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Wyman Gordon

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$225k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
35
Grants FY2024
34
Organizations funded FY2023
21%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$70,000
Organizations funded a year
30 to 38
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$6.2M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 21% of the organizations Wyman Gordon funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $98k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesArts & CultureHousing & ShelterCrime & LegalAnimalsYouth DevelopmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving35$225k37%
FY202334$284k21%
FY202238$325k37%
FY202134$362k12%
FY202030$203k10%
FY201935$251k17%
FY201836$294kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$1.0MArts & Culture$208kHuman Services$163kEducation$111kHousing & Shelter$108kEnvironment$92kYouth Development$80kHealth$76kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Wyman Gordon by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Way of Central Massachusetts Inc$920,00073%
Worcester Public Library Foundation$60,000312%
Worcester Historical Museum$52,00071%
India Society of Worcester$40,000218%
Jeremiah's Inn Inc$40,00031%
Centro Las Americas Inc$40,00010%
Worcester Natural History Society Inc$36,00070%
Worcester Polytechnic Institute$30,00010%
YWCA Central Massachusetts Inc$30,00050%
Mechanics Hall Corporation$27,00072%
Friendly House Inc$26,00020%
Worcester Animal Rescue League Inc$25,00021%
Abby Kelley Foster House Inc$25,00011%
Community Harvest Project Inc$20,20031%
Willard House & Clock Museum Inc$20,00011%
Worcester Youth Center Inc$20,00031%
Girls Incorporated of Worcester$17,00070%
Boys and Girls Club of Worcester Inc$16,00060%
Regional Environmental Council Inc$15,00010%
Worcester Regional Research Bureau Inc$14,00071%
Worcester Art Museum$14,00070%
Joy of Music Program Inc$12,00011%
American Antiquarian Society$10,0001n/a
Worcester Common Ground Inc$10,00010%
Easter Seals Massachusetts Inc$10,00010%
Open Sky Community Services Inc$10,00010%
Old Sturbridge Inc$10,00020%
South Middlesex Opportunity Council Inc$10,00010%
Guild of Saint Agnes of Worcester$10,00010%
Heart of New England Council Bsa Inc$7,00070%
Worcester County Food Bank Inc$7,00070%
Artsworcester Inc$7,00070%
Spectrum Health Systems Inc$7,00070%
Music Worcester Inc$7,00070%
Main South Community Development Corp$7,00070%
Worcester East Side Community Development Corporation$6,00060%
Literacy Volunteers of Greater Worcester Inc$6,00022%
Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra Inc$5,05073%
Worcester Refugee and Immigrant Support and Empowerment (Rise) for Health Inc$5,00012%
Dismas House of Massachusetts Inc$5,00030%
Latin American Health Alliance of Central Massachusetts Inc$5,00010%
Ascentria Care Alliance Inc$5,00010%
Horace Mann Educational Associates Inc$5,00010%
Wicn Public Radio Inc$4,00040%
Edward M Kennedy Community Health Center Inc$3,00030%
Preservation Worcester Inc$3,00010%
Family Health Center of Worcesterinc$3,00030%
Oak Hill Community Development Corporati$2,00020%
Worcester Comm Housing Resource Inc$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($275k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wyman Gordon supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnited Way of Central Massachusetts Inc: $920,000 over 7y, 2.7% of budgetWorcester Public Library Foundation: $60,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetWorcester Historical Museum: $52,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetIndia Society of Worcester: $40,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetJeremiah's Inn Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCentro Las Americas Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWorcester Natural History Society Inc: $36,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetWorcester Polytechnic Institute: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYWCA Central Massachusetts Inc: $30,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMechanics Hall Corporation: $27,000 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetFriendly House Inc: $26,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWorcester Animal Rescue League Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetAbby Kelley Foster House Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCommunity Harvest Project Inc: $20,200 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetWillard House & Clock Museum Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetWorcester Youth Center Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetGirls Incorporated of Worcester: $17,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Worcester Inc: $16,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetRegional Environmental Council Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWorcester Regional Research Bureau Inc: $14,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetWorcester Art Museum: $14,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJoy of Music Program Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetWorcester Common Ground Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEaster Seals Massachusetts Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOpen Sky Community Services Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOld Sturbridge Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSouth Middlesex Opportunity Council Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGuild of Saint Agnes of Worcester: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHeart of New England Council Bsa Inc: $7,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetWorcester County Food Bank Inc: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetArtsworcester Inc: $7,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetSpectrum Health Systems Inc: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMusic Worcester Inc: $7,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMain South Community Development Corp: $7,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetWorcester East Side Community Development Corporation: $6,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetLiteracy Volunteers of Greater Worcester Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetMassachusetts Symphony Orchestra Inc: $5,050 over 7y, 2.9% of budgetWorcester Refugee and Immigrant Support and Empowerment (Rise) for Health Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetDismas House of Massachusetts Inc: $5,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLatin American Health Alliance of Central Massachusetts Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAscentria Care Alliance Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHorace Mann Educational Associates Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWicn Public Radio Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetEdward M Kennedy Community Health Center Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPreservation Worcester Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFamily Health Center of Worcesterinc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOak Hill Community Development Corporati: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWorcester Comm Housing Resource Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 48.

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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 Fletcher FoundationMA87.1× affinity39 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Fletcher Foundation · Stoddard Charitable Trust · Ruth H & Warren a Ellsworth Foundation · Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc · The Fred Harris Daniels Foundation · The George I Alden Trust · Webster Five Foundation Inc · Schwartz Charitable Foundation · Hoche-Scofield Foundation-Equity · Mildred H McEvoy Foundation · United Way of Central Massachusetts Inc · Coghlin Services Fund

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.

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Find your warmest path to Wyman Gordon through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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About Wyman Gordon

How much does Wyman Gordon give?
Wyman Gordon reported 35 grants totaling $224,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 38 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Wyman Gordon fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (43%), Arts & Culture (9%), Human Services (7%).
Who are Wyman Gordon's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: United Way of Central Massachusetts Inc ($920k), Worcester Public Library Foundation ($60k), Worcester Historical Museum ($52k).
Does Wyman Gordon fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Wyman Gordon accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Wyman Gordon?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Fletcher Foundation, Stoddard Charitable Trust, Ruth H & Warren a Ellsworth Foundation.
Where is Wyman Gordon based?
Wyman Gordon is based in MA.

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 84 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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