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Joseph and Rae Gann Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Joseph and Rae Gann Charitable 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.

$1.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
237
Grants FY2025still arriving
22
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$3.3MReligion$2.9MInternational$1.2MPhilanthropy$1.1MHealth$976kArts & Culture$666kHuman Services$548kCivil Rights$93kOther$0
02FY2025 · 237 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k194 grants · $270k
  • $10k–50k33 grants · $507k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $1.0M
$600
Median grant
22
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MESVITA OF GREATER BOSTON$200,000
CHABAD JEWISH CENTER$180,000
FIDELITY CHARITABLE$106,755
COMBINED JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES$105,360
GANN ACADEMY - NEW JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL$100,000
SOLOMON SCHECHTER DAY SCHOOL$75,000
JEWISH COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL$75,000
SHALOH HOUSE$60,200
TEMPLE EMANUEL$55,521
BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION$52,000
HEBREW COLLEGE$40,360
MACHNE ISRAEL$26,000
CAMERA$22,700
BAIS YAAKOV OF BOSTON INC$22,600
TORAH ACADEMY$21,000
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 (FY20–25, $60k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 39% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $500 → 6%JERUSALEM OPEN HOUSE - LINAS HACHESED INC: $360 → 20%WOUNDED WARRIORS PROJECT: $450 → 14%WOUNDED WARRIORS PROJECT: $350 → 14%WOUNDED WARRIORS PROJECT: $300 → 14%FRIENDS OF THE FALMOUTH SENIOR CENTER: $300 → 8%WOUNDED WARRIORS PROJECT: $300 → 14%FRIENDS OF THE FALMOUTH SENIOR CENTER: $300 → 8%WOUNDED WARRIORS PROJECT: $250 → 14%FRIENDS OF BET ELAZRAKI - EMTC: $860 → 7%FRIENDS OF THE FALMOUTH SENIOR CENTER: $300 → 8%RENEWAL OF LIFE: $2k → 20%WELCOME HOME INC: $200 → 7%RENEWAL OF LIFE: $2k → 20%WELCOME HOME INC: $200 → 7%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $500 → 14%PINE STREET INN: $900 → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $400 → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $400 → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $375 → 14%PINE STREET INN: $600 → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $200 → 14%PINE STREET INN: $475 → 16%PINE STREET INN: $450 → 16%PINE STREET INN: $400 → 16%YAD CHESSED FUND: $7k → 8%YAD CHESSED FUND: $6k → 8%YAD CHESSED FUND: $6k → 8%YAD CHESSED FUND: $6k → 8%YAD CHESSED FUND: $5k → 8%ST FRANCIS HOUSE: $600 → 16%LITTLE BROTHERS - FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY: $500 → 16%LITTLE BROTHERS - FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY: $500 → 16%KIDS CLOTHES CLUB: $3k → 7%LITTLE BROTHERS - FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY: $300 → 16%LITTLE BROTHERS - FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY: $300 → 16%LITTLE BROTHERS - FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY: $300 → 16%LITTLE BROTHERS - FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY: $250 → 16%JOSEPH MIDDLEMISS BIG HEART FOUNDATION: $250 → 8%HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS: $2k → 16%HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS: $2k → 16%HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS: $1k → 16%HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS: $1k → 16%HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS: $1k → 16%HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS: $1k → 16%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BEIT ISSIE SHAPIRO: $500 → 17%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BEIT ISSIE SHAPIRO: $500 → 17%NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS: $900 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
ME
VT
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IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$10M · 372 repeat orgs$547k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

372 repeat relationships: 203 still active in FY2025, 169 since wound down; 29 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

372
175

Total granted

$10M
$500k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+9%

Still filing today

59%
27%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $46k 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
HealthInternationalArts & CultureEducationReligionHuman ServicesOther
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

  • HC
    HEBREW COLLEGE
    6× · 2020–2025 · $965k · revenue +13%
  • JC
    JEWISH COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $485k · revenue +106%
  • BI
    BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $331k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • CJ
    CHABAD JEWISH CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $118k
  • GA
    GANN ACADEMY
    one grant, 2021 · $87k
  • AC
    AMIT CHILDREN
    one grant, 2020 · $26k
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
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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2
Weizmann Institute of Science

The weizmann institute of science, located in rehovot, israel, is one of the worlds top-ranking, multidisciplinary research institutions. at any one time, several thousand scientists, staff and students are involved in hundreds of research…

Science & Tech
3
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
4
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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5
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
6
Sherit Isroel
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7
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
8
American Israel Public Affairs Committee

To strengthen and expand the u.s.-israel relationship in ways that enhance the security of the united states and israel.

International
9
The Israel Innovation Fund Inc

Our vision is to reignite the zionist spirit and meet the needs of jewish civilization in the twenty-first century by connecting people around the world through the vibrancy and creativity of contemporary israeli culture.

Arts & Culture
10
Museum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust

The museum of jewish heritage - a living memorial to the holocaust is new york's contribution to the global responsibility to never forget. see schedule o for additional information.

Arts & Culture
11
The Israel Institute Inc

The israel institute, inc. (the institute) enhances knowledge about modern israel by ensuring that more students have access to courses about israel during their time on campus.

International
12
Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc

See schedule othe organization is a not-for-profit, public charity established in 1911 to provide for the quality and continuity of jewish life in western new york and around the world through private philanthropy. the foundation seeks,…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Family & Children's Service Inc; the most unlike its peers is Bulloughs Pond Association 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

298 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. 298 of the 585 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)
50
Early backer (in before they grew)
288/298
Grantees still filing
217/298
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHABAD JEWISH CENTER INC: $755,950 · OtherCHABAD JEWISH CENTER INCGANN ACADEMY - NEW JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL: $497,000 · OtherGANN ACADEMY - NEW JEWISH HIGH SCHOOLMESIVTA OF GREATER BOSTON INC: $477,000 · OtherMESIVTA OF GREATER BOSTON INCSOLOMON SCHECHTER DAY SCHOOL INC: $463,237 · OtherSOLOMON SCHECHTER DAY SCHOOL INCSHALOH SCHOOL OHOLEI TORAH: $449,240 · OtherSHALOH SCHOOL OHOLEI TORAHTEMPLE EMANUEL: $313,549 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $249,480 · Other+125 more: $3,714,389 · Other+125 moreHEBREW COLLEGE: $964,636 · EducationHEBREW COLLEGEJEWISH COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL INC: $484,500 · EducationJEWISH COMMUNITY D…BAIS YAAKOV OF BOSTON INC: $251,180 · EducationBAIS YAAKOV OF BOS…+8 more: $136,530 · Education+8 moreBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $330,900 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT…COMMITTEE FOR ACCURACY IN MIDDLE EAST REPORTING IN AMERICA INC: $118,300 · InternationalCOMMITTEE …AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $85,400 · InternationalAMERICAN F…AMIT CHILDREN INC: $83,520 · InternationalAMIT CHILD…JEWISH INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY OF AMERICA: $64,400 · InternationalJEWISH INS…AMERICANS FOR PEACE AND TOLERANCE INC: $63,780 · InternationalAMERICANS …AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC: $43,700 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $42,800 · International+15 more: $177,840 · International+15 moreCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc: $716,860 · PhilanthropyCombined …Hebrew Senior Life Inc: $131,160 · PhilanthropyHebrew Se…JEWISH BIG BROTHER & BIG SISTER ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON: $70,700 · PhilanthropyJEWISH BI…+8 more: $51,500 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC: $75,740 · Arts & CultureJEWISH EDUCATION IN MEDIA INC DBA JBS JEWISH BROADCASTING SERVICE: $61,000 · Arts & CultureTHE VILNA SHUL BOSTONS CENTER FOR JEWISH CULTURE INC: $38,000 · Arts & CultureZAMIR CHORALE OF BOSTON INC: $35,000 · Arts & CultureWEST NEWTON CINEMA FOUNDATION INC: $32,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican Friends of Israel Philharmonic Orchestra: $12,750 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL CENTER FOR JEWISH FILMINC: $12,500 · Arts & CultureThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $11,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $14,200 · Arts & CultureCHELSEA JEWISH LIFECARE INC: $100,000 · HealthBETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC: $33,500 · HealthJEWISH HEALTHCARE CENTER INC: $30,000 · HealthMY TEAM SUPPORT NETWORK INC: $25,000 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $18,700 · HealthChildren's Hospital Corporation: $16,615 · HealthKIDS KICKING CANCER INC: $10,000 · Health+4 more: $20,370 · HealthFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $106,755 · Community Improvement
Other$6,919,845Education$1,836,846International$1,010,640Philanthropy$970,220Arts & Culture$322,190Health$254,185Community Improvement$106,755

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetHEBREW COLLEGE: $964,636 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc: $716,860 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL INC: $484,500 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $330,900 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBAIS YAAKOV OF BOSTON INC: $251,180 over 6y, 6.6% of budgetNEW ENGLAND HEBREW ACADEMY: $210,500 over 6y, 7.2% of budgetROFEH INC: $165,827 over 6y, 7.1% of budgetBOSTON JEWISH FILM INC: $154,540 over 6y, 6.8% of budgetHebrew Senior Life Inc: $131,160 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMITTEE FOR ACCURACY IN MIDDLE EAST REPORTING IN AMERICA INC: $118,300 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetKOLLEL OF GREATER BOSTON INC: $109,800 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $106,755 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHELSEA JEWISH LIFECARE INC: $100,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $85,400 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAMIT CHILDREN INC: $83,520 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTOURO SYNAGOGUE FOUNDATION: $77,000 over 6y, 7.8% of budgetNATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC: $75,740 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH BIG BROTHER & BIG SISTER ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON: $70,700 over 6y, 1.1% of budget2LIFE COMMUNITIES INC: $68,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetOhr Torah Stone Institutions of Israel: $66,680 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY OF AMERICA: $64,400 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICANS FOR PEACE AND TOLERANCE INC: $63,780 over 6y, 7.1% of budgetJEWISH EDUCATION IN MEDIA INC DBA JBS JEWISH BROADCASTING SERVICE: $61,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetMETROWEST JEWISH DAY SCHOOL INC ATTN F DAVID ROTHKOPF: $50,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetGATEWAYS ACCESS TO JEWISH EDUCATION INC: $48,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC: $43,700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $42,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH ARTS COLLABORATIVE INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetTHE VILNA SHUL BOSTONS CENTER FOR JEWISH CULTURE INC: $38,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetZAMIR CHORALE OF BOSTON INC: $35,000 over 6y, 5.8% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $33,680 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC: $33,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL INTELLIG ENCE HERRITAGE AND COMMEMORATION CENTER: $32,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetWEST NEWTON CINEMA FOUNDATION INC: $32,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetYAD CHESSED FUND INC: $30,139 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetJEWISH HEALTHCARE CENTER INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMIDDLE EAST MEDIA AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR SHAARE ZEDEK HOSPITAL IN JERUSALEM INC: $27,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RIVERS SCHOOL CORPORATION: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP YAVNEH INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMY TEAM SUPPORT NETWORK INC: $25,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMP INC: $22,550 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBOSTON-JERUSALEM CHARITY FUND: $22,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetMIDDLE EAST FORUM: $21,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY: $21,150 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC: $20,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $18,700 over 6y, 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.

  • Who funds HEBREW COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BAIS YAAKOV OF BOSTON INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW ENGLAND HEBREW ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds ROFEH INC ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON JEWISH FILM INC ↗
  • Who funds Hebrew Senior Life Inc ↗
  • Who funds COMMITTEE FOR ACCURACY IN MIDDLE EAST REPORTING IN AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds KOLLEL OF GREATER BOSTON INC ↗
  • Who funds FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
  • Who funds CHELSEA JEWISH LIFECARE INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM ↗
  • Who funds AMIT CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds TOURO SYNAGOGUE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH BIG BROTHER & BIG SISTER ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON ↗
  • Who funds 2LIFE COMMUNITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Ohr Torah Stone Institutions of Israel ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds AMERICANS FOR PEACE AND TOLERANCE 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.

Combined Jewish Phila…Rosalyn and Richard S…Eastern Bank Foundati…Justin & Genevieve Wy…Ruderman Family Found…The Beker FoundationJewish Communal FundJewish Federation of …Boston Foundation IncGivenGain Foundation …Jack Adjmi Family Fou…Cambridge Savings Cha…
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston IncMA104.7× affinity80 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Rosalyn and Richard Slifka Charitable Trust · Eastern Bank Foundation · Justin & Genevieve Wyner Trust · Ruderman Family Foundation · The Beker Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Boston Foundation Inc · GivenGain Foundation USA · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · Cambridge Savings 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 Joseph and Rae Gann Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joseph and Rae Gann Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 410%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Association to Preserve Cape Cod Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Jewish Vocational Service Inc: 39% of income from government
  • The Home for Little Wanderers Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Joslin Diabetes Center Inc: 35% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • The Second Step Inc: 26% of income from government
  • United Way of Massachusetts Bay Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Newton Community Service Centers Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Saint Francis House Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Jewish Healthcare Center Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
  • New England Hebrew Academy: 10% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Zamir Chorale of Boston Inc: 8% of income from government
  • 2LIFE Communities Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Bais Yaakov of Boston Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Perkins School for the Blind: 7% of income from government
  • Gateways Access to Jewish Education Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Kollel of Greater Boston Inc: 4% of income from government
  • National Center for Jewish Filminc: 4% of income from government
  • Metrowest Jewish Day School Inc Attn F David Rothkopf: 4% of income from government
  • The Carroll Center for the Blind Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Society for the Preservation of New Engl: 2% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Reservations: 2% of income from government
  • National Yiddish Book Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Jewish Family & Children's Service Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Simmons University: 1% of income from government
  • Jewish Community Day School Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Berklee College of Music Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Hebrew Senior Life Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Museum of Fine Arts: 0% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Animal Rescue League of Boston: 0% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Keshet Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
  • The Aleph Institute Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
41get no government money at all
18report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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.
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Find your warmest path to Joseph and Rae Gann Charitable Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 585 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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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