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Fidelity Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$156M
Granted FY2024still arriving
4,430
Grants FY2024still arriving
48
States reached
$10M
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, FY2019 to 2024.

Environment$156MEducation$146MArts & Culture$106MHealth$48MYouth Development$40MHuman Services$38MCommunity Improvement$27MHousing & Shelter$21MOther$0
02FY2024 · 4430 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4037 grants · $4.9M
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $92k
  • $50k–250k147 grants · $23M
  • $250k+242 grants · $128M
$400
Median grant
48
States reached
$5.0B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES$10,000,000
PINE STREET INN INC$5,050,000
NORTHEAST WILDERNESS TRUST$3,300,000
NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM$2,500,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY$2,500,000
ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY$2,500,000
COX SCIENCE CENTER AND AQUARIUM$2,500,000
ADOPT-A-STUDENT FOUNDATION$2,000,000
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY$2,000,000
UPSTREAM USA INC$2,000,000
GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION$2,000,000
BOSTON FOOD FOREST COALITION$1,500,000
NATURE CONSERVANCY INC$1,200,000
GLOBAL ARTS LIVE$1,000,000
THE CHILDREN'S THEATRE OF CINCINNATI$1,000,000
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 (FY19–24, $42.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 83% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%PINE STREET INN INC: $5.0M → 16%CHANGE MACHINE: $375k → 20%CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES: $1.0M → 11%ZERO TO THREE NATIONAL CENTER FOR INFANTS TODDLERS AND FAMILIES: $310k → 14%TABLE MINISTRIES INC: $300k → 13%NEWPORT YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $300k → 7%YCC FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $300k → 9%PROJECT WORTHMORE: $450k → 8%CHILDREN'S HOME OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY INC: $423k → 11%HOPEWELL INC: $400k → 7%PINE STREET INN INC: $2.5M → 16%CHANGE MACHINE: $375k → 20%HOPEWELL INC: $400k → 7%THE FINANCIAL CLINIC: $300k → 20%BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC: $500k → 16%TOUCHSTONE FARM INC: $500k → 7%DENTON ASSISTANCE CENTER INC: $300k → 8%PINE STREET INN INC: $500k → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF GREATER DALLAS INC: $500k → 14%HOPE HOUSE OF COLORADO: $410k → 7%BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC: $500k → 16%THE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE TRIANGLE AREA: $500k → 8%CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $380k → 8%YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE AREA: $350k → 8%PINE STREET INN INC: $500k → 16%PINE STREET INN INC: $400k → 16%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN ATLANTA INC: $320k → 13%NETWORK OF COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC: $300k → 14%COMMUNITY SERVINGS INC: $355k → 16%WOMEN IN NEED OF GENEROUS SUPPORT: $300k → 14%JUBILEE PARK & COMMUNITY CENTER CORPORATION: $400k → 14%JUBILEE PARK & COMMUNITY CENTER CORPORATION: $400k → 14%CHILDREN'S FRIEND AND SERVICE: $300k → 14%BEECH ACRES PARENTING CENTER: $300k → 16%THE CONCILIO: $300k → 14%SHARING LIFE COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC: $500k → 14%METROCREST SERVICES: $310k → 14%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON INC: $375k → 16%MASSACHUSETTS WONDERFUND INC: $500k → 16%INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT PRACTICE INC: $400k → 16%INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT PRACTICE INC: $400k → 16%CENTERING HEALTHCARE INSTITUTE INC: $375k → 16%METROCREST SERVICES: $500k → 14%METROCREST SERVICES: $500k → 14%INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT PRACTICE INC: $300k → 16%BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC: $500k → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN INC: $400k → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN INC: $375k → 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

AK
ME
VT
NH
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ID
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MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
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RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
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AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$483M · 1215 repeat orgs$180M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

1215 repeat relationships: 820 still active in FY2024, 395 since wound down; 184 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

1215
559

Total granted

$483M
$137M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+19%

Still filing today

81%
85%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $42M went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesEnvironmentHealthYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • THE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS
    6× · 2019–2024 · $37M · revenue +36%
  • NORTHEAST WILDERNESS TRUST CORPORATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $22M · revenue +448% · 83% of their budget
  • HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES
    3× · 2021–2024 · $20M · revenue +71%

Funded once

  • PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC
    one grant, 2022 · $5.0M · revenue -43%
  • TH
    The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum Incgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $2.5M · revenue +146%
  • FO
    Friends of Acadiagraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $2.5M · revenue +88% · 33% of their budget
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
Boston Architectural College

Founded 131 years ago, the boston architectural college is a recognized institution providing excellence in practice-integrated design education to members of diverse communities with students representing 35 countries. the bac offers…

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2
New England College

An independent liberal arts college offering undergraduate, graduate and professional programs.

Education
3
Masters School

The masters school celebrates active participation, deep understanding, and meaningful connection. a community of diverse individuals, we gather to learn, to strive, to dare, to do - to be a power for good in the world.

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4
The Laurence School

Laurence's purpose is to develop the unique abilities and potential of each of its students.

Education
5
The Collegiate School

See schedule o to create a diverse and inclusive community of learners committed to a challenging and supportive educational experience that will foster the intellectual, moral, emotional, and physical development of each student.

Education
6
The Philadelphia School

See schedule o the philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.

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7
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
8
Augustana College

Offer a challenging education that develops the qualities of mind, spirit and body for students.

Education
9
University of New Haven

See schedule ouniversity of new haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts & professional education.

Education
10
The College School Association

To be the innovative leader and ongoing advocate for experiential education in pre-k - 8th grade.

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11
Hampshire College Trustees

Inspire students to contribute to knowledge, justice and positive change.

Education
12
Brunswick School Inc

Brunswick is an independent college-preparatory day school for boys in grades pre-k through 12. students succeed by annually advancing matriculation, culminating with a 100% placement record for senior boys at nationally recognized, highly…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Education Pioneers; the most unlike its peers is La Clinica Tepeyac. 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

1676 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 1676 of the 2,000 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)
217
Early backer (in before they grew)
1661/1676
Grantees still filing
1211/1676
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $37,465,000 · EnvironmentTHE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONSNORTHEAST WILDERNESS TRUST CORPORATION: $22,015,000 · EnvironmentNORTHEAST WILDERNESS TRUST CORPO…Maine Coast Heritage Trust: $9,635,000 · EnvironmentMaine Coast Heritage TrustAppalachian Mountain Club: $6,085,000 · Environment+29 more: $42,203,352 · Environment+29 moreHOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES: $20,017,850 · EducationHOBART AND WILLIAM SMIT…THE CARROLL SCHOOL: $7,119,270 · EducationTHE CARROLL SCHOOLTrustees of Tufts College: $5,073,849 · EducationTrustees of Tufts Colle…MASSACHUSETTS MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART FOUNDATION INC: $3,610,000 · Education+41 more: $49,980,931 · Education+41 moreBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $15,000,000 · Arts & CultureBOSTON SYMPHONY OR…PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC: $5,000,000 · Arts & CulturePEABODY ESSEX MUSE…Cox Science Center and Aquarium Inc: $4,500,000 · Arts & CultureCox Science Center…OLD STURBRIDGE INC: $2,750,000 · Arts & CultureThe Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum Inc: $2,500,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION: $2,500,000 · Arts & CultureHUNTINGTON THEATRE CO INC: $2,500,000 · Arts & CulturePLIMOTH PATUXET MUSEUMS INC: $2,500,000 · Arts & CultureFriends of Katahdin Woods & Waters: $2,500,000 · Arts & CultureWorld Music Inc: $2,500,000 · Arts & Culture+24 more: $26,171,216 · Arts & Culture+24 moreTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $6,185,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYCAMP BEECH CLIFF: $5,320,402 · OtherCAMP BEECH CLIFFEMERALD NECKLACE CONSERVANCY INC: $2,950,000 · OtherNEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM CORPORATION: $8,490,000 · OtherNEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM C…EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $4,500,000 · OtherEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFE…+48 more: $55,149,983 · Other+48 moreUpstream USA Inc: $8,000,000 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $3,319,393 · HealthWOMEN & INFANTS HOSPITAL OF RI: $2,000,000 · HealthRhode Island Hospital: $1,290,000 · HealthBOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION: $1,200,000 · HealthNEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER: $1,045,177 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $1,020,000 · HealthTHE NEMOURS FOUNDATION: $1,005,000 · HealthECONOMIC MOBILITY PATHWAYS INC: $900,000 · HealthPresbyterian Healthcare Foundation: $900,000 · HealthNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $755,000 · HealthPINE STREET INN INC: $9,030,634 · Human ServicesINSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT PRACTICE INC: $1,750,000 · Human ServicesBOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC: $1,531,450 · Human ServicesChange Machine: $1,335,000 · Human ServicesMETROCREST SERVICES: $1,311,500 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES: $1,101,100 · Human ServicesJUBILEE PARK & COMMUNITY CENTER CORPORATION: $1,070,000 · Human ServicesHORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $1,025,000 · Human ServicesThe Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598): $1,000,000 · Human ServicesHOPEWELL INC: $800,000 · Human ServicesBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC: $3,520,071 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PBC: $2,500,000 · Youth DevelopmentONEGOAL: $1,920,000 · Youth DevelopmentJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA: $1,572,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS INC: $1,550,000 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF ESSEX HUDSON AND UNION COUNTIES NEW JERSEY INC: $1,270,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF PAWTUCKET: $885,000 · Youth DevelopmentSPY HOP PRODUCTIONS: $830,000 · Youth DevelopmentNETWORK FOR TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP: $801,650 · Youth DevelopmentCAMP HARBOR VIEW FOUNDATION INC: $783,075 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NH INC: $750,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PROVIDENCE: $750,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER LOWELL INC: $750,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $730,000 · Youth Development
Environment$117,403,352Education$85,801,900Arts & Culture$68,421,216Other$82,595,385Health$21,434,570Human Services$19,954,684Youth Development$18,611,796

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $37,465,000 over 6y, 22% of budgetNORTHEAST WILDERNESS TRUST CORPORATION: $22,015,000 over 5y, 83% of budgetHOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES: $20,017,850 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $15,000,000 over 3y, 5.6% of budgetMaine Coast Heritage Trust: $9,635,000 over 5y, 18% of budgetPINE STREET INN INC: $9,030,634 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetNEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM CORPORATION: $8,490,000 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetUpstream USA Inc: $8,000,000 over 4y, 5.2% of budgetTHE CARROLL SCHOOL: $7,119,270 over 5y, 21% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $6,185,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetAppalachian Mountain Club: $6,085,000 over 4y, 9.2% of budgetCAMP BEECH CLIFF: $5,320,402 over 3y, 78% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $5,073,849 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetPEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC: $5,000,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $4,500,000 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetCox Science Center and Aquarium Inc: $4,500,000 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART FOUNDATION INC: $3,610,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC: $3,520,071 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $3,355,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $3,319,393 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetEMERALD NECKLACE CONSERVANCY INC: $2,950,000 over 4y, 44% of budgetOLD STURBRIDGE INC: $2,750,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetMYSTIC RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC: $2,730,000 over 3y, 24% of budgetST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY: $2,537,202 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetBRIMMER AND MAY SCHOOL: $2,535,810 over 5y, 7.1% of budgetRANGELEY LAKES HERITAGE TRUST INC: $2,510,000 over 3y, 49% of budgetThe Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum Inc: $2,500,000 over 1y, 9.7% of budgetFriends of Acadia: $2,500,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetTHE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION: $2,500,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetHUNTINGTON THEATRE CO INC: $2,500,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetPLIMOTH PATUXET MUSEUMS INC: $2,500,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetFriends of Katahdin Woods & Waters: $2,500,000 over 1y, 39% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PBC: $2,500,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetWorld Music Inc: $2,500,000 over 2y, 56% of budgetForest Society of Maine: $2,400,000 over 4y, 20% of budgetBOSTON FOOD FOREST COALITION: $2,250,000 over 2y, 42% of budgetLAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC: $2,200,000 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetGRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $2,200,000 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetBUZZARDS BAY COALITION: $2,150,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetTHE WINSOR SCHOOL: $2,117,070 over 6y, 5.1% of budgetADOPT A STUDENT FOUNDATION: $2,003,850 over 3y, 14% of budgetCHARTER FUND INC D/B/A CHARTER SCHOOL GROWTH FUND: $2,000,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetGARRISON FOREST SCHOOL INC: $2,000,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetHANCOCK COUNTY TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC RESERVATION: $2,000,000 over 2y, 83% of budgetGULFSHORE PLAYHOUSE INC: $2,000,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetDIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $2,000,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetWOMEN & INFANTS HOSPITAL OF RI: $2,000,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWILDLANDS TRUST INC: $1,955,000 over 3y, 28% 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.

Riley Mabel Louise Tr…Richard & Susan Smith…Fidelity Non-Profit M…Yawkey Foundation IIWellington Management…The Lynch FoundationAmelia Peabody Charit…Liberty Mutual Founda…The Klarman Family Fo…Eastern Cambridge Fou…The Cabot Family Char…The Hamilton Company …
Riley Mabel Louise Tr UwillPA62.1× affinity53 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Riley Mabel Louise Tr Uwill · Richard & Susan Smith Family Foundation · Fidelity Non-Profit Management Foundation · Yawkey Foundation II · Wellington Management Foundation · The Lynch Foundation · Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund Trust · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · The Klarman Family Foundation · Eastern Cambridge Foundation · The Cabot Family Charitable Trust · The Hamilton Company Charitable 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Fidelity Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fidelity Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 150%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc Dba Global Refuge: 100% of income from government
  • Association to Preserve Cape Cod Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Hopewell Inc: 83% of income from government
  • North Florida Land Trust Inc: 81% of income from government
  • Ipswich River Watershed Association: 68% of income from government
  • Utec Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Boston Harbor Now Inc: 45% of income from government
  • Buzzards Bay Coalition: 37% of income from government
  • Neighborhood Villages Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Center for Women & Enterprise Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Boston Medical Center Corporation: 23% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Horizons for Homeless Children: 21% of income from government
  • Mystic River Watershed Association Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology: 12% of income from government
  • New England Aquarium Corporation: 12% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • The Wang Center for the Performing Arts Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Essex County Greenbelt Association: 8% of income from government
  • Charles River Watershed Association Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc: 8% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • American Antiquarian Society: 7% of income from government
  • Cox Science Center and Aquarium Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Economic Mobility Pathways Inc: 6% of income from government
  • World Music Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Wildlands Trust Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Huntington Theatre Co Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Upstream Usa Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Old Sturbridge Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Groundwork Jacksonville Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Peabody Essex Museum Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Northeast Wilderness Trust Corporation: 2% of income from government
  • Sheriff's Meadow Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • Society for the Preservation of New Engl: 2% of income from government
  • Digital Harbor Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • Artists for Humanity Inc: 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
  • Nova Southeastern University Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Grub Street Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Childrens Museum: 1% of income from government
  • Berkshire Natural Resources Council Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Camp Harbor View Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Appalachian Mountain Club: 1% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Plimoth Patuxet Museums Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Compass Working Capital Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Nemours Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • The Bottom Line Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Emerald Necklace Conservancy Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Coolidge Corner Theatre Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Boston Arts Academy Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • New Jersey Performing Arts Center Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Gulfshore Playhouse Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Philanthropy Massachusetts Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Rutgers University Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Boston Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
15get no government money at all
46report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
5rely 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Fidelity Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Fidelity Foundation 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 2000 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home