· Private foundation
Alvarium Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k1 grant · $6k
- $50k–250k7 grants · $663k
- $250k+1 grant · $600k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FATHER BILL'S & MAINSPRING INC | $600,000 |
| MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC | $150,000 |
| GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK | $100,000 |
| PROJECT PLACE | $100,000 |
| ROCA | $100,000 |
| UTEC | $87,500 |
| SCHOOLS ON WHEELS OF MASSACHUSETTS INC | $75,000 |
| YMCA SOUTHCOAST | $50,000 |
| THE BOSTON FOUNDATION | $6,025 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 53% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
11 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FBFATHER BILL'S & MAINSPRING INC7× · 2018–2024 · $2.1M · revenue +144%
MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC7× · 2018–2024 · $726k · revenue +61%- GBGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC6× · 2019–2024 · $535k · revenue +67%
Funded once
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.
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.
Urban Impact is dedicated to prioritizing the reduction of the impact of poverty for families in the Commonwealth. The organization offers a plethora of small business corporate and community opportunities. These opportunities include…
Meet the workforce needs of employers and support economic development in greater new bedford.
To advance an economically just region where prosperity is shared across race and ethnicity.
Massachusetts education and career opportunities, inc. (massedco, inc.) is a statewide network of service sites that provides education and career advising to over 12,000 low-income, first generation individuals each year. massedco…
The ymca of greater boston is dedicated to improving the health of mind, body, and spirit of individuals and families in our communities. we promote welcoming, belonging, and opportunity for all.
We seek to facilitate a just energy transition by putting black and brown communities first, and enabling systems change at the intersection of social, environmental, and economic justice. we are powering a just energy transition in the…
Our mission is to empower youth who are in foster care, court involved, homeless or out of school to take charge of their lives by taking charge of a business.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
Big brothers big sisters of western massachusetts inc. matches at-risk children and teens, primarily from low-income, single-parent homes, in one-to-one mentoring relationships to screened, trained and supervised volunteers with measurable…
Boys & girls clubs of boston (bgcb) stands as a transformative force in boston and chelsea, where high expectations unlock greatness. we believe that every young person who walks through our doors carries limitless potential. through our…
The purpose of this corporation is to develop, implement, manage, operate, enhance and promote the general welfare of the people within the designated newmarket business improvement district, through activities, programs, and services to…
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 12 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 FATHER BILL'S & MAINSPRING INC ↗
- Who funds MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds SCHOOL ON WHEELS OF MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
- Who funds ROCA INC ↗
- Who funds UTEC Inc ↗
- Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED OF BOSTON AND LYNN ↗
- Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
- Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION SOUTHCOAST INC ↗
- Who funds Boston Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds ARTISTS FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Alvarium Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alvarium Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Roca Inc: 78% of income from government
- Utec Inc: 46% of income from government
- Girls Incorporated of Boston and Lynn: 28% of income from government
- Father Bill's & Mainspring Inc: 24% of income from government
- Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
- School On Wheels of Massachusetts Inc: 7% of income from government
- Artists for Humanity Inc: 2% of income from government
- Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc: 1% of income from government
- Boston Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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