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Greater Boston Real Estate Board Foundation

Grants to charitable 501(c) organizations whose activities are conducted in the Greater Boston area.

$121k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2025.

Housing & Shelter$636kYouth Development$414kEducation$129kEmployment$50kHealth$43kHuman Services$15kFood & Nutrition$5kPublic Safety & Disaster$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $108,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $120,500 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $12,000 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.
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Bridge over Troubled Waters$45,000
Heading Home Inc$15,000
Rosie's Place$15,000
The Base$13,500
Breaktime$10,000
Family Aid Boston$10,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%YMCA OF GREATER BOSTON: $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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 10 repeat orgs$195k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +93% since the first grant, against +54% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
10

Total granted

$1.1M
$195k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+93%
+54%

Still filing today

100%
90%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Housing & ShelterHealthCommunity ImprovementPublic Safety & DisasterPhilanthropyEmploymentOther
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

  • BO
    BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $374k · revenue +139%
  • RP
    ROSIE'S PLACE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $265k · revenue +93%
  • FB
    FAMILYAID BOSTON INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $117k · revenue +260%

Funded once

  • TB
    THE BOTTOM LINE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $103k · revenue -45%
  • CR
    CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CITIZENS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $18k · revenue +78%
  • FH
    FISHER HOUSE OF BOSTON INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +245%
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
Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership Inc D/B/a Metro Housing Boston

Metro housing boston mobilizes wide-ranging resources to provide innovative and personalized services that lead families and individuals to housing stability, economic security, and an improved quality of life.

Housing & Shelter
2
Brookview House Inc

Brookview's mission is to help homeless and at risk families learn the skills necessary to break the cycle of homelessness and poverty.

Human Services
3
Sojourner House Inc

Sojourner house is a shelter of hope for families;providing a circle of support and empowering them towards independence.

Housing & Shelter
4
Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance Inc

Maha breaks down barriers facing first-time and first-generation home buyers and owners through education, counseling, advocacy, and grassroots organizing.

Housing & Shelter
5
Project Hope Boston Inc

Project hope is a multi service agency that moves families up and out of poverty.project hope works in partnership with women and families in the dorchester and roxbury neighborhoods of boston on their journeys up and out of poverty. we do…

Human Services
6
Transition House Inc

Transition house is a human services agency dedicated to preventing and ending domestic violence. the agency provides a continuum of housing resources and holistic support for survivors of violence and their children, as well as prevention…

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7
Breakthrough Greater Boston Inc

To inspire excitement for learning, create paths to and through college, and promote careers in education.

Education
8
Urban Impact Initiative Massachusetts

Urban Impact is dedicated to prioritizing the reduction of the impact of poverty for families in the Commonwealth. The organization offers a plethora of small business corporate and community opportunities. These opportunities include…

Youth Development
9
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc

Our costs consist of acquiring, sorting and distributing food to 617 member agencies, transportation and logistics, and community outreach to 69 direct distribution sites such as gbfb mobile markets, and federal distributions for low…

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10
Lifestream Inc

Lifestream, inc. (the organization") provides community-based services that support individuals in attaining greater independence, promising opportunities, and lives that are meaningful and fulfilling on their own terms.

Health
11
Triangle Inc

Through support, challenge and opportunity, triangle empowers people with disabilities and their families to enjoy rich, fulfilling lives. we are committed to helping the world recognize that we are all people with ability.

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12
Bay Cove Human Services Inc

Bay cove human services' mission is to partner with people to overcome challenges and realize personal potential. bay cove pursues this mission by providing individualized and compassionate services to people facing the challenges…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Heading Home Inc; the most unlike its peers is Foundation for Business Equity 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

21 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.

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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/21
Grantees still filing
19/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ROSIE'S PLACE INC: $264,700 · Housing & ShelterROSIE'S PLACE INCCARITAS COMMUNITIES INC: $101,000 · Housing & ShelterCARITAS COMMUNITIES INCHEADING HOME INC: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterHEADING HOME INCFRIENDS OF BOSTON'S HOMELESS INC: $15,000 · Housing & ShelterBRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC: $373,551 · HealthBRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INCFISHER HOUSE OF BOSTON INC: $15,000 · HealthTHE BOTTOM LINE INC: $102,500 · Community ImprovementTHE BOTTOM LINE…HomeStart Inc: $73,000 · Community ImprovementHomeStart IncFAMILYAID BOSTON INC: $117,000 · OtherFAMILYAID BOSTON …CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CITIZENS INC: $17,500 · OtherCHARLES RIVER ASS…THE SECOND STEP INC: $10,000 · OtherEVKIDS INC: $10,000 · OtherMETROPOLITAN COUNCIL FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC (METCO): $16,000 · OtherMETROPOLITAN COUN…TEAM IMPACT INC: $10,000 · Other+4 more: $20,000 · Other+4 moreBREAKTIME UNITED INC: $50,000 · EmploymentTHE BASEBALL INC: $40,500 · Recreation & SportsRealtors Relief Foundation: $40,000 · Public Safety & Disaster
Housing & Shelter$405,700Health$388,551Community Improvement$175,500Other$200,500Employment$50,000Recreation & Sports$40,500Public Safety & Disaster$40,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC: $373,551 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetROSIE'S PLACE INC: $264,700 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetFAMILYAID BOSTON INC: $117,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOTTOM LINE INC: $102,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCARITAS COMMUNITIES INC: $101,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetHomeStart Inc: $73,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBREAKTIME UNITED INC: $50,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHE BASEBALL INC: $40,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetRealtors Relief Foundation: $40,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHEADING HOME INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CITIZENS INC: $17,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMETROPOLITAN COUNCIL FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC (METCO): $16,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFISHER HOUSE OF BOSTON INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF BOSTON'S HOMELESS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetTEAM IMPACT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEVKIDS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetESSEX COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOVE FOR HUNGER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR BUSINESS EQUITY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Boston Foundation IncEastern Bank Foundati…Highland Street Conne…Cambridge Savings Cha…Cummings Foundation G…The Hamilton Company …Liberty Mutual Founda…Needham Bank Charitab…Bushrod H Campbell & …Rockland Trust - Blue…Eastern Cambridge Fou…Massachusetts Bankers…
Boston Foundation IncMA22.3× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · The Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Needham Bank Charitable Foundation Inc · Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund · Rockland Trust - Blue Hills Charitable Foundation · Eastern Cambridge Foundation · Massachusetts Bankers Association Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Greater Boston Real Estate Board Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Greater Boston Real Estate Board Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc: 32% of income from government
  • The Second Step Inc: 26% of income from government
  • HomeStart Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Heading Home Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Evkids Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Familyaid Boston Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Essex County Community Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Breaktime United Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Baseball Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Bottom Line Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get 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 · 0–60%
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.

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 21 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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