Massachusetts · Public charity
DCU for Kids
Distribution of charitable donations to registered 501(c)(3) organizations providing services and programs to children and families in need. Funding focus areas include: - Youth Community Programming Support - Insecure Population Basic Need Support - Special Needs Support - Medical / Health & Well Being SupportAwarding scholarships to…
- $1.9M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 73
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 80
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 5%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.4M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 60 to 119
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 5% of the organizations DCU for Kids funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 72 | $1.4M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 80 | $1.8M | 5% |
| FY2022 | 94 | $2.6M | 7% |
| FY2021 | 113 | $2.6M | 4% |
| FY2020 | 119 | $3.4M | 29% |
| FY2019 | 104 | $2.7M | 33% |
| FY2018 | 97 | $2.2M | 54% |
| FY2017 | 60 | $1.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boomer Esiason Foundation | $2,000,000 | 8 | 7% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $1,125,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Boston Medical Center Corporation | $875,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Worcester Inc | $741,500 | 8 | 5% |
| Autism Speaks Inc | $590,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $575,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Lawrence Boys & Girls Club Inc | $572,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Metrowest Inc | $547,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell Inc | $522,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Manchester | $462,000 | 8 | 2% |
Show all 196 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($15k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
DCU for Kids supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 178 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
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
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About DCU for Kids
- How much does DCU for Kids give?
- DCU for Kids reported 73 itemized grants totaling $1,403,585, out of $1,944,035 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 60 and 119 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does DCU for Kids fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (44%), Youth Development (29%), Human Services (10%).
- Who are DCU for Kids's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Boomer Esiason Foundation ($2.0M), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ($1.1M), Boston Medical Center Corporation ($875k).
- Does DCU for Kids fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as DCU for Kids?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eastern Bank Foundation, Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc), Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is DCU for Kids based?
- DCU for Kids is based in MA.
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