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Howard C Connor Charitable Foundation Eastern at a glance

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Howard C Connor Charitable Foundation Eastern

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$120k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$20k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Human Services$170kEducation$125kReligion$80kHealth$80kHousing & Shelter$35kEmployment$30kFood & Nutrition$30kYouth Development$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $110k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALL SAINTS PARISH$20,000
IMMIGRANT LEARNING CENTER INC$10,000
MISSION OF DEEDS$10,000
MYSTIC VALLEY ELDER SERVICES$10,000
MORGAN MEMORIAL GOODWILL$10,000
PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND$10,000
ROGERSON COMMUNITIES$10,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF LYNN$10,000
SAMARITANS INC$10,000
CITIZENS INN INC$10,000
THE OPEN DOOR$5,000
Mount Pleasant Home$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $160k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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%UNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS: $10k → 16%ROGERSON COMMUNITIES: $10k → 16%MISSION OF DEEDS INC: $10k → 8%MISSION OF DEEDS: $10k → 8%ROGERSON COMMUNITIES: $10k → 16%MISSION OF DEEDS: $10k → 8%MISSION OF DEEDS INC: $10k → 8%ROGERSON COMMUNITIES: $10k → 16%ROGERSON COMMUNITIES: $10k → 16%MYSTIC VALLEY ELDER SERVICES: $10k → 8%MYSTIC VALLEY ELDER SERVICES: $10k → 8%MYSTIC VALLEY ELDER SERVICES: $10k → 8%MYSTIC VALLEY ELDER SERVICES: $10k → 8%MYSTIC VALLEY ELDER SERVICES: $10k → 8%THE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS: $10k → 16%THE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS: $10k → 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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$555k · 16 repeat orgs$45k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +18% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
5

Total granted

$555k
$45k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+10%

Still filing today

88%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentEmploymentEducationHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • MV
    MYSTIC VALLEY AGING SERVICES INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $50k · revenue +70%
  • MO
    Mission of Deeds Inc
    4× · 2020–2025 · $40k · revenue +18%
  • SAMARITANS INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $40k · revenue +79%

Funded once

  • BO
    BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -30%
  • UNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTSgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +74%
  • NORTHEAST ARC INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -60%
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
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
2
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.

—
3
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
4
The Brien Center for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

The brien center provides a continuum of care for children, adolescents, adults and families living with significant and persistent mental health and substance use disorders. we are guided by the belief that everyone in berkshire county…

Health
5
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
6
Work Incorporated

It is the mission of work,inc. to ensure that all individuals with disabilities have the ability to grow, the right to make choices, access to education, and the opportunity to participate in community life via meaningful work.

Employment
7
Massachusetts Assisted Living Association Inc

To lead the assisted living industry in its service of seniors through advocacy, education, operational support, and enhanced growth opportunities.

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8
Brockton Area Multi-Services Inc

To empower people and enrich their lives, through compassionate support and diverse services, one individual, one family at a time.

Human Services
9
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.

—
10
Viability Inc

Viability's mission is to build a world in which individuals with disabilities and other disadvantages realize acceptance, inclusion, and access.

Employment
11
Brookline Community Mental Health Center Inc Dba the Brookline Center

The brookline center for community mental health provides groundbreaking mental health services rooted in meaningful innovation and compassionate care. in response to today's mental health landscape and the ongoing mental health crisis,…

—
12
Walnut Street Center Inc

The mission of the walnut street center is to provide adults, with developmental disabilities, with opportunities to live engaged and meaningful lives. the agency accomplishes this mission by offering a variety of support services that…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mystic Valley Aging Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Joslin Diabetes Center 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

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. 18 of the 21 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
13/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ALL SAINTS PARISH: $80,000 · OtherALL SAINTS PARISHTHE WHITE MOUNTAIN SCHOOL ST MARY'S IN THE MOUNTAINS: $55,000 · OtherTHE WHITE MOUNTAIN SCHOOL ST MARY'S IN THE MOUNTA…THE IMMIGRANT LEARNING CENTER INC: $40,000 · OtherTHE IMMIGRANT LEARNING CENTER INCTHE OPEN DOOR CAPE ANN FOOD PANTRY INC: $30,000 · OtherTHE OPEN DOOR CAPE ANN FOOD PANTRY INCIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMOUNT PLEASANT HOME INC: $15,000 · OtherMOUNT PLEASANT HOME INCNORTHEAST ARC INC: $10,000 · OtherMELROSE FAMILY YMCA: $10,000 · OtherMYSTIC VALLEY AGING SERVICES INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesMYSTIC VALLEY AGING SERVICES I…Mission of Deeds Inc: $40,000 · Human ServicesMission of Deeds IncROGERSON COMMUNITIES INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesROGERSON COMMUNITIES INCTHE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesTHE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS …UNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS: $10,000 · Human ServicesUNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTSSAMARITANS INC: $40,000 · HealthSAMARITANS INCJOSLIN DIABETES CENTER INC: $30,000 · HealthJOSLIN DIABETES…BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC: $10,000 · HealthBRIDGE OVER TRO…Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries Inc: $30,000 · EmploymentPERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND: $30,000 · EducationCITIZENS INN INC: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF LYNN INC: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR ALL INC: $5,000 · Community Improvement
Other$260,000Human Services$160,000Health$80,000Employment$30,000Education$30,000Housing & Shelter$20,000Youth Development$15,000Community Improvement$5,000

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 budgetTHE WHITE MOUNTAIN SCHOOL ST MARY'S IN THE MOUNTAINS: $55,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMYSTIC VALLEY AGING SERVICES INC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE IMMIGRANT LEARNING CENTER INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetMission of Deeds Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetSAMARITANS INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetROGERSON COMMUNITIES INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE OPEN DOOR CAPE ANN FOOD PANTRY INC: $30,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMorgan Memorial Goodwill Industries Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJOSLIN DIABETES CENTER INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCITIZENS INN INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF LYNN INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMOUNT PLEASANT HOME INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNORTHEAST ARC INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR ALL 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.

Eastern Bank Foundati…Rockland Trust Charit…Boston Foundation IncBushrod H Campbell & …Yawkey Foundation IICambridge Savings Cha…Salem Five Charitable…Cummings Foundation G…People's United Commu…Rockland Trust - East…Amelia Peabody Charit…American Tower Corpor…
Eastern Bank FoundationMA24.9× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eastern Bank Foundation · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund · Yawkey Foundation II · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Salem Five Charitable Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · People's United Community Foundation of Eastern Massachusetts Inc · Rockland Trust - East Boston Savings Bank Foundation Inc · Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund Trust · American Tower Corporation 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 Howard C Connor Charitable Foundation Eastern funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Howard C Connor Charitable Foundation Eastern. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Northeast Arc Inc: 73% of income from government
  • The Home for Little Wanderers Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Joslin Diabetes Center Inc: 35% of income from government
  • The Immigrant Learning Center Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc: 32% of income from government
  • Samaritans Inc: 31% of income from government
  • Mount Pleasant Home Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Citizens Inn Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Perkins School for the Blind: 7% of income from government
  • Rogerson Communities Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Entrepreneurship for All Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Lynn Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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-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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