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Boston Area Gleaners Inc

Boston area gleaners is committed to increasing access to fresh fruits and vegetables across our communities while supporting our region's farms and reducing systemic food waste.

$1.2M
Granted FY2021
35
Grants FY2021
1
States reached
$370k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2021 · 35 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 35 grants below total $1,095,304, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,246,898 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $151,594 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.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k15 grants · $102k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $345k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $278k
  • $250k+1 grant · $370k
$12,248
Median grant
1
States reached
$6.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOOD FOR FREE$370,342
FAIR FOODS$134,683
LAZARUS HOUSE$85,787
Individual grant recipient$57,725
CHELSEA SALVATION ARMY$48,769
FOOD LINK$46,923
VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS UNDER 5000$34,683
BRAZILLIAN WORK CENTER$32,214
LEXINGTON FOOD PANTRY$25,684
HEALTH WALTHAM$19,613
HEET TIME OF CHARGE$15,864
ROSE'S BOUNTY FOOD PANRY$15,164
Individual grant recipient$15,051
CENTRE ST FOOD PANTRY$14,966
LYNN SALVATION ARMY$14,546
02The need
02

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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–21) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 98% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%BROOKLINE FOOD PANTRY: $12k → 7%EVERETT GRACE FOOD PANTRY: $6k → 8%LAZARUS HOUSE: $86k → 10%ST JOHNS FOODS FOR THE POOR: $11k → 11%ROSE'S BOUNTY FOOD PANRY: $15k → 16%BROOKLINE FOOD CO-OP: $7k → 7%WATERTOWN FOOD PANTRY: $8k → 8%CCF MINISTRIES: $7k → 10%COLONY RETIREMENT HOUSE: $7k → 11%CHELSEA SALVATION ARMY: $49k → 16%HEALTH WALTHAM: $20k → 8%HEET TIME OF CHARGE: $16k → 10%MGH REVERE HEALTHCARE CENTER FOOD P: $7k → 16%FOOD LINK: $47k → 8%LYNN SALVATION ARMY: $15k → 10%DAILY TABLE: $7k → 16%VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS UNDER 5000: $35k → 8%BEVERLY BOOTSTRAPS: $6k → 10%BRAZILLIAN WORK CENTER: $32k → 16%LEXINGTON FOOD PANTRY: $26k → 8%NEW ENTRY- FOOD ACCESS PROGRAM: $6k → 10%FAIR FOODS: $135k → 16%DANIEL'S TABLE: $8k → 8%HAVEN FROM HUNGER: $58k → 10%UTEC: $6k → 8%SALEM COA: $14k → 10%PROJECT SOUP: $9k → 8%MALDEN YMCA: $6k → 8%MYSTIC CMMUNITY MARKET: $15k → 8%FAMILY TABLE JFCS: $6k → 8%FOOD FOR FREE: $370k → 8%CENTRE ST FOOD PANTRY: $15k → 8%NEWTON FOOD PANTRY: $11k → 8%BURLINGTON FOOD PANRY PEOPLE HELPI: $8k → 8%ARLIGTON EATS: $13k → 8%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
The Open Pantry of Greater Lowell Inc

The mission of The Open Pantry is to relieve hunger in our community. We aim to connect people to a variety of filling, nutritious, and culturally-appropriate food as well as to other community resources; to advocate on behalf of those in…

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2
West Bridgewater Food Pantry Inc

To supply the necessary food to needy residents

Food & Nutrition
3
Berkshire Food Project Inc

To alleviate hunger, food insecurity and social isolation by serving healthy and dignified noontime meals every weekday by providing education in making good, nutritional choices and by helping people access available food resources.

Food & Nutrition
4
Falmouth Food Pantry Inc

our goal is to alleviate hunger through providing healthy foods as well as basic hygiene supplies. We respond also to specific food needs caused by medical and religious requirements.

Food & Nutrition
5
Community Cooks Inc

Community cooks mobilizes individuals, businesses, civic educational and faith-based groups to prepare home-cooked food for vulnerable populations seeking assistance from human service agencies throughout greater boston. the agency…

Food & Nutrition
6
Worcester County Food Bank Inc

To engage, educate and lead worcester county in creating a hunger free community.

Food & Nutrition
7
Tewksbury Community Pantry Inc

The heart of the tewksbury community pantry's mission lies in our commitment to assist residents of tewksbury facing hardships. we extend beyond mere food distribution, offering guidance towards additional resources, ensuring our clients…

Human Services
8
East Boston Community Soup Kitchen Inc

To feed, shelter and assist with recovery and self-care the hungry and homeless in our community, and to do so without judgement or exclusivity

Human Services
9
Wellfleet Food Pantry

To address food insecurity and provide food to members of the community in need, and all ancillary matters related thereto.

Education
10
Central Ma Food Rescue Inc

Full belly foods purchases food from farms and wholesalers and donates the food to low-income communities across the country.

Food & Nutrition
11
Digger Foods Inc

The digger foods, inc.'s mission is to make local, organic, and seasonal food available to everyone in the local area. in september 2022, the organization launched a local food delivery program in and around brockton. our goal is to…

Food & Nutrition
12
North Berwick Food Pantry

Our mission is to provide nutritous food and essential non-food items for those in need residing in north berwick, berwick, south berwick, lebanon and surrounding areas. we promise to offer our services with love and respect, and in a…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Salem Pantry Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

65 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
64/65
Grantees still filing
34/65
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FAIR FOODS INC: $134,683 · OtherFAIR FOODS INCIndividual grant recipient: $57,725 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCHELSEA SALVATION ARMY: $48,769 · OtherCHELSEA SALVATION ARMYVARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS UNDER 5000: $34,683 · OtherVARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS UNDER 5000BRAZILLIAN WORK CENTER: $32,214 · OtherBRAZILLIAN WORK CENTERLEXINGTON FOOD PANTRY: $25,684 · Other+19 more: $188,786 · Other+19 moreFOOD FOR FREE COMMITTEE INC: $370,342 · Food & NutritionFOOD FOR FREE COMMITTEE INCFOOD LINK INC: $46,923 · Food & NutritionFOOD LINK INC+4 more: $37,719 · Food & Nutrition+4 moreLAZARUS HOUSE INC: $85,787 · Housing & ShelterHealthy Waltham Inc: $19,613 · HealthUTEC Inc: $6,247 · Youth DevelopmentBEVERLY BOOTSTRAPS COMMUNITY SERVICES I: $6,129 · Community Improvement
Other$522,544Food & Nutrition$454,984Housing & Shelter$85,787Health$19,613Youth Development$6,247Community Improvement$6,129

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

25%50%75%100%$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFOOD FOR FREE COMMITTEE INC: $370,342 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetLAZARUS HOUSE INC: $85,787 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetFOOD LINK INC: $46,923 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetHealthy Waltham Inc: $19,613 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBROOKLINE FOOD PANTRY INC: $12,248 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNEWTON FOOD PANTRY INC: $10,743 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetDANIEL'S TABLE INC: $7,951 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetTHE URBAN FOOD INITIATIVE INC: $6,777 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetUTEC Inc: $6,247 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBEVERLY BOOTSTRAPS COMMUNITY SERVICES I: $6,129 over 5y, 0.2% 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 FOOD FOR FREE COMMITTEE INC ↗
  • Who funds LAZARUS HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD LINK INC ↗
  • Who funds Healthy Waltham Inc ↗
  • Who funds BROOKLINE FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds NEWTON FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds DANIEL'S TABLE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE URBAN FOOD INITIATIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds UTEC Inc ↗
  • Who funds BEVERLY BOOTSTRAPS COMMUNITY SERVICES I ↗

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…Arbella Insurance Fou…Cummings Foundation G…Cambridge Savings Cha…Analog Devices Founda…Agnes M Lindsay TrustMiddlesex Savings Cha…Community Foundation …Boston Foundation IncTorrice Family Charit…Project Bread-The Wal…Rockland Trust Charit…
Eastern Bank FoundationMA39.5× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eastern Bank Foundation · Arbella Insurance Foundation · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Analog Devices Foundation · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for MetroWest Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Torrice Family Charitable Trust · Project Bread-The Walk for Hunger Inc · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Boston Area Gleaners Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Boston Area Gleaners Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Utec Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Food Link Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Food for Free Committee Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Lazarus House Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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.

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 35 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $4.6M of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2021, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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