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Horace a Moses Charitable Trust at a glance

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Horace a Moses Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$40k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Youth Development$59kHuman Services$52kEducation$42kCommunity Improvement$25kArts & Culture$23kHousing & Shelter$23kHealth$17kFood & Nutrition$12kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$780k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BLUES TO GREEN$7,500
Springfield Boys & Girls Club Inc$7,500
College of Our Lady of the Elms$5,000
Springfield Museums Corporation$5,000
Boy Scouts of America$5,000
Revitalize Community Development Corp$5,000
Horizons For Homeless Children Inc$5,000
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 (FY17–25, $47k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Horizons For Homeless Children Inc: $5k → 16%THE TREEHOUSE FOUNDATION: $3k → 13%IT TAKES A VILLAGE: $5k → 12%Hilltown Village Inc: $3k → 12%NORTHAMPTON SURVIVAL CENTER: $5k → 12%NORTHAMPTON SURVIVAL CENTER: $3k → 12%SPRINGFIELD RESCUE MISSION INC: $5k → 17%NORTHAMPTON SURVIVAL CENTER: $2k → 12%CHRISTINA'S HOUSE INC: $10k → 17%CHRISTINA'S HOUSE INC: $5k → 17%CENTER FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: $2k → 17%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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$175k · 16 repeat orgs$80k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
18

Total granted

$175k
$53k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+47%

Still filing today

81%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureHealthYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • BB
    BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $19k · revenue +70%
  • Catie's Closet Inc
    3× · 2022–2024 · $15k · revenue +26%
  • LL
    LUCY'S LOVE BUS CHARITABLE TRUST INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $10k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL OF SPRINGFIELD INC
    one grant, 2024 · $8k · revenue -12%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF CHILDREN TRUST FUND INC
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • MICHAEL J DIAS FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +47%
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
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
2
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
3
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
4
The Home for Little Wanderers Inc

To help vulnerable children and their families build permanent, positive change.

Human Services
5
Women's Institute for Housing and Economic Development Inc

The mission of the women's institute is to promote economic resilience and stable homes by developing and preserving high quality affordable and supportive housing, with an emphasis on under-served populations.

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6
Springboard Collaborative

Springboard collaborative combines targeted student instruction with parent training in an incentivized system that closes the literacy gap, by transferring the summer from a barrier into a springboard for financially disadvantaged…

Human Services
7
Berkshire County Head Start Child Development Program Inc

To enhance opportunities for success by inspiring each child's love of learning, partnering with families, advocating for equity, and fostering a connection to community.

Education
8
The Boston Children's School Inc

To promote the growth and development of children while teaching them how to learn efficiently and experience the joy of learning

Education
9
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
10
Child Care of the Berkshires Inc

The organization provides child care services to families through child care centers and a network of family child care homes. child care of the berkshires also strengthens families through support services and home visiting focused on…

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11
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
12
Household Goods Inc

Household goods provides a full range of donated furniture and household items, free of charge, to help people in need make a home.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Survival Centers Inc; the most unlike its peers is Michael J Dias Foundation 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

27 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. 27 of the 39 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
16/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC: $19,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF WESTERN MASSA…SPRINGFIELD BOYS AND GIRLS: $17,500 · OtherSPRINGFIELD BOYS AND GIRLSJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF: $8,000 · OtherJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OFJunior Achievement of Western MA: $5,500 · OtherJunior Achievement of Western MAFRIENDS OF CHILDREN TRUST FUND INC: $5,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF CHILDREN TRUST FUND INCREVITALIZE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $5,000 · OtherREVITALIZE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORAT…Boy Scouts of America: $5,000 · OtherBoy Scouts of AmericaSPRINGFIELD BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC: $7,500 · OtherSPRINGFIELD BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC+9 more: $20,500 · Other+9 moreCatie's Closet Inc: $15,000 · Human ServicesCatie's Closet IncCHRISTINA'S HOUSE INCORPORATED: $15,000 · Human ServicesCHRISTINA'S HOUSE INCORPORATEDNORTHAMPTON SURVIVAL CENTER INC: $9,500 · Human ServicesNORTHAMPTON SURVIVAL CENTER IN…SPRINGFIELD RESCUE MISSION: $9,000 · Human ServicesSPRINGFIELD RESCUE MISSIONHILLTOWN VILLAGE: $7,500 · Human ServicesHILLTOWN VILLAGEHORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $5,000 · Human ServicesHORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDRENTHE TREE HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesSURVIVAL CENTERS INC: $2,500 · Human Services+1 more: $2,000 · Human ServicesHOMEWORK HOUSE INC: $10,000 · EducationHOMEWORK HOUSE…SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS CORPORATION: $7,000 · EducationSPRINGFIELD MU…COLLEGE OF OUR LADY OF THE ELMS: $5,000 · EducationCOLLEGE OF OUR…RAR-MA INC: $4,500 · EducationRAR-MA INCIDEAL4GIFTED INC: $3,000 · EducationIDEAL4GIFTED I…THE LITERACY LAB: $2,500 · EducationTHE LITERACY L…BLUES TO GREEN INC: $20,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL OF SPRINGFIELD INC: $7,500 · Arts & CultureTHE ENCHANTED CIRCLE INC: $6,500 · Arts & CultureVALLEY EYE RADIO INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureLUCY'S LOVE BUS CHARITABLE TRUST INC: $10,000 · HealthMICHAEL J DIAS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · HealthREADER TO READER INC: $11,000 · Philanthropy
Other$93,000Human Services$68,000Education$32,000Community Improvement$20,000Arts & Culture$16,000Health$15,000Philanthropy$11,000

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 budgetBLUES TO GREEN INC: $20,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC: $19,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetCatie's Closet Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHRISTINA'S HOUSE INCORPORATED: $15,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetREADER TO READER INC: $11,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetHOMEWORK HOUSE INC: $10,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetLUCY'S LOVE BUS CHARITABLE TRUST INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetNORTHAMPTON SURVIVAL CENTER INC: $9,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSPRINGFIELD RESCUE MISSION: $9,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL OF SPRINGFIELD INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHILLTOWN VILLAGE: $7,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetSPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS CORPORATION: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ENCHANTED CIRCLE INC: $6,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetREVITALIZE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMICHAEL J DIAS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCOLLEGE OF OUR LADY OF THE ELMS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAR-MA INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetIDEAL4GIFTED INC: $3,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTHE LITERACY LAB: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TREE HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSURVIVAL CENTERS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVALLEY EYE RADIO INC: $2,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetJust Roots Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS INC OF THE VALLEY: $2,000 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.

The Beveridge Family …Community Foundation …The Irene E and Georg…United Bank Foundatio…Easthampton Savings B…Florence Savings Char…Massmutual Foundation…Berkshire Bank Founda…Peoples United Commun…Agnes M Lindsay TrustHealth New England IncPeoplesbank Charitabl…
The Beveridge Family FoundationMA46.8× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Beveridge Family Foundation · Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts · The Irene E and George A Davis Foundation · United Bank Foundation Massachusetts Inc · Easthampton Savings Bank Foundation Inc · Florence Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Massmutual Foundation Inc · Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc · Peoples United Community Foundation · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · Health New England Inc · Peoplesbank 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 Horace a Moses Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Horace a Moses Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Homework House Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Reader to Reader Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Girls Inc of the Valley: 30% of income from government
  • Center for Human Development Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Horizons for Homeless Children: 21% of income from government
  • Just Roots Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Blues to Green Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Survival Centers Inc: 9% of income from government
  • The Enchanted Circle Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Hilltown Village: 7% of income from government
  • Springfield Museums Corporation: 5% of income from government
  • Catie's Closet Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Michael J Dias Foundation Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Northampton Survival Center Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Springfield Boys & Girls Club Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get 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
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 39 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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