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Ecw Giving 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.

$132k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$32k
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, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$300kYouth Development$255kHuman Services$218kInternational$215kHousing & Shelter$183kPhilanthropy$132kHealth$106kFood & Nutrition$85kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $65k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $67k
$5,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$47k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Make an Impact Foundation Inc$32,000
Boston Children's Hospital Trust$15,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston Inc$10,000
Family Movement$10,000
Bottom Line Inc$5,000
Junior Achievement of Greater Boston Inc$5,000
Horizons for Youth$5,000
Cradles to Crayons Inc$5,000
SOS Children's Villages -USA Inc$5,000
Children's Literacy Initiative$5,000
The Miracle Foundation Inc$5,000
Share Our Strength (No Kid Hungry)$5,000
Rise Above Foundation Inc$5,000
Central Institute for the Deaf$5,000
Texas Advocacy Project$5,000
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 (FY21–25, $340k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 59% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Cradles to Crayons Inc: $20k → 8%CYCLE Changing Young Childrens Lives through Educ: $25k → 16%Cradles to Crayons Inc: $15k → 8%CYCLE Changing Young Childrens Lives through Educ: $20k → 16%Cradles to Crayons Inc: $10k → 8%CYCLE Changing Young Childrens Lives through Educ: $20k → 16%Cradles to Crayons Inc: $10k → 8%CYCLE Changing Young Childrens Lives through Educ: $15k → 16%Cradles to Crayons Inc: $5k → 8%Rise Above Foundation Inc: $25k → 11%CYCLE Changing Young Childrens Lives through Educ: $5k → 16%Rise Above Foundation Inc: $20k → 11%Rise Above Foundation Inc: $15k → 11%Rise Above Foundation Inc: $15k → 11%Family Movement: $30k → 16%Rise Above Foundation Inc: $5k → 11%Family Movement: $20k → 16%Family Movement: $15k → 16%Family Movement: $15k → 16%Family Movement: $10k → 16%Family Movement: $5k → 16%Horizon for Homeless Children Inc: $20k → 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
MI
NY
MA
PA
MO
NC
DC
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 25 repeat orgs$103k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +12% since the first grant, against -10% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
4

Total granted

$1.4M
$103k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
-10%

Still filing today

84%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentHealthInternationalArts & CultureOther
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

  • HF
    Horizons for Youth
    5× · 2021–2025 · $150k · revenue +26%
  • FM
    FAMILY MOVEMENT
    5× · 2021–2025 · $95k · revenue +127% · 35% of their budget
  • CC
    CYCLE Changing Young Children's Lives through Education
    5× · 2021–2025 · $85k · revenue +90%

Funded once

  • TM
    Thurgood Marshall College Fund
    one grant, 2021 · $40k · revenue -10%
  • SI
    Sewa International Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $40k · revenue -83%
  • HF
    HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDRENgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +31%
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
Youthbuild Global Inc

With love and respect, we partner with opportunity youth to build the skillsets and mindsets that lead to lifelong learning, livelihood, and leadership. youthbuild strives to create a world where all young people are seen for their…

Employment
2
Childhood Education International

To promote innovative solutions to education challenges and inspire action that creates positive, sustainable futures for children and youth worldwide

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3
City Year Inc

City year helps students and schools succeed, while preparing the next generation of civically engaged leaders who can work across lines of difference. partnering with teachers, teams of city year americorps members cultivate learning…

Unclassified
4
Springboard Collaborative

Springboard collaborative combines targeted student instruction with parent training in an incentivized system that closes the literacy gap, by transferring the summer from a barrier into a springboard for financially disadvantaged…

Human Services
5
Onegoal

Onegoal (the organization") is a nonprofit organization incorporated on june 13, 2003 to provide underserved students with the resources, support, and network to earn a postsecondary degree.

Youth Development
6
Children International

We connect people around the world in the fight to end poverty. working together, we invest in the lives of children and youth, build the healthy environments they need to thrive, and empower them to create lasting change in their own…

International
7
Marrakech Inc

Provides person-centered and inclusive services to children and adults with and without disabilities that includes securing employment, connecting to necessary supportive services, accessing housing and participating fully as contributing…

Employment
8
Yours Humanly

Yours Humanly (YH) transforms the lives of children in need around the world by providing access to quality education and equitable resources. Through its two flagship initiatives, Coloring Futures and Bridging Gaps, YH has completed 34…

Education
9
Childfund Alliance

Childfund alliance is a global network of 11 child-focused development and humanitarian organizations working in more than 70 countries. we help nearly 30 million children and their families to overcome poverty and the underlying…

International
10
Smart From the Start Inc

To prevent the academic achievement gap among young children living in the lowest income families and communities. smart empowers parents and caregivers in under-served communities with the tools, resources and support they need to break…

Human Services
11
Junior Achievement of Chicago

To inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy

International
12
Massachusetts Children'S Alliance Inc

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

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cradles to Crayons Inc; the most unlike its peers is Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston 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

26 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. 26 of the 30 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
13/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FAMILY MOVEMENT: $95,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY MOVEMENTCYCLE Changing Young Children's Lives through Education: $85,000 · Human ServicesCYCLE Changing Young Child…RISE ABOVE FOUNDATION INC: $80,000 · Human ServicesRISE ABOVE FOUNDATION INCCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesCRADLES TO CRAYONS INCSewa International Inc: $40,000 · Human ServicesSewa International IncHORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $20,000 · Human ServicesSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $65,000 · OtherSHARE OUR STRENGTHSOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES-USA INC: $62,500 · OtherSOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES-US…Hope Shelters: $45,000 · OtherHope SheltersNational Society of Black Engineers - HP: $35,000 · OtherNational Society of Black …Habitat for Humanity North Central GA: $20,000 · OtherSt Mary's Food Pantry: $20,000 · OtherQUINCY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INC: $17,500 · OtherTexas Advocacy Project: $62,500 · OtherTexas Advocacy ProjectTHE BOTTOM LINE INC: $55,000 · OtherTHE BOTTOM LINE INC+1 more: $3,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S LITERACY INITIATIVE: $80,000 · EducationCHILDREN'S LITERA…CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF: $56,000 · EducationCENTRAL INSTITUTE…YEAR UP INC: $40,000 · EducationYEAR UP INCThurgood Marshall College Fund: $40,000 · EducationThurgood Marshall…BREAKTHROUGH: $40,000 · EducationBREAKTHROUGHHorizons for Youth: $150,000 · Youth DevelopmentHorizons for Yout…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC: $55,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB…DJ HENRY DREAM FUND INC: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentDJ HENRY DREAM FU…Make an Impact Foundation: $132,000 · PhilanthropyMake an I…THE MIRACLE FOUNDATION INC: $77,500 · HealthEASTER SEALS MASSACHUSETTS INC: $30,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital Corporation: $20,000 · HealthJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER BOSTON INC: $70,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR HUMAN VALUES: $42,000 · International
Human Services$380,000Other$385,500Education$256,000Youth Development$255,000Philanthropy$132,000Health$127,500International$112,000

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 budgetHorizons for Youth: $150,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetMake an Impact Foundation: $132,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetFAMILY MOVEMENT: $95,000 over 5y, 35% of budgetCYCLE Changing Young Children's Lives through Education: $85,000 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetRISE ABOVE FOUNDATION INC: $80,000 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S LITERACY INITIATIVE: $80,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MIRACLE FOUNDATION INC: $77,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER BOSTON INC: $70,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $65,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Advocacy Project: $62,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetSOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES-USA INC: $62,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $60,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF: $56,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BOTTOM LINE INC: $55,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC: $55,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDJ HENRY DREAM FUND INC: $50,000 over 3y, 8.6% of budgetINTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR HUMAN VALUES: $42,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetYEAR UP INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThurgood Marshall College Fund: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSewa International Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH: $40,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetEASTER SEALS MASSACHUSETTS INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetQUINCY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INC: $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY METROWEST- GREATER WORCESTER INC: $3,000 over 1y, 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.

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 IncThe Blackbaud Giving …Eastern Bank Foundati…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Arbella Insurance Fou…United Way WorldwideMorgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…The Chicago Community…Shell USA Company Fou…American Online Givin…National Philanthropi…
Boston Foundation IncMA17.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Eastern Bank Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Arbella Insurance Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · Shell USA Company Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic 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 Ecw Giving Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ecw Giving Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Easter Seals Massachusetts Inc: 45% of income from government
  • Horizons for Homeless Children: 21% of income from government
  • Quincy Community Action Programs Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Rise Above Foundation Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Habitat for Humanity Metrowest- Greater Worcester Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Bottom Line Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get 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
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Ecw Giving Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Ecw Giving 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 30 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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