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Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc at a glance

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Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

$1.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
205
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Housing & Shelter$3.2MHuman Services$1.7MHealth$1.7MFood & Nutrition$997kCommunity Improvement$962kEducation$640kYouth Development$448kScience & Tech$430kOther$0
02FY2025 · 205 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k151 grants · $438k
  • $10k–50k50 grants · $1.0M
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $300k
$4,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$947k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JUST-A-START CORPORATION$100,000
BRIDGES HOMEWARD (FORMERLY CAMBRIDGE FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE (CFCS))$75,250
TECH GOES HOME$75,000
ASIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (ACDC)$50,000
FOOD FOR FREE COMMITTEE INC$41,250
WATCH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$40,000
ACTION FOR BOSTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT$40,000
NEIGHBORHOOD OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING (NOAH)$40,000
URBAN EDGE HOUSING CORPORATION$40,000
Individual grant recipient$40,000
SOMERVILLE COMMUNITY CORPORATION$36,000
FENWAY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (FENWAY CDC)$35,000
HOMEOWNER'S REHAB INC (HRI)$35,000
THE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPERS$35,000
SOMERVILLE HOMELESS COALITION INC$34,640
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 (FY19–25, $1.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 28% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FRIENDS OF WATERTOWN COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $20k → 8%SOUTH SHORE YMCA: $10k → 7%FIDELITY HOUSE: $26k → 8%FIDELITY HOUSE: $11k → 8%PINE STREET INN: $20k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $20k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $13k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $10k → 16%ACTION FOR BOSTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC: $50k → 16%ACTION FOR BOSTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC: $50k → 16%ACTION FOR BOSTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $40k → 16%ACTION FOR BOSTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC: $15k → 16%ACTION FOR BOSTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC: $10k → 16%SAINT FRANCIS HOUSE INC: $10k → 16%MYSTIC VALLEY ELDER SERVICES: $15k → 8%HOUSING FAMILIES INC: $10k → 8%MYSTIC VALLEY ELDER SERVICES: $10k → 8%MYSTIC VALLEY ELDER SERVICES: $10k → 8%COMMUNITY SERVINGS INC: $39k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS INC: $34k → 16%MINUTEMAN SENIOR SERVICES: $20k → 8%COMMUNITY SERVINGS INC: $34k → 16%MINUTEMAN SENIOR SERVICES: $18k → 8%MINUTEMAN SENIOR SERVICES: $15k → 8%COMMUNITY SERVINGS: $14k → 16%CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY CENTER: $35k → 8%CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY CENTER: $35k → 8%ON THE RISE INC: $11k → 8%ON THE RISE INC: $11k → 8%NUPATH INC: $11k → 8%NUPATH INC: $11k → 8%NUPATH INC: $10k → 8%NUPATH INC: $10k → 8%BRIDGES HOMEWARD (FORMERLY CAMBRIDGE FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE (CFCS)): $75k → 8%CAMBRIDGE FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICE: $50k → 8%CAMBRIDGE FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICE: $35k → 8%EAST END HOUSE INC: $25k → 8%EAST END HOUSE INC: $25k → 8%BRIDGES HOMEWARD: $24k → 8%CAMBRIDGE FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICE: $24k → 8%CAMBRIDGE FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICE: $23k → 8%SOMERVILLE HOMELESS COALITION INC: $70k → 8%SOMERVILLE HOMELESS COALITION INC: $35k → 8%SOMERVILLE HOMELESS COALITION INC: $28k → 8%SOMERVILLE HOMELESS COALITION INC: $16k → 8%SOMERVILLE HOMELESS COALITION INC: $11k → 8%SOMERVILLE HOMELESS COALITION INC: $10k → 8%MINUTEMAN SENIOR SERVICES: $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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NH
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
VA
MD
TN
NC
SC
DC
LA
TX
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.
$10M · 268 repeat orgs$3.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

268 repeat relationships: 111 still active in FY2025, 157 since wound down; 89 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

268
337

Total granted

$10M
$3.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+22%

Still filing today

78%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $427k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthHousing & ShelterArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • JC
    JUST-A-START CORPORATION
    6× · 2019–2025 · $640k · revenue +16%
  • TECH GOES HOME INCORPORATED
    5× · 2020–2025 · $425k · revenue +62%
  • TS
    THE SOMERVILLE COMMUNITY CORPORATION INC
    6× · 2019–2025 · $265k · revenue +79%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $1.9M
  • BF
    BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CUMMINGS INSTITUTE OF TECH
    one grant, 2023 · $101k
  • SB
    SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS NETWORK OF MASSACHUSETTS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue -13%
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
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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3
Massachusetts Fair Housing Center Inc

Mfhc is committed to ending systemic housing discrimination and creating inclusive communities through education, outreach, advocacy, housing counseling and enforcement.

Housing & Shelter
4
Neighborhealth Corporation

Neighborhealth's mission is to promote and sustain healthy communities, families, and individuals by providing accessible, person-centered, and compassionate, high-quality health care services to all who live and work in our service area,…

Health
5
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
6
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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7
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
8
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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9
Massachusetts Business Roundtable Inc

The mission of the roundtable is to make massachusetts the most desirable place to live, work and do business by engaging private sector executives and public leaders to ensure access to a robust, diverse and talented workforce that…

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10
Massachusetts Nonprofit Network

The mission of the massachusetts nonprofit network is to unite and strengthen the nonprofit sector in the commonwealth through public policy, public awareness, and capacity building services.

Education
11
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
12
Triangle Inc

Through support, challenge and opportunity, triangle empowers people with disabilities and their families to enjoy rich, fulfilling lives. we are committed to helping the world recognize that we are all people with ability.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Communitas Inc; the most unlike its peers is Stone Institute and Newton Home for Aged People. 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

410 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 410 of the 699 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
120
Early backer (in before they grew)
403/410
Grantees still filing
289/410
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $1,920,493 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTECH GOES HOME INCORPORATED: $425,000 · OtherTECH GOES HOME INCORPORATEDIndividual grant recipient: $250,000 · Other+104 more: $3,341,651 · Other+104 moreBRIDGES HOMEWARD INC: $232,025 · Human ServicesBRIDGES HOMEWAR…SOMERVILLE HOMELESS COALITION INC: $168,395 · Human ServicesSOMERVILLE HOME…ACTION FOR BOSTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC: $165,000 · Human ServicesACTION FOR BOST…COMMUNITY SERVINGS INC: $139,746 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY SERVI…CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $100,150 · Human ServicesCAMBRIDGE COMMU…MINUTEMAN SENIOR SERVICES INC: $82,600 · Human ServicesPINE STREET INN INC: $67,500 · Human ServicesNUPATH INC: $62,200 · Human ServicesON THE RISE INC: $55,376 · Human ServicesMYSTIC VALLEY AGING SERVICES INC: $55,000 · Human Services+19 more: $507,235 · Human Services+19 moreTHE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPERS INC: $235,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE NEIGHBORHO…NEIGHBORHOOD OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING INC: $230,000 · Housing & ShelterNEIGHBORHOOD O…HOUSING CORPORATION OF ARLINGTON: $200,000 · Housing & ShelterHOUSING CORPOR…CARITAS COMMUNITIES INC: $196,490 · Housing & ShelterCARITAS COMMUN…METRO WEST COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT INC: $153,539 · Housing & ShelterMETRO WEST COL…FENWAY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $150,000 · Housing & ShelterFENWAY COMMUNI…ASIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $115,000 · Housing & ShelterASIAN COMMUNIT…HEADING HOME INC: $52,200 · Housing & Shelter+11 more: $230,700 · Housing & Shelter+11 moreJUST-A-START CORPORATION: $640,000 · Community ImprovementJUST-A-START C…THE SOMERVILLE COMMUNITY CORPORATION INC: $264,500 · Community ImprovementTHE SOMERVILLE…URBAN EDGE HOUSING CORPORATION: $240,200 · Community ImprovementURBAN EDGE HOU…SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS NETWORK OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $100,000 · Community ImprovementSUSTAINABLE BU…HomeStart Inc: $60,000 · Community ImprovementDORCHESTER BAY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $60,000 · Community Improvement+8 more: $175,300 · Community Improvement+8 moreMOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL: $256,180 · HealthCAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC: $225,850 · HealthHealthy Waltham Inc: $90,000 · HealthHILDEBRAND FAMILY SELF-HELP CENTER INC: $81,550 · HealthFranciscan Hospital for Children: $50,000 · HealthEMERSON HOSPITAL: $36,880 · HealthVICTORY PROGRAMS INC: $32,500 · HealthCHARLES RIVER COMMUNITY HEALTH INC: $30,000 · Health+3 more: $63,550 · HealthFOOD FOR FREE COMMITTEE INC: $228,440 · Food & NutritionTHE URBAN FOOD INITIATIVE INC: $66,000 · Food & NutritionOPEN TABLE INC: $37,600 · Food & NutritionCENTRE STREET FOOD PANTRY INC: $35,000 · Food & NutritionSPOONFULS: $34,200 · Food & NutritionFOOD LINK INC: $29,500 · Food & NutritionARLINGTON EATS INC: $25,000 · Food & NutritionCOMMUNITY FARMS OUTREACH INC: $22,535 · Food & NutritionCOMMUNITY COOKS INC: $19,000 · Food & Nutrition+4 more: $41,000 · Food & NutritionBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC: $34,800 · Youth DevelopmentWATERTOWN BOYS AND GIRLS' CLUB INC: $32,400 · Youth DevelopmentARLINGTON BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC: $31,550 · Youth DevelopmentTHE3POINTFOUNDATION INC: $19,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DORCHESTER INC: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentJAMES L MCKEOWN BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WOBURN INC: $11,700 · Youth DevelopmentSCIENCE CLUB FOR GIRLS INC: $11,000 · Youth Development
Other$5,937,144Human Services$1,635,227Housing & Shelter$1,562,929Community Improvement$1,540,000Health$866,510Food & Nutrition$538,275Youth Development$155,450

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetJUST-A-START CORPORATION: $640,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetTECH GOES HOME INCORPORATED: $425,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetTHE SOMERVILLE COMMUNITY CORPORATION INC: $264,500 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetMOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL: $256,180 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN EDGE HOUSING CORPORATION: $240,200 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetTHE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPERS INC: $235,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetBRIDGES HOMEWARD INC: $232,025 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING INC: $230,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetFOOD FOR FREE COMMITTEE INC: $228,440 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetCAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC: $225,850 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetHOUSING CORPORATION OF ARLINGTON: $200,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetCARITAS COMMUNITIES INC: $196,490 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetSOMERVILLE HOMELESS COALITION INC: $168,395 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetACTION FOR BOSTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC: $165,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMETRO WEST COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT INC: $153,539 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetBREAD OF LIFE INC: $150,100 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetFENWAY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $150,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY SERVINGS INC: $139,746 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetASIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $115,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $100,850 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $100,150 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetSUSTAINABLE BUSINESS NETWORK OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetHealthy Waltham Inc: $90,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetCAMBRIDGE CAMPING ASSOCIATION INC: $84,500 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetMINUTEMAN SENIOR SERVICES INC: $82,600 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHILDEBRAND FAMILY SELF-HELP CENTER INC: $81,550 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBAY COVE HUMAN SERVICES INC: $79,848 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPINE STREET INN INC: $67,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE URBAN FOOD INITIATIVE INC: $66,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetNUPATH INC: $62,200 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWALTHAM BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC: $61,300 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetHARVARD SQUARE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION: $61,000 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetFAMILYAID BOSTON INC: $60,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHomeStart Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDORCHESTER BAY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $60,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCAMBRIDGE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $57,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetON THE RISE INC: $55,376 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetMYSTIC VALLEY AGING SERVICES INC: $55,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetACCESSPORTSAMERICA INC: $52,490 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetHEADING HOME INC: $52,200 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSPRINGWELL INC: $52,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCAMBRIDGE LOCAL FIRST: $50,800 over 5y, 31% of budgetFriends of the Watertown Council on Aging Inc: $50,000 over 4y, 59% of budgetFranciscan Hospital for Children: $50,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWATCH Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetCAMBRIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD APARTMENT HOUSING SERVICES INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetTHE JOHN M BARRY BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NEWTON INC: $44,060 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetSouth Shore Young Men's Christian Association: $40,450 over 6y, 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.

  • Who funds JUST-A-START CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds TECH GOES HOME INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds THE SOMERVILLE COMMUNITY CORPORATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds URBAN EDGE HOUSING CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds THE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPERS INC ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGES HOMEWARD INC ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD FOR FREE COMMITTEE INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HOUSING CORPORATION OF ARLINGTON ↗
  • Who funds CARITAS COMMUNITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds SOMERVILLE HOMELESS COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds ACTION FOR BOSTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds METRO WEST COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds BREAD OF LIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds FENWAY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY SERVINGS INC ↗
  • Who funds ASIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds PAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS NETWORK OF MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
  • Who funds Healthy Waltham Inc ↗
  • Who funds CAMBRIDGE CAMPING ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MINUTEMAN SENIOR SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds HILDEBRAND FAMILY SELF-HELP CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BAY COVE HUMAN SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds PINE STREET INN INC ↗
  • Who funds THE URBAN FOOD INITIATIVE INC ↗

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.

Cummings Foundation G…Eastern Bank Foundati…Eastern Cambridge Fou…Rockland Trust Charit…United Way Of Massach…Bushrod H Campbell & …The Hamilton Company …Boston Foundation IncCambridge Community F…Liberty Mutual Founda…Massachusetts Bankers…Community Foundation …
Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc)MA174.4× affinity126 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Eastern Bank Foundation · Eastern Cambridge Foundation · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund · The Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Cambridge Community Foundation · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Massachusetts Bankers Association Charitable Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for MetroWest 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 Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 480%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Fidelity House Inc: 91% of income from government
  • Nupath Inc: 84% of income from government
  • Operation Able of Greater Boston Inc: 81% of income from government
  • Respond Inc: 80% of income from government
  • Bridges Homeward Inc: 77% of income from government
  • Northeast Arc Inc: 73% of income from government
  • Minuteman Senior Services Inc: 73% of income from government
  • Bay Cove Human Services Inc: 70% of income from government
  • Springwell Inc: 68% of income from government
  • Friendship Home Inc: 66% of income from government
  • Vietnam Veterans Workshop Inc Dba New England Center and Home for Veterans: 66% of income from government
  • Cambridge Local First: 65% of income from government
  • South Eastern Economic Development Corporation: 59% of income from government
  • Riverside Community Care Inc: 58% of income from government
  • Reach Beyond Domestic Violence Inc: 53% of income from government
  • Victory Programs Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Community Action Agency of Somerville: 49% of income from government
  • The Guild for Human Services Inc: 44% of income from government
  • St Mary's Center for Women & Children Inc: 40% of income from government
  • The Midas Collaborative Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Community Workshops Inc: 39% of income from government
  • On the Rise Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Joslin Diabetes Center Inc: 35% of income from government
  • La Colaborativa Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc: 32% of income from government
  • Somerville Homeless Coalition Inc: 31% of income from government
  • America Scores New England Dba Boston Scores: 30% of income from government
  • Waltham Boys & Girls Club Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Center for Women & Enterprise Inc: 27% of income from government
  • United Way of Massachusetts Bay Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Horizons for Homeless Children: 21% of income from government
  • HomeStart Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Charles River Community Health Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Solutions at Work Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Ellis Early Learning Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Newton Community Service Centers Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Community Farms Outreach Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Melrose Alliance Against Violence Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Melrosewakefield Healthcare Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Saint Francis House Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Heading Home Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Just-a-Start Corporation: 16% of income from government
  • Veterans Legal Services Inc: 16% of income from government
  • South Cove Community Health Center Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Cambridge Camping Association Inc: 14% of income from government
  • North End Community Health Committee: 13% of income from government
  • Community Servings Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Nectar Community Investments Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Housing Families Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
  • The Cambridge Historical Society: 11% of income from government
  • Action for Boston Community Development Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Tech Goes Home Incorporated: 10% of income from government
  • Melrose Orchestral Association Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Food Link Inc: 9% of income from government
  • African Cultural Services Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Brandeis University: 9% of income from government
  • Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation: 9% of income from government
  • Watch Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Cambridge Community Center Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Open Table Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Bread of Life Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Arlington Eats Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Mount Auburn Hospital: 5% of income from government
  • Evkids Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Familyaid Boston Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Waltham Partnership for Youth Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Community Foundation for MetroWest Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Community Coalition of Melrose Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Follow Your Art Community Studios Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Supportive Living Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Emerson Hospital: 3% of income from government
  • Watertown Boys and Girls' Club Inc: 3% of income from government
  • East End House Inc: 3% of income from government
  • The Neighborhood Developers Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Food for Free Committee Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Cambridge Young Women's Christian Association: 3% of income from government
  • 826 Boston Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Central Square Theater Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Asian Community Development Corporation: 2% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
  • West End House Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Urban Edge Housing Corporation: 2% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Stage Company: 2% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Bankers Association Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Emerson Umbrella Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery: 1% of income from government
  • Mcphs University: 1% of income from government
  • Breaktime United Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Compass Working Capital Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Cambridge College Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Somerville Community Corporation Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Habitat for Humanity Metrowest- Greater Worcester Inc: 1% of income from government
  • One Family Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Lynn Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Franciscan Hospital for Children: 0% of income from government
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Asian Women for Health Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Hebrew Senior Life Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Epiphany School Inc: 0% of income from government
  • North Shore Community Development Coalit: 0% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
  • West Suburban Young Men's Christian Association: 0% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Glbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Boston Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
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48get no government money at all
49report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
15rely 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.
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Find your warmest path to Cambridge Savings Charitable 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 699 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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