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Wilson Caruso Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Wilson Caruso Charitable Foundation

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.

$65k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$353kRecreation & Sports$73kHuman Services$50kEnvironment$49kInternational$48kPublic Safety & Disaster$33kFood & Nutrition$22kEducation$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $38k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$884k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEWTON WELLESLEY HOSPITAL$15,000
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL$12,500
SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE$10,000
RIVERSIDE INDUSTRIES$5,000
SPAULDING REHABILITATION HOSPITAL$5,000
TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS$5,000
HALE RESERVATION$5,000
NEADS$2,500
COMMUNITY SERVINGS$2,500
WESTWOOD COUNCIL ON AGING$1,500
WESTWOOD FOOD BANK$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $70k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%NEADS: $3k → 11%RIVERSIDE INDUSTRIES: $8k → 12%NEADS: $5k → 11%RIVERSIDE INDUSTRIES: $5k → 12%NEADS: $5k → 11%RIVERSIDE INDUSTRIES: $5k → 12%NEADS: $5k → 11%RIVERSIDE INDUSTRIES: $5k → 12%NEADS: $3k → 11%RIVERSIDE INDUSTRIES: $5k → 12%NEADS: $3k → 11%RIVERSIDE INDUSTRIES: $5k → 12%COMMUNITY SERVINGS: $3k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS: $3k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS: $3k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS: $3k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS: $3k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS: $2k → 16%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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$638k · 22 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
3

Total granted

$638k
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+72%
+117%

Still filing today

50%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEnvironmentInternationalRecreation & SportsReligionOther
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

  • THE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS
    6× · 2020–2025 · $45k · revenue +29%
  • RI
    RIVERSIDE INDUSTRIES INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $33k · revenue +13%
  • HE
    HALE EDUCATION INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $30k · revenue +92%

Funded once

  • AN
    ARTHRITIS NATIONAL RESEARCH FUND
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • CF
    CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +117%
  • FH
    FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +28%
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
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
2
United States Naval Institute

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.

—
3
Ceres Inc

Ceres is a nonprofit advocacy organization working to accelerate the transition to a cleaner, more just, and resilient world. through education and research, we make the business case for action on the most pressing sustainability…

Environment
4
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

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…

Health
5
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
6
Commonwealth Care Alliance Inc

Commonwealth care alliance, inc.'s mission is to improve the health and well-being of people with significant needs by innovating, coordinating and providing the highest quality, individualized care.

Health
7
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
8
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
9
The Bridgespan Group Inc

Bridgespan's mission is to build a better world by strengthening the ability of mission-driven organizations and philanthropists to achieve breakthrough results in addressing society's most important challenges and opportunities.

Community Improvement
10
Keralink International Inc

Keralink international works to end avoidable blindness by developing, delivering, and scaling affordable solutions for all, powered by innovative technology and partnerships.

Health
11
Boston Architectural College

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

—
12
Devworks International

Devworks international is dedicated to a society where all people enjoy the freedom to pursue their own sustainable development. we contribute to this by strengthening the capacity of local organizations.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Medecins Sans Frontieres Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

14 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. 14 of the 25 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
14/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $92,500 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITALNEWTON WELLESLEY HOSPITAL: $90,000 · OtherNEWTON WELLESLEY HOSPITALMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $45,000 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATEDOUTWARD BOUND - THOMPSON ISLAND: $42,500 · OtherOUTWARD BOUND - THOMPSON ISLANDCUMMINGS VETERINARY FUND: $17,500 · Other+9 more: $77,000 · Other+9 moreSchepens Eye Research Institute Inc: $55,000 · HealthSchepens Eye …ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $25,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S F…RIVERSIDE INDUSTRIES INC: $32,500 · Human ServicesRIVERSIDE I…NEADS INC: $22,500 · Human ServicesNEADS INCCOMMUNITY SERVINGS INC: $14,500 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY S…THE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $45,000 · EnvironmentWestwood Land Trust Inc: $4,000 · EnvironmentMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $22,500 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $22,500 · InternationalHALE EDUCATION INC: $30,000 · Recreation & SportsSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $25,000 · Religion
Other$364,500Health$80,000Human Services$69,500Environment$49,000International$45,000Recreation & Sports$30,000Religion$25,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $45,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRIVERSIDE INDUSTRIES INC: $32,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHALE EDUCATION INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNEADS INC: $22,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $22,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $22,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY SERVINGS INC: $14,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetKHAN ACADEMY INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWestwood Land Trust Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 2.1% 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 Schepens Eye Research Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS ↗
  • Who funds RIVERSIDE INDUSTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds HALE EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds NEADS INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY SERVINGS INC ↗
  • Who funds KHAN ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC ↗
  • Who funds FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Westwood Land Trust 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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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 Wilson Caruso Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wilson Caruso Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Riverside Industries Inc: 61% of income from government
  • Community Servings Inc: 12% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Reservations: 2% of income from government
  • Neads Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 25 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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