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Foundation for Boston Centers for Youth & Families Inc

The mission of the foundation is to support boston center for youth and families in its work to enhance the quality of life for boston residents by partnering with community center councils, agencies, and businesses to support the children, youth, individuals and families through a wide range of comprehensive programs and services…

$176k
Granted FY2020
13
Grants FY2020
1
States reached
$15k
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, FY2017 to 2020.

Public Benefit$475kRecreation & Sports$451kHuman Services$22kEducation$10kArts & Culture$5k
02FY2020 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 13 grants below total $115,335, the rows itemized in this filing. The $175,750 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $60,415 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k9 grants · $69k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $46k
$9,450
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NAZARRO COMMUNITY CENTER$14,735
ARCHDALE COMMUNITY CENTER$11,200
YMCA OF GREATER BOSTON$10,000
JACKSON MANN COMMUNITY SCHOOL AND COUNCILINC$10,000
VINE ST COMMUNITY CENTER$9,500
HYDE PARK MUNICIPAL BUILDING COMMUNITY CENTER INC$9,500
BLACKSTONE COMMUNITY CENTER$9,450
ROSLINDALE COMMUNITY CENTER INC$9,000
MISSION HILL COMMUNITY CENTERS$8,500
OHRENBERGER COMMUNITY CENTERS$6,500
EAST BOSTON HARBORSIDE COUNCIL$6,000
JAMAICA PLAIN COMMUNITY CENTERS$5,700
PINO COMMUNITY CENTER$5,250
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $27k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 16%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 16%OHRENBERGER COMMUNITY SCHOOL COUNCIL: $15k → 16%OHRENBERGER COMMUNITY CENTERS: $7k → 16%OHRENBERGER COMMUNITY SCHOOL COUNCIL: $5k → 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.
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.

48%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$462k · 17 repeat orgs$501k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2020, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
4

Total granted

$462k
$492k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-49%
+60%

Still filing today

53%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
Recreation & SportsEducationHuman ServicesArts & 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

  • JP
    John P Holland Community Council Inc
    3× · 2017–2019 · $62k
  • RJ
    Richard J Murphy Community School Council Inc
    4× · 2017–2020 · $43k · revenue -62%
  • BC
    BLACKSTONE COMMUNITY CENTER COUNCIL INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $39k

Funded once

  • CO
    CITY OF BOSTON
    one grant, 2017 · $475k
  • SC
    SHELBURNE COMMUNITY SCHOOL COUNCIL
    one grant, 2017 · $7k · revenue -34%
  • JF
    JAMES F CONDON SCHOOL COUNCIL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $6k · revenue +60%
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
Vine Street Community Center Counci

Provides after school and tutoring enrichment programs for children and also provides recreational activities for residents and seniors of Boston, MA

Community Improvement
2
Worcester Jewish Community Center Inc

To provide the greater worcester community with the highest quality educational, health, wellness, social, and recreational programs for people of all ages guided by jewish values and culture in an environment that is safe, welcoming, and…

Human Services
3
Central Jersey Community Center

Central Jersey Community Center provided a diverse range of educational programs and activities aimed at community enrichment. These included structured sports programming to promote physical well-being and teamwork, as well as classes…

Human Services
4
Linton Community Center

Enrich life, build character and develop a community consciousness for the benefit of all in the Linnton Community without regard to race, nationality or creed

Human Services
5
Ipswich Tiger Post Community Center

afterschool program for children

Human Services
6
Bostons Bridge to Excellence Inc

Allow children to exploire their curious minds and captivate what their interests are to spark innovation and reach their full potential

Human Services
7
Kids Community Learning Center

The mission of Kids Community Learning Center is to provide a nurturing environment in which kids grow together outside of school time through creative exploration, meaningful relationships, and fun. After-school and summer programs…

Education
8
Community Youth Center
Youth Development
9
Massachusetts Youth Committed to Winning Inc

Positive recreational and educational tutoring and basketball program providing intercultural social activities with a focus on developing intelectual and academic social life skills for children in the fourth grade level through high…

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10
Woodstock Recreation Center Inc

The Woodstock Recreation Center is a community recreation and fitness center providing classes and youth sports programs to Woodstock and the surrounding towns.

Recreation & Sports
11
Robert W Johnson Community Center Inc

Activities to support community youth

Recreation & Sports
12
Holbrook Youth Basketballl

Youth basketball instruction

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jamaica Plain Community Centers Inc; the most unlike its peers is Blackstone Community Center Council 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

18 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. 18 of the 22 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/18
Grantees still filing
3/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY OF BOSTON: $475,000 · OtherCITY OF BOSTONJohn P Holland Community Council Inc: $61,915 · OtherJohn P Holland Community Council IncRichard J Murphy Community School Council Inc: $43,450 · OtherRichard J Murphy Community School Council IncBLACKSTONE COMMUNITY CENTER COUNCIL INC: $38,890 · OtherROSLINDALE COMMUNITY SCHOOL COUNCIL INC: $31,265 · OtherVINE STREET COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $26,550 · Other+8 more: $107,079 · Other+8 moreNORTH END YOUTH ORGANIZATIONINC F/K/A NAZZARO RECREATION CENTER INC: $37,935 · Recreation & SportsNORTH END Y…MATTAPAN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $23,200 · Recreation & SportsMATTAPAN CO…ARCHDALE COMMUNITY CENTER COUNCIL INC: $21,200 · Recreation & SportsARCHDALE CO…Martin Pino Community Center Council Inc: $15,250 · Recreation & SportsMartin Pino…JACKSON MANN COMMUNITY SCHOOL AND COUNCIL INC: $36,710 · EducationPARIS STREET COMMUNITY COUNCIL INC: $11,525 · EducationOhrenberger Community School Council: $26,500 · Human ServicesSHELBURNE COMMUNITY SCHOOL COUNCIL: $6,600 · Arts & Culture
Other$784,149Recreation & Sports$97,585Education$48,235Human Services$26,500Arts & Culture$6,600

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJohn P Holland Community Council Inc: $61,915 over 3y, 7.5% of budgetRichard J Murphy Community School Council Inc: $43,450 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetBLACKSTONE COMMUNITY CENTER COUNCIL INC: $38,890 over 4y, 13% of budgetNORTH END YOUTH ORGANIZATIONINC F/K/A NAZZARO RECREATION CENTER INC: $37,935 over 4y, 9.5% of budgetJACKSON MANN COMMUNITY SCHOOL AND COUNCIL INC: $36,710 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetROSLINDALE COMMUNITY SCHOOL COUNCIL INC: $31,265 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetOhrenberger Community School Council: $26,500 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetMATTAPAN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $23,200 over 2y, 14% of budgetARCHDALE COMMUNITY CENTER COUNCIL INC: $21,200 over 2y, 30% of budgetHYDE PARK MUNICIPAL BUILDING COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $20,809 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetMission Hill Community School Council Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 6.8% of budgetJAMAICA PLAIN COMMUNITY CENTERS INC: $17,970 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetYMCA OF GREATER BOSTON HUNTINGTON AVENUE REALTY CORPORATION: $17,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetMartin Pino Community Center Council Inc: $15,250 over 2y, 17% of budgetKENT CHARLESTOWN COMMUNITY SCHOOL COUNCIL INC: $12,000 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetPARIS STREET COMMUNITY COUNCIL INC: $11,525 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSHELBURNE COMMUNITY SCHOOL COUNCIL: $6,600 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetJAMES F CONDON SCHOOL COUNCIL INC: $5,800 over 1y, 8.0% 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Foundation for Boston Centers for Youth & Families Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Foundation for Boston Centers for Youth & Families Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Ohrenberger Community School Council: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Foundation for Boston Centers for Youth & Families 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 22 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2022) is on record and reports $5k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2020, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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