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Greenlight Fund Inc

The greenlight fund transforms the lives of children and families in high-poverty urban areas by creating infrastructure and a consistent annual process in cities to identify critical needs, import innovative entrepreneurial programs that can have a significant and measurable impact, and galvanize local and national support to help…

$4.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
34
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$685k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Human Services$4.2MEmployment$3.9MEducation$3.6MYouth Development$3.0MHealth$1.8MCommunity Improvement$1.7MFood & Nutrition$1.3MInternational$1.1MOther$0
02FY2024 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k11 grants · $135k
  • $50k–250k17 grants · $2.3M
  • $250k+6 grants · $2.1M
$137,500
Median grant
13
States reached
$57M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOOD CONNECT CO$685,000
INNER EXPLORER INC WELLBEING ACTION FOR YOUTH INC$380,000
THE FOUNTAIN FUND$300,000
BAM - YOUTH GUIDANCE$251,296
CITY OF CHARLOTTE (CURE VIOLENCE GLOBAL)$250,000
GENESYS WORKS$250,000
THE LITERACY LAB$207,250
PUBLIC WORKS ALLIANCE$200,500
PARENT-CHILD HOME PROGRAM INC$200,000
MRELIEF$175,000
NARRATIVE NATION INC$175,000
HOPEWORKS CAMDEN$160,000
THE CAPITAL GOOD FUND$150,000
PILLSBURY UNITED COMMUNITIES$150,000
CONNECT TO COMPETE INC$150,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $2.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 57% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%YOUTH VILLAGES FOUNDATION INC: $50k → 17%FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $200k → 10%FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $179k → 10%FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE: $173k → 10%SINGLE STOP USA: $226k → 17%FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE: $155k → 10%SINGLE STOP USA: $103k → 17%SPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE: $200k → 22%FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE: $143k → 10%SPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE: $150k → 22%FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE: $105k → 10%SPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE: $90k → 22%FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $100k → 10%MRELIEF: $175k → 14%SPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE: $80k → 22%FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $63k → 10%MRELIEF: $98k → 14%SPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE: $170k → 22%FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $59k → 10%SPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE: $50k → 22%FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE: $50k → 10%SPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE: $120k → 22%SPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE: $30k → 22%FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $10k → 10%FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN-BOSTON: $50k → 16%FATHERS UPLIFT INC: $10k → 16%SOCIAL FINANCE INC: $35k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
VA
TN
NC
DC
TX

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$23M · 34 repeat orgs$664k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +55% since the first grant, against +15% for the ones you funded once.

34 repeat relationships — 23 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
16

Total granted

$23M
$445k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+15%

Still filing today

94%
94%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $219k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementEmploymentPublic BenefitCrime & LegalOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • CENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.7M · revenue +261%
  • YG
    Youth Guidance
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.5M · revenue +121%
  • PI
    PARENTCHILD INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.9M · revenue +72%

Funded once

  • FP
    FOCUSING PHILANTHROPY INC
    one grant, 2020 · $130k · revenue +15%
  • RAR-MA INC
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue -4%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - BOSTON INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +64%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Coop Careers Inc

Building a movement of diverse, upwardly mobile college grads overcoming underemployment through digital skills and peer connections.

Education
2
Accion International

Our mission is to create a fair and inclusive economy where underserved people have quality financial choices and opportunities to improve their economic well-being. we find and help build innovative companies with the potential to reach…

International
3
Common Impact Inc

Common impact's mission is to strengthen the capacity of social change organizations, enabling them to better run and scale their programs. through its partnership with companies, common impact taps into the business skills and expertise…

Unclassified
4
Youthbuild Global Inc

With love and respect, we partner with opportunity youth to build the skillsets and mindsets that lead to lifelong learning, livelihood, and leadership. youthbuild strives to create a world where all young people are seen for their…

Employment
5
Upturn Inc

Upturn advances equity and justice in the design, governance, and use of technology.

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6
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

United way's mission is to end intergenerational poverty in our region by harnessing, leveraging and strategically investing the collective power of donors, advocates and volunteers, to help individuals and families break the cycle of…

Philanthropy
7
Abilitypath

Empower people with special needs to achieve their full potential through innovative, inclusive programs and community partnerships.

Employment
8
College Summit Inc

College summit, inc. d/b/a peerforward (peerforward)'s mission is to unleash the power of positive peer influence to transform the lives of youth living in low-income communities by connecting them to college and careers. in low-income…

Education
9
Techbridge Inc

Techbridge breaks the cycle of generational poverty through the innovative use of technology to transform nonprofit and community impact. techbridge's work is focused on four pillars: hunger relief, homeless support, social justice and…

Philanthropy
10
Common Future

Common future is a network of pioneering leaders across the u.s. and canada who work deeply within their communities to create alternative approaches to business, philanthropy, and investing. we envision an economy that has transitioned…

Community Improvement
11
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
12
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Springboard Collaborative and the most unlike its peers is Good Call Nyc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyFood Banks and PantriesElementary Literacy TutoringYouth Development ServicesFaith-Based Social ServicesCommunity FoundationsAffordable Housing Developm…Policy Research and AdvocacyLocal Food System Organizat…Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Health Access Advocacy and …
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 16 years old; the field is 16. You back the younger end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%2%<5yr14%19%5–10yr19%39%10–20yr16%32%20–35yr13%4%35–55yr16%5%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%1%<5yr14%12%5–10yr19%32%10–20yr16%42%20–35yr13%8%35–55yr16%4%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%1/61
the rest of the field
13%
240,395/1,819,504

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

58 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 58 of the 61 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
57/58
Grantees still filing
34/58
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Youth Guidance — $2,451,204 · EducationYouth GuidanceWELLBEING ACTION FOR YOUTH INC — $825,000 · EducationWELLBEING ACTION FOR YOUTH INCBLUEPRINT SCHOOLS NETWORK INC — $748,520 · EducationBLUEPRINT SCHOOLS NETWORK INCTHE LITERACY LAB — $697,250 · EducationTHE LITERACY LABNEW TEACHER CENTER — $650,000 · EducationNEW TEACHER CENTERCAREMESSAGE — $507,500 · EducationCAREMESSAGEALL OUR KIN INC — $483,750 · EducationALL OUR KIN INCHOPEWORKS 'N CAMDEN INC — $445,000 · EducationHOPEWORKS 'N CAMDEN INCGENESYS WORKS — $392,126 · EducationYEAR UP INC — $329,926 · Education+4 more — $130,000 · EducationPARENTCHILD INC — $1,870,000 · OtherPARENTCHILD INCCOMPASS WORKING CAPITAL INC — $630,000 · OtherCOMPASS WORKING CAPITAL INCPILLSBURY UNITED COMMUNITIES — $500,000 · OtherPILLSBURY UNITED COMMUNITIESTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY — $371,474 · OtherTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSIT…UASPIRE — $319,060 · OtherUASPIRETHE FOUNTAIN FUND — $595,000 · OtherTHE FOUNTAIN FUNDCONNECT TO COMPETE INC — $600,000 · OtherCONNECT TO COMPETE INCPOINT SOURCE YOUTH INC — $302,500 · OtherNARRATIVE NATION INC — $272,500 · Other+15 more — $492,500 · Other+15 moreCENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INC — $2,660,000 · EmploymentCENTER FOR EMPL…PER SCHOLAS INC — $525,000 · EmploymentPER SCHOLAS INC+3 more — $30,000 · EmploymentSPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE — $890,000 · Human ServicesSPRINGBOARD C…FII - NATIONAL — $625,000 · Human ServicesFII - NATIONA…FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH — $610,000 · Human ServicesFIRST PLACE F…SINGLE STOP USA INC — $328,446 · Human ServicesSINGLE STOP U…mRelief — $272,500 · Human ServicesmRelief+4 more — $145,000 · Human ServicesFOOD CONNECT CO — $1,282,500 · Food & Nutrition+1 more — $10,000 · Food & NutritionHomeStart Inc — $585,001 · Community ImprovementPublic Works Alliance — $310,500 · Community ImprovementTHE CAPITAL GOOD FUND — $240,000 · Community ImprovementTHE BOTTOM LINE INC — $53,750 · Community Improvement+2 more — $20,000 · Community ImprovementCURE VIOLENCE GLOBAL — $1,100,000 · International
Education$7,660,276Other$5,953,034Employment$3,215,000Human Services$2,870,946Food & Nutrition$1,292,500Community Improvement$1,209,251International$1,100,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INC — $2,660,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetYouth Guidance — $2,451,204 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetPARENTCHILD INC — $1,870,000 over 8y, 9.2% of budgetFOOD CONNECT CO — $1,282,500 over 5y, 30% of budgetCURE VIOLENCE GLOBAL — $1,100,000 over 4y, 7.3% of budgetSPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE — $890,000 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetWELLBEING ACTION FOR YOUTH INC — $825,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetBLUEPRINT SCHOOLS NETWORK INC — $748,520 over 4y, 12% of budgetTHE LITERACY LAB — $697,250 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetNEW TEACHER CENTER — $650,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCOMPASS WORKING CAPITAL INC — $630,000 over 6y, 6.1% of budgetFII - NATIONAL — $625,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetFIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH — $610,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetCONNECT TO COMPETE INC — $600,000 over 5y, 8.0% of budgetTHE FOUNTAIN FUND — $595,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetHomeStart Inc — $585,001 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetPER SCHOLAS INC — $525,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCAREMESSAGE — $507,500 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetPILLSBURY UNITED COMMUNITIES — $500,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetALL OUR KIN INC — $483,750 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetHOPEWORKS 'N CAMDEN INC — $445,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetGENESYS WORKS — $392,126 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY — $371,474 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYEAR UP INC — $329,926 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSINGLE STOP USA INC — $328,446 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPublic Works Alliance — $310,500 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetPOINT SOURCE YOUTH INC — $302,500 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetmRelief — $272,500 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetNARRATIVE NATION INC — $272,500 over 3y, 7.9% of budgetTHE CAPITAL GOOD FUND — $240,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetNURSE-FAMILY PARTNERSHIP — $160,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFOCUSING PHILANTHROPY INC — $130,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetREADING PARTNERS — $60,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BOTTOM LINE INC — $53,750 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRAR-MA INC — $50,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - BOSTON INC — $50,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetYOUTH VILLAGES FOUNDATION INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSocial Finance Inc — $35,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPEER HEALTH EXCHANGE INC — $30,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetJOIN FREEWORLD INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHOUSING CONNECTOR — $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWTIA WORKFORCE INSTITUTE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINNERCITY WEIGHTLIFTING INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUPWARDLY GLOBAL — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFATHERS UPLIFT INCORPORATED — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFamily Engagement Lab — $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBuild Commonwealth Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFUTURO HEALTH — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Boston Foundation IncAnnie E Casey Foundat…Td Charitable Foundat…Fidelity FoundationGates FoundationLiberty Mutual Founda…Combined Jewish Phila…Pwc Foundation IncEastern Bank Foundati…Paul & Edith Babson F…Silicon Valley Commun…Cambridge Savings Cha…
Boston Foundation IncMA24.6× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Td Charitable Foundation · Fidelity Foundation · Gates Foundation · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Pwc Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Paul & Edith Babson Foundation 106846-000 · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Greenlight Fund Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Fathers Uplift Incorporated — 22% of income from government
  • Foodcorps Inc — 21% of income from government
  • HomeStart Inc — 20% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University — 12% of income from government
  • Social Finance Inc — 12% of income from government
  • Blueprint Schools Network Inc — 10% of income from government
  • Economic Mobility Pathways Inc — 6% of income from government
  • Friends of the Children - Boston Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Compass Working Capital Inc — 1% of income from government
  • All Our Kin Inc — 1% of income from government
  • The Bottom Line Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Year Up Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 61 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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