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Edmund & Betsy Cabot Charitable Fndn

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$542k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$542k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2024.

Philanthropy$1.4MArts & Culture$174kEnvironment$167kEducation$151kHealth$134kYouth Development$124kFood & Nutrition$74kScience & Tech$56kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$541,900
Median grant
1
States reached
$8.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIDELITY CHARITABLE FUND$541,900
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–22, $59k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 65% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHILD FOUNDATION: $500 → 12%HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION: $3k → 17%CHILDREN UNLIMITED INC: $5k → 9%CHILD FOUNDATION: $500 → 12%IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER: $500 → 10%IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER: $500 → 10%VAUGHAN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2k → 9%VAUGHAN COMMUNITY SERVICE INC: $2k → 9%PIKE MARKET SENIOR CENTER: $500 → 9%CAMBRIDGE FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $3k → 8%CAMBRIDGE FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $3k → 8%CHARITY WATER: $500 → 17%CAMBRIDGE FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $200 → 8%PINE STREET INN: $5k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $3k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $3k → 16%BOSTON HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $2k → 16%BOSTON HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $2k → 16%BOSTON HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $1k → 16%UNIVERSITY DISTRICT FOOD BANK: $4k → 9%YOUTH CARE: $500 → 9%YOUTHCARE: $500 → 9%HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS: $1k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS: $4k → 16%STRONG WOMEN STRONG GIRLS INC: $2k → 16%STRONG WOMEN STRONG GIRLS INC: $1k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS: $1k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS: $1k → 16%STRONG WOMEN STRONG GIRLS INC: $1k → 16%THE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS INC: $1k → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $2k → 16%PROJECT HOPE BOSTON INC: $2k → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $1k → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $1k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

ME
NH
WA
NY
MA
OR
IA
OH
CT
RI
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
DC
LA
GA
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.3M · 160 repeat orgs$214k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +36% since the first grant, against +9% for the ones you funded once.

160 repeat relationships — 1 still active in FY2024, 159 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

160
94

Total granted

$2.3M
$214k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+9%

Still filing today

84%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER HAVERHILL INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $45k · revenue +70%
  • PS
    PUGET SOUNDKEEPER ALLIANCE
    2× · 2020–2022 · $44k · revenue +6%
  • MO
    MUSEUM OF SCIENCE
    2× · 2021–2022 · $37k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • UM
    UMASS MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • BM
    BOSTON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE
    one grant, 2020 · $15k
  • WGBH Educational Foundation
    one grant, 2022 · $13k · revenue +2%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
3
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
4
Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.

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5
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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6
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
7
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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8
Boston Harbor Now Inc

Our mission is to ensure that the people of greater boston benefit from a vibrant, resilient, and inclusive waterfront, harbor, and islands; these spaces are equitable, accessible, and adapted to climate change; and to ensure our public,…

Environment
9
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
10
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
11
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
12
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc

Wentworth institute of technology is a nationally recognized private coeducational and residential university of higher education with a mission to empower, inspire and innovate through experiential learning with a core purpose of career…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of America and 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.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity FoundationsCommunity College Foundatio…Community Arts CentersPregnancy Support ServicesIndependent K-12 SchoolsDance Arts OrganizationsLocal History MuseumsSchool District FoundationsAddiction Recovery ServicesPolicy Research and AdvocacyChristian Missionary Organi…Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Elementary Literacy TutoringSenior Support ServicesYouth Sports ProgramsWomen & Girls Leadership De…United Way AffiliatesDomestic Violence ServicesVolunteer Fire & Ems Servic…Immigrant Worker SupportOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Youth Development ServicesCancer Support ServicesYouth Development CentersHealth Access Advocacy and …Animal Rescue and ShelterFood Banks and PantriesLocal Food System Organizat…Environmental Conservation …
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 38 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%0%<5yr12%5%5–10yr21%13%10–20yr14%26%20–35yr16%25%35–55yr20%31%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%0%<5yr12%5%5–10yr21%8%10–20yr14%24%20–35yr16%24%35–55yr20%39%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 1.0% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1.0%2/209
the rest of the field
11%
8,037/74,097

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

203 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 203 of the 261 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
36
Early backer (in before they grew)
199/203
Grantees still filing
158/203
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

FIDELITY CHARITABLE FUND — $1,420,049 · OtherFIDELITY CHARITABLE FUND+94 more — $433,650 · Other+94 moreMUSEUM OF SCIENCE — $37,000 · Arts & CultureWGBH Educational Foundation — $13,001 · Arts & CultureHUNTINGTON THEATRE CO INC — $12,000 · Arts & CultureHANDEL AND HAYDN SOCIETY — $11,500 · Arts & CultureMYSTIC SEAPORT MUSEUM INC — $10,000 · Arts & CulturePOWERS MUSIC SCHOOL INC — $10,000 · Arts & CultureBOSTON CHILDREN'S CHORUS INC — $7,000 · Arts & CultureOUTPOST PRODUCTIONS INC — $7,000 · Arts & CultureBOSTON LYRIC OPERA COMPANY — $7,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF FINE ARTS — $6,000 · Arts & Culture+15 more — $38,000 · Arts & CulturePUGET SOUNDKEEPER ALLIANCE — $44,000 · EnvironmentCULEBRA RANGE COMMUNITY COALITION — $20,000 · EnvironmentSQUAM LAKES NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER — $13,000 · EnvironmentMaine Island Trail Association — $11,000 · EnvironmentWESTERN LANDOWNERS ALLIANCE — $10,000 · EnvironmentMASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC — $9,000 · EnvironmentOCEANA INC — $7,000 · Environment+13 more — $36,500 · EnvironmentPROCTOR ACADEMY — $20,000 · EducationHIGH MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE INC — $16,000 · EducationNEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC — $11,000 · EducationTHE MAX WARBURG COURAGE CURRICULUM INC — $9,500 · EducationCOLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCHOOL INC — $8,000 · EducationCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $5,000 · EducationTHE KINEO SCHOOL — $5,000 · Education+17 more — $47,000 · EducationBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER HAVERHILL INC — $45,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC — $34,000 · Youth DevelopmentA Childs Notebook — $14,000 · Youth DevelopmentCHOOSE 180 — $8,000 · Youth DevelopmentSILVER LINING MENTORING INC — $7,000 · Youth DevelopmentQUEST ADVENTURES INC — $5,000 · Youth Development+1 more — $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentPINE STREET INN INC — $11,000 · Human ServicesBRIDGES HOMEWARD INC — $5,900 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY SERVINGS INC — $5,500 · Human ServicesCHILDREN UNLIMITED INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesBOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC — $4,500 · Human ServicesHORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN — $4,000 · Human ServicesGIRLS INC OF GREATER PITTSBURGH — $4,000 · Human ServicesVAUGHAN COMMUNITY SERVICE INC — $4,000 · Human ServicesUNIVERSITY DISTRICT SERVICE LEAGUE — $4,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $3,500 · Human ServicesHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC — $3,000 · Human Services+7 more — $10,000 · Human ServicesMOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL — $7,000 · HealthA Way Out Inc — $6,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital Corporation — $4,000 · HealthNEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL — $4,000 · HealthCOURAGEOUS PARENTS NETWORKINC — $3,000 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc — $3,000 · HealthCraig Hospital Foundation — $2,000 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INC — $2,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC — $2,000 · HealthDowntown Emergency Service Center — $1,500 · Health+1 more — $1,000 · Health
Other$1,853,699Arts & Culture$158,501Environment$150,500Education$121,500Youth Development$115,000Human Services$64,400Health$35,500

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER HAVERHILL INC — $45,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetPUGET SOUNDKEEPER ALLIANCE — $44,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetMUSEUM OF SCIENCE — $37,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC — $34,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC — $26,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCULEBRA RANGE COMMUNITY COALITION — $20,000 over 3y, 80% of budgetPROCTOR ACADEMY — $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetROSIE'S PLACE INC — $17,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHIGH MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE INC — $16,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GROWHAUS — $14,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetA Childs Notebook — $14,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetWGBH Educational Foundation — $13,001 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSQUAM LAKES NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER — $13,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHUNTINGTON THEATRE CO INC — $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDHARAMSALA ANIMAL RESCUE — $12,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetHANDEL AND HAYDN SOCIETY — $11,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMaine Island Trail Association — $11,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetNEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM CORPORATION — $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC — $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPINE STREET INN INC — $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWESTERN LANDOWNERS ALLIANCE — $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMYSTIC SEAPORT MUSEUM INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOWERS MUSIC SCHOOL INC — $10,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE MAX WARBURG COURAGE CURRICULUM INC — $9,500 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetWEST END HOUSE INC — $9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT ETHIOPIA — $9,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC — $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLESLEY UNIVERSITY — $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHOOSE 180 — $8,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNew Hampshire Charitable Foundation — $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCHOOL INC — $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON CHILDREN'S CHORUS INC — $7,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL — $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOUTPOST PRODUCTIONS INC — $7,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSILVER LINING MENTORING INC — $7,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetOCEANA INC — $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON LYRIC OPERA COMPANY — $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetA Way Out Inc — $6,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMUSEUM OF FINE ARTS — $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBRIDGES HOMEWARD INC — $5,900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY SERVINGS INC — $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE CO INC — $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILYAID BOSTON INC — $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBIKES NOT BOMBS INC — $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN UNLIMITED INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Boston Foundation IncThe Virginia Wellingt…Liberty Mutual Founda…The Cabot Family Char…Combined Jewish Phila…Seattle FoundationFidelity FoundationAmerican Tower Corpor…Eastern Bank Foundati…Alchemy FoundationWilliam E Schrafft an…Amelia Peabody Charit…
Boston Foundation IncMA48× affinity39 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · The Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · The Cabot Family Charitable Trust · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Seattle Foundation · Fidelity Foundation · American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Alchemy Foundation · William E Schrafft and Bertha E Schrafft Charitable Trust · Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund Trust

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Edmund & Betsy Cabot Charitable Fndn funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 200%6%23%51%90%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • National Marine Sanctuary Foundation — 88% of income from government
  • Bridges Homeward Inc — 77% of income from government
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution — 63% of income from government
  • High Spirit Community Farm Inc — 54% of income from government
  • Nurtury Inc — 49% of income from government
  • The Home for Little Wanderers Inc — 38% of income from government
  • Neighborhood Villages Inc — 33% of income from government
  • Center for Coastal Studies Inc — 26% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc — 22% of income from government
  • Horizons for Homeless Children — 21% of income from government
  • Project Hope Boston Inc — 18% of income from government
  • Mystic River Watershed Association Inc — 18% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University — 12% of income from government
  • New England Aquarium Corporation — 12% of income from government
  • Community Servings Inc — 12% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc — 11% of income from government
  • Silver Lining Mentoring Inc — 10% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation — 10% of income from government
  • Youthbuild Boston Inc — 9% of income from government
  • The Boston Landmarks Orchestra Inc — 9% of income from government
  • Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc — 8% of income from government
  • Perkins School for the Blind — 7% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc — 7% of income from government
  • Coaching for Change Inc — 5% of income from government
  • Mystic Seaport Museum Inc — 5% of income from government
  • Mount Auburn Hospital — 5% of income from government
  • Huntington Theatre Co Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Familyaid Boston Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Arts for Learning Massachusetts Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Boston Lyric Opera Company — 3% of income from government
  • Third Sector New England Inc — 3% of income from government
  • 47 Palmer Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Handel and Haydn Society — 2% of income from government
  • West End House Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Society for the Preservation of New Engl — 2% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc — 2% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Reservations — 2% of income from government
  • Boston Children's Chorus Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Bikes Not Bombs Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Special Olympics Massachusetts Inc — 1% of income from government
  • The Childrens Museum — 1% of income from government
  • Revelsinc — 1% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Greater Haverhill Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Appalachian Mountain Club — 1% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery — 1% of income from government
  • New England Conservatory of Music — 1% of income from government
  • New England Baptist Hospital — 1% of income from government
  • Wgbh Educational Foundation — 1% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Rivers Alliance Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Berklee College of Music Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Lesley University — 1% of income from government
  • Boston Ballet Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Emerald Necklace Conservancy Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Museum of Science — 0% of income from government
  • American Repertory Theatre Co Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Museum of Fine Arts — 0% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
20get no government money at all
33report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
4rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 261 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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