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Alternatives for Youth Foundation Inc

To provide support for programs and activities consistent with the mission of the key program incorporated, a public charity exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the irc.

$581k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
16
Itemized grants FY2025
20
Organizations funded FY2024
100%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$160k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 20
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$45M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Alternatives for Youth Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentAnimalsCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyOther
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
FY2025still arriving16$160k100%
FY202420$200k100%
FY20211$1.0M0%
FY20201$25k100%
FY20193$20k67%
FY20182$14kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Human Services$1.2MYouth Development$82kHousing & Shelter$50kCommunity Improvement$30kFood & Nutrition$20kArts & Culture$10kAnimals$10kHealth$10kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 41 grantees
All grantees of Alternatives for Youth Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Key Program Incorporated$1,046,00023%
Rodman Ride for Kids$12,0002n/a
Friendly House Inc$10,00010%
Love Your Labels Inc$10,0001n/a
Westborough Connects Inc$10,00016%
Independence House Inc$10,00010%
New England Women's Support Inc$10,00010%
Dont Forget US Pet US a Non Profit Corporation$10,000110%
Groundwork Southcoast Inc$10,00011%
Worcester Area Mission Society United Church of Christ$10,0001n/a
Methuen Arlington Neighborhood Inc$10,00013%
Girls on the Run - Western MA Council$10,00012%
Catie's Closet Inc$10,0001n/a
Rhode Island Community Food Bank Association$10,00010%
Gifts to Give Inc$10,00013%
Refugee Development Center$10,00010%
Duffy Health Center Inc$10,00010%
Community Giving Tree Inc$10,00011%
Rise Above Foundation Inc$10,00011%
Worcester Youth Center Inc$10,0001n/a
South End Community Center of Spfld Inc$10,00011%
Fishing Friends Inc$10,000117%
Project Hand Up$10,00011%
Lazarus House Inc$10,00010%
Immigrants' Assistance Center Inc$10,00011%
Housing Assistance Corporation$10,00010%
Federal Hill House Association Inc$10,00010%
Windrush Farm Therapeutic Equitation Inc$10,00011%
Gladys Allen Brigham Community Center Inc$10,00010%
Boys and Girls Club of Worcester Inc$10,00010%
Pathways for Change Inc$10,00010%
Zeiterion Theatre Inc$10,00010%
Lawrence Communityworks Inc$10,00010%
The Jason Hayes Foundation$10,00015%
The Shared Living Collaborative Inc$10,00010%
Berkshire Dream Center Inc$10,00013%
Community Service of Newburyport Inc$10,00013%
Abby Kelley Foster House Inc$10,00010%
Rhode Island Coalition for Children & Families Education Fund Inc$9,0001n/a
Robert F Kennedy Children's Action Corps Inc$7,50010%
Massachusetts Wonderfund Inc$5,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Alternatives for Youth Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Key Program Incorporated: $1,046,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetFriendly House Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWestborough Connects Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetIndependence House Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNew England Women's Support Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDont Forget US Pet US a Non Profit Corporation: $10,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetGroundwork Southcoast Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMethuen Arlington Neighborhood Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetGirls on the Run - Western MA Council: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetRhode Island Community Food Bank Association: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGifts to Give Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetRefugee Development Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDuffy Health Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Giving Tree Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetRise Above Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSouth End Community Center of Spfld Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFishing Friends Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetProject Hand Up: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetLazarus House Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetImmigrants' Assistance Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHousing Assistance Corporation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFederal Hill House Association Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWindrush Farm Therapeutic Equitation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGladys Allen Brigham Community Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Worcester Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPathways for Change Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetZeiterion Theatre Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLawrence Communityworks Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Jason Hayes Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetThe Shared Living Collaborative Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBerkshire Dream Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetCommunity Service of Newburyport Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetAbby Kelley Foster House Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRobert F Kennedy Children's Action Corps Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMassachusetts Wonderfund Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 35.

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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.

Eastern Bank FoundationMA27.7× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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.

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About Alternatives for Youth Foundation Inc

How much does Alternatives for Youth Foundation Inc give?
Alternatives for Youth Foundation Inc reported 16 itemized grants totaling $160,000, out of $580,960 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Alternatives for Youth Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (83%), Youth Development (6%), Housing & Shelter (3%).
Who are Alternatives for Youth Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: The Key Program Incorporated ($1.0M), Rodman Ride for Kids ($12k), Friendly House Inc ($10k).
Does Alternatives for Youth Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Alternatives for Youth Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eastern Bank Foundation, Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc, Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc.
Where is Alternatives for Youth Foundation Inc based?
Alternatives for Youth Foundation Inc 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 41 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 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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