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Brooks Grace E Trust at a glance

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Brooks Grace E Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$73k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$352kHealth$272kHousing & Shelter$96kEducation$55kCrime & Legal$45kFood & Nutrition$30kYouth Development$20kEmployment$11kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAMARITANS INC$13,000
MASSACHUSETTS ADOPTION RESOURCE EXCHANGE$10,000
NEW ENGLAND LIFE FLIGHT INC$10,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL$10,000
PROJECT BREAD$10,000
MY BROTHERS KEEPER INC$10,000
RAR-MA (RAISING A READER MASSACHUSETTS)$10,000
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, $332k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%MA COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS: $10k → 10%MY BROTHERS KEEPER INC: $10k → 10%ARC OF THE SOUTH SHORE: $10k → 8%MARIA DROSTE COUNSELING SERVICES: $10k → 7%THE ARC OF THE SOUTH SHORE INC: $10k → 8%BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD: $15k → 16%SOUTH SHORE YMCA: $27k → 8%BROCKTON DAY NURSERY INC: $15k → 8%HOPEWELL INC: $12k → 7%BROCKTON DAY NURSERY INC: $15k → 8%HEALTH LAW ADVOCATES INC: $10k → 16%BROCKTON DAY NURSERY INC: $10k → 8%FRIENDSHIP HOME INC: $10k → 8%ARC OF THE SOUTH SHORE: $10k → 7%BROCKTON DAY NURSERY INC: $8k → 8%FRIENDS OF HOLLY HILL FARM INC: $10k → 7%BROCKTON DAY NURSERY: $10k → 8%WELLSPRINGS INC: $30k → 8%WELLSPRINGS INC: $30k → 8%WELLSPRINGS INC: $30k → 8%WELLSPRINGS INC: $20k → 8%WELLSPRINGS INC: $20k → 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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$649k · 14 repeat orgs$271k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
19

Total granted

$649k
$241k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+12%

Still filing today

93%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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
Human ServicesEducationHealthInternationalHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionOther
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

  • WI
    WELLSPRING INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $130k · revenue +68%
  • BD
    Brockton Day Nursery Inc
    5× · 2018–2024 · $58k · revenue +35%
  • RM
    RIZE MASSACHUSETTS FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $50k · revenue +96%

Funded once

  • GI
    GOSNOLD INC
    one grant, 2022 · $35k · revenue +1%
  • SS
    South Shore Young Men's Christian Associationgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $27k · revenue +31%
  • BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +64%
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
Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance Inc

Maha breaks down barriers facing first-time and first-generation home buyers and owners through education, counseling, advocacy, and grassroots organizing.

Housing & Shelter
2
Lifestream Inc

Lifestream, inc. (the organization") provides community-based services that support individuals in attaining greater independence, promising opportunities, and lives that are meaningful and fulfilling on their own terms.

Health
3
Brighton Marine Inc

Brighton marine, inc. provides military and veteran families with comprehensive campus-based quality health care, as well as affordable and supportive housing for at-risk veterans and their families.

Health
4
Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation

Mhic's mission is to be an innovative private financier of afforable housing and community development throughout new england, providing financing that would not otherwise be available, and extending the impact of that financing to ensure…

Housing & Shelter
5
Massachusetts Assisted Living Association Inc

To lead the assisted living industry in its service of seniors through advocacy, education, operational support, and enhanced growth opportunities.

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6
Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership Inc D/B/a Metro Housing Boston

Metro housing boston mobilizes wide-ranging resources to provide innovative and personalized services that lead families and individuals to housing stability, economic security, and an improved quality of life.

Housing & Shelter
7
Massachusetts Children'S Alliance Inc

Massachusetts children's alliance pioneers the most promising, leading-edge ways that help victims of child abuse.

Human Services
8
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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9
Massachusetts Education & Career Opportunities Inc

Massachusetts education and career opportunities, inc. (massedco, inc.) is a statewide network of service sites that provides education and career advising to over 12,000 low-income, first generation individuals each year. massedco…

Education
10
Southeastern Massachusetts Home Health Aides Inc

Homecare services and home health aide services.

Human Services
11
Massachusetts Council of Human Services Providers Inc

To advance the interests of the human services sector and providers through advocacy, education, and engagement of diverse stakeholders for collective impact.

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12
The Home for Little Wanderers Inc

To help vulnerable children and their families build permanent, positive change.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wellspring Inc; the most unlike its peers is Scituate Corse 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

28 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. 28 of the 36 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
18/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WELLSPRING INC: $130,000 · Human ServicesWELLSPRING INCBrockton Day Nursery Inc: $57,500 · Human ServicesBrockton Day Nursery IncTHE ARC OF THE SOUTH SHORE INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesTHE ARC OF THE SOUTH SHORE INCSouth Shore Young Men's Christian Association: $27,000 · Human ServicesSouth Shore Young Men's Christian Associ…BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesHOPEWELL INC: $12,000 · Human Services+6 more: $60,000 · Human Services+6 moreSOUTH COASTAL COUNTIES LEGAL SER: $45,000 · OtherSOUTH COASTAL COUNTIES LEG…Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange Inc: $40,000 · OtherMassachusetts Adoption Res…GOSNOLD INC: $35,000 · OtherGOSNOLD INCNorwell Visiting Nurse Association Inc: $25,500 · OtherNorwell Visiting Nurse Ass…HOMEOWNER OPTIONS FOR: $10,500 · OtherEXTENEND ARMS RANDOLH INC: $10,000 · OtherCITY OF BROCKTON - TREASURER'S OFFICE: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherRA-MA INC: $10,000 · OtherRAR-MA (RAISING A READER MASSACHUSETTS): $10,000 · OtherUS CONFERENCE CATHOLIC BISHOPS: $10,000 · OtherEMH Recovery Inc: $103,200 · HealthEMH Recovery IncSAMARITANS INC: $23,000 · HealthSAMARITANS INCNEW ENGLAND LIFE FLIGHT INC: $10,000 · HealthNEW ENGLAND LIFE…RIZE MASSACHUSETTS FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · EducationRIZE MASSACHUSET…SCITUATE CORSE FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationSCITUATE CORSE F…ELLIE FUND INC: $25,000 · EducationELLIE FUND INCWALKER INC: $10,000 · EducationWALKER INCRAR-MA INC: $10,000 · EducationRAR-MA INCSAILS INC: $10,000 · EducationSAILS INCCARITAS COMMUNITIES INC: $45,000 · Housing & ShelterHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $30,000 · InternationalPROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC: $20,000 · Food & NutritionASCENSION CAREER TRAINING INC: $11,000 · Employment
Human Services$331,500Other$216,000Health$136,200Education$130,000Housing & Shelter$45,000International$30,000Food & Nutrition$20,000Employment$11,000

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 budgetWELLSPRING INC: $130,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetEMH Recovery Inc: $103,200 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetBrockton Day Nursery Inc: $57,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetRIZE MASSACHUSETTS FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetCARITAS COMMUNITIES INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMassachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetGOSNOLD INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARC OF THE SOUTH SHORE INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSouth Shore Young Men's Christian Association: $27,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNorwell Visiting Nurse Association Inc: $25,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSCITUATE CORSE FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetELLIE FUND INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSAMARITANS INC: $23,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHOPEWELL INC: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetASCENSION CAREER TRAINING INC: $11,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF HOLLY HILL FARM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMY BROTHERS KEEPER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetWALKER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ENGLAND LIFE FLIGHT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDSHIP HOME INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRAR-MA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHEALTH LAW ADVOCATES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSAILS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

Eastern Bank Foundati…Boston Foundation IncArbella Insurance Fou…Rockland Trust Charit…Harold Brooks Foundat…United Way Of Massach…South Shore Bank Char…The Cabot Family Char…The Hamilton Company …Cambridge Savings Cha…Essex County Communit…Clipper Ship Foundati…
Eastern Bank FoundationMA38.5× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eastern Bank Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Arbella Insurance Foundation · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Harold Brooks Foundation · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · South Shore Bank Charitable Foundation Inc · The Cabot Family Charitable Trust · The Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Essex County Community Foundation Inc · Clipper Ship 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 Brooks Grace E Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Brooks Grace E Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 31%
  • Hopewell Inc: 83% of income from government
  • The Arc of the South Shore Inc: 78% of income from government
  • Friendship Home Inc: 66% of income from government
  • Health Law Advocates Inc: 52% of income from government
  • Rize Massachusetts Foundation Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Brockton Day Nursery Inc: 36% of income from government
  • Samaritans Inc: 31% of income from government
  • Walker Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Sails Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Ellie Fund Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Emh Recovery Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Gosnold Inc: 5% of income from government
  • New England Life Flight Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Wellspring Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Friends of Holly Hill Farm Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
4rely 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.

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 36 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-PF 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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