· Private foundation
Western Philanthropies Inc
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, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k3 grants · $75k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $300k
- $250k+1 grant · $250k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ROCKPORT MUSIC | $250,000 |
| BEDROCK GARDENS | $150,000 |
| THACHER ISLAND ASSOCIATION | $100,000 |
| THE OPEN DOOR CAPE ANN | $50,000 |
| ESSEX COUNTY GREENBELT | $25,000 |
| BACKYARD GROWERS | $25,000 |
| TRUSTEES OF THE RESERVATIONS | $25,000 |
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 (FY20–20, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, 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 +40% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.
8 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down.
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 FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
ROCKPORT MUSIC INC5× · 2020–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +40%
ESSEX COUNTY GREENBELT ASSOCIATION6× · 2020–2025 · $150k · revenue +148%
BACKYARD GROWERS INC6× · 2020–2025 · $135k · revenue +51%
Funded once
- MIMASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTEone grant, 2020 · $100k
- FOFRIENDS OF BEDROCK GARDENSone grant, 2020 · $75k · revenue +12%
- RSRECONCILIATION SERVICESone grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue -5%
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.
Our mission is to continue to develop and operate a permanent year-round market in boston and to support the farmers, fishers, and entrepreneurs who grow, catch, and produce local food, and to nourish our community with food and…
To cultivate and develop an expansive collection of trees, gardens, and plants for all to explore, enjoy and study; and to provide through education and stewardship, a greener, healthier, more beautiful environment.
The mission of the mount desert land & garden preserve is to conserve and share the beauty of our historic lands and gardens.
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,…
Through events, workshops, promotions, advocacy and education highlighting locally-grown and produced food, the organization helps to create a thriving local food economy.
The mission of good jobs institute is to help companies thrive by creating good jobs. the institute achieves its goals by providing engagement and advisory support to companies on how to provide better opportunities for low wage workers…
The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.
New england museum association's mission is to connect a community engaged in learning, collaboration, and action to cultivate a better museum world.
To lead a network of partners to alleviate hunger, prevent food waste, and nourish the communities we serve. our vision is that all people have the nutritious food they need to thrive.
To inspire and connect the north central massachusetts community to create equitable access to healthy food and environmental sustainability through education, collaboration and advocacy. growing places supports 27 north central…
Mass farmers markets partners wtih farmers, consumers, and communities to improve the health of individuals, strenghten community vitality, and enhance local farm viability through farmers markets.
Our mission is to cultivate the resilience of our coastal pond ecosystems through science, collaboration, and education.
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 15 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 ROCKPORT MUSIC INC ↗
- Who funds THACHER & STRAITSMOUTH ISLANDS ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds ESSEX COUNTY GREENBELT ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds BACKYARD GROWERS INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF BEDROCK GARDENS ↗
- Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗
- Who funds RECONCILIATION SERVICES ↗
- Who funds GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds ROSIE'S PLACE INC ↗
- Who funds THE OPEN DOOR CAPE ANN FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
- Who funds The Food Project Inc ↗
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 Western Philanthropies Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Western Philanthropies Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
- Essex County Greenbelt Association: 8% of income from government
- Rockport Music Inc: 4% of income from government
- Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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