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American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc at a glance

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American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc

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.

$1.7M
Granted FY2024still arriving
632
Grants FY2024still arriving
44
States reached
$340k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Public Safety & Disaster$2.4MEducation$2.1MInternational$1.5MHealth$838kYouth Development$781kHuman Services$683kCivil Rights$564kFood & Nutrition$379kOther$0
02FY2024 · 632 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k581 grants · $407k
  • $10k–50k47 grants · $723k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $265k
  • $250k+1 grant · $340k
$200
Median grant
44
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA (BGCA)$340,000
NORTH CAROLINA CENTERAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC$100,000
THE FOUNDATION OF NC STATE UNIVERSITY$100,000
AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS$65,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC$35,000
BREEDLOVE FOODS INC$25,103
INSTITUTO AYRTON SENNA (DIGITAL PLATFORM HUMANE)$25,000
ASSOCIACAO FEMININA DE ESTUDOS SOCIAIS E UNIVERSITARIOS$25,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART (ICA)$25,000
IKA DIOCESAN CHARITY FOUNDATION$25,000
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$25,000
PAN MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC$20,211
TAILORED FOR EDUCATION INC$20,100
OKAWA FIVE CHARITY INITIATIVE (O5 INITIATIVE)$20,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

US giving: 89% of grant dollars ($10M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 11% that went abroad ($1.2M) is mapped below.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $899k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 59% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%ABOVE THE CLOUDS: $35k → 7%CENTER FOR RACIAL JUSTICE IN EDUCATION INC: $25k → 17%BREEDLOVE FOODS INC: $25k → 17%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HELPAGE INDIA INC: $10k → 14%EOD WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $2k → 8%UNBOUND: $2k → 16%NRIVA INC: $37k → 11%ACCESSIBLE FESTIVALS INC: $3k → 9%ACCESSIBLE FESTIVALS: $10k → 4%NRIVA INC: $12k → 11%MARTHAS MISSION CUPBOARD INC: $2k → 12%NRIVA INC: $10k → 11%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF UN TECHO PARA MI PAIS INC: $15k → 15%NRIVA INC: $7k → 11%BAPS CHARITIES INC: $6k → 8%BAPS CHARITIES INC: $5k → 8%CHICKTECH: $2k → 12%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $3k → 12%MAVERICK LANDING COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $18k → 16%BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $125k → 16%UNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS: $15k → 16%UNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS: $11k → 16%UNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS: $2k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVICE OF HAMILTON AND WENHAM INC (THE COMMUNITY HOUSE): $6k → 10%UNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS: $2k → 16%C247 FATHERS ARMS MINISTRIES: $20k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF METROWEST INC: $3k → 8%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $65k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50k → 8%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $50k → 8%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $25k → 8%NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR HISPANIC HEALTH: $10k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $15k → 8%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $20k → 17%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $15k → 8%LITTLE BROTHERS FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY BOSTON INC: $9k → 16%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $31k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $9k → 14%MY BROTHERS KEEPER TASK FORCE INC: $25k → 8%CIVIC SUDS CORPORATION: $25k → 14%CHARITY WATER: $2k → 17%ARTISANS ASYLUM INC: $15k → 8%SURVIVING IN NUMBERS: $10k → 8%SURVIVING IN NUMBERS: $10k → 8%DRESS FOR SUCCESS BOSTON INC: $15k → 16%INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC: $2k → 17%GIRLS WHO CODE INC: $25k → 17%FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN-BOSTON: $5k → 16%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.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL

Beyond the US: 11% of all-years giving ($1.2M)

10 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
India$686k · 4 grants
South Africa$155k · 3 grants
Brazil$109k · 5 grants
Ghana$101k · 2 grants
Nigeria$73k · 4 grants
Kenya$30k · 2 grants
Spain$26k · 2 grants
Mexico$22k · 2 grants
United Kingdom$20k · 1 grant
Canada$50 · 1 grant
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

62%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.0M · 668 repeat orgs$4.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

668 repeat relationships: 336 still active in FY2024, 332 since wound down; 234 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

668
1066

Total granted

$7.0M
$3.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+21%

Still filing today

88%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $913k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesAnimalsInternationalEnvironmentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • IR
    International Rescue Committee INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $401k · revenue +63%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    7× · 2018–2024 · $344k · revenue +9%
  • NC
    NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $300k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • AP
    AKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $500k
  • BH
    BILLION HEARTS BEATING FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $150k
  • BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $125k · revenue +88%
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.

04Its 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
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.

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3
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
4
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
5
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
6
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
7
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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8
Commonwealth Care Alliance Inc

Commonwealth care alliance, inc.'s mission is to improve the health and well-being of people with significant needs by innovating, coordinating and providing the highest quality, individualized care.

Health
9
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
10
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc

Wentworth institute of technology is a nationally recognized private coeducational and residential university of higher education with a mission to empower, inspire and innovate through experiential learning with a core purpose of career…

Education
11
Boston Harbor Now Inc

Our mission is to ensure that the people of greater boston benefit from a vibrant, resilient, and inclusive waterfront, harbor, and islands; these spaces are equitable, accessible, and adapted to climate change; and to ensure our public,…

Environment
12
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of America; the most unlike its peers is Beth Israel Hospital & Children's Hospital Medical Care Corporation. 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

1650 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 1650 of the 2,000 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
333
Early backer (in before they grew)
1615/1650
Grantees still filing
1101/1650
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN FRIENDS OF UN TECHO PARA MI PAIS INC (TECHO): $775,100 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF UN TECHO PARA MI PAIS INC (TECHO)AKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION: $500,000 · OtherAKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATIONBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA (BGCA): $340,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA (BGCA)+113 more: $3,532,124 · Other+113 moreNORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 · EducationNORTH CAROLINA CE…JA WORLDWIDE INC: $120,000 · EducationJA WORLDWIDE INCBOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND INC: $118,600 · EducationBOSTON PUBLIC LIB…The North Carolina A&T Real Estate Foundation Inc: $100,000 · EducationThe North Carolin…WOMENS GLOBAL EDUCATION PROJECT: $88,791 · EducationWOMENS GLOBAL EDU…KIDS IN TECH INC: $85,000 · EducationKIDS IN TECH INCRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $50,500 · EducationThurgood Marshall College Fund: $50,000 · EducationHISPANIC SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $50,000 · EducationCODMAN ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Education+18 more: $459,286 · Education+18 moreInternational Rescue Committee INC: $401,000 · InternationalInternational…AMREF HEALTH AFRICA INC INC (AMREF): $295,000 · InternationalAMREF HEALTH …UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $60,237 · InternationalSCHOOL FUND: $56,000 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $52,634 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $51,298 · InternationalOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $50,100 · International+9 more: $210,334 · International+9 moreAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $343,997 · Human ServicesAmerican Na…BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC: $125,000 · Human ServicesBOSTON HEAL…NRIVA INC: $64,623 · Human ServicesNRIVA INCAmerican Telugu Association: $58,640 · Human ServicesAmerican Te…ABOVE THE CLOUDS INC: $35,050 · Human ServicesGIRLS WHO CODE INC: $35,000 · Human Services+15 more: $308,146 · Human Services+15 moreNAACP EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS INC: $129,905 · Civil RightsLAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC: $60,000 · Civil RightsTREVOR PROJECT INC: $56,196 · Civil RightsHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION: $41,977 · Civil RightsASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE - AAJC INC: $30,000 · Civil RightsCOMMUNITY CIVIL ACTIVIST INC: $20,000 · Civil RightsShield North Carolina: $15,000 · Civil Rights+1 more: $10,500 · Civil RightsDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $83,713 · HealthSAMARITANS INC: $68,512 · HealthHAVEN HOUSE INC: $60,000 · HealthBOSTON COMMUNITY PEDIATRICS INC: $45,200 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $22,252 · HealthNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $19,494 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $19,180 · HealthRIM POWER INC: $15,000 · HealthAKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION (USA): $135,735 · Food & NutritionTHE FOOD DRIVE INC: $71,626 · Food & NutritionFeeding America: $48,219 · Food & Nutrition
Other$5,147,224Education$1,472,177International$1,176,603Human Services$970,456Civil Rights$363,578Health$333,351Food & Nutrition$255,580

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $401,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $343,997 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetAMREF HEALTH AFRICA INC INC (AMREF): $295,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetAKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION (USA): $135,735 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetNAACP EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS INC: $129,905 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC: $125,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJA WORLDWIDE INC: $120,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND INC: $118,600 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetThe Foundation for NC A&T State University: $100,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetThe North Carolina A&T Real Estate Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $99,333 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWOMENS GLOBAL EDUCATION PROJECT: $88,791 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetKIDS IN TECH INC: $85,000 over 3y, 8.9% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $83,713 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGEEKS WITHOUT FRONTIERS: $80,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetTHE FOOD DRIVE INC: $71,626 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetSAMARITANS INC: $68,512 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetNRIVA INC: $64,623 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $60,237 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC: $60,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHAVEN HOUSE INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican Telugu Association: $58,640 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $56,196 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSCHOOL FUND: $56,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $53,591 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $52,634 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $51,298 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $50,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $50,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCATALYST INC: $50,002 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThurgood Marshall College Fund: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHISPANIC SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SPORTSMEN'S TENNIS & ENRICHMENT CENTER INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCODMAN ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetFeeding America: $48,219 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE POSSE FOUNDATION INC: $45,825 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBOSTON COMMUNITY PEDIATRICS INC: $45,200 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetBOSTON ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $45,100 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE EPIPHANY SCHOOL INC: $44,613 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPotentia Academy Inc: $43,800 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetEARTH FOUNDATION A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $42,355 over 5y, 67% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION: $41,977 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBAL CAMPS AFRICA INC: $41,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetCAMP RUGGLES INC: $40,300 over 5y, 7.6% of budgetFOUNDATION OF FULTON-MONTGOMERY COMMUNITY COLLEGE INC: $40,000 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetBRADFORD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $40,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetABOVE THE CLOUDS INC: $35,050 over 2y, 16% 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.

  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds AMREF HEALTH AFRICA INC INC (AMREF) ↗
  • Who funds AKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION (USA) ↗
  • Who funds NAACP EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS INC ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds JA WORLDWIDE INC ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds The Foundation for NC A&T State University ↗
  • Who funds The North Carolina A&T Real Estate Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds PAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC ↗
  • Who funds WOMENS GLOBAL EDUCATION PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds KIDS IN TECH INC ↗
  • Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds GEEKS WITHOUT FRONTIERS ↗
  • Who funds THE FOOD DRIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITANS INC ↗
  • Who funds NRIVA INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds HAVEN HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds American Telugu Association ↗
  • Who funds TREVOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds SCHOOL FUND ↗
  • Who funds GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OXFAM-AMERICA INC ↗

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.

Cummings Foundation G…Cambridge Savings Cha…Eastern Bank Foundati…GivenGain Foundation …Arbella Insurance Fou…Rockland Trust - Blue…The New England Patri…Rockland Trust Charit…Bushrod H Campbell & …Highland Street Conne…Yawkey Foundation IIAnalog Devices Founda…
Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc)MA80.6× affinity116 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · GivenGain Foundation USA · Arbella Insurance Foundation · Rockland Trust - Blue Hills Charitable Foundation · The New England Patriots Charitable Foundation Inc · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund · Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries · Yawkey Foundation II · Analog Devices 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 American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 300%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Victory Programs Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Nurtury Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Gang Alternative Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Samaritans Inc: 31% of income from government
  • Center for Women & Enterprise Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Association for Autism and Neurodiversity Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Kids in Tech Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Maverick Landing Community Services Inc: 15% of income from government
  • The Open Door Shelter Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Boston Community Pediatrics Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Silver Lining Mentoring Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Women's Lunch Place Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Charles River Watershed Association Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Boston Debate League Incorporated: 7% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Friends of the Children - Boston Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Cabot Performing Arts Center Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Land's Sake Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston College: 3% of income from government
  • Grow Native Massachusetts Inc: 3% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Reservations: 2% of income from government
  • Commonwealth Zoological Corporation D/B/a Zoo New England: 2% of income from government
  • Entrepreneurship for All Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Essex County Community Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Institute of Contemporary Art Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Wellesley College: 1% of income from government
  • Reed Institute: 1% of income from government
  • The Food Drive Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Boston Arts Academy Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Epiphany School Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Network for Social Justice Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Community Roots School: 0% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Rutgers University Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
30get no government money at all
27report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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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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 2000 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home