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Broughton Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Broughton Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$3k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$500
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$15kArts & Culture$11kReligion$7kHealth$6kHousing & Shelter$2kHuman Services$2kEnvironment$1kPublic Safety & Disaster$700Other$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$200
Median grant
4
States reached
$53k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST MARK'S SCHOOL$500
Individual grant recipient$500
ST MARK'S SCHOOL$500
LOVELANE PROGRAMS$500
NAT SOC OF COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA$250
HEALING THE WOUNDS OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE FUND$200
PINE STREET INN$200
BRIGHAM WOMEN'S HOSPITAL$200
THE COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION$200
ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM$130
ROSIE'S PLACE$100
FEEDING AMERICA$100
WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$100
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 (FY20–24, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Pine Street Inn: $250 → 16%Pine Street Inn: $400 → 16%PINE STREET INN: $200 → 16%American Red Cross: $400 → 16%Pine Street Inn: $250 → 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
MT
NY
MA
OH
PA
CT
CA
MD
NM
NC
DC
OK
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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$36k · 25 repeat orgs$16k to everyone else

25 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
42

Total granted

$36k
$15k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+39%

Still filing today

60%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $650 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesCivil RightsPhilanthropyHealthOther
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

  • ST MARK'S SCHOOL OF SOUTHBOROUGH INC
    5× · 2017–2024 · $3k · revenue +50%
  • HN
    HILLTOP NURSERY SCHOOL INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $3k · revenue +23%
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc
    5× · 2019–2023 · $3k · revenue +97%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $1k
  • AW
    Amazon Watch Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue -61%
  • CS
    Campus School at Boston College
    one grant, 2021 · $1k
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 Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
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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3
Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston

The Boston Public Library provides educational and cultural enrichment free to all by engaging the public through programming and active spaces, restoring and preserving our history, providing access to borrow from our vast collection of…

Education
4
Trustees of Boston College

Mission strengthened by more than a century and a half of dedication to academic excellence, boston college commits itself to the highest standards of teaching and research in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs and to the…

Education
5
Boston Foundation Inc

As Greater Boston's community foundation, the Boston Foundation devotes its resources to expanding opportunities, improving lives and strengthening communities. See Schedule OThe Foundation fulfills this mission in three principal ways:…

Philanthropy
6
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
7
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc

Wentworth institute of technology is a nationally recognized private coeducational and residential university of higher education with a mission to empower, inspire and innovate through experiential learning with a core purpose of career…

Education
8
The Childrens Museum

Boston children's museum engages children and families in joyful discovery experiences that instill an appreciation of our world, develop foundational skills, and spark a lifelong love of learning. boston children's museum is a welcoming,…

Arts & Culture
9
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
10
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
11
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
12
Buckingham Browne & Nichols School

Bb&n, an all gender day school in cambridge, massachusetts, was established in 1974 by the merger of two independent schools, the buckingham school and the browne & nichols school, founded respectively in 1889 and 1883. located on multiple…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The National Soc of the Colonial Dames of America in the Comm of Ma; 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

31 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. 31 of the 72 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
27/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Church of Our Savior: $7,450 · OtherChurch of Our SaviorIndividual grant recipient: $3,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHILLTOP NURSERY SCHOOL INC: $3,000 · OtherHILLTOP NURSERY SCHOOL INC+48 more: $18,509 · Other+48 moreBOSTON BAROQUE INC: $1,925 · Arts & CultureBOSTON BAROQUE INCMUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $1,880 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF FINE ARTSBOYLSTON PLACE FOUNDATION INC: $1,200 · Arts & CultureBOYLSTON PLACE FOUN…ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM INC: $1,130 · Arts & CultureISABELLA STEWART GA…THE NATIONAL SOC OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE COMM OF MA: $1,025 · Arts & CultureTHE NATIONAL SOC OF…BOSTON EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL INC: $680 · Arts & CultureBOSTON EARLY MUSIC …THE BOSTON LANDMARKS ORCHESTRA INC: $500 · Arts & CultureTHE BOSTON LANDMARK…WGBH Educational Foundation: $370 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $550 · Arts & Culture+2 moreST MARK'S SCHOOL OF SOUTHBOROUGH INC: $3,000 · EducationST MARK'S SCH…THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $2,050 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES …INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF LOS ANGELES LYCEE INTERNATIONAL DE LOS ANGELES: $500 · EducationINTERNATIONAL…NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $500 · EducationNEW ENGLAND C…+1 more: $200 · EducationDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $2,500 · HealthPINE STREET INN INC: $1,100 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $400 · Human ServicesBozeman Deaconess Foundation: $1,250 · PhilanthropyBROOKLINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $100 · PhilanthropyAmazon Watch Inc: $1,000 · Environment
Other$31,959Arts & Culture$9,260Education$6,250Health$2,500Human Services$1,500Philanthropy$1,350Environment$1,000

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 budgetST MARK'S SCHOOL OF SOUTHBOROUGH INC: $3,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHILLTOP NURSERY SCHOOL INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $2,050 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON BAROQUE INC: $1,925 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $1,880 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBozeman Deaconess Foundation: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOYLSTON PLACE FOUNDATION INC: $1,200 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM INC: $1,130 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPINE STREET INN INC: $1,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATIONAL SOC OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE COMM OF MA: $1,025 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAmazon Watch Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL INC: $680 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $613 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF LOS ANGELES LYCEE INTERNATIONAL DE LOS ANGELES: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOSTON LANDMARKS ORCHESTRA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF CHILDREN INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROSIE'S PLACE INC: $500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWGBH Educational Foundation: $370 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGORE PLACE SOCIETY: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLondonderry Volunteer Rescue Squad Inc Londonderry Volunteer Rescue Squad: $300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHILTON CLUB: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget152 COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBEACON HILL SEMINARS INC: $200 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPASSION & CHOICES: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROOKLINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEED THE CHILDREN INC: $100 over 1y, 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.

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 Foundation IncThe Pfizer Foundation…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Boston Foundation IncMA14.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Broughton Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Broughton Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Friends of Children Inc: 54% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • The Boston Landmarks Orchestra Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Boston Baroque Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Gore Place Society: 2% of income from government
  • Feed the Children Inc: 1% of income from government
  • New England Conservatory of Music: 1% of income from government
  • Wgbh Educational Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Museum of Fine Arts: 0% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 72 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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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