· Private foundation
From the Source Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k6 grants · $23k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $66k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| QLAB ACCELERATOR INC | $40,000 |
| UNITED STATES SKI TEAM FOUNDATION | $26,000 |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE FOOD BANK | $5,000 |
| GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK | $5,000 |
| PRIMARY SOURCE | $5,000 |
| CRADLES TO CRAYONS | $5,000 |
| LEARNING COURAGE | $3,000 |
| PAN-MASS CHALLENGE | $250 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $61k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 30% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 20% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $71k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TOTHIRD OPTION FOUNDATION2× · 2022–2024 · $35k · revenue +1%
- GBGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC4× · 2022–2025 · $20k · revenue +14%
- CTCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC3× · 2023–2025 · $13k · revenue +22%
Funded once
- MCMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIPone grant, 2024 · $7k
- GGGROWING GARDENS OF BOULDER COUNTYgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue +54%
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.
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.
The council on foreign relations (cfr) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and…
Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…
The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.
The mission of the foreign policy association today, as it has been for over 100 years, is to serve as a catalyst for developing awareness, understanding, and informed opinion on united states foreign policy and global issues. through its…
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.
Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…
Future problem solving proudly celebrates more than 50 years of placing close to a million young people at the core of a dynamic, purposeful learning experience. each year k-12 students from around the world participate in a variety of…
The mission of the great books foundation is to advance the critical, reflective thinking, and social and civic engagement of readers of all ages through shared inquiry discussion of works and ideas of enduring value.
Improve the food value chain in developing countries by mobilizing corporate volunteers to share knowledge and expertise with small and growing food processors.
The brookings institution (brookings) is a nonprofit public policy organization that conducts in-depth, independent research that leads to new ideas for solving problems facing society at the local, national, and global level.…
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 13 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds QLAB ACCELERATOR INC ↗
- Who funds THIRD OPTION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PRIMARY SOURCE INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC ↗
- Who funds THE FUND FOR AMERICAN STUDIES ↗
- Who funds Learning Courage ↗
- Who funds New Hampshire Catholic Charities ↗
- Who funds GROWING GARDENS OF BOULDER COUNTY ↗
- Who funds PAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC ↗
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization From the Source Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from From the Source Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Primary Source Inc: 23% of income from government
- Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
- Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
- Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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