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DCU for Kids

Distribution of charitable donations to registered 501(c)(3) organizations providing services and programs to children and families in need.

$1.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
73
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$8.1MYouth Development$5.4MHuman Services$1.8MEducation$863kHousing & Shelter$544kRecreation & Sports$395kCrime & Legal$368kArts & Culture$244kOther$0
02FY2024 · 73 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 73 grants below total $1,403,585, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,944,035 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $540,450 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k26 grants · $192k
  • $10k–50k40 grants · $637k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $325k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$5.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Boomer Esiason Foundation$250,000
Boys & Girls Club of Worcester$60,000
Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence$60,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of MetroWest$55,000
Autism Speaks Inc$50,000
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell$50,000
Boys & Girls Club of Manchester$50,000
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Nashua$40,000
Boys & Girls Club of Waltham$40,000
The Home for Little Wanderers$30,000
Jumpstart for Young Children Inc$25,000
Catie's Closet$25,000
The Wily Network$25,000
Family Reach Foundation$25,000
Special Olympics Massachusetts Inc$20,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $1.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 81% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%B & G Club of Assabet Valley: $24k → 8%The Autism Resource Center: $15k → 11%Nashua Childrens Home: $20k → 7%Boys & Girls Club of Assabet Valley: $20k → 8%Nashua Childrens Home: $20k → 7%B & G Club of Assabet Valley: $20k → 8%B & G Club of Assabet Valley: $20k → 8%Boys & Girls Club of Assabet Valley: $20k → 8%B & G Club of Assabet Valley: $20k → 8%Family Promise of Grtr Nashua: $25k → 7%Boys & Girls Club of Assabet Valley: $15k → 8%B & G Club of Assabet Valley: $15k → 8%HMEAs Autism Resource: $17k → 11%Horace Mann Edu Assoc HMEA: $20k → 7%Horace Mann Educational Associates Inc (HMEA): $20k → 7%HMEAs Autism Resource: $15k → 11%Building Futures Inc: $15k → 11%Horace Mann Edu Assoc HMEA: $20k → 7%Marguerites Place Inc: $15k → 7%Marguerite's Place Inc: $15k → 7%Marguerite's Place Inc: $15k → 7%Horace Mann Educational Associates Inc (HMEA): $15k → 7%Marguerites Place Inc: $15k → 7%Marguerite's Place Inc: $15k → 7%The Home for Little Wanderers: $25k → 16%Rise Above Found Inc: $20k → 11%Rise Above Foundation Inc: $20k → 11%The Home for Little Wanderers: $60k → 16%Rise Above Found Inc: $20k → 11%The Home for Little Wanderers: $50k → 16%Rise Above Found Inc: $20k → 11%The Home for Little Wanderers: $45k → 16%Rise Above Foundation Inc: $20k → 11%The Home for Little Wanderers: $30k → 16%Greater Lowell Family YMCA: $25k → 8%Greater Lowell Family YMCA: $25k → 8%Greater Lowell Family YMCA: $25k → 8%Greater Lowell Family YMCA: $20k → 8%Greater Lowell Family YMCA: $20k → 8%Horizons for Homeless Children: $25k → 16%Horizons for Homeless Children: $25k → 16%Greater Lowell Family YMCA: $25k → 8%Caties Closet: $25k → 8%Caties Closet: $25k → 8%Caties Closet: $25k → 8%Caties Closet: $25k → 8%Catie's Closet: $25k → 8%Catie's Closet: $25k → 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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$18M · 150 repeat orgs$471k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +62% since the first grant, against +43% for those funded once.

150 repeat relationships: 72 still active in FY2024, 78 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

150
47

Total granted

$18M
$471k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+62%
+43%

Still filing today

93%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Human ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentEducationArts & CultureRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc
    7× · 2017–2023 · $1.1M · revenue +162%
  • BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION
    5× · 2017–2022 · $875k · revenue +115%
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WORCESTER INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $742k · revenue +116%

Funded once

  • PROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $20k · revenue +180%
  • LS
    Life Saver Ministries Inc
    one grant, 2019 · $15k
  • TC
    THE CLUB LUNENBURG TEEN CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $15k · revenue +149%
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
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
2
Child Care of the Berkshires Inc

The organization provides child care services to families through child care centers and a network of family child care homes. child care of the berkshires also strengthens families through support services and home visiting focused on…

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3
Concord Children's Center Inc

To cultivate an intimate, welcoming community where children develop respectful relationships and inquisitive minds, build confidence in their individual gifts, and are engaged, prepared and inspired to learn.

Human Services
4
Brookline Community Mental Health Center Inc Dba the Brookline Center

The brookline center for community mental health provides groundbreaking mental health services rooted in meaningful innovation and compassionate care. in response to today's mental health landscape and the ongoing mental health crisis,…

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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
Wayside Youth and Family Support Network Inc

Empowering children, young adults and families to achieve greater independence and emotional well-being.

Human Services
7
The Open Center for Children Inc

Since 1972, the open center for children has worked in partnership with families to create a nurturing early education and care experience. the play-based curriculum inspires children to become motivated, self-directed learners, feel…

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8
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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9
Massachusetts Children'S Alliance Inc

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

Human Services
10
Boston Community Pediatrics Inc

Boston community pediatrics (bcp) provides ambulatory pediatric and related health care services to the residents of boston, massachusetts, and surrounding communities. bcp is a new model of innovative pediatric healthcare that addresses…

Health
11
Northeast Center for Youth and Families Inc

Provide a range of high-quality, community-based, behavioral health services to empower individuals and families to live healthy and successful lives.

Human Services
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 South Middlesex Opportunity Council Inc; 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

185 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. 185 of the 198 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)
68
Early backer (in before they grew)
177/185
Grantees still filing
154/185
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BOOMER ESIASON FOUNDATION: $2,000,000 · HealthBOOMER ESIASON FOUNDATIONDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $1,125,000 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute IncBOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION: $875,000 · HealthBOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATIONAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $590,000 · HealthAUTISM SPEAKS INCChildren's Hospital Corporation: $325,000 · HealthFAMILY REACH FOUNDATION: $265,000 · HealthCatholic Medical Center: $245,250 · Health+27 more: $1,308,400 · Health+27 moreLAWRENCE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC: $572,000 · Youth DevelopmentLAWRENCE BOYS & GIRLS …BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METROWEST INC: $547,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS O…BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER LOWELL INC: $522,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF G…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER MANCHESTER: $462,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF …Boys & Girls Club of Greater Nashua Inc: $407,000 · Youth DevelopmentBoys & Girls Club of G…BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF LYNN INC: $165,000 · Youth DevelopmentUTEC Inc: $145,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER HAVERHILL INC: $139,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF STONEHAM INC: $125,000 · Youth Development+15 more: $563,500 · Youth Development+15 moreBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WORCESTER INC: $741,500 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WORC…MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $575,000 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORP…WALTHAM BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC: $393,000 · OtherWALTHAM BOYS & GIRLS CLUB I…TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER PARENT INC: $162,000 · OtherJUSTICE RESOURCE INSTITUTE INC: $160,000 · OtherGroundwork Lawrence Inc: $155,000 · Other+66 more: $2,294,800 · Other+66 moreTHE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS INC: $210,000 · Human ServicesTHE HOME FOR…THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF ASSABET VALLEY INC: $154,000 · Human ServicesTHE BOYS AND…Catie's Closet Inc: $150,000 · Human ServicesCatie's Clos…GREATER LOWELL FAMILY YMCA: $150,000 · Human ServicesGREATER LOWE…RISE ABOVE FOUNDATION INC: $140,000 · Human ServicesRISE ABOVE F…HORACE MANN EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATES INC: $137,000 · Human ServicesHORACE MANN …Family Promise of Southern New Hampshire: $100,000 · Human ServicesMARGUERITE'S PLACE INC: $95,000 · Human ServicesBUILDING FUTURES INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $70,000 · Human Services+26 more: $707,335 · Human Services+26 moreJUMPSTART FOR YOUNG CHILDREN INC: $255,000 · EducationTHE WILY NETWORK: $115,000 · EducationROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC: $69,500 · EducationJOHN ANDREW MAZIE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · EducationRAR-MA INC: $57,500 · EducationKIDS IN TECH INC: $53,500 · EducationMASSACHUSETTS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING FAIR INC: $51,500 · EducationSCIENCE FROM SCIENTISTS INC: $35,000 · EducationLEAGUE SCHOOL FOR AUTISM INC: $34,000 · EducationREAD TO A CHILD INC: $30,000 · Education+5 more: $93,500 · EducationSPECIAL OLYMPICS MASSACHUSETTS INC: $210,000 · Recreation & SportsCAMP SUNSHINE AT SEBAGO LAKE INC: $95,000 · Recreation & SportsCAMBRIDGE CAMPING ASSOCIATION INC: $69,000 · Recreation & SportsTENACITY INC: $30,000 · Recreation & SportsUPREACH THERAPEUTIC EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC: $22,500 · Recreation & Sports+2 more: $13,500 · Recreation & SportsDISCOVERY MUSEUM INC: $70,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF SCIENCE: $60,000 · Arts & CultureEMPOWER PEACE INC: $55,000 · Arts & CultureANGELS NET FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureRENDER CREATIVE INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureARTS FOR LEARNING MASSACHUSETTS INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureOLD STURBRIDGE INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureWORCESTER CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC: $27,500 · Arts & CultureURBANITY DANCE INC: $21,000 · Arts & CultureEDWARD M KENNEDY INSTITUTE FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE INC: $15,000 · Arts & Culture
Health$6,733,650Youth Development$3,647,500Other$4,481,300Human Services$1,988,335Education$854,500Recreation & Sports$440,000Arts & Culture$398,500

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 budgetBOOMER ESIASON FOUNDATION: $2,000,000 over 8y, 7.2% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $1,125,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION: $875,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WORCESTER INC: $741,500 over 8y, 5.2% of budgetAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $590,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetLAWRENCE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC: $572,000 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METROWEST INC: $547,000 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER LOWELL INC: $522,000 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER MANCHESTER: $462,000 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Greater Nashua Inc: $407,000 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetWALTHAM BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC: $393,000 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $325,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY REACH FOUNDATION: $265,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetJUMPSTART FOR YOUNG CHILDREN INC: $255,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCatholic Medical Center: $245,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MASSACHUSETTS INC: $210,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetTHE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS INC: $210,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF LYNN INC: $165,000 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetJUSTICE RESOURCE INSTITUTE INC: $160,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGroundwork Lawrence Inc: $155,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetTHE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF ASSABET VALLEY INC: $154,000 over 8y, 5.2% of budgetCatie's Closet Inc: $150,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetGREATER LOWELL FAMILY YMCA: $150,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetUTEC Inc: $145,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetRISE ABOVE FOUNDATION INC: $140,000 over 8y, 5.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER HAVERHILL INC: $139,000 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetHORACE MANN EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATES INC: $137,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CARROLL CENTER FOR THE BLIND INC: $135,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF STONEHAM INC: $125,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetTHE WILY NETWORK: $115,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetCAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC: $115,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetMASS INSIGHT EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $115,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetFranciscan Hospital for Children: $115,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNEW LIFE MINISTRIES OF NEW ENGLAND INC: $110,000 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetYOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UPHELD INC: $107,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF WORCESTER: $107,500 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetFamily Promise of Southern New Hampshire: $100,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER DERRY INC: $100,000 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF FITCHBURG AND LEOMINSTER - A NONPROFIT EDUCATIONAL: $98,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetMARGUERITE'S PLACE INC: $95,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetMassachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange Inc: $95,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetCAMP SUNSHINE AT SEBAGO LAKE INC: $95,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetTHE LOWELL GENERAL HOSPITAL: $87,900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetREGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL INC: $87,500 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetADA Forsyth Institute Inc: $87,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWHY ME INC: $85,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetLUCY'S LOVE BUS CHARITABLE TRUST INC: $80,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC: $77,000 over 7y, 0.8% 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 BOOMER ESIASON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WORCESTER INC ↗
  • Who funds AUTISM SPEAKS INC ↗
  • Who funds LAWRENCE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METROWEST INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER LOWELL INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER MANCHESTER ↗
  • Who funds Boys & Girls Club of Greater Nashua Inc ↗
  • Who funds WALTHAM BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Corporation ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY REACH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JUMPSTART FOR YOUNG CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds Catholic Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF LYNN INC ↗
  • Who funds JUSTICE RESOURCE INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds Groundwork Lawrence Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF ASSABET VALLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds Catie's Closet Inc ↗
  • Who funds GREATER LOWELL FAMILY YMCA ↗
  • Who funds UTEC Inc ↗
  • Who funds RISE ABOVE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER HAVERHILL INC ↗
  • Who funds HORACE MANN EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CARROLL CENTER FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF STONEHAM INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WILY NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MASS INSIGHT EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds Franciscan Hospital for Children ↗
  • Who funds NEW LIFE MINISTRIES OF NEW ENGLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UPHELD INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED OF WORCESTER ↗
  • Who funds Family Promise of Southern New Hampshire ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER DERRY 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.

Eastern Bank Foundati…Cummings Foundation G…Rockland Trust Charit…Agnes M Lindsay TrustGreater Worcester Com…Amelia Peabody Founda…United Way Of Massach…Health Resources in A…Middlesex Savings Cha…The Fred Harris Danie…Webster Five Foundati…Amelia Peabody Charit…
Eastern Bank FoundationMA107× affinity89 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eastern Bank Foundation · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc · Amelia Peabody Foundation · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Health Resources in Action Inc · Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · The Fred Harris Daniels Foundation · Webster Five Foundation Inc · Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund Trust

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 DCU for Kids funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from DCU for Kids. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 410%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Luk Crisis Center Inc: 95% of income from government
  • Thrive Support and Advocacy Inc: 93% of income from government
  • Mab Community Services Inc: 69% of income from government
  • Advocates Inc: 66% of income from government
  • Worcester Youth Center Inc: 64% of income from government
  • Pernet Family Health Service Inc: 52% of income from government
  • Justice Resource Institute Inc: 48% of income from government
  • The May Institute Inc: 47% of income from government
  • Utec Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Easter Seals Massachusetts Inc: 45% of income from government
  • The Guild for Human Services Inc: 44% of income from government
  • Mothers for Justice and Equality Inc: 43% of income from government
  • Robert F Kennedy Community Alliance Inc: 41% of income from government
  • Newvue Communities Inc: 40% of income from government
  • Ada Forsyth Institute Inc: 38% of income from government
  • The Home for Little Wanderers Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Aspire Developmental Services Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Lowell Community Health Center Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Waltham Boys & Girls Club Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Straight Ahead Ministries Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Community Teamwork Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Boston Medical Center Corporation: 23% of income from government
  • Horizons for Homeless Children: 21% of income from government
  • Community Farms Outreach Inc: 20% of income from government
  • South Middlesex Opportunity Council Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Community Harvest Project Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Kids in Tech Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Greater Lawrence Community Action Council Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Cambridge Camping Association Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Rise Above Foundation Inc: 14% of income from government
  • North Star Family Services Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Family Services of the Merrimack Valley Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Community Day Care Center of Lawrence Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Sibling Connections Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Boys and Girls Club of Stoneham Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • The Learning Center for the Deaf Inc: 9% of income from government
  • One Can Help Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Mill City Grows Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Building Futures Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Regional Environmental Council Inc: 6% of income from government
  • The Boys and Girls Club of Assabet Valley Inc: 5% of income from government
  • The Lowell General Hospital: 5% of income from government
  • Hoops and Homework Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Community Legal Aid Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Project Learn Inc: 5% of income from government
  • The Community Builders Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Catie's Closet Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Arts for Learning Massachusetts Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Old Sturbridge Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Discovery Museum Inc: 3% of income from government
  • The Carroll Center for the Blind Inc: 3% of income from government
  • The New England Center for Children Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Girls Incorporated of Greater Lowell: 3% of income from government
  • Girls Incorporated of Worcester: 2% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Worcester Center for Performing Arts Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Commonwealth Zoological Corporation D/B/a Zoo New England: 2% of income from government
  • Boys and Girls Clubs of Metrowest Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Boys and Girls Club of Worcester Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Special Olympics Massachusetts Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Urbanity Dance Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Spark Kindness Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Greater Haverhill Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Mass Insight Education and Research Institute Inc: 1% of income from government
  • New England Baptist Hospital: 1% of income from government
  • Women's Money Matters Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Hope and Comfort Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Minute Man Arc for Human Services 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
  • Museum of Science: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
41get no government money at all
39report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
6rely 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 DCU for Kids 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 198 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 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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