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Boston Bruins Charitable Foundation Inc

To assist charitable organizations that demonstrate a commitment to enhancing the quality of life for children and their families throughout new england.

$4.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
94
Grants FY2025still arriving
17
States reached
$239k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Recreation & Sports$8.7MHealth$7.0MPhilanthropy$2.7MHuman Services$2.3MArts & Culture$2.1MPublic Safety & Disaster$1.7MEducation$1.5MCommunity Improvement$840kOther$0
02FY2025 · 94 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 94 grants below total $3,053,179, the rows itemized in this filing. The $4,335,120 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,281,941 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k29 grants · $162k
  • $10k–50k48 grants · $865k
  • $50k–250k17 grants · $2.0M
$10,000
Median grant
17
States reached
$6.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MASSACHUSETTS HOCKEY INC$239,044
PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS OF MASSACHUSETTS CHARITABLE TRUST$210,264
WARRIOR FOR LIFE FUND$161,939
SCORE HOCKEY INC$155,000
HUNDRED CLUB OF MASS INC (THE)$151,520
22 MOHWAKS CORP$137,912
HEROES CUP HOCKEY INC$120,117
MARTIN W RICHARD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC$102,857
COMMUNITY CONCEPTS INC$100,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB GREATER NASHUA EPDNC$100,000
LA METRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EPBPH$100,000
BOSTON BRUINS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC$99,346
THOMAS E SMITH FOUNDATION (THE)$88,168
SPECIAL OLYMPICS MASSACHUSETTS INC$85,937
SPAM BENEVOLENT FUND INC$74,239
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $3.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 72% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HOLYOKE HOCKEY CLUB INC EPDNC: $10k → 12%RED RIVER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $16k → 16%PARTNERS IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT INC: $30k → 15%WARRIOR FOR LIFE FUND: $165k → 10%NEADS INC: $10k → 11%RED RIVER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%WARRIOR FOR LIFE FUND: $163k → 10%TOMMYS PLACE FOUNDATION INC: $50k → 8%HOYT FOUNDATION INC: $14k → 11%WARRIOR FOR LIFE FUND: $162k → 10%TOMMYS PLACE FOUNDATION INC: $25k → 8%WARRIOR FOR LIFE FUND: $88k → 10%OPERATION HAT TRICK: $47k → 5%WARRIOR FOR LIFE FUND: $70k → 10%Operation Hat Trick: $42k → 5%OPERATION HAT TRICK: $30k → 5%OPERATION HAT TRICK: $28k → 5%OPERATION HAT TRICK: $27k → 5%OPERATION HAT TRICK: $25k → 5%OPERATION HAT TRICK: $16k → 5%22 MOHWAKS CORP: $138k → 7%22 MOHWAKS CORP: $108k → 7%22 MOHWAKS CORP: $57k → 7%GREG HILL FOUNDATION (THE): $86k → 8%GREG HILL FOUNDATION (THE): $20k → 8%THE GREG HILL FOUNDATION: $20k → 8%GREG HILL FOUNDATION (THE): $18k → 8%THE GREG HILL FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%WINDWARD SAILS: $50k → 10%CLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS: $27k → 7%MICHAEL LISNOW RESPITE CENTER: $10k → 8%ACCESS SPORT AMERICA: $11k → 8%Access Sport America: $11k → 8%ELIZABETH STONE HOUSE: $13k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS: $10k → 16%BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD: $12k → 16%Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center: $11k → 16%PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS OF MASSACHUSETTS CHARITABLE TRUST: $280k → 16%PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS OF MASSACHUSETTS CHARITABLE TRUST: $261k → 16%PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS OF MASSACHUSETTS CHARITABLE TRUST: $238k → 16%PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS OF MASSACHUSETTS CHARITABLE TRUST: $210k → 16%PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS OF MASSACHUSETTS CHARITABLE TRUST: $100k → 16%SPAM BENEVOLENT FUND INC: $100k → 16%SPAM BENEVOLENT FUND INC: $74k → 16%PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS OF MASSACHUSETTS CHARITABLE TRUST: $68k → 16%PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS: $40k → 16%SPAM BENEVOLENT FUND INC: $31k → 16%HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS: $10k → 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

ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
MN
IL
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
NM
TN
NC
DC
LA
GA
TX
FL
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$24M · 149 repeat orgs$4.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

149 repeat relationships: 64 still active in FY2025, 85 since wound down; 25 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

149
146

Total granted

$24M
$3.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+13%

Still filing today

88%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $464k 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
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEducationRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • HH
    HEALING HEROES FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $2.4M · revenue +50% · 92% of their budget
  • MH
    MASSACHUSETTS HOCKEY INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.2M · revenue +39% · 28% of their budget
  • PAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.1M · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • KS
    KAPPA SIGMA FRATERNITY
    one grant, 2023 · $275k
  • BC
    Boston Charitable Trust Fund City of Boston Trust Office
    one grant, 2020 · $250k · revenue -100%
  • 1C
    100 CLUB OF BUFFALO INC
    one grant, 2023 · $231k · revenue +20%
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 Bruins Charitable Foundation Inc

To assist charitable organizations that demonstrate a commitment to enhancing the quality of life for children and their families throughout new england. the foundation focuses on organizations that are concentrated on academics,…

Philanthropy
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
Umass Memorial Health Care Inc (Parent)

Umass memorial health care, inc. is committed to improving the health of the people of central new england through excellence in clinical care, services, teaching, and research.

Health
4
Mass General Brigham Health Plan Inc

Mass general brigham health plan's mission is to promote the health and wellness of our members, and to help ensure equitable, affordbale health care for the diverse communities we serve.

Health
5
Massachusetts Health & Hospital Assoc Inc

To advance the health of individuals and communities by serving as the leading voice for all massachusetts hospitals and healthcare systems and to help them provide high quality, cost-effective and equitable patient care.

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6
Massachusetts Business Roundtable Inc

The mission of the roundtable is to make massachusetts the most desirable place to live, work and do business by engaging private sector executives and public leaders to ensure access to a robust, diverse and talented workforce that…

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7
Massachusetts Advocates for Children Inc

Massachusetts advocates for children, inc. ("mac") is a non-profit organization dedicated to removing barriers to educational and life opportunities for children and youth. we do so by advocating for and partnering with students and…

Civil Rights
8
Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives Inc

Massachusetts biomedical initiatives, inc. ("mbi or the organization") is a private non-profit corporation focusing on building up central massachusetts as a global biomanufacturing hub. our mission of being a partner for fostering…

Science & Tech
9
Brighton Marine Inc

Brighton marine provides military and veteran families with comprehensive healthcare, supportive housing and wraparound services to veterans and their families throughout the east coast.

Health
10
Trustees of Boston University

Organization's mission: boston university is an international, comprehensive, private research university, committed to educating students to be reflective, resourceful individuals ready to live, adapt, and lead in an interconnected world.…

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11
Massachusetts Competitive Partnership Inc

Macp's stated mission is to promote job stabilization and growth across the full spectrum of business, and within all geographic regions of the commonwealth through working in partnership with business and government. macp's main priority…

Human Services
12
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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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Team Impact Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Murray Family Charitable 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

288 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. 288 of the 327 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.

19
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
61
Early backer (in before they grew)
274/288
Grantees still filing
181/288
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $2,059,693 · OtherPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INCTHE THOMAS E SMITH FIGHT TO CURE PARALYSIS FOUNDATION: $873,666 · OtherTHE THOMAS E SMITH FIGHT TO CURE PAR…BOSTON BRUINS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC: $616,770 · OtherBOSTON BRUINS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC+85 more: $5,374,051 · Other+85 moreHEALING HEROES FOUNDATION INC: $2,365,974 · PhilanthropyHEALING HEROES FOUND…MARTIN W RICHARD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $1,351,910 · PhilanthropyMARTIN W RICHARD CHA…Boston Charitable Trust Fund City of Boston Trust Office: $250,000 · PhilanthropyBOURQUE FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $241,373 · PhilanthropyGARDEN NEIGHBORHOOD CHARITIES INC: $238,147 · Philanthropy+18 more: $602,832 · Philanthropy+18 moreMASSACHUSETTS HOCKEY INC: $2,162,206 · Recreation & SportsMASSACHUSETTS HOC…SPECIAL OLYMPICS MASSACHUSETTS INC: $1,325,156 · Recreation & SportsSPECIAL OLYMPICS …SCORE HOCKEY INC: $327,141 · Recreation & SportsSCORE HOCKEY INC+10 more: $498,410 · Recreation & Sports+10 morePROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS OF MASSACHUSETTS CHARITABLE TRUST: $1,197,091 · Human ServicesPROFESSIONAL…EOD WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $648,400 · Human ServicesEOD WARRIOR …22 MOHAWKS CORP: $302,427 · Human Services22 MOHAWKS C…OPERATION HAT TRICK INC: $223,640 · Human ServicesOPERATION HA…SPAM BENEVOLENT FUND INC: $205,526 · Human ServicesSPAM BENEVOL…GREG HILL FOUNDATION INC: $163,122 · Human Services+13 more: $406,624 · Human Services+13 moreTHE CAMERON M NEELY FOUNDATION FOR CANCER CARE INC: $351,710 · HealthTHE CAMERON…Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $288,879 · HealthDana-Farber…Children's Hospital Corporation: $226,913 · HealthChildren's …NEW ENGLAND QUALITY CARE ALLIANCE INC: $200,000 · HealthNEW ENGLAND…FISHER HOUSE OF BOSTON INC: $142,057 · HealthFranciscan Hospital for Children: $134,250 · HealthATRIUM HEALTH FOUNDATION: $120,000 · HealthRhode Island Hospital Foundation: $96,761 · HealthONE MISSION INC: $93,028 · Health+24 more: $1,129,414 · Health+24 moreFRIENDS OF MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY: $1,782,929 · Arts & CultureTHE SPORTS MUSEUM OF NEW ENGLAND INC: $163,085 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $126,160 · Arts & CultureMassachusetts Coalition of Polices: $353,077 · EducationFEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FOUNDATION INC: $162,140 · EducationBOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND INC: $140,000 · EducationMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $100,000 · EducationPOSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE: $65,211 · EducationNOBLE AND GREENOUGH SCHOOL: $63,170 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $51,456 · EducationNoticeAbility Inc: $45,500 · Education+11 more: $298,318 · Education
Other$8,924,180Philanthropy$5,050,236Recreation & Sports$4,312,913Human Services$3,146,830Health$2,783,012Arts & Culture$2,072,174Education$1,278,872

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 budgetHEALING HEROES FOUNDATION INC: $2,365,974 over 8y, 92% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS HOCKEY INC: $2,162,206 over 9y, 28% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $2,059,693 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetFRIENDS OF MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY: $1,782,929 over 7y, 39% of budgetMARTIN W RICHARD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $1,351,910 over 9y, 43% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MASSACHUSETTS INC: $1,325,156 over 6y, 19% of budgetPROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS OF MASSACHUSETTS CHARITABLE TRUST: $1,197,091 over 7y, 75% of budgetTHE THOMAS E SMITH FIGHT TO CURE PARALYSIS FOUNDATION: $873,666 over 8y, 89% of budgetEOD WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $648,400 over 5y, 8.4% of budgetBOSTON BRUINS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC: $616,770 over 7y, 59% of budgetMassachusetts Coalition of Polices: $353,077 over 2y, 93% of budgetTHE CAMERON M NEELY FOUNDATION FOR CANCER CARE INC: $351,710 over 8y, 12% of budgetSCORE HOCKEY INC: $327,141 over 8y, 71% of budget22 MOHAWKS CORP: $302,427 over 3y, 21% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $288,879 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Charitable Trust Fund City of Boston Trust Office: $250,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBOURQUE FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $241,373 over 8y, 9.2% of budgetGARDEN NEIGHBORHOOD CHARITIES INC: $238,147 over 7y, 37% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $226,913 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION HAT TRICK INC: $223,640 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetSPAM BENEVOLENT FUND INC: $205,526 over 3y, 31% of budgetCommunity Concepts Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS DOWN SYNDROME CONGRESS INC: $195,419 over 9y, 2.7% of budgetFund for Parks and Recreation - Boston: $187,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetGREG HILL FOUNDATION INC: $163,122 over 7y, 6.2% of budgetTHE SPORTS MUSEUM OF NEW ENGLAND INC: $163,085 over 9y, 2.6% of budgetFEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FOUNDATION INC: $162,140 over 6y, 9.4% of budgetSCHOLAR ATHLETES INC: $156,528 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetACT LAWRENCE INC: $150,000 over 1y, 47% of budgetFISHER HOUSE OF BOSTON INC: $142,057 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetBOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND INC: $140,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetFranciscan Hospital for Children: $134,250 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HUNDRED CLUB OF MASS INC: $130,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetATRIUM HEALTH FOUNDATION: $120,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCAMP HARBOR VIEW FOUNDATION INC: $120,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $109,822 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWEST END HOUSE INC: $105,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Greater Nashua Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLEWISTON AUBURN METROPOLITAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $100,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetRhode Island Hospital Foundation: $96,761 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetONE MISSION INC: $93,028 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetCONCUSSION LEGACY FOUNDATION INC: $89,034 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetFRAXA Research Foundation Inc: $86,777 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND INC: $84,601 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $84,264 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPROGERIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $82,176 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $80,919 over 6y, 0.0% 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 HEALING HEROES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MASSACHUSETTS HOCKEY INC ↗
  • Who funds PAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY ↗
  • Who funds MARTIN W RICHARD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
  • Who funds PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS OF MASSACHUSETTS CHARITABLE TRUST ↗
  • Who funds THE THOMAS E SMITH FIGHT TO CURE PARALYSIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds EOD WARRIOR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON BRUINS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Massachusetts Coalition of Polices ↗
  • Who funds THE CAMERON M NEELY FOUNDATION FOR CANCER CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds SCORE HOCKEY INC ↗
  • Who funds 22 MOHAWKS CORP ↗
  • Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds Boston Charitable Trust Fund City of Boston Trust Office ↗
  • Who funds BOURQUE FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GARDEN NEIGHBORHOOD CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds 100 CLUB OF BUFFALO INC ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Corporation ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION HAT TRICK INC ↗
  • Who funds SPAM BENEVOLENT FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW ENGLAND QUALITY CARE ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds Community Concepts Inc ↗
  • Who funds NHL FOUNDATION US INC ↗
  • Who funds MASSACHUSETTS DOWN SYNDROME CONGRESS INC ↗
  • Who funds Fund for Parks and Recreation - Boston ↗
  • Who funds GREG HILL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SPORTS MUSEUM OF NEW ENGLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SCHOLAR ATHLETES INC ↗
  • Who funds ACT LAWRENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds FISHER HOUSE OF BOSTON INC ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds Franciscan Hospital for Children ↗

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.

GivenGain Foundation …Eastern Bank Foundati…Highland Street Conne…The New England Patri…Boston Foundation IncCummings Foundation G…Yawkey Foundation IIArbella Insurance Fou…Cambridge Savings Cha…Rockland Trust Charit…Liberty Mutual Founda…Bushrod H Campbell & …
GivenGain Foundation USAFL73.8× affinity38 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: GivenGain Foundation USA · Eastern Bank Foundation · Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries · The New England Patriots Charitable Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Yawkey Foundation II · Arbella Insurance Foundation · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund

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

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 850%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Bay Cove Human Services Inc: 70% of income from government
  • Spam Benevolent Fund Inc: 66% of income from government
  • Veterans Inc: 58% of income from government
  • Act Lawrence Inc: 44% of income from government
  • Cardinal Cushing Centers Inc: 40% of income from government
  • St Mary's Center for Women & Children Inc: 40% of income from government
  • Bagly Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Ada Forsyth Institute Inc: 38% of income from government
  • The Home for Little Wanderers Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Usa Warriors Ice Hockey Program Inc Usawihp: 37% of income from government
  • Joslin Diabetes Center Inc: 35% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • Martha's Vineyard Boys & Girls Club Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Roxbury Stone House Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Boston Medical Center Corporation: 23% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Ellis Early Learning Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Hockey Inc: 12% of income from government
  • 22 Mohawks Corp: 10% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Federation for Children Wspecial Needs: 10% of income from government
  • Perkins School for the Blind: 7% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Boston Higashi School Inc: 5% of income from government
  • The Sports Museum of New England Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston College: 3% of income from government
  • West End House Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Red Sox Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Special Olympics Massachusetts Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Camp Harbor View Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery: 1% of income from government
  • Franciscan Hospital for Children: 0% of income from government
  • The Bottom Line Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Epiphany School Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
  • Boston Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
85get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
3rely 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 327 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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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