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Gratis Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
75
Grants FY2025still arriving
16
States reached
$200k
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 2025.

Education$1.8MHealth$1.6MHuman Services$1.2MInternational$710kAnimals$438kReligion$260kHousing & Shelter$165kFood & Nutrition$148kOther$0
02FY2025 · 75 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k32 grants · $165k
  • $10k–50k39 grants · $485k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $350k
$10,000
Median grant
16
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DUKE UNIVERSITY$200,000
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL CORPORATION$50,000
MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED$50,000
MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED$50,000
FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC$25,000
SAVE THE CHILDREN FEDERATION INC$20,000
THRIVE SCHOLARS$20,000
MEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL$20,000
UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF$20,000
UNITED SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS INC$15,000
CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC$15,000
ST LUKE CATHOLIC CHURCH$15,000
CAPE COD TIMES NEIGHBORS FUND INC$15,000
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND INC$15,000
UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AND FOUNDATION$15,000
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 (FY19–25, $718k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 84% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $15k → 13%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $10k → 14%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $10k → 15%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $15k → 13%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $10k → 14%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $15k → 13%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $10k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF PALM BEACH INC: $10k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF PALM BEACH INC: $10k → 11%FLOC FOR LOVE OF CHILDREN: $10k → 14%FLOC FOR LOVE OF CHILDREN: $10k → 14%FLOC FOR LOVE OF CHILDREN: $10k → 14%FLOC FOR LOVE OF CHILDREN: $10k → 14%FLOC FOR LOVE OF CHILDREN: $10k → 14%INDEPENDENCE HOUSE INC: $10k → 8%INDEPENDENCE HOUSE INC: $10k → 8%INDEPENDENCE HOUSE INC: $10k → 8%INDEPENDENCE HOUSE INC: $10k → 8%BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC: $10k → 16%DC127 INC: $10k → 14%INDEPENDENCE HOUSE INC: $10k → 8%BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC: $10k → 16%BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC: $10k → 16%INDEPENDENCE HOUSE INC: $10k → 8%JANE DOE INC A MASSACHUSETTS COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT: $10k → 16%GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $10k → 14%GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $10k → 14%GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $10k → 14%GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $10k → 14%CASA MYRNA VASQUEZ INC: $10k → 16%CASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ INC: $10k → 16%CASA MYRNA VASQUEZ INC: $10k → 16%CASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ INC: $10k → 16%CASA MYRNA VASQUEZ INC: $10k → 16%CASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ INC: $10k → 16%CASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ INC: $10k → 16%FINEX HOUSE INCORPORATED: $10k → 16%FINEX HOUSE INCORPORATED: $10k → 16%FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN-BOSTON INC: $10k → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN INC: $10k → 16%FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN-BOSTON INC: $10k → 16%FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN-BOSTON INC: $10k → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN INC: $10k → 16%FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN-BOSTON INC: $10k → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN INC: $10k → 16%FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN-BOSTON INC: $10k → 16%FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN-BOSTON INC: $10k → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN INC: $10k → 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

NH
MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
IN
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
KY
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.6M · 105 repeat orgs$360k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

105 repeat relationships: 60 still active in FY2025, 45 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

105
24

Total granted

$6.6M
$268k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+22%

Still filing today

77%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $93k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationAnimalsInternationalFood & NutritionOther
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

  • DUKE UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +49%
  • CH
    Children's Hospital Corporation
    7× · 2019–2025 · $250k · revenue +75%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    5× · 2019–2023 · $170k · revenue +99%

Funded once

  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Incgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue +97%
  • AL
    AMERICAN LEGION CHARITIES INC
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
  • IM
    INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPSgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +81%
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
Brighton Marine Inc

Brighton marine, inc. provides military and veteran families with comprehensive campus-based quality health care, as well as affordable and supportive housing for at-risk veterans and their families.

Health
2
Commonwealth Care Alliance Inc

Commonwealth care alliance, inc.'s mission is to improve the health and well-being of people with significant needs by innovating, coordinating and providing the highest quality, individualized care.

Health
3
Global Partners in Care

The organization's mission is to build partnerships to enhance compassionate care globally. we are dedicated to improving access to hospice and palliative care worldwide.

International
4
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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5
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
6
Massachusetts Council of Human Services Providers Inc

To advance the interests of the human services sector and providers through advocacy, education, and engagement of diverse stakeholders for collective impact.

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7
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
8
United Children's Services of Bennington County Inc

Children's services

Human Services
9
Florida Community Health Centers Inc

Florida community health centers, inc. (fchc) is a federally qualified health center serving medically needy populations in south florida, with an emphasis on serving rural and farm worker communities.

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10
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Greater Washongton Dc Inc

Ronald mcdonald house charities of greater washington, dc (rmhcdc) provides essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare.

Health
11
Neighborhealth Corporation

Neighborhealth's mission is to promote and sustain healthy communities, families, and individuals by providing accessible, person-centered, and compassionate, high-quality health care services to all who live and work in our service area,…

Health
12
Good Shepherd Hospice Foundation Inc

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 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

113 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. 113 of the 145 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)
21
Early backer (in before they grew)
113/113
Grantees still filing
83/113
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DUKE UNIVERSITY: $1,200,000 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITYTHRIVE SCHOLARS: $165,000 · EducationTHRIVE SCHOLARSHIRE HEROES USA INC: $90,000 · EducationPERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND: $75,000 · EducationUnited States Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Association and Foundation Inc: $60,000 · Education+7 more: $110,000 · Education+7 moreMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $150,000 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITALMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $150,000 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATEDFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $125,000 · OtherFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INCLoyola University Maryland Inc: $105,000 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED - NEWTON WELLESLEY HOSPITAL: $100,000 · OtherNEWTON WELLESLEY HOSPITAL: $75,000 · OtherST LUKE CATHOLIC CHURCH: $75,000 · OtherPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $80,000 · OtherNATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING FUND: $105,000 · Other+59 more: $1,215,000 · Other+59 moreChildren's Hospital Corporation: $250,000 · HealthChildren's Hospi…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $170,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN…American Heart Association Inc: $115,000 · HealthAmerican Heart A…SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $110,000 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITA…THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $85,000 · HealthTHE SHRINERS' HO…Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $50,000 · HealthMercy Medical Angels: $45,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S ONCOLOGY SERVICES OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $45,000 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND INC: $42,500 · Health+8 more: $117,500 · Health+8 moreCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesCANINE COMPANI…CASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ INC: $70,000 · Human ServicesCASA MYRNA VAZ…FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - BOSTON INC: $70,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE…INDEPENDENCE HOUSE INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesINDEPENDENCE H…AID TO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesAID TO VICTIMS…FOR LOVE OF CHILDREN: $50,000 · Human ServicesFOR LOVE OF CH…HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $45,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF PALM BEACH INC: $42,500 · Human ServicesREACH BEYOND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesGREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $40,000 · Human ServicesELDER SERVICES OF CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS INC: $32,500 · Human ServicesJANE DOE INC THE MA COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $32,500 · Human ServicesBOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesGrandmas Place Inc: $30,000 · Human Services+13 more: $182,500 · Human Services+13 moreMEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL: $155,000 · InternationalMEDICAL TEA…UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $155,000 · InternationalUNITED STAT…International Rescue Committee INC: $150,000 · InternationalInternation…Save The Children Federation Inc: $125,000 · InternationalSave The Ch…DIRECT RELIEF: $60,000 · InternationalDIRECT RELI…Mercy Ships International: $40,000 · InternationalMercy Ships…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $30,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $25,000 · InternationalAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $82,500 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $82,500 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals Inc: $62,500 · AnimalsK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $30,000 · AnimalsTHE DARBSTER FOUNDATION INC: $22,500 · AnimalsOPERATION DELTA DOG INC: $20,000 · AnimalsMASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $17,500 · Animals+2 more: $12,500 · AnimalsCAPE COD TIMES NEIGHBORS FUND INC: $135,000 · PhilanthropyGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $35,000 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY INC: $10,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $5,000 · Philanthropy
Education$1,700,000Other$2,180,000Health$1,030,000Human Services$885,000International$740,000Animals$330,000Philanthropy$185,000

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 budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $1,200,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $250,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $170,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHRIVE SCHOLARS: $165,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetMEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL: $155,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $155,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $150,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCAPE COD TIMES NEIGHBORS FUND INC: $135,000 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $125,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $125,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $115,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $110,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING FUND: $105,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetLoyola University Maryland Inc: $105,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $100,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHIRE HEROES USA INC: $90,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $85,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $82,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $82,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $80,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetPERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND: $75,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMassachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange Inc: $70,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetCASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ INC: $70,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - BOSTON INC: $70,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $62,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetINDEPENDENCE HOUSE INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC: $60,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $60,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAID TO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE INC: $60,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetUnited States Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Association and Foundation Inc: $60,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMARTHA'S TABLE INC: $57,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOR LOVE OF CHILDREN: $50,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetWOMEN'S LUNCH PLACE INC: $47,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetMercy Medical Angels: $45,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetHORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $45,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S ONCOLOGY SERVICES OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $45,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF PALM BEACH INC: $42,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND INC: $42,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMercy Ships International: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREACH BEYOND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INC: $40,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCITY MISSION INC: $40,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetGREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $40,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DORCHESTER INC: $40,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFamily Promise of NorthCentral Palm Beach County: $35,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetA WIDER CIRCLE INC: $35,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetChristians Reaching Out To Society Inc: $32,500 over 5y, 0.3% 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.

  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Corporation ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds THRIVE SCHOLARS ↗
  • Who funds MEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds CAPE COD TIMES NEIGHBORS FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING FUND ↗
  • Who funds Loyola University Maryland Inc ↗
  • Who funds CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds HIRE HEROES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds PAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS ↗
  • Who funds PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange Inc ↗
  • Who funds CASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - BOSTON INC ↗
  • Who funds Humane World for Animals Inc ↗
  • Who funds INDEPENDENCE HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
  • Who funds AID TO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds United States Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Association and Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds MARTHA'S TABLE INC ↗
  • Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds FOR LOVE OF CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S LUNCH PLACE 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.

Eastern Bank Foundati…Cummings Foundation G…Rockland Trust Charit…Boston Foundation IncCommunity Foundation …Quantum Foundation IncAmerican Tower Corpor…Liberty Mutual Founda…United Way Of Massach…Lost Tree Village Cha…Bushrod H Campbell & …The Hamilton Company …
Eastern Bank FoundationMA35.4× affinity19 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eastern Bank Foundation · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc · Quantum Foundation Inc · American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Lost Tree Village Charitable Foundation · Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund · 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 Gratis Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gratis Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 210%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Finex House Inc: 89% of income from government
  • Independence House Inc: 85% of income from government
  • Vietnam Veterans Workshop Inc Dba New England Center and Home for Veterans: 66% of income from government
  • Reach Beyond Domestic Violence Inc: 53% of income from government
  • Vita Nova Inc: 42% of income from government
  • St Mary's Center for Women & Children Inc: 40% of income from government
  • Transition House Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Horizons for Homeless Children: 21% of income from government
  • Boston Casa Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Medical Teams International: 14% of income from government
  • Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Palm Beach Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Grandmas Place Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Gulf Stream Council of Boy Scouts of America Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Women's Lunch Place Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Perkins School for the Blind: 7% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
  • A Wider Circle Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Loyola University Maryland Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Casa Myrna Vazquez Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Friends of the Children - Boston Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fall River Massachusetts Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Cape Cod Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Animal Rescue League of Boston: 0% of income from government
  • Mercy Flight Se Inc dba Angel Flight Southeast: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
21get no government money at all
23report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
4rely 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 Gratis Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Gratis 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 145 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 2025, released 2025. 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