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Enhancing Tomorrow

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.

$300k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
26
Grants FY2024
38
Organizations funded FY2023
26%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$43,000
Organizations funded a year
28 to 38
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
7
Total assets, FY2024
$6.4M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 26% of the organizations Enhancing Tomorrow funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $115k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
EnvironmentEducationCivil RightsCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesScience & TechOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving25$257k12%
FY202338$383k26%
FY202232$245k6%
FY202128$258k64%
FY202029$268kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$376kEducation$222kPhilanthropy$182kCrime & Legal$123kCommunity Improvement$116kHuman Services$108kFood & Nutrition$77kScience & Tech$76kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
CA
CO
MD
DC
AL
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Enhancing Tomorrow by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Goodpower Education Fund Inc$79,00051%
Climate Science Legal Defense Fund$76,00044%
Clean Air Task Force Inc$76,00040%
Policylink$65,00030%
Trinity Boston Connects Inc$48,00050%
Room to Grow National Inc$48,00040%
Jumpstart for Young Children Inc$48,00040%
Bagly Inc$48,00051%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$46,50050%
New England Innocence Project$45,75051%
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation$41,00030%
Terrapraxis Inc$40,00021%
Casa Myrna Vazquez Inc$38,00040%
The Education Trust Inc$38,00040%
Glbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders Inc$38,00040%
Project Bread-The Walk for Hunger Inc$32,00050%
Center for Carbon Removal$26,00030%
Equal Justice Initiative$24,00040%
Community Servings Inc$24,00040%
Vote Solar$23,00030%
New Teacher Center$23,00030%
Pro Publica Inc$22,00050%
Management Leadership for Tomorrow$21,00040%
Boston Charitable Trust Fund City of Boston Trust Office$20,00010%
Scripted Inc Dba Code Nation$18,00020%
Prime Coalition Inc$15,00020%
Greenpeace Fund Inc$15,00010%
Blue Engine Inc$14,00030%
Rainforest Foundation Inc$14,00030%
Collaborative for Academic Social and Emotional Learning$14,00030%
The Good Food Institute Inc$13,00020%
NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc$13,00020%
Good Energy Collective Inc$13,00020%
Project Drawdown$10,00010%
Young Women's Christian Association of Boston Inc$10,00020%
Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc$10,00010%
Evergreen Collaborative$10,00010%
Hip Hop Caucus Education Fund$10,00011%
Voteorg$10,00010%
Alternatives for Community and Environment Inc$10,00020%
Effective Ventures Foundation USA Inc$10,00010%
Conservation Law Foundation Inc$9,00020%
Climate Emergency Fund$9,00020%
Citizens Climate Education Corp$9,00020%
Action for Boston Community Development Inc$9,00020%
National Domestic Violence Hotline$7,50010%
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc$7,50010%
The Clear Fund$5,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc$5,00010%
350org$5,00010%
Coalition for Rainforest Nations Secretariat$5,00010%
Project Innerspace Inc$3,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($136k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Enhancing Tomorrow supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGoodpower Education Fund Inc: $79,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetClimate Science Legal Defense Fund: $76,000 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetClean Air Task Force Inc: $76,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPolicylink: $65,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTrinity Boston Connects Inc: $48,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetRoom to Grow National Inc: $48,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetJumpstart for Young Children Inc: $48,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBagly Inc: $48,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetWilliam J Brennan Center for Justice Inc: $46,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNew England Innocence Project: $45,750 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetInformation Technology and Innovation Foundation: $41,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTerrapraxis Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetCasa Myrna Vazquez Inc: $38,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Education Trust Inc: $38,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGlbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders Inc: $38,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetProject Bread-The Walk for Hunger Inc: $32,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Carbon Removal: $26,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $24,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Servings Inc: $24,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetVote Solar: $23,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNew Teacher Center: $23,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPro Publica Inc: $22,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetManagement Leadership for Tomorrow: $21,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Charitable Trust Fund City of Boston Trust Office: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetScripted Inc Dba Code Nation: $18,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPrime Coalition Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGreenpeace Fund Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBlue Engine Inc: $14,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetRainforest Foundation Inc: $14,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCollaborative for Academic Social and Emotional Learning: $14,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Good Food Institute Inc: $13,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNAACP Empowerment Programs Inc: $13,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGood Energy Collective Inc: $13,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetProject Drawdown: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYoung Women's Christian Association of Boston Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Disaster Philanthropy Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEvergreen Collaborative: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHip Hop Caucus Education Fund: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetVoteorg: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAlternatives for Community and Environment Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEffective Ventures Foundation USA Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConservation Law Foundation Inc: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetClimate Emergency Fund: $9,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCitizens Climate Education Corp: $9,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAction for Boston Community Development Inc: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Domestic Violence Hotline: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Boston Food Bank Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Clear Fund: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 52.

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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 William & Flora Hewlett FoundationCA20.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Effective Ventures Foundation USA Inc · Breakthrough Energy Foundation · The Hyams Foundation Inc · Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust · Barr Foundation · United States Energy Foundation

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.

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How do I get to Enhancing Tomorrow?

Find your warmest path to Enhancing Tomorrow 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.

About Enhancing Tomorrow

How much does Enhancing Tomorrow give?
Enhancing Tomorrow reported 26 grants totaling $299,750 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 38 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Enhancing Tomorrow fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (25%), Education (14%), Philanthropy (12%).
Who are Enhancing Tomorrow's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Goodpower Education Fund Inc ($79k), Climate Science Legal Defense Fund ($76k), Clean Air Task Force Inc ($76k).
Does Enhancing Tomorrow fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Enhancing Tomorrow accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Enhancing Tomorrow?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, Boston Foundation Inc, Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
Where is Enhancing Tomorrow based?
Enhancing Tomorrow is based in MA.

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 64 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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