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Horace A Moses Foundation at a glance

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Horace A Moses Foundation

The Horace Moses Foundation's primary purpose is to support the Boston Foundation, Inc.

$88k
Granted FY2019
7
Grants FY2019
2
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of Horace A Moses Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Boston Foundation Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year Horace A Moses Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $88k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

7
’19
3
’20
3
’21
4
’22
0
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

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 2024.

Philanthropy$4.3MYouth Development$296kHealth$75kEducation$75kRecreation & Sports$62kArts & Culture$21kCrime & Legal$20k
02FY2019 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k2 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $80k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)$20,000
Mass Leap$20,000
Friends of the Children - Boston$20,000
Junior Achievement Inc$10,000
The Institute for Pan African Cultural Education Inc$10,000
Generations Incorporated$5,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston Inc$3,200
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 (FY19–22, $70k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Caribbean Youth Club Inc: $50k → 16%Friends of the Children - Boston: $20k → 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 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
Breakthrough Greater Boston Inc

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

Education
2
Bpe Inc

Bpe drives exceptional outcomes for all students by developing great teachers and great schools. for three decades, bpe (formerly the boston plan for excellence) has devised solutions to the toughest challenges faced by boston's students…

Education
3
Boston Partners in Education Inc

By creating supportive relationships between students and volunteer mentors, boston partners in education ensures a more equitable city where every bps student is equipped with the skills, opportunity, and confidence to succeed in the…

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4
Boston Arts Summer Institute Inc
Recreation & Sports
5
Community Call

Community Call provides civic engagement learning and opportunity to marginalized youth in Boston and Cambridge

Education
6
Kids in Tech Inc

Kids in tech, inc. is a statewide organization that excites, educates, and empowers children across massachusetts to use technology, promoting a positive environment and fostering lifelong interest in stem. through our after-school…

Education
7
Bpe Inc

Bpe's mission is to drive exceptional outcomes for all students by developing great teachers and great schools. for three decades, bpe (formerly the boston plan for excellence) has devised solutions to the toughest challenges faced by…

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8
Browning the Green Space Inc

We seek to facilitate a just energy transition by putting black and brown communities first, and enabling systems change at the intersection of social, environmental, and economic justice. we are powering a just energy transition in the…

Environment
9
Brookline Teen Center

Btc's vision is for all brookline students to engage in their community and emerge ready for college, career, and beyond. our mission is to provide a platform where all teens can explore, create, and discover who they are. through…

Youth Development
10
Edvestors Inc

Edvestors was founded in 2002 as a platform to connect boston philanthropists with the city's public schools by identifying, shaping, and matching donors with promising school improvement efforts. (see schedule o)

Education
11
Boston Private Industry Council Inc the

The mission of the PIC is to connect youth and adults of Boston ,with jobs and careers in the mainstream economy. The PIC brokers jobs and internships for public high school students oversees Bostons One Stop Career Centers and related job…

Employment
12
Apprentice Learning Inc

Apprentice learning provides real-world work experiences for middle school students. we leverage career exploration to teach skills and to nuture dreams.

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Center for Teen Empowerment Inc; the most unlike its peers is Building Audacity. 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

18 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)
16/18
Grantees still filing
11/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Boston Foundation Inc: $4,331,559 · PhilanthropyBoston Foundation IncACTIVE KIDS & MINDS INC: $90,000 · Youth DevelopmentGOOD SPORTS INC: $61,500 · Youth DevelopmentBUILDING AUDACITY: $40,000 · Youth Development+2 more: $8,200 · Youth DevelopmentTHE CENTER FOR TEEN EMPOWERMENT INC: $40,000 · OtherHEALTH RESOURCES IN ACTION INC: $37,500 · OtherHEALTH CARE FOR ALL INC: $37,400 · OtherMASS L E A P INC: $20,000 · OtherTHE INSTITUTE FOR PAN AFRICAN CULTURAL EDUCATION INC: $10,000 · OtherRESIST INC: $8,000 · OtherBOSTON AFTER SCHOOL & BEYOND INC: $74,500 · EducationCENTER FOR ARTISTRY AND SCHOLARSHIP INC: $21,000 · EducationCaribbean Youth Club Inc: $50,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - BOSTON INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesKIND INC: $20,000 · Crime & LegalJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER BOSTON INC: $10,000 · International
Philanthropy$4,331,559Youth Development$199,700Other$152,900Education$95,500Human Services$70,000Crime & Legal$20,000International$10,000

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 budgetBoston Foundation Inc: $4,331,559 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetBOSTON AFTER SCHOOL & BEYOND INC: $74,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetGOOD SPORTS INC: $61,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCaribbean Youth Club Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetBUILDING AUDACITY: $40,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR TEEN EMPOWERMENT INC: $40,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetHEALTH RESOURCES IN ACTION INC: $37,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEALTH CARE FOR ALL INC: $37,400 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCENTER FOR ARTISTRY AND SCHOLARSHIP INC: $21,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetMASS L E A P INC: $20,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetKIND INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - BOSTON INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER BOSTON INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE INSTITUTE FOR PAN AFRICAN CULTURAL EDUCATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetRESIST INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLITERATIONS CORP: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC: $3,200 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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 IncUnited Way Of Massach…Eastern Bank Foundati…Boston Charitable Tru…Liberty Mutual Founda…Cummings Foundation G…Wellington Management…Children's Hospital C…Nellie Mae Education …Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Boston Foundation IncMA28× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Boston Charitable Trust Fund City of Boston Trust Office · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Wellington Management Foundation · Children's Hospital Corporation · Nellie Mae Education Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Horace A Moses Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Horace A Moses Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Health Resources in Action Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Health Care for All Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Building Audacity: 24% of income from government
  • Boston After School & Beyond Inc: 15% of income from government
  • The Center for Teen Empowerment Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Friends of the Children - Boston Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Resist Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Boston Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
1report 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 18 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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