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Do the Right Thing Foundation Trust

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$160k
Granted FY2023
4
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0183% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.

Philanthropy$160kFood & Nutrition$4kHousing & Shelter$3kCrime & Legal$3kYouth Development$2kEducation$2kPublic Safety & Disaster$2kCommunity Improvement$2kOther$0
02FY2023 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$40,210
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DAF FIDELITY CHARITABLE SS$40,210
DAF FIDELITY CHARITABLE DB$40,210
DAF VANGUARD CHARITABLE KS$40,210
OVER THE RAINBOW FOUNDATION$39,155
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 (FY21–22, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%PROJECT SWEAT PEAS: $500 → 7%NEW ENGLAND MUSICIANS RELIEF FUND: $500 → 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.

3%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7k · 4 repeat orgs$184k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +42% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2023, 4 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
29

Total granted

$7k
$24k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+42%

Still filing today

75%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $160k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
Food & NutritionCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEnvironmentHousing & 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

  • YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $2k · revenue +141%
  • CD
    COMMUNITY DISPUTE SETTLEMENT CENTER INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $2k · revenue +45%
  • FP
    FAMILY PROMISE METROWEST INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $1k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • Y
    YDO
    one grant, 2022 · $3k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $2k
  • TN
    THE NATICK COMMUNITY ORGANIC FARM INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue +34%
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
Our Neighbors' Table Inc

The Organization is committed to establishing a community that provides for the whole person with nourishing food, kindness and dignity. The Organization provides food directly to those experiencing food insecurity while also directing the…

Human Services
2
Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Hampshire

NOFA-NH actively promotes organic, regenerative, ecologically sound farming, gardening, eating, and land care practices for healthy communities. NOFA-NH helps people build local, just, and sustainable food systems.

Food & Nutrition
3
The Open Pantry of Greater Lowell Inc

The mission of The Open Pantry is to relieve hunger in our community. We aim to connect people to a variety of filling, nutritious, and culturally-appropriate food as well as to other community resources; to advocate on behalf of those in…

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4
Newton Food Pantry Inc

The newton food pantry works to alleviate food insecurity by providing free supplemental food and personal care products to community members in need, serving clients with dignity, compassion and respect.

Food & Nutrition
5
Aquidneck Community Table

Aquidneck community table works in the areas of health, environment, agriculture and aquaculture to build a thriving local economy and make healthy food accessible to all.

Environment
6
Boston Public Market Association Inc

Our mission is to continue to develop and operate a permanent year-round market in boston and to support the farmers, fishers, and entrepreneurs who grow, catch, and produce local food, and to nourish our community with food and…

Public Benefit
7
The North End Food Pantry Inc

The North End Food Pantry is a volunteer-run organization located in the North End of Burlington, Vermont, dedicated to providing free food, clothing, and personal care items to individuals and families in need.

Food & Nutrition
8
Bedford Community Table-Pantry Inc

To fight food insecurity and honor the dignity of all community members by supporting food assistance efforts in and around Bedford, MA.

Human Services
9
The Food Drive Inc

The corporation was organized in melrose, massachusetts to promote food access, food justice, and climate action. we partner with commercial and community sources to rescue wholesome food that would otherwise go to waste and deliver it…

Food & Nutrition
10
Digger Foods Inc

The digger foods, inc.'s mission is to make local, organic, and seasonal food available to everyone in the local area. in september 2022, the organization launched a local food delivery program in and around brockton. our goal is to…

Food & Nutrition
11
Belmont Food Pantry Inc

To provide food and assistance for residents of belmont, massachusetts who feel compelled to ask for food and/or assistance. the sole activity of the organization is to operate a food pantry run exclusively by volunteers in the town.

Food & Nutrition
12
Grow Food Northampton Inc

The organization is dedicated to building a just and resilient local food system that nourishes the community and protects and enriches the earth.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Promise Metrowest Inc; the most unlike its peers is Over the Rainbow Foundation 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

16 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. 16 of the 37 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
13/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DAF FIDELITY CHARITABLE DB: $40,210 · OtherDAF FIDELITY CHARITABLE DBDAF FIDELITY CHARITABLE SS: $40,210 · OtherDAF FIDELITY CHARITABLE SSDAF VANGUARD CHARITABLE KS: $40,210 · OtherDAF VANGUARD CHARITABLE KS+25 more: $20,800 · Other+25 moreOver the Rainbow Foundation Inc: $39,155 · PhilanthropyOver the Rainbow Founda…THE NATICK COMMUNITY ORGANIC FARM INC: $1,500 · Food & NutritionBOSTON AREA GLEANERS INC: $1,000 · Food & NutritionOPEN TABLE INC: $1,000 · Food & NutritionYOUTH DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION INC: $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOMMUNITY DISPUTE SETTLEMENT CENTER INC: $2,000 · Crime & LegalWILMINGTON WORKS INC: $1,000 · Community ImprovementNATICK SERVICE COUNCIL INC: $500 · Community ImprovementFAMILY PROMISE METROWEST INC: $1,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$141,430Philanthropy$39,155Food & Nutrition$3,500Youth Development$2,000Crime & Legal$2,000Community Improvement$1,500Housing & Shelter$1,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOver the Rainbow Foundation Inc: $39,155 over 1y, 94% of budgetYOUTH DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY DISPUTE SETTLEMENT CENTER INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NATICK COMMUNITY ORGANIC FARM INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOSTON AREA GLEANERS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE METROWEST INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOPEN TABLE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILMINGTON WORKS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetGREEN BEVERLY 107Q INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetRYAL SIDE CIVIC ASSOCIATION INC: $500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetProject Sweet Peas: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL SCLERODERMA FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATICK SERVICE COUNCIL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ENGLAND MUSICIANS RESOURCE FUND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetA Place To Turn Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPCA of Texas: $500 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.

The Sudbury FoundationMiddlesex Savings Cha…Community Foundation …Analog Devices Founda…Eastern Bank Foundati…Boston Foundation IncMetrowest Health Foun…Agnes M Lindsay TrustCummings Foundation G…Eversource Energy Fou…Arbella Insurance Fou…American Tower Corpor…
The Sudbury FoundationMA17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Sudbury Foundation · Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for MetroWest Inc · Analog Devices Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Metrowest Health Foundation Inc · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Eversource Energy Foundation Inc · Arbella Insurance Foundation · American Tower Corporation Foundation 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 Do the Right Thing Foundation Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Do the Right Thing Foundation Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Boston Area Gleaners Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Wilmington Works Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Open Table Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Youth Development Organization Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Green Beverly 107Q Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get 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
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 37 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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