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· Public charity

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 FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% 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
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 16 grants below total $160,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $580,960 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $420,960 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$45M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOUSING ASSISTANCE CORP$10,000
LOVE YOUR LABELS$10,000
RI COMMUNITY FOOD BANK$10,000
CATIE'S CLOSET$10,000
THE JASON HAYES FOUNDATION$10,000
GROUNDWORK SOUTHCOAST$10,000
THE CHRISTIAN CENTER$10,000
REFUGEE DREAM CENTER$10,000
COMMUNITY GIVING TREE$10,000
THE NETWORK LA RED$10,000
IMMIGRANTS ASSISTANCE CENTER$10,000
WORCESTER YOUTH CENTER$10,000
INDEPENDENCE HOUSE$10,000
BERKSHIRE DREAM CENTER$10,000
FISHING FRIENDS$10,000
02The need
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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 (FY19–25, $1.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%INDEPENDENCE HOUSE: $10k → 8%THE KEY PROGRAM INC: $1.0M → 8%WONDERFUND MA: $5k → 16%FEDERAL HILL HOUSE: $10k → 14%THE KEY PROGRAM INC: $25k → 8%COMMUNITY SERVICE OF NEWBURYPORT: $10k → 10%BERKSHIRE DREAM CENTER: $10k → 12%THE SOUTH END COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 17%THE JASON HAYES FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%WINDRUSH FARM THERAPEUTIC EQUITATION INC: $10k → 10%FRIENDLY HOUSE- YOUTH: $10k → 11%IMMIGRANTS ASSISTANCE CENTER: $10k → 11%REFUGEE DREAM CENTER: $10k → 14%CATIE'S CLOSET: $10k → 8%SHARED LIVING COLLABORATIVE MERRIMAC: $10k → 10%RISE ABOVE: $10k → 11%COMMUNITY GIVING TREE: $10k → 10%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 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
New Bedford Women's Center Inc

To empower and support positive choices for all and to educate and take action in the community for the prevention of oppression and violence.

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2
Massachusetts Fair Housing Center Inc

Mfhc is committed to ending systemic housing discrimination and creating inclusive communities through education, outreach, advocacy, housing counseling and enforcement.

Housing & Shelter
3
Wayside Youth and Family Support Network Inc

Empowering children, young adults and families to achieve greater independence and emotional well-being.

Human Services
4
Sojourner House Inc

Sojourner house is a shelter of hope for families;providing a circle of support and empowering them towards independence.

Housing & Shelter
5
Leander House Inc

Assist people with disabilities

Health
6
Brookview House Inc

Brookview's mission is to help homeless and at risk families learn the skills necessary to break the cycle of homelessness and poverty.

Human Services
7
Worcester Youth and Family Counseling Services Inc

Worcester youth and family services empowers all people, of all ages, toward leading capable, purposeful, responsible, fulfilled lives in healthy families and communities.

Human Services
8
Transition House Inc

Transition house is a human services agency dedicated to preventing and ending domestic violence. the agency provides a continuum of housing resources and holistic support for survivors of violence and their children, as well as prevention…

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9
Edward Street Child Services Inc

Collaborates to improve the quality and impact of early education and care, enhancing the development of young children and strengthening families in central massachusetts.

Environment
10
Worcester Community Action Council Inc

The mission of the worcester community action council, inc. is helping people move to economic self-sufficiency through programs, partnerships, and advocacy.

Human Services
11
Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance Inc

Maha breaks down barriers facing first-time and first-generation home buyers and owners through education, counseling, advocacy, and grassroots organizing.

Housing & Shelter
12
House of Hope Housing Inc

To promote improved social and economic conditions of families who are or who have recently been homeless; to promote, develop, and manage affordable housing for families and to assist in carrying out the charitable purposes of house of…

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Key Program Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is The Jason Hayes Foundation. 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

40 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. 40 of the 41 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/40
Grantees still filing
12/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE KEY PROGRAM INCORPORATED: $1,046,000 · Human ServicesTHE KEY PROGRAM INCORPORATED+15 more: $145,000 · Human Services+15 moreRODMAN RIDE FOR KIDS: $12,000 · OtherGroundwork Southcoast Inc: $10,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WORCESTER INC: $10,000 · OtherPATHWAYS FOR CHANGE INC: $10,000 · OtherLAWRENCE COMMUNITYWORKS INC: $10,000 · OtherROBERT F KENNEDY CHILDREN'S ACTION CORPS INC: $7,500 · OtherDONT FORGET US PET US A NON PROFIT CORPORATION: $10,000 · OtherWORCESTER AREA MISSION SOCIETY UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST: $10,000 · OtherGIFTS TO GIVE INC: $10,000 · OtherDUFFY HEALTH CENTER INC: $10,000 · OtherRHODE ISLAND COALITION FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES EDUCATION FUND INC: $9,000 · OtherGirls on the Run - Western MA Council: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentWORCESTER YOUTH CENTER INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentFISHING FRIENDS INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentGLADYS ALLEN BRIGHAM COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentLOVE YOUR LABELS INC: $10,000 · Community ImprovementNEW ENGLAND WOMEN'S SUPPORT INC: $10,000 · Community ImprovementMethuen Arlington Neighborhood Inc: $10,000 · Community ImprovementLAZARUS HOUSE INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterHOUSING ASSISTANCE CORPORATION: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterABBY KELLEY FOSTER HOUSE INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterWestborough Connects Inc: $10,000 · Arts & CultureZEITERION THEATRE INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureRHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · Food & NutritionPROJECT HAND UP: $10,000 · Food & Nutrition
Human Services$1,191,000Other$108,500Youth Development$40,000Community Improvement$30,000Housing & Shelter$30,000Arts & Culture$20,000Food & Nutrition$20,000

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

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
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.

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 Foundati…Greater Worcester Com…Rockland Trust Charit…Boston Foundation IncEversource Energy Fou…Spectrum Health Syste…Webster Five Foundati…Essex County Communit…Cummings Foundation G…Arbella Insurance Fou…First Citizens Charit…The Fred Harris Danie…
Eastern Bank FoundationMA27.7× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eastern Bank Foundation · Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Eversource Energy Foundation Inc · Spectrum Health Systems Inc · Webster Five Foundation Inc · Essex County Community Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Arbella Insurance Foundation · First Citizens Charitable Foundation Inc · The Fred Harris Daniels Foundation

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 Alternatives for Youth Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alternatives for Youth Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 110%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • The Key Program Incorporated: 86% of income from government
  • Pathways for Change Inc: 86% of income from government
  • Independence House Inc: 85% of income from government
  • Worcester Youth Center Inc: 64% of income from government
  • Duffy Health Center Inc: 51% of income from government
  • Gladys Allen Brigham Community Center Inc: 40% of income from government
  • Immigrants' Assistance Center Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Rise Above Foundation Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Housing Assistance Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • South End Community Center of Spfld Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Lawrence Communityworks Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Friendly House Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Berkshire Dream Center Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Zeiterion Theatre Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Catie's Closet Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Boys and Girls Club of Worcester Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Lazarus House Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
11get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
5rely on government for over half their income
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.
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Find your warmest path to Alternatives for Youth Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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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