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Bourque Family Foundation Inc

The bourque family foundation, inc.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$186k
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, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$608kPhilanthropy$162kHuman Services$90kRecreation & Sports$58kYouth Development$56kPublic Safety & Disaster$40k
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $497,435, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,100,046 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $602,611 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 · FY2024

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $100k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $398k
$37,519
Median grant
1
States reached
$161k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL$186,123
JOHN MCDERMOTT BENEFICIARY$161,793
CURE ALZHEIMERS FUND$50,000
THE PETER FRATES FAMILY FOUNDATION$37,519
WINDWARD SAILS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC$26,000
BNF NATIONAL FINANICIAL SERVICES LLC$26,000
DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE$10,000
02The need
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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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Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $90k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%JOSEPH MIDDLEMISS BIG HEART FOUNDATION: $13k → 8%WINDWARD SAILS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $26k → 10%BNF NATIONAL FINANICIAL SERVICES LLC: $26k → 10%WINDWARD SAILS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $25k → 10%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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

50%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$503k · 4 repeat orgs$510k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +218% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
14

Total granted

$503k
$298k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+218%
+32%

Still filing today

75%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $212k 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
HealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsEducationOther
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

  • MG
    MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED
    2× · 2022–2024 · $306k
  • TP
    THE PETER FRATES FAMILY FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $95k · revenue +218% · 28% of their budget
  • WS
    WINDWARD SAILS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $77k

Funded once

  • MN
    MELMARK NEW ENGLAND INC
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
  • BP
    BOSTON POLICE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $40k
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE LOWER MERRIMACK VALLEY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $30k · revenue +99%
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.

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Hugo W Moser Research Institute At Kennedy Krieger Inc

The hugo w. moser research institute at kennedy krieger, inc. (the "research institute") is an internationally recognized research facility finding answers to problems and injuries that affect a child's developing brain. researchers have…

Science & Tech
2
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
3
Mila's Miracle Foundation

The mission of mila's miracle foundation is to find and fund paths to a cure for batten and other life-threatening neurological disorders. families in this community have been pivotal in raising the necessary funds and awareness. together,…

Health
4
Northeast Arc Inc

Helping adults and children with disabilities, (incl asd), become full participants in the community.

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5
Brightfocus Foundation

Brightfocus foundation funds exceptional research worldwide to defeat alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma and provides expert information on these heartbreaking diseases. please refer to schedule o for a complete…

Health
6
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.

Health
7
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
8
Genesis Health Inc

To advance health and well-being of persons requiring rehabilitation through superior outcomes, service, education and research.

Health
9
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
10
Center for Developmental Disabilities

The center's mission is to help children and adults with differing abilities achieve their dreams by overcoming barriers to living, working, learning & enjoying recreational opportunities in the community of their choice.

Human Services
11
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
12
Nysarc Inc New York City Chapter

We are committed to helping people with intellectual (cont. on schedule o) and developmental disabilities to live full lives.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region; the most unlike its peers is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc. 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

14 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. 14 of the 20 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $306,123 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATEDJOHN MCDERMOTT BENEFICIARY: $161,793 · OtherJOHN MCDERMOTT BENEFICIARYBOSTON POLICE FOUNDATION: $40,000 · OtherBOSTON POLICE FOUNDATIONNATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY INC: $25,000 · OtherTHIBEAULR FAMILY REHABILITATION: $21,875 · Other+3 more: $25,277 · OtherTHE PETER FRATES FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $94,581 · HealthTHE PETER FRATES FAMIL…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $50,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RE…Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $25,000 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Ins…JOURNEY FORWARD INC: $17,500 · HealthJOURNEY FORWARD INCRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE ALBANY INC: $10,000 · HealthWINDWARD SAILS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $77,000 · Human ServicesWINDWARD S…JOSEPH MIDDLEMISS BIG HEART FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 · Human ServicesJOSEPH MID…BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE LOWER MERRIMACK VALLEY INC: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentGRANITE STATE ADAPTIVE: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentMELMARK NEW ENGLAND INC: $50,000 · EducationSKATE FOR THE 22 FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER SALEM INC: $15,600 · Recreation & Sports
Other$580,068Health$197,081Human Services$89,500Youth Development$60,000Education$50,000Recreation & Sports$35,600

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE PETER FRATES FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $94,581 over 2y, 28% of budgetWINDWARD SAILS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $77,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE LOWER MERRIMACK VALLEY INC: $30,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetGRANITE STATE ADAPTIVE: $30,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJOURNEY FORWARD INC: $17,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER SALEM INC: $15,600 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetJOSEPH MIDDLEMISS BIG HEART FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE ALBANY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE CAPITAL REGION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% 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.

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.

Boston Bruins Charita…Eastern Bank Foundati…The Pfizer Foundation…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Boston Bruins Charitable Foundation IncMA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Bruins Charitable Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Bourque Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bourque Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Journey Forward Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Greater Salem Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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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How do I get to Bourque Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Bourque Family Foundation Inc 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 20 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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