· Private foundation
Walter S Roberts Charitable Foundation Inc
TO RAISE AND ADMINISTER DONATIONS FOR CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES Its FY2024 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, FY2022 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k10 grants · $38k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $43k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $299k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF AMERICA | $198,600 |
| ALZHEIMERS ASSN | $100,000 |
| CASH DONATIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS | $13,041 |
| ANIMAL FARM FOUNDATION INC | $10,000 |
| COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF NJ | $10,000 |
| ST JOSEPHS INDIAN SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON | $5,000 |
| PINE STREET INN FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| TOM KITCHEN MEMORIAL FUND | $5,000 |
| INTL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS | $5,000 |
| FRESH AIR FUND | $5,000 |
| RUNNING 4 ANSWERS | $5,000 |
| MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| TONIS KITCHEN | $2,500 |
| MT HOPE IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY | $1,500 |
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 (FY22–23, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% 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
- BGBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA3× · 2022–2024 · $279k · revenue +12%
STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION3× · 2022–2024 · $31k · revenue +83%
ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON3× · 2022–2024 · $23k · revenue +33%
Funded once
PAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INCone grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue +6%- AVAMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INCone grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue -17%
- UTUS TREASURYone grant, 2023 · $600
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.
The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…
American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…
Empowering financial professionals and consumers through world-class advocacy and education.
American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…
Jewelers of america, the most trusted and influential voice of the jewelry industry, empowers and unites its members through expert guidance and advocacy, driving excellence, integrity, and success in an ever-changing marketplace.
To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.
The air & space forces association (afa) is a nonprofit, independent, professional military, and aerospace education association. the association's mission is to promote dominant u.s. air and space forces as the foundation of a strong…
The organization was established to further the interests of its membership by seeking improved terms and conditions of employment, to render moral and material aid to members as needed, to provide representation and/or counsel in legal…
Airlines for america (a4a) vigorously advocates for america's airlines as models of safety, customer service, and environmental responsibility; and as the indispensable network that drives our nation's economy and global…
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.
The american farm bureau federation is the voice of agriculture (r). we are farm and ranch families working together to build a sustainable future of safe and abundant food, fiber and renewable fuel for our nation and the world.
The american arbitration association ("aaa") is dedicated to effective, efficient and economical methods of dispute resolution through education, technology and solutions-oriented service.
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 21 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 ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON ↗
- Who funds Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc ↗
- Who funds FRESH AIR FUND ↗
- Who funds Animal Farm Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds FROST VALLEY YMCA ↗
- Who funds MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC ↗
- Who funds PAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Walter S Roberts Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Walter S Roberts Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Animal Rescue League of Boston: 0% of income from government
- Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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