Massachusetts · Nonprofit
THE HOWLAND FUND INC
THE HOWLAND FUND INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $870,000 to it, the largest being Mary Elizabeth Pearce Foundation Tr co Nathan Withington ($500,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE HOWLAND FUND INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 7,105 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,105 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Edith H Overly Foundationshared funders
- Keokuk Area Community Foundationportfolio match
- The Ellison Foundation Mutl Fd & LP Xxx-Xx-Xxxxshared funders
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $150k → $350k.
From the IRS filings of THE HOWLAND FUND INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE HOWLAND FUND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 50% · 2023 71% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of THE HOWLAND FUND INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 4 funders put you under-funded among the 62 organizations that share them.
- Edith H Overly Foundationshared fundersMA · backs 5 organizations that share your funders
- Keokuk Area Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Ellison Foundation Mutl Fd & LP Xxx-Xx-Xxxxshared fundersMA · backs 5 organizations that share your funders
- Gladys M Rickard Charitable Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Hazel Dell Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The CD Shiah Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Prime Coalition Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Baker Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Dixie & Anne Leavitt Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Teget Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Bertha Russ Lytel Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Harding Educational and Charitable Foundationshared fundersIL · backs 5 organizations that share your funders
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like THE HOWLAND FUND INC
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE HOWLAND FUND INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE HOWLAND FUND INC?
- THE HOWLAND FUND INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $870,000 to it, the largest being Mary Elizabeth Pearce Foundation Tr co Nathan Withington ($500,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE HOWLAND FUND INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $870,000 in grants to THE HOWLAND FUND INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE HOWLAND FUND INC?
- Mary Elizabeth Pearce Foundation Tr co Nathan Withington is the largest funder on record, with $500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE HOWLAND FUND INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 4funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing