Massachusetts · Public charity
First Literacy Inc
Funding innovation in adult literacy to change lives. We do this by: offering free best practice workshops for teachers and other adult education professionals; encouraging, supporting, and sharing innovative practices, curriculum and resources through our first literacy lab program grant initiative; and awarding scholarships and…
- $75k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Itemized, FY2025
- $11k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $11,125
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $11,125
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 33% of the organizations First Literacy Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $11k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $38k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $49k | 64% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $55k | 64% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $40k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mujeres Unidas Avanzando Inc | $29,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Boston Public Housing Corporation | $25,000 | 3 | 19% |
| Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence Inc | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Literacy Project | $18,625 | 4 | 1% |
| The Welcome Project Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
| International Institute of New England Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| South Middlesex Opportunity Council Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Springfield Adult Learning Center | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Mark Community Education Program Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
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Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget First Literacy Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Eastern Bank Foundation · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · English for New Bostonians Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Rockland Trust - Blue Hills Charitable Foundation · The Beveridge Family Foundation · Peoples United Community Foundation · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About First Literacy Inc
- How much does First Literacy Inc give?
- First Literacy Inc reported 1 itemized grants totaling $11,125, out of $75,044 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does First Literacy Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (56%), Housing & Shelter (15%), Crime & Legal (10%).
- Who are First Literacy Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Mujeres Unidas Avanzando Inc ($30k), Boston Public Housing Corporation ($25k), Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence Inc ($20k).
- Does First Literacy Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as First Literacy Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eastern Bank Foundation, Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc), English for New Bostonians Inc.
- Where is First Literacy Inc based?
- First Literacy Inc is based in MA.
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