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HPH Family Foundation at a glance

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HPH Family 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.

$27k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$452kArts & Culture$266kEnvironment$100kPublic Benefit$25kFood & Nutrition$5kCivil Rights$2kAnimals$2kInternational$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $2k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
$500
Median grant
3
States reached
$204k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DEMOCRACY MATTERS FOUNDATION$25,000
THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC$1,000
INTEGRARTE PERFORMING ARTS INC$500
BELMONT FOOD PANTRY$500
BOSTON DANCE ALLIANCE INC$270
WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC$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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%NEW ENGLAND WILDLIFE CENTER: $1k → 7%MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $124k → 8%THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $1k → 16%INTEGRARTE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $500 → 15%AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION: $50k → 14%SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $1k → 18%INTEGRARTE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $500 → 12%MATTY EAPPEN FOUNDATION: $200 → 8%NEW ENGLAND WILDLIFE CENTER: $500 → 7%MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $92k → 8%THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $1k → 16%AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION: $50k → 14%SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $500 → 18%MATTY EAPPEN FOUNDATION: $100 → 8%MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $5k → 8%THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $500 → 16%DEMOCRACY MATTERS FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $5k → 8%BOSTON DANCE ALLIANCE INC: $270 → 16%AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $5k → 8%LINGZI FOUNDATION: $500 → 16%MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $5k → 8%LINGZI FOUNDATION: $500 → 16%MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $5k → 8%ENVIRONMENTAL LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $100k → 16%BALLET THEATRE OF BOSTON INC: $500 → 8%BOSTON AREA GLEANERS INC: $500 → 8%BOSTON AREA GLEANERS INC: $500 → 8%POWERS MUSIC SCHOOL INC: $100k → 8%POWERS MUSIC SCHOOL INC: $20k → 8%POWERS MUSIC SCHOOL INC: $10k → 8%POWERS MUSIC SCHOOL INC: $5k → 8%POWERS MUSIC SCHOOL INC: $4k → 8%BELMONT FOOD PANTRY: $500 → 8%BELMONT FOOD PANTRY: $500 → 8%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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$484k · 12 repeat orgs$127k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against -13% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
3

Total granted

$484k
$101k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
-13%

Still filing today

100%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 6% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationFood & NutritionArts & CultureCrime & LegalAnimalsInternationalOther
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

  • University of Illinois Foundation
    2× · 2020–2022 · $210k · revenue +74%
  • PM
    POWERS MUSIC SCHOOL INC
    4× · 2018–2024 · $139k · revenue +43%
  • TA
    THE AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $125k · revenue +124%

Funded once

  • ENVIRONMENTAL LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS INC
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue -37%
  • IP
    INTEGRARTE PERFORMING ARTS INC
    one grant, 2024 · $500
  • BT
    Ballet Theatre of Boston Inc D/B/A Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre
    one grant, 2020 · $500 · revenue -13%
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
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
Trustees of Boston University

Organization's mission: boston university is an international, comprehensive, private research university, committed to educating students to be reflective, resourceful individuals ready to live, adapt, and lead in an interconnected world.…

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3
Wheaton College

Wheaton college provides a transformative liberal arts education, combining theory and practice, for intellectually curious students within a collaborative and vibrant extended community and network that values and strives to create an…

Education
4
Boston Bar Foundation

The mission of the boston bar foundation (bbf) is to promote justice by funding and promoting innovation in legal services, enhancing access to justice for the underserved, and supporting the public interest activities of the bar. as the…

Crime & Legal
5
University of Massachusetts Foundation Inc

The mission of the university of massachusetts foundation, inc. is to foster and promote the growth, progress and general welfare of the university of massachusetts as stated in the original 1950 articles of organization. the foundation…

Education
6
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…

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7
Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.

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8
Mass General Brigham Health Plan Inc

Mass general brigham health plan's mission is to promote the health and wellness of our members, and to help ensure equitable, affordbale health care for the diverse communities we serve.

Health
9
The Bridgespan Group Inc

Bridgespan's mission is to build a better world by strengthening the ability of mission-driven organizations and philanthropists to achieve breakthrough results in addressing society's most important challenges and opportunities.

Community Improvement
10
Massachusetts Media Fund Inc

The massachusetts media fund dba the boston institute for nonprofit journalism supports the development and production of independent news. binj achieves its mission by: providing organizational support to community publications; running…

Arts & Culture
11
Boston Public Library Fund Inc

The boston public library fund provides financial support to the boston public library (bpl), ensuring that it remains viable, engaging, accessible, and free to all. the library fund fulfills this mission by working in partnership with…

Education
12
University of Massachusetts Amherst Alumni Association Inc

To promote the interests of the university of massachusetts amherst through programs, services and communications that develop and reinforce the bonds between the university and its alumni; to validate the value and alumni pride in the…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boston Area Gleaners Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Matty Eappen Foundation co Jim Ader. 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

17 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. 17 of the 19 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
13/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: $241,000 · EducationMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $210,000 · EducationUniversity of Illinois Foundation+1 more: $400 · EducationPOWERS MUSIC SCHOOL INC: $139,000 · Arts & CulturePOWERS MUSIC SCHOO…+1 more: $500 · Arts & CultureTHE AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION: $125,000 · OtherTHE AMERICAN INDE…+7 more: $7,270 · Other+7 moreENVIRONMENTAL LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $100,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL…DEMOCRACY MATTERS FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Civil RightsBOSTON AREA GLEANERS INC: $1,000 · Food & NutritionBELMONT FOOD PANTRY INC: $1,000 · Food & NutritionSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $1,500 · Crime & LegalThe Matty Eappen Foundation co Jim Ader: $300 · Crime & Legal
Education$451,400Arts & Culture$139,500Other$132,270Environment$100,000Civil Rights$25,000Food & Nutrition$2,000Crime & Legal$1,800

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $241,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $210,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPOWERS MUSIC SCHOOL INC: $139,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetTHE AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION: $125,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ENGLAND WILDLIFE CENTER INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON AREA GLEANERS INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBELMONT FOOD PANTRY INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLINGZI FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetBallet Theatre of Boston Inc D/B/A Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Matty Eappen Foundation co Jim Ader: $300 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetBOSTON DANCE ALLIANCE INC: $270 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…Boston Foundation IncCambridge Savings Cha…Combined Jewish Phila…The Chicago Community…Vanguard Charitable E…Paypal Charitable Giv…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…
Eastern Bank FoundationMA14.9× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eastern Bank Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 HPH Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from HPH Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 20%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Boston Area Gleaners Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Boston Dance Alliance Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Ballet Theatre of Boston Inc D/B/a Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre: 1% of income from government
  • New England Wildlife Center Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
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 19 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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