUCATE TOMORROW CORP: $472,500 · InternationalBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PROVIDENCE: $159,375 · Youth DevelopmentPROVIDENCE AFTER SCHOOL ALLIANCE: $76,250 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF MIAMI INC: $60,000 · Youth DevelopmentRAILROAD STREET YOUTH PROJECT INC: $35,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG VOICES: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentWOMEN OF TOMORROW MENTOR AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM INC: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentAMERICANS FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE INC F/K/A FLA IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY CENTER: $112,500 · Crime & LegalKRISTI HOUSE INC: $65,000 · Crime & LegalNew Urban Arts: $112,500 · Arts & CulturePHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $50,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$4,730,800Philanthropy$4,352,824Education$545,550International$472,500Youth Development$390,625Crime & Legal$177,500Arts & Culture$162,500

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 budgetMILL TOWN PRIVATE FOUNDATION: $4,086,824 over 6y, 100% of budgetEDUCATE TOMORROW CORP: $472,500 over 5y, 4.8% of budgetTHE EDUCATION FUND INC F/K/A DADE PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND IN: $400,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetSAN MIGUEL EDUCATION CENTER: $258,750 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF RHODE ISLAND INC: $225,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $225,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBERKSHIRE UNITED WAY INC: $190,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PROVIDENCE: $159,375 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetCROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND: $144,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCOLLEGE VISIONS: $123,750 over 3y, 7.4% of budgetAMERICANS FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE INC F/K/A FLA IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY CENTER: $112,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetNew Urban Arts: $112,500 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetCATALYST MIAMI INC: $90,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetPROVIDENCE AFTER SCHOOL ALLIANCE: $76,250 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetKRISTI HOUSE INC: $65,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF MIAMI INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRAILROAD STREET YOUTH PROJECT INC: $35,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAMS INCORPORATED: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG VOICES: $30,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetWOMEN OF TOMORROW MENTOR AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM INC: $30,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetAMOS HOUSE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTITLE IX GIRLS RUNNING CLUB INC: $20,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetREAD TO SUCCEED INC: $20,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetRHODE ISLAND WRITE ON SPORTS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 65% of budgetLEVER INC: $11,250 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetSOCIAL ENTERPRISE GREENHOUSE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE HIGHLANDER CHARTER SCHOOL: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPITTSFIELD BABE RUTH BASEBALL LEAGUE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% 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.

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 Rhode Island Comm…Ralph R Papitto & Bar…United Way of Rhode I…The Champlin Foundati…United Way Miami IncTd Charitable Foundat…The Feigenbaum Founda…June Rockwell Levy Fo…Centreville Savings B…Berkshire Bank Founda…The Miami Foundation …Ppl Foundation
The Rhode Island Community FoundationRI26.5× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Rhode Island Community Foundation · Ralph R Papitto & Barbara a Papitto Private Family Foundation · United Way of Rhode Island Inc · The Champlin Foundation · United Way Miami Inc · Td Charitable Foundation · The Feigenbaum Foundation Inc · June Rockwell Levy Foundation Incorporated · Centreville Savings Bank Charitable Foundation · Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc · The Miami Foundation Inc · Ppl 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 Trimix Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Trimix Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Kristi House Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Railroad Street Youth Project Inc: 45% of income from government
  • Community Health Programs Incorporated: 13% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Lever Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Hancock Shaker Village Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Education Fund Inc F/K/a Dade Public Education Fund in: 0% of income from government
  • Educate Tomorrow Corp: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Trimix Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Trimix 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 41 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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