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Herman and Frieda L Miller Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Herman and Frieda L Miller 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.

$2.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
36
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Civil Rights$4.2MCommunity Improvement$2.7MHousing & Shelter$2.6MCrime & Legal$2.6MPublic Benefit$2.3MHuman Services$2.0MArts & Culture$1.6MReligion$1.3MOther$0
02FY2025 · 36 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $181k
  • $50k–250k31 grants · $1.9M
$60,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$48M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TSNE MISSIONWORKS$100,000
CENTRAL SQUARE THEATER INC$80,000
JUSTICE AT WORK$80,000
MA COMMUNITIES ACTION NETWORK (MCAN)$75,000
FJC A FOUNDATION OF PHILANTHROPIC FUNDS$75,000
MASSACHUSETTS BUDGET & POLICY CENTER$75,000
THE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPERS INC$70,000
JOIN FOR JUSTICE$65,000
ESSEX COUNTY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION$65,000
GREATER BOSTON INTERFAITH ORGANIZATION$65,000
CITY LIFE VIDA URBANA$65,000
ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE WORKSHOP INC$60,000
SAGE$60,000
MARLENE MEYERSON JCC MANHATTAN$60,000
BROCKTON INTERFAITH COMMUNITY$60,000
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 (FY17–25, $2.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 82% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS TRAINING CONSORTIUM INC: $50k → 17%SOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC: $50k → 8%ALL OUR KIDS INC: $50k → 12%SOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC: $50k → 8%ALL OUR KIDS INC: $50k → 12%HOPEWELL INC: $50k → 7%SOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC: $50k → 8%ALL OUR KIDS INC: $50k → 12%HOPEWELL INC: $50k → 7%MARLENE MEYERSON JCC MANHATTAN: $60k → 17%HOPEWELL INC: $50k → 7%MARLENE MEYERSON JCC MANHATTAN: $60k → 17%MARLENE MEYERSON JCC MANHATTAN: $60k → 17%NORTH SHORE WORKERS COMMUNITY FUND FBO NEW LYNN COALITION: $50k → 10%NORTH SHORE WORKERS COMMUNITY FUND FBO NEW LYNN COALITION: $40k → 10%STUDENT CLINIC FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE: $50k → 8%LA COLABORATIVA: $60k → 16%LA COLABORATIVA: $60k → 16%LA COLABORATIVA: $60k → 16%LA COLABORATIVA: $50k → 16%CHELSEA COLLABORATIVE INC: $50k → 16%CHELSEA COLLABORATIVE INC: $50k → 16%LA COLABORATIVA: $50k → 16%CHELSEA COLLABORATIVE INC: $50k → 16%LA COLABORATIVA: $50k → 16%HEALTH LAW ADVOCATES INC: $50k → 16%HEALTH LAW ADVOCATES INC: $50k → 16%HEALTH LAW ADVOCATES INC: $50k → 16%BRAZILIAN WORKER CENTER: $50k → 16%BRAZILIAN WORKER CENTER: $50k → 16%BRAZILIAN WORKER CENTER: $50k → 16%BRAZILIAN WORKER CENTER: $50k → 16%BRAZILIAN WORKER CENTER INC: $50k → 16%BRAZILIAN WORKER CENTER: $50k → 16%BRAZILIAN WORKER CENTER: $50k → 16%BRAZILIAN WORKER CENTER: $50k → 16%STUDENT CLINIC FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE INC: $50k → 16%BRAZILIAN WORKER CENTER: $50k → 16%STUDENT CLINIC FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE: $50k → 16%ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE WORKSHOP: $60k → 16%ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE WORKSHOP INC: $60k → 16%ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE WORKSHOP INC: $40k → 16%ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE WORKSHOP INC: $35k → 16%ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE WORKSHOP INC: $35k → 16%ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE WORKSHOP INC: $35k → 16%ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE WORKSHOP INC: $35k → 16%BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $50k → 16%BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $50k → 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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$22M · 98 repeat orgs$2.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +91% since the first grant, against +43% for those funded once.

98 repeat relationships: 32 still active in FY2025, 66 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

98
44

Total granted

$22M
$1.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+91%
+43%

Still filing today

74%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $135k 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
Human ServicesCivil RightsHealthCommunity ImprovementCrime & LegalArts & 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

  • Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $915k · revenue +0%
  • THE THEATER OFFENSIVE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $810k · revenue +148%
  • CS
    CENTRAL SQUARE THEATER INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $615k · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • MC
    MASS COALITION OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH INC
    one grant, 2019 · $105k
  • MC
    MA COMMUNITIES ACTION NETWORK
    one grant, 2017 · $75k
  • MC
    MASSACHUSETTS COMMUNITIES ACTION NETWORK MCAN
    one grant, 2024 · $75k
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
Massachusetts Nonprofit Network

The mission of the massachusetts nonprofit network is to unite and strengthen the nonprofit sector in the commonwealth through public policy, public awareness, and capacity building services.

Education
2
Aclu Foundation of Massachusetts Inc

Aclu foundation of ma was established to defend freedoms guaranteed in the constitution and bill of rights through public education and litigation.

Civil Rights
3
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.

—
4
Massachusetts Business Roundtable Inc

The mission of the roundtable is to make massachusetts the most desirable place to live, work and do business by engaging private sector executives and public leaders to ensure access to a robust, diverse and talented workforce that…

—
5
Massachusetts Fair Housing Center Inc

Mfhc is committed to ending systemic housing discrimination and creating inclusive communities through education, outreach, advocacy, housing counseling and enforcement.

Housing & Shelter
6
Massachusetts Education & Career Opportunities Inc

Massachusetts education and career opportunities, inc. (massedco, inc.) is a statewide network of service sites that provides education and career advising to over 12,000 low-income, first generation individuals each year. massedco…

Education
7
Massachusetts Regional Employment Board Association

The massachusetts workforce association (mwa) is a statewide membership association that leads, advocates and convenes on behalf of the massachusetts workforce development system.

Employment
8
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
9
Jewish Vocational Service Inc

To empower individuals from diverse communities to find employment and build careers, while partnering with employers to hire, develop, and retain productive workforces.

Employment
10
Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation

Mhic's mission is to be an innovative private financier of afforable housing and community development throughout new england, providing financing that would not otherwise be available, and extending the impact of that financing to ensure…

Housing & Shelter
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
League of Women Voters of Massachusetts

Lwvma, a nonpartisan organization, encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Catalyst Inc; the most unlike its peers is Courageous Parents Networkinc. 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

96 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 96 of the 147 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
41
Early backer (in before they grew)
94/96
Grantees still filing
80/96
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center Inc: $915,000 · OtherMassachusetts Budget and Policy Center IncURBAN REVIVAL INC: $585,000 · OtherCHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION: $450,000 · OtherJOIN FOR JUSTICE INC: $695,000 · OtherJOIN FOR JUSTICE INCJUSTICE AT WORK INC: $550,000 · OtherPOLITICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES INC: $405,000 · Other+90 more: $8,527,345 · Other+90 moreLA COLABORATIVA INC: $480,000 · Human ServicesLA COLABORAT…Brazilian Worker Center Inc: $450,000 · Human ServicesBrazilian Wo…ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE WORKSHOP INC: $325,000 · Human ServicesASIAN AMERIC…THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC: $180,000 · Human ServicesTHE JEWISH C…HEALTH LAW ADVOCATES INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesHEALTH LAW A…All Our Kids Inc: $150,000 · Human ServicesAll Our Kids…HOPEWELL INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesHOPEWELL INCSOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesSOUTH MIDDLE…STUDENT CLINIC FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesSTUDENT CLIN…BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $135,000 · Human ServicesNORTH SHORE WORKER'S COMMUNITY FUND INC: $130,000 · Human ServicesAYNI INSTITUTE INC: $90,000 · Human Services+3 more: $145,000 · Human Services+3 moreMASSACHUSETTS IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE ADVOCACY COALITION INC: $555,000 · Civil RightsMASSACHUSET…NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR MASSACHUSETTS EDUCATION FUND INC: $350,000 · Civil RightsNEIGHBOR TO…RIGHT TO THE CITY ALLIANCE: $335,000 · Civil RightsRIGHT TO TH…Massachusetts Voter Education Network Inc: $300,000 · Civil RightsMassachuset…COMMUNITY LABOR UNITED INC: $240,000 · Civil RightsCOMMUNITY L…CENTER FOR LABOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INC: $200,000 · Civil RightsCENTER FOR …MUSLIM JUSTICE LEAGUE: $175,000 · Civil RightsMUSLIM JUST…BOSTON CASA INC: $150,000 · Civil RightsBOSTON CASA…INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEW ENGLAND INC: $105,000 · Civil Rights+1 more: $25,000 · Civil RightsMASSACHUSETTS COMMUNITIES ACTION NETWORK INC: $615,000 · Community ImprovementMASSACHUS…ESSEX COUNTY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION: $570,000 · Community ImprovementESSEX COU…THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC: $303,100 · Community ImprovementTHIRD SEC…THE SOMERVILLE COMMUNITY CORPORATION INC: $285,000 · Community ImprovementTHE SOMER…+3 more: $150,000 · Community Improvement+3 moreTHE THEATER OFFENSIVE INC: $810,000 · Arts & CultureTHE THEAT…CENTRAL SQUARE THEATER INC: $615,000 · Arts & CultureCENTRAL S…JEWISH ALLIANCE FOR LAW AND SOCIAL ACTION INC: $255,000 · Arts & CultureJEWISH AL…COMPANY ONE INC: $110,000 · Arts & CultureCOMPANY O…CHINATOWN COMMUNITY LAND TRUST INC: $90,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $40,000 · Arts & CultureCENTRO PRESENTE INC: $450,000 · Crime & LegalLAWYERS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS INC: $420,151 · Crime & LegalFJC: $150,000 · Crime & LegalMASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN: $100,000 · Crime & LegalLAWYERS CLEARINGHOUSE ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS INC: $99,000 · Crime & LegalMASSACHUSETTS LEGAL ASSISTANCE CORP: $75,000 · Crime & LegalJUSTICE RESOURCE INSTITUTE INC: $60,000 · Crime & LegalCRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY COALITION INC: $48,000 · Crime & LegalBOSTON TENANT COALITION INC: $475,000 · Housing & ShelterMASSACHUSETTS AFFORDABLE HOUSING ALLIANCE INC: $400,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPERS INC: $310,000 · Housing & ShelterBOSTON AFFORDABLE HOUSING COALITION INC: $135,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE HOUSING PARTNERSHIP NETWORK INC: $50,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$12,127,345Human Services$2,685,000Civil Rights$2,435,000Community Improvement$1,923,100Arts & Culture$1,920,000Crime & Legal$1,402,151Housing & Shelter$1,370,000

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 budgetMassachusetts Budget and Policy Center Inc: $915,000 over 9y, 5.4% of budgetTHE THEATER OFFENSIVE INC: $810,000 over 9y, 8.1% of budgetJOIN FOR JUSTICE INC: $695,000 over 9y, 9.8% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS COMMUNITIES ACTION NETWORK INC: $615,000 over 6y, 11% of budgetCENTRAL SQUARE THEATER INC: $615,000 over 9y, 5.3% of budgetURBAN REVIVAL INC: $585,000 over 9y, 6.6% of budgetESSEX COUNTY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION: $570,000 over 9y, 16% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE ADVOCACY COALITION INC: $555,000 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetJUSTICE AT WORK INC: $550,000 over 9y, 18% of budgetLA COLABORATIVA INC: $480,000 over 9y, 4.5% of budgetBOSTON TENANT COALITION INC: $475,000 over 9y, 31% of budgetBrazilian Worker Center Inc: $450,000 over 9y, 11% of budgetCENTRO PRESENTE INC: $450,000 over 9y, 20% of budgetCHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION: $450,000 over 9y, 7.1% of budgetLAWYERS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS INC: $420,151 over 8y, 3.7% of budgetPOLITICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES INC: $405,000 over 7y, 3.0% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS AFFORDABLE HOUSING ALLIANCE INC: $400,000 over 9y, 4.6% of budgetGREENROOTS INC: $380,000 over 8y, 6.5% of budgetBROCKTON INTERFAITH COMMUNITY INC: $350,000 over 7y, 13% of budgetNEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR MASSACHUSETTS EDUCATION FUND INC: $350,000 over 7y, 8.7% of budgetRIGHT TO THE CITY ALLIANCE: $335,000 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetCONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC: $330,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE WORKSHOP INC: $325,000 over 8y, 9.0% of budgetTHE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPERS INC: $310,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetTHIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC: $303,100 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMassachusetts Voter Education Network Inc: $300,000 over 3y, 55% of budgetTHE SOMERVILLE COMMUNITY CORPORATION INC: $285,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetJEWISH ALLIANCE FOR LAW AND SOCIAL ACTION INC: $255,000 over 6y, 6.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY LABOR UNITED INC: $240,000 over 5y, 5.7% of budgetUTEC Inc: $240,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetCENTER FOR LABOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INC: $200,000 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC: $180,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMUSLIM JUSTICE LEAGUE: $175,000 over 6y, 16% of budgetFJC: $150,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Cooperative dba Francesco Collaborative: $150,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetHEALTH LAW ADVOCATES INC: $150,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetAll Our Kids Inc: $150,000 over 3y, 36% of budgetBOSTON CASA INC: $150,000 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetHOPEWELL INC: $150,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC: $150,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetSOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC: $150,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetResilient Coders Inc: $150,000 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetSTUDENT CLINIC FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE INC: $150,000 over 3y, 34% of budgetBOSTON AFFORDABLE HOUSING COALITION INC: $135,000 over 3y, 22% of budgetBOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $135,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetNORTH SHORE WORKER'S COMMUNITY FUND INC: $130,000 over 4y, 31% of budgetJ STREET EDUCATION FUND INC: $130,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSCHOLARS STRATEGY NETWORK: $130,000 over 3y, 2.0% 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.

  • Who funds Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE THEATER OFFENSIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds JOIN FOR JUSTICE INC ↗
  • Who funds MASSACHUSETTS COMMUNITIES ACTION NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL SQUARE THEATER INC ↗
  • Who funds URBAN REVIVAL INC ↗
  • Who funds ESSEX COUNTY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION ↗
  • Who funds MASSACHUSETTS IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE ADVOCACY COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds JUSTICE AT WORK INC ↗
  • Who funds LA COLABORATIVA INC ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON TENANT COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds Brazilian Worker Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds CENTRO PRESENTE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds LAWYERS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS INC ↗
  • Who funds POLITICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES INC ↗
  • Who funds MASSACHUSETTS AFFORDABLE HOUSING ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds GREENROOTS INC ↗
  • Who funds BROCKTON INTERFAITH COMMUNITY INC ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR MASSACHUSETTS EDUCATION FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds RIGHT TO THE CITY ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE WORKSHOP INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPERS INC ↗
  • Who funds THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds Massachusetts Voter Education Network Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE SOMERVILLE COMMUNITY CORPORATION INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH ALLIANCE FOR LAW AND SOCIAL ACTION INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY LABOR UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds UTEC Inc ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR LABOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSLIM JUSTICE LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds FJC ↗
  • Who funds Community Cooperative dba Francesco Collaborative ↗
  • Who funds HEALTH LAW ADVOCATES 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.

Boston Foundation IncThe Hyams Foundation …Eastern Bank Foundati…Barr FoundationUnited Way Of Massach…Cummings Foundation G…Combined Jewish Phila…Children's Hospital C…Liberty Mutual Founda…The Fish Family Found…Mass General Brigham …Health Resources in A…
Boston Foundation IncMA80.2× affinity57 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · The Hyams Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Barr Foundation · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Children's Hospital Corporation · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · The Fish Family Foundation · Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return · Health Resources in Action 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 Herman and Frieda L Miller Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Herman and Frieda L Miller Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 200%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Hopewell Inc: 83% of income from government
  • Mab Community Services Inc: 69% of income from government
  • Youthbuild Global Inc: 69% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corp: 68% of income from government
  • Health Law Advocates Inc: 52% of income from government
  • Community Action Agency of Somerville: 49% of income from government
  • Justice Resource Institute Inc: 48% of income from government
  • Utec Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center Inc: 38% of income from government
  • La Colaborativa Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc: 32% of income from government
  • Health Care for All Inc: 29% of income from government
  • International Institute of New England Inc: 24% of income from government
  • United Way of Massachusetts Bay Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Boston Casa Inc: 20% of income from government
  • South Middlesex Opportunity Council Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Essex County Community Organization: 15% of income from government
  • Community Catalyst Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Doc Wayne Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health Inc: 11% of income from government
  • The Housing Partnership Network Inc: 10% of income from government
  • South Boston En Accion Inc: 10% of income from government
  • De Novo Center for Justice and Healing: 9% of income from government
  • Commonwealth Kitchen Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Lawrence Communityworks Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
  • Brazilian Worker Center Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Student Clinic for Immigrant Justice Inc: 5% of income from government
  • North Shore Worker's Community Fund Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Third Sector New England Inc: 3% of income from government
  • The Carroll Center for the Blind Inc: 3% of income from government
  • The Neighborhood Developers Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Legal Services Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Central Square Theater Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Theater Offensive Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Company One Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Boston Children's Chorus Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Resist Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Greenroots Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Compass Working Capital Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Somerville Community Corporation Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Lawyers for Civil Rights Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Asian American Resource Workshop Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Community Labor United Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Philanthropy Massachusetts Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Glbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Justice at Work Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
20get no government money at all
16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
5rely 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.

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 147 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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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