Skip to content

· Private foundation

Csp Charitable 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.

$530k
Granted FY2025still arriving
66
Grants FY2025still arriving
13
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$2.3MEnvironment$891kCivil Rights$710kYouth Development$550kHealth$515kHousing & Shelter$401kFood & Nutrition$347kEducation$230kOther$0
02FY2025 · 66 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k40 grants · $180k
  • $10k–50k25 grants · $300k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$7,500
Median grant
13
States reached
$159k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
APPRENTICE LEARNING$50,000
MOUNT GRACE LAND CONSERVATION TRUST$35,000
GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK$15,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD AMERICA$15,000
NEW WORLD FOUNDATION CLIMATE$15,000
NEW WORLD FOUNDATION ECLIPSE FUND$15,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD GREAT PLAINS$12,000
ACLU FOUNDATION$12,000
BOSTON HEALTH CARE HOMELESS$11,000
TRUST WOMEN FOUNDATION INC$10,000
NATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS$10,000
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL$10,000
CARROLL CENTER FOR BLIND$10,000
NATIONAL LATINA REPRODUCTIVE HLTH$10,000
FOOD PROJECT$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, $285k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%DIGNITY MATTERS: $1k → 11%ROSENBERG FUND FOR CHILDREN: $1k → 12%DIGNITY MATTERS: $1k → 11%ROSENBERG FUND FOR CHILDREN: $1k → 12%ROSENBERG FUND FOR CHILDREN: $1k → 12%ROSENBERG FUND FOR CHILDREN: $1k → 12%WOMEN'S REFUGEE COMMISSION: $8k → 17%WOMEN'S REFUGEE COMMISSION: $8k → 17%WOMEN'S REFUGEE COMMISSION: $8k → 17%WOMEN'S REFUGEE COMMISSION: $8k → 17%WOMEN'S REFUGEE COMMISSION: $8k → 17%WOMEN'S REFUGEE COMMISSION: $8k → 17%WOMEN'S REFUGEE COMMISSION: $8k → 17%WOMEN'S REFUGEE COMMISSION: $5k → 17%PINE STREET INN: $10k → 16%ADOLESCENT CONSULTATION SERVICES: $2k → 8%ADOLESCENT CONSULTATION SERVICES: $2k → 8%PINE STREET INN: $10k → 16%ADOLESCENT CONSULTATION SERVICES: $2k → 8%PINE STREET INN: $10k → 16%ADOLESCENT CONSULTATION SERVICES: $2k → 8%ADOLESCENT CONSULTATION SERVICES: $2k → 8%ADOLESCENT CONSULTATION SERVICES: $2k → 8%PINE STREET INN: $10k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $10k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $10k → 16%CASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ: $8k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $8k → 16%CASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ: $8k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $8k → 16%CASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ: $8k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $8k → 16%CASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ: $8k → 16%CASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ: $8k → 16%REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $10k → 14%NARAL PRO CHOICE AMERICA: $10k → 14%REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $10k → 14%CASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ: $8k → 16%CASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ: $7k → 16%CASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ: $7k → 16%CASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ: $7k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS: $3k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS: $3k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS: $3k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS: $3k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS: $3k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS: $3k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS: $2k → 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

IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
IA
PA
CT
RI
CA
VA
MD
AZ
KS
DC
AL
GA
TX
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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.6M · 87 repeat orgs$2.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against -93% for those funded once.

87 repeat relationships: 61 still active in FY2025, 26 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

87
4

Total granted

$4.6M
$2.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
-93%

Still filing today

70%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k 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
EnvironmentHuman ServicesInternationalCivil RightsEducationPublic BenefitOther
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

  • AL
    APPRENTICE LEARNING INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $550k · revenue +277%
  • MG
    MOUNT GRACE LAND CONSERVATION TRUST
    9× · 2017–2025 · $290k · revenue +52%
  • GB
    GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $126k · revenue +89%

Funded once

  • EC
    EARTH CITIZENS ORGANIZATION
    one grant, 2017 · $2.0M · revenue -93% · 65% of their budget
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • WO
    WHITE OAKS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2021 · $8k
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
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
2
Ceres Inc

Ceres is a nonprofit advocacy organization working to accelerate the transition to a cleaner, more just, and resilient world. through education and research, we make the business case for action on the most pressing sustainability…

Environment
3
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
4
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
5
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
6
CarbonPlan

Improving the transparency and scientific integrity of climate solutions through open data and tools.

Environment
7
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
8
Environment Next Inc

Environment next supports individuals, nonprofits and businesses around the world on solutions to complex climate issues. we provide leadership, outreach and communication support, grants, and investments to empower leaders and their ideas…

Environment
9
Climate Leadership Council Inc

To develop and promote a carbon dividends framework - based on carbon fees whose revenues are rebated to citizens through dividends - as the most cost-effective, equitable, and politically viable climate solution.

Environment
10
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
11
World Coffee Research

World coffee research unites the global coffee industry to drive science-based agricultural solutions to urgently secure a diverse and sustainable supply of quality coffee today and for generations to come. our mission is to grow, protect,…

International
12
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Grassroots International Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wgbh Educational 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

67 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. 67 of the 97 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
20
Early backer (in before they grew)
67/67
Grantees still filing
50/67
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EARTH CITIZENS ORGANIZATION: $2,000,000 · InternationalEARTH CITIZENS ORGANIZATION+7 more: $243,000 · International+7 moreGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $126,000 · OtherCARROLL CENTER FOR BLIND: $110,000 · OtherBOSTON HEALTH CARE HOMELESS: $98,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $90,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $90,000 · OtherPRIMARY SOURCE INC: $90,000 · OtherWOMEN'S LUNCH PLACE INC: $90,000 · OtherEMPATH ECONOMIC MOBILITY PATHWAYS: $84,000 · OtherThe Food Project Inc: $90,000 · OtherOil Change International Inc: $90,000 · OtherROSIE'S PLACE INC: $84,000 · OtherSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $90,000 · Other+46 more: $1,369,000 · Other+46 moreMOUNT GRACE LAND CONSERVATION TRUST: $290,000 · EnvironmentMOUNT GRACE …AUDUBON SOCIETY OF WESTERN PA: $120,000 · EnvironmentAUDUBON SOCI…ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $73,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTA…NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $65,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESO…EARTHJUSTICE: $61,000 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICENATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $42,500 · EnvironmentNATIONAL PAR…NATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC: $40,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL NET…THE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $27,000 · Environment+4 more: $30,000 · EnvironmentAPPRENTICE LEARNING INC: $550,000 · Youth DevelopmentSouthern Center for Human Rights: $90,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $88,000 · Civil RightsUNITED WE DREAM NETWORK INC: $60,500 · Civil RightsTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $40,000 · Civil RightsREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $29,000 · Civil RightsGRASSROOTS GLOBAL JUSTICE: $20,000 · Civil RightsCHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND: $16,000 · Civil RightsPINE STREET INN INC: $84,000 · Human ServicesCASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ INC: $69,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S REFUGEE COMMISSION INC: $57,500 · Human ServicesSISTERSONG INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $30,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY SERVINGS INC: $21,500 · Human ServicesADOLESCENT CONSULTATION SERVICES INC: $14,500 · Human Services+2 more: $8,000 · Human ServicesBROOKLINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $157,000 · PhilanthropyTHE NEW WORLD FOUNDATION: $135,000 · Philanthropy
International$2,243,000Other$2,501,000Environment$748,500Youth Development$550,000Civil Rights$343,500Human Services$324,500Philanthropy$292,000

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 budgetEARTH CITIZENS ORGANIZATION: $2,000,000 over 1y, 65% of budgetAPPRENTICE LEARNING INC: $550,000 over 9y, 22% of budgetMOUNT GRACE LAND CONSERVATION TRUST: $290,000 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetBROOKLINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $157,000 over 9y, 2.0% of budgetTHE NEW WORLD FOUNDATION: $135,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $126,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAUDUBON SOCIETY OF WESTERN PA: $120,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $90,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetOil Change International Inc: $90,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetThe Food Project Inc: $90,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetSouthern Center for Human Rights: $90,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetPRIMARY SOURCE INC: $90,000 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetWOMEN'S LUNCH PLACE INC: $90,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $88,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetROSIE'S PLACE INC: $84,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetPINE STREET INN INC: $84,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Farm School Inc: $78,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $73,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $73,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ INC: $69,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $65,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMADRE INC: $65,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetFOOD & WATER WATCH: $65,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetEarthworks: $65,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $61,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WE DREAM NETWORK INC: $60,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWOMEN'S REFUGEE COMMISSION INC: $57,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD GREAT PLAINS: $48,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDEFY VENTURES INC: $45,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $45,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGRASSROOTS INTERNATIONAL INC: $45,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY GREATER BOSTON INC: $45,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetTrust Women Foundation Inc: $43,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $42,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $42,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPOLITICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES INC: $40,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetSISTERSONG INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC: $37,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $29,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $27,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $27,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY SERVINGS INC: $21,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGRASSROOTS GLOBAL JUSTICE: $20,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budget826 BOSTON INC: $19,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetGLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE INC: $18,000 over 6y, 0.1% 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 EARTH CITIZENS ORGANIZATION ↗
  • Who funds APPRENTICE LEARNING INC ↗
  • Who funds MOUNT GRACE LAND CONSERVATION TRUST ↗
  • Who funds BROOKLINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NEW WORLD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds AUDUBON SOCIETY OF WESTERN PA ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Oil Change International Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Food Project Inc ↗
  • Who funds Southern Center for Human Rights ↗
  • Who funds PRIMARY SOURCE INC ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S LUNCH PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ROSIE'S PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds PINE STREET INN INC ↗
  • Who funds The Farm School Inc ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds CASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ INC ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds MADRE INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD & WATER WATCH ↗
  • Who funds Earthworks ↗
  • Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WE DREAM NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S REFUGEE COMMISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD GREAT PLAINS ↗

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 IncMA22.1× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · The Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation · Tides Foundation · Common Counsel Foundation · The Fish Family Foundation · Ploughshares Foundation · The Cabot Family Charitable Trust · Adelard & Valeda Roy Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Fidelity 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 Csp Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Csp Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Health Care for All Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Primary Source Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Community Servings Inc: 12% of income from government
  • The Farm School Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Women's Lunch Place Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Casa Myrna Vazquez Inc: 5% of income from government
  • 826 Boston Inc: 3% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Reservations: 2% of income from government
  • Speak for the Trees Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Brookline Arts Center: 2% of income from government
  • Wgbh Educational Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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 97 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.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on Csp’s filings →

More from the funding graph