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Bierly Boasberg Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.5M
Granted FY2025still arriving
58
Grants FY2025still arriving
15
States reached
$1.1M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0195% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2025.

Arts & Culture$1.4MEducation$946kInternational$455kHealth$373kAnimals$240kPhilanthropy$235kHuman Services$165kRecreation & Sports$108kOther$0
02FY2025 · 58 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k48 grants · $86k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $121k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $213k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.1M
$1,200
Median grant
15
States reached
$8.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NANTUCKET PERFORMING ARTS CENTER$1,105,924
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA$213,083
DIAN FOSSEY GORILLA FUND$29,814
DUKE UNIVERSITY$25,559
Individual grant recipient$13,000
SCONSET TRUST$12,724
CAMP HOLIDAY TRAILS$10,000
ASPCA$10,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF BOSTON$10,000
NANTUCKET SAFE HARBOR FOR ANIMALS$10,000
NANTUCKET COTTAGE HOSPITAL$6,000
CRADLES TO CRAYONS$5,000
ROBERT F KENNEDY HUMAN RIGHTS$5,000
ENDEAVOR GLOBAL$5,000
THE NEW TEACHER PROJECT (TNTP)$5,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $67k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HORIZONS GREATER BOSTON: $2k → 7%COMPASSIONATE CARE ALS: $258 → 8%Chadtough Defeat DIPG Foundation: $3k → 14%YOUTH VILLAGES: $1k → 17%Comfort Zone Camp: $1k → 9%Horizons Greater Boston: $500 → 7%CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION: $150 → 11%CHADTOUGH DEFEAT DIPG FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%COMFORT ZONE CAMP: $1k → 9%Horizons Greater Boston: $500 → 7%Chadtough Defeat DIPG Foundation: $3k → 14%Comfort Zone Camp: $1k → 9%Horizons Greater Boston: $500 → 7%CHADTOUGH DEFEAT DIPG FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%COMFORT ZONE CAMP: $1k → 9%HORIZONS GREATER BOSTON: $500 → 7%Pine Street Inn: $500 → 16%Cradles to Crayons: $10k → 16%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $5k → 16%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $5k → 16%Cradles to Crayons: $5k → 16%Cradles to Crayons: $5k → 16%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $5k → 16%Cradles to Crayons: $5k → 16%JOSEPH MIDDLEMISS BIG HEART FOUNDATION: $105 → 8%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $3k → 16%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $2k → 16%Smart from the Start: $155 → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

VT
WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
PA
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
GA
TX

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.9M · 92 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +45% since the first grant, against +28% for the ones you funded once.

92 repeat relationships — 48 still active in FY2025, 44 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

92
60

Total granted

$2.9M
$279k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+28%

Still filing today

65%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 26% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureAnimalsInternationalOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • BUCKINGHAM BROWNE & NICHOLS SCHOOL
    6× · 2017–2022 · $292k · revenue +47%
  • Save The Children Federation Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $179k · revenue +21%
  • PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $161k · revenue +120%

Funded once

  • United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue -3%
  • VR
    VOTER REGISTRATION PROJECTgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +35%
  • NT
    NANTUCKET THEATER INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2017 · $25k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — 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 Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
3
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
4
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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5
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
6
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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7
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
8
Northeastern University
Education
9
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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10
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
11
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
12
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New England Aquarium Corporation and the most unlike its peers is The Cameron and Hayden Lord Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyEnvironmental Conservation …Community Arts CentersAnimal Rescue and ShelterCommunity Food PantriesLocal History MuseumsIndependent K-12 SchoolsChristian Missionary Organi…Community College Foundatio…Food Banks and PantriesYouth Sports ProgramsChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Community FoundationsCancer Support ServicesFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Christian Youth CampsCommunity Foundations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 35 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%1%<5yr14%2%5–10yr20%18%10–20yr19%29%20–35yr14%20%35–55yr14%31%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%32%<5yr14%0%5–10yr20%12%10–20yr19%16%20–35yr14%14%35–55yr14%27%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 32% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/114
the rest of the field
11%
4,714/42,244

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

111 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 111 of the 169 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
109/111
Grantees still filing
81/111
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

NANTUCKET PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC — $1,105,924 · Arts & CultureNANTUCKET PERFORMING ARTS CENTER I…WHITE HERON THEATER COMPANY — $165,807 · Arts & CultureWHITE HERON THEATER COMPANY+7 more — $71,470 · Arts & CultureUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA — $446,946 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIADian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc — $155,439 · OtherDian Fossey Gorilla Fund International In…Mass General Hospital — $102,500 · OtherMass General HospitalIndividual grant recipient — $77,750 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED — $69,891 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC — $86,934 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC+102 more — $677,911 · Other+102 moreBUCKINGHAM BROWNE & NICHOLS SCHOOL — $291,713 · EducationBUCKINGHAM …DUKE UNIVERSITY — $78,333 · EducationDUKE UNIVER…TNTP INC — $30,000 · EducationTNTP INCPARK SCHOOL CORPORATION — $17,500 · Education+14 more — $36,816 · Education+14 moreSave The Children Federation Inc — $178,713 · InternationalSave The …MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $78,000 · InternationalMEDECINS …ENDEAVOR GLOBAL INC (F/K/A THE ENDEAVOR INITIATIVE INC) — $63,396 · InternationalENDEAVOR …United States Association for UNHCR — $20,000 · InternationalUnited St…+3 more — $11,539 · InternationalUnited Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc — $100,000 · PhilanthropyBAIN CAPITAL CHILDREN'S CHARITY LTD — $75,211 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST — $39,984 · PhilanthropyCommunity Foundation for Nantucket Inc — $35,000 · PhilanthropyBoston Foundation Inc — $30,243 · Philanthropy+3 more — $5,700 · PhilanthropyPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION — $160,694 · HealthChildren's Hospital Corporation — $35,000 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc — $30,950 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $8,820 · Health+10 more — $11,007 · HealthCAMP HOLIDAY TRAILS — $92,500 · Recreation & Sports+4 more — $3,702 · Recreation & Sports
Arts & Culture$1,343,201Other$1,617,371Education$454,362International$351,648Philanthropy$286,138Health$246,471Recreation & Sports$96,202

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetBUCKINGHAM BROWNE & NICHOLS SCHOOL — $291,713 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc — $178,713 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWHITE HERON THEATER COMPANY — $165,807 over 4y, 6.4% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION — $160,694 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc — $155,439 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetUnited Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc — $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCAMP HOLIDAY TRAILS — $92,500 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC — $86,934 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY — $78,333 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $78,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBAIN CAPITAL CHILDREN'S CHARITY LTD — $75,211 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetENDEAVOR GLOBAL INC (F/K/A THE ENDEAVOR INITIATIVE INC) — $63,396 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetVOTER REGISTRATION PROJECT — $49,781 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC — $46,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC — $44,575 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST — $39,984 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNANTUCKET DREAMLAND FOUNDATION INC — $35,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetCommunity Foundation for Nantucket Inc — $35,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation — $35,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc — $30,950 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY — $30,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Foundation Inc — $30,243 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTNTP INC — $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNANTUCKET SAFE HARBOR FOR ANIMALS INC — $25,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER — $17,584 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARK SCHOOL CORPORATION — $17,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHEATRE WORKSHOP OF NANTUCKET INC — $17,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetNANTUCKET CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC — $17,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budget'SCONSET TRUST INC — $15,924 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN UNIVERSITY — $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHADTOUGH DEFEAT DIPG FOUNDATION — $12,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMICHAEL MOSIER DEFEAT DIPG FOUNDATION — $11,050 over 3y, 7.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY — $9,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $8,820 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE FOUNDATION — $8,250 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBEYOND BATTEN DISEASE FOUNDATION — $8,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc — $6,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC — $6,297 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC — $5,300 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE CO INC — $5,075 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEW ENGLAND INC — $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEMERGENCY FOOD NETWORK OF TACOMA AND PIERCE COUNTY — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMFORT ZONE CAMP INC — $4,800 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCOURAGEOUS PARENTS NETWORKINC — $4,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSUMMITS EDUCATION — $4,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds NANTUCKET PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BUCKINGHAM BROWNE & NICHOLS SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds WHITE HERON THEATER COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc ↗
  • Who funds United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc ↗
  • Who funds CAMP HOLIDAY TRAILS ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC ↗
  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds BAIN CAPITAL CHILDREN'S CHARITY LTD ↗
  • Who funds ENDEAVOR GLOBAL INC (F/K/A THE ENDEAVOR INITIATIVE INC) ↗
  • Who funds VOTER REGISTRATION PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ↗
  • Who funds NANTUCKET DREAMLAND FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Community Foundation for Nantucket Inc ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Corporation ↗
  • Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds BROWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Boston Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds TNTP INC ↗
  • Who funds NANTUCKET SAFE HARBOR FOR ANIMALS INC ↗
  • Who funds United States Association for UNHCR ↗
  • Who funds THE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PARK SCHOOL CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds THEATRE WORKSHOP OF NANTUCKET INC ↗
  • Who funds NANTUCKET CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Combined Jewish Phila…Boston Foundation IncCommunity Foundation …GivenGain Foundation …Eastern Bank Foundati…Cambridge Savings Cha…Rockland Trust Charit…Nantucket Golf Club F…Mass General Brigham …The George & Marie Ch…The Hamilton Company …Richard K Lubin Famil…
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston IncMA28.5× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for Nantucket Inc · GivenGain Foundation USA · Eastern Bank Foundation · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Nantucket Golf Club Foundation Inc · Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return · The George & Marie Chabot Charitable Foundation · The Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation · Richard K Lubin Family Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Bierly Boasberg Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 220%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Boston Area Rape Crisis Center Inc — 82% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc — 30% of income from government
  • Italian Home for Children Inc — 29% of income from government
  • International Institute of New England Inc — 24% of income from government
  • United Way of Massachusetts Bay Inc — 23% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc — 22% of income from government
  • Ellis Early Learning Inc — 20% of income from government
  • Newton Community Service Centers Inc — 20% of income from government
  • Nashoba Learning Group Inc — 14% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University — 12% of income from government
  • New England Aquarium Corporation — 12% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc — 11% of income from government
  • Community Foundation for Nantucket Inc — 10% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation — 10% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College — 7% of income from government
  • Smart From the Start Inc — 7% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc — 7% of income from government
  • Nantucket Dreamland Foundation Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc — 4% of income from government
  • The Carroll Center for the Blind Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Nantucket Historical Association — 1% of income from government
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation — 0% of income from government
  • American Repertory Theatre Co Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation — 0% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Steppingstone Foundation Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Buckingham Browne & Nichols School — 0% of income from government
  • Boston Foundation Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
22get no government money at all
15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Bierly Boasberg Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Bierly Boasberg Foundation 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 169 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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