· Public charity
Bostons Higher Ground Inc
To connect children, youth, and families in boston's underserved communities to existing solutions and services that continue to improve, avoid duplication, and empower and transform lives from cradle to career by engaging community-based organizations and key stakeholders in an effective and efficient service delivery model.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Project Hope | $21,334 |
| Citizens Housing & Planning Association | $18,339 |
| DUDLEY STREET NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE INC | $14,898 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–18) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 16%. 61% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
3 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Bostons Higher Ground Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bostons Higher Ground Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Citizens' Housing and Planning Association Inc: 26% of income from government
How this is measured
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