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Kelly Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.4M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
36
Grants FY2024
34
Organizations funded FY2023
12%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$530,000
Organizations funded a year
33 to 41
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$22M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 12% of the organizations Kelly Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $280k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
EducationYouth DevelopmentHuman 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving36$1.4M11%
FY202334$1.8M12%
FY202234$835k9%
FY202133$1.2M18%
FY202041$1.4Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Youth Development$3.2MHealth$1.3MEducation$1.3MArts & Culture$172kPhilanthropy$165kEmployment$100kRecreation & Sports$100kHuman Services$70kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Camp Harbor View Foundation Inc$1,575,00053%
Catholic Schools Foundation Inc$375,00051%
The Mass Mentoring Partnership Inc$301,66553%
Big Sister Association of Greater Boston Inc$247,50052%
The National Mentoring Partnership Inc$200,00041%
The Learning Alliance Inc$180,00041%
Derby Academy Trustees$168,65040%
Cristo Rey Boston High School Inc$120,0005n/a
Saint Columbkille Partnership School Brighton$100,0005n/a
Scholar Athletes Inc$100,00013%
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All grantees of Kelly Family Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Camp Harbor View Foundation Inc$1,575,00053%
Catholic Schools Foundation Inc$375,00051%
The Mass Mentoring Partnership Inc$301,66553%
Big Sister Association of Greater Boston Inc$247,50052%
The National Mentoring Partnership Inc$200,00041%
The Learning Alliance Inc$180,00041%
Derby Academy Trustees$168,65040%
Cristo Rey Boston High School Inc$120,0005n/a
Saint Columbkille Partnership School Brighton$100,0005n/a
Scholar Athletes Inc$100,00013%
Boston Schools Fund$100,00051%
The Baseball Inc$100,00051%
Fund for Catholic Schools Inc$100,0002n/a
Summer Search$100,00050%
More Than Words Inc$80,00040%
Rodman For Kids Inc$70,00041%
South Shore Conservatory of Music Inc$60,00050%
Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc$55,00050%
Boston Ballet Inc$50,00050%
Raw Art Works Inc$50,00050%
Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc$50,00010%
My Brothers Keeper Inc$45,00050%
Silver Lining Mentoring Inc$45,00050%
Whittier Street Health Center Committee Inc$40,00040%
Young Man With a Plan Inc$30,00030%
Bethel Institute for Community Development$25,0001n/a
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc$25,00010%
Community Servings Inc$20,00040%
South Shore Stars Inc$15,00030%
Three Bays Preservation Inc$15,00030%
Heritage Museums and Gardens Inc$10,00010%
Trustees of Thayer Academy Inc$10,00010%
Rosie's Place Inc$9,00030%
Cape Kid Meals Inc$5,00011%
East Boston Social Centers Inc$5,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kelly Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCamp Harbor View Foundation Inc: $1,575,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetCatholic Schools Foundation Inc: $375,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetThe Mass Mentoring Partnership Inc: $301,665 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetBig Sister Association of Greater Boston Inc: $247,500 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetThe National Mentoring Partnership Inc: $200,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetThe Learning Alliance Inc: $180,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetDerby Academy Trustees: $168,650 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetScholar Athletes Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetBoston Schools Fund: $100,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetThe Baseball Inc: $100,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetSummer Search: $100,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMore Than Words Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetRodman For Kids Inc: $70,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetSouth Shore Conservatory of Music Inc: $60,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBridge Over Troubled Waters Inc: $55,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBoston Ballet Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRaw Art Works Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBoston Symphony Orchestra Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMy Brothers Keeper Inc: $45,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSilver Lining Mentoring Inc: $45,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWhittier Street Health Center Committee Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Man With a Plan Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetGreater Boston Food Bank Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Servings Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSouth Shore Stars Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThree Bays Preservation Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetHeritage Museums and Gardens Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTrustees of Thayer Academy Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRosie's Place Inc: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCape Kid Meals Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetEast Boston Social Centers Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 31.

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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.

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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.

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About Kelly Family Foundation Inc

How much does Kelly Family Foundation Inc give?
Kelly Family Foundation Inc reported 36 grants totaling $1,371,250 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 33 and 41 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Kelly Family Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Youth Development (49%), Health (20%), Education (20%).
Who are Kelly Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Camp Harbor View Foundation Inc ($1.6M), Catholic Schools Foundation Inc ($375k), The Mass Mentoring Partnership Inc ($302k).
Does Kelly Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Kelly Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Kelly Family Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation, Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc.
Where is Kelly Family Foundation Inc based?
Kelly Family Foundation Inc is based in MA.

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 58 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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