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Webster Family Foundation (Fka Montsweag Foundation)

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.

$562k
Granted FY2024still arriving
35
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$125k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0167% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2020–2024.

Recreation & Sports$338kArts & Culture$279kHuman Services$245kEducation$173kHealth$148kPhilanthropy$80kAnimals$60kFood & Nutrition$40kHousing & Shelter$38kOther$833k
02FY2024 · 35 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k17 grants · $87k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $200k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $275k
$10,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$4.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SCOTT A WEBSTER FUND - DAFGIVING360$125,000
PGA TOUR FIRST TEE FOUNDATION$100,000
FRANCIS OUIMENT SCHOLORSHIP FUND$50,000
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT'S ORCHARD HOUSE$20,000
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT'S ORCHARD HOUSE$20,000
NEW BEDFORD WHALING MUSEUM$20,000
THE GOVERNOR'S ACADEMY$15,000
ZEITERION PERFORMING ARTS CENTER$15,000
NEW BEDFORD WHALING MUSEUM$15,000
ZEITERION PERFORMING ARTS CENTER$15,000
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL$10,000
CARIDAD CENTER$10,000
CAMERON'S KIDS$10,000
EVERY KID SPORTS$10,000
THE CAM NEELY FOUNDATION$10,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–24, $245k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 69% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NEADS INC: $25k → 11%THE LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $25k → 6%NEADS: $25k → 11%THE LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $25k → 6%NEADS INC: $10k → 11%THE LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $25k → 6%CARIDAD CENTER: $25k → 11%NEADS INC: $10k → 11%CARIDAD CENTER: $10k → 11%NEADS INC: $5k → 11%CARIDAD CENTER: $10k → 11%CARIDAD CENTER: $10k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $10k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $10k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $10k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $10k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

NH
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
CT
CA
NE
VA
SC
LA
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.8M · 33 repeat orgs$366k to everyone else

33 repeat relationships — 19 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
21

Total granted

$1.8M
$207k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+68%

Still filing today

82%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $159k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthEducationHuman ServicesAnimalsFood & NutritionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • PT
    PGA TOUR FIRST TEE FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $303k · revenue +7%
  • LM
    LOUISA MAY ALCOTT'S ORCHARD HOUSE INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $115k · revenue +44%
  • TF
    THE FRANCIS OUIMET SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $95k · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -6%
  • TN
    THE NEEDIEST FAMILIES FUND
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
  • BH
    BELMONT HILL ANNUAL FUND
    one grant, 2021 · $10k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — 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
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
3
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
4
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
5
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health

D-HH operates to establish, manage, govern, and fundraise for an integrated healthcare delivery System. To that end, D-HH is particularly focused to: - Manage the healthcare System to provide services to the public in the most…

Health
6
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
7
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
8
Emerson Health System Inc

Emerson health systems is the parent organization of four subsidiaries - emerson hospital, emerson occupational health services, emerson property development and emerson health care foundation. emerson health systems provides its…

Health
9
Neighborhealth Corporation

Neighborhealth's mission is to promote and sustain healthy communities, families, and individuals by providing accessible, person-centered, and compassionate, high-quality health care services to all who live and work in our service area,…

Health
10
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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11
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
12
Northeastern University
Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Emerson Health Care Foundation Inc and the most unlike its peers is Chase Home for Children. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyYouth Sports ProgramsHealth Access Advocacy and …Community FoundationsIndependent K-12 SchoolsEnvironmental Conservation …Food Banks and PantriesCommunity Food PantriesCommunity FoundationsAddiction Recovery ServicesEquine Therapy ProgramsCancer Support ServicesAnimal Rescue and Shelter
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 36 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%4%<5yr14%7%5–10yr20%15%10–20yr19%24%20–35yr14%20%35–55yr14%30%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%3%<5yr14%20%5–10yr20%8%10–20yr19%18%20–35yr14%15%35–55yr14%37%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 3% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/46
the rest of the field
11%
4,714/42,312

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

45 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 45 of the 67 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
45/45
Grantees still filing
36/45
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL — $210,000 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITALSCOTT A WEBSTER FUND - DAFGIVING360 — $125,000 · OtherSCOTT A WEBSTER FUND - DAFGIVING360Chase Home for Children — $42,500 · OtherTHE FIRST TEE OF PALM BEACHES — $40,000 · OtherLOVELANE SPECIAL NEEDS HORSEBACK RIDING PROGRAM INC — $40,000 · OtherZEITERION PERFORMING ARTS CENTER — $40,000 · OtherEMERSON HOSPITAL ANNUAL APPEAL FUND — $35,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $35,000 · OtherDANNY & RONS RESCUE — $35,000 · OtherHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC — $37,500 · Other+29 more — $330,000 · Other+29 morePGA TOUR FIRST TEE FOUNDATION INC — $302,500 · Recreation & SportsPGA TOUR FIRST TE…Every Kid Sports — $35,000 · Recreation & SportsEvery Kid SportsLOUISA MAY ALCOTT'S ORCHARD HOUSE INC — $115,000 · Arts & CultureLOUISA MAY ALC…Old Dartmouth Historical Society — $94,000 · Arts & CultureOld Dartmouth …BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC — $40,000 · Arts & CultureBOSTON SYMPHON…CONCORD ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY D/B/A CONCORD MUSEUM — $17,500 · Arts & CultureCONCORD ANTIQU…HARMON RECOVERY FOUNDATION — $10,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more — $2,500 · Arts & CultureMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION — $75,000 · Human ServicesMARC LUSTGAR…NEADS INC — $75,000 · Human ServicesNEADS INCCaridad Center Inc — $55,000 · Human ServicesCaridad Cent…PLACE OF HOPE INC — $40,000 · Human ServicesPLACE OF HOP…THE FRANCIS OUIMET SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC — $95,000 · EducationGOVERNOR DUMMER ACADEMY THE GOVERNOR'S ACADEMY — $55,000 · EducationBELMONT HILL SCHOOL INC — $10,000 · EducationHOFFMAN INSTITUTE FOUNDATION — $10,000 · Education+1 more — $2,500 · EducationALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $40,000 · HealthTHE CAMERON M NEELY FOUNDATION FOR CANCER CARE INC — $37,500 · HealthDYSAUTONOMIA INTERNATIONAL INC — $25,000 · HealthPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC — $25,000 · HealthEMERSON HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital Corporation — $10,000 · HealthCAMERON'S KIDS INC — $30,000 · PhilanthropyBoston Foundation Inc — $20,000 · PhilanthropyGIFTS TO GIVE INC — $10,000 · PhilanthropySOUTHCOAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 · PhilanthropyCommunity Foundation for MetroWest Inc — $10,000 · Philanthropy
Other$970,000Recreation & Sports$337,500Arts & Culture$279,000Human Services$245,000Education$172,500Health$147,500Philanthropy$80,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetPGA TOUR FIRST TEE FOUNDATION INC — $302,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetLOUISA MAY ALCOTT'S ORCHARD HOUSE INC — $115,000 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetTHE FRANCIS OUIMET SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC — $95,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetOld Dartmouth Historical Society — $94,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION — $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNEADS INC — $75,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetGOVERNOR DUMMER ACADEMY THE GOVERNOR'S ACADEMY — $55,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCaridad Center Inc — $55,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetChase Home for Children — $42,500 over 4y, 5.8% of budgetBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC — $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLOVELANE SPECIAL NEEDS HORSEBACK RIDING PROGRAM INC — $40,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPLACE OF HOPE INC — $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CAMERON M NEELY FOUNDATION FOR CANCER CARE INC — $37,500 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC — $37,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEvery Kid Sports — $35,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetDANNY & RONS RESCUE — $35,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC — $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCAMERON'S KIDS INC — $30,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED — $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDYSAUTONOMIA INTERNATIONAL INC — $25,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBoston Foundation Inc — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBUDDY DOG HUMANE SOCIETY INC — $20,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetCONCORD ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY D/B/A CONCORD MUSEUM — $17,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTHE NEMASKET GROUP INC — $17,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMERCY MEALS AND MORE — $15,000 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetPROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC — $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGIFTS TO GIVE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetEMERSON HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBELMONT HILL SCHOOL INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHCOAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOFFMAN INSTITUTE FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOPEN TABLE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCommunity Foundation for MetroWest Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARS — $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACTON COMMUNITY SUPPER AND FOOD PANTRY INC — $7,500 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetPROJECT COMEBACK — $5,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetDANA HALL SCHOOL — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPEN DOOR THEATRE OF ACTON INC — $2,500 over 1y, 2.6% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Community Foundation …Boston Foundation IncEastern Bank Foundati…Middlesex Savings Cha…Cummings Foundation G…Arbella Insurance Fou…Morgan Stanley Global…The Ayco Charitable F…Highland Street Conne…Bristol County Saving…Agnes M Lindsay TrustFidelity Foundation
Community Foundation for MetroWest IncMA19.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for MetroWest Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Arbella Insurance Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries · Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · Fidelity Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Webster Family Foundation (Fka Montsweag Foundation) funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • The Nemasket Group Inc — 91% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University — 12% of income from government
  • Southcoast Community Foundation Inc — 10% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation — 10% of income from government
  • Open Table Inc — 7% of income from government
  • Open Door Theatre of Acton Inc — 5% of income from government
  • Community Foundation for MetroWest Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Old Dartmouth Historical Society — 2% of income from government
  • Governor Dummer Academy the Governor's Academy — 1% of income from government
  • Neads Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Concord Antiquarian Society D/B/a Concord Museum — 1% of income from government
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Caridad Center Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Place of Hope Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Boston Foundation Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

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How do I get to Webster Family Foundation (Fka Montsweag Foundation)?

Find your warmest path to Webster Family Foundation (Fka Montsweag 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 67 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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