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Building 19 Foundation

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.

$34k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$12k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$126kHuman Services$44kPhilanthropy$37kEducation$36kArts & Culture$34kReligion$21kInternational$17kAnimals$15kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $12k
$1,846
Median grant
5
States reached
$589k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HONEST REPORTING$11,913
DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE$5,000
AISH CAMPUS BOSTON$5,000
BIAS YAAKOV OF BOSTON$4,300
MISSION DEEDS$3,000
BIKE4CHAI$1,846
HOME FOR OUR TROOPS$1,000
HULL LIFE SAVING MUSEUM$1,000
TEMPLE EMETH$500
CAMPHILL VILLAGE KIMBERTON HILLS$500
TIFERET RAFAEL$360
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $41k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 51% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%NEADS: $10k → 11%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $100 → 7%MISSION DEEDS: $3k → 8%MISSION OF DEEDS: $2k → 8%MISSION OF DEEDS: $1k → 8%PINE STREET INN: $180 → 16%WELCOME HOME: $4k → 7%NEADS: $5k → 11%NEEDS: $5k → 11%WELCOME HOME: $2k → 7%GREG HILL FOUNDATION: $5k → 8%WELCOME HOME: $2k → 7%COMMUNITY SERVINGS: $125 → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS: $70 → 16%NEWBRIDGE ON THE CHARLES: $2k → 7%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
NY
MA
OR
IA
PA
NJ
RI
CA
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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$276k · 20 repeat orgs$96k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
47

Total granted

$276k
$83k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+25%

Still filing today

65%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 ServicesHealthFood & NutritionArts & CultureReligionHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • DI
    DANA-FARBER INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $107k · revenue +218%
  • NI
    NEADS INC
    3× · 2017–2022 · $20k · revenue +53%
  • MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
    2× · 2017–2022 · $15k · revenue +115%

Funded once

  • HS
    Hebrew Senior Life Inc
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue -23%
  • NW
    NEWTON WELLESLEY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
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
Hebrew Seniorlife Hospice Care Inc

The mission of hsl hospice is to provide exceptional care to terminally ill patients and their families allowing patients to attain the highest quality of life possible. hsl hospice aims to provide the highest quality hospice service that…

Human Services
2
Hebrew Health Care Inc

The mission of hebrew health care is to provide highly personalized quality programs and services to the seniors of our community. we assure dignified, informed, quality care to all regardless of source of payment for services. (see…

Health
3
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
4
Jgs Lifecare Corporation

Non-profit organization dedicated to improving the physical, spiritual and emotional health of individuals and families.

Health
5
Center Communities of Brookline Inc

To operate affordable, supportive residential housing for low-income seniors in an atmosphere that supports individuality and respect, fosters active and energetic lifestyles, encourages independence and self-fulfillment, and values…

Housing & Shelter
6
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…

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7
Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies Inc

The network is an international membership association of more than 170 non profit human service agencies in the united states, canada and israel. its members provide a full range of human services for the jewish community and beyond,…

Human Services
8
Dana-Farber Cancer Care Network Inc

The mission of Dana-Farber Cancer Care Network (DFCCN) is to promote and support, directly or indirectly, the interests and purposes of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI).

Health
9
Metropolitan Jewish Home Care Inc

Mjhs home care is a not-for-profit, certified home health agency (chha), committed to providing skilled nursing and rehabilitation services for individuals recuperating at home from an acute episode, often elderly and at-risk members of…

Health
10
Chelsea Jewish Lifecare Inc

The organization's mission is to manage a continuum of senior care business lines that consistently provide high-quality compassionate care while focusing on the development of innovative programs and services that enable individuals to…

Health
11
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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12
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated

The national council of jewish women is a grassroots nonpartisan organization of volunteers and advocates who strive for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children and families.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Family & Children's Service Inc; the most unlike its peers is Carepacks. 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

39 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. 39 of the 75 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/39
Grantees still filing
29/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DANA-FARBER INC: $106,800 · OtherDANA-FARBER INCJEWISH HERITAGE CENTER: $19,000 · OtherJEWISH HERITAGE CENTERIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNEADS: $10,000 · OtherNEWTON WELLESLEY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · Other+49 more: $82,418 · Other+49 moreNEADS INC: $20,457 · Human ServicesNEADS INCWELCOME HOME INC: $7,400 · Human ServicesWELCOME HOM…Mission of Deeds Inc: $6,100 · Human ServicesMission of …GREG HILL FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesGREG HILL F…Newbridge on the charles inc: $1,800 · Human Services+4 more: $705 · Human ServicesAISH CAMPUS BOSTON INC: $33,200 · ReligionAISH CAMP…+1 more: $500 · ReligionCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc: $10,000 · PhilanthropyHebrew Senior Life Inc: $10,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $15,000 · InternationalCOMMITTEE FOR ACCURACY IN MIDDLE EAST REPORTING IN AMERICA INC: $1,800 · International+1 more: $500 · InternationalHONESTREPORTINGCOM INC: $13,713 · Arts & CultureSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureHULL LIFESAVING MUSEUM INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureMASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $15,000 · Animals
Other$253,218Human Services$41,462Religion$33,700Philanthropy$20,000International$17,300Arts & Culture$16,713Animals$15,000

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 budgetDANA-FARBER INC: $106,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAISH CAMPUS BOSTON INC: $33,200 over 8y, 4.7% of budgetNEADS INC: $20,457 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHONESTREPORTINGCOM INC: $13,713 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHebrew Senior Life Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWELCOME HOME INC: $7,400 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetMission of Deeds Inc: $6,100 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSPOONFULS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREG HILL FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHAI LIFELINE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMITTEE FOR ACCURACY IN MIDDLE EAST REPORTING IN AMERICA INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNewbridge on the charles inc: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROSIE'S PLACE INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FRIENDS FOR HUMAN SERVICES IN: $890 over 4y, 8.8% of budgetISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFranciscan Hospital for Children: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAPPIN FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMPHILL VILLAGE KIMBERTON HILLS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMDRC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEWTON COMMUNITY FARM INC: $490 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSharsheret Inc: $216 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY SERVINGS INC: $195 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPINE STREET INN INC: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCharity Navigator: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK 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.

Combined Jewish Phila…Morgan Stanley Global…Raymond James Charita…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston IncMA12.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Building 19 Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Building 19 Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 140%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Carepacks: 18% of income from government
  • Hull Lifesaving Museum Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Community Servings Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Sharsheret Inc: 4% of income from government
  • The Waterstrong Initiative: 3% of income from government
  • Welcome Home Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Jewish Family & Children's Service Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Neads Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Franciscan Hospital for Children: 0% of income from government
  • Hebrew Senior Life Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
14get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Building 19 Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Building 19 Foundation 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 75 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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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