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Lab Central Inc

Lab central supports creation of innovative startup biotechnology companies by providing a world-class environment for entreprenuers, and a fully functional life science laboratory within the kendall square innovation hub.

$78k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it funds
0171% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$79kScience & Tech$79kEducation$55kEmployment$40kCommunity Improvement$40kHousing & Shelter$15kFood & Nutrition$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$13,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$111M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INTERON LABORATORIES INC$13,000
JOSEPH BEYEN DBA NANOPLEX$13,000
LYBRA BIO$13,000
PHAGEPRO PBC$13,000
NEOCLEASE INC$13,000
COAGULO MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC$13,000
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 97% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%INTERON LABORATORIES INC: $13k → 7%MASSBIOED FOUNDATION: $40k → 8%GLOUCESTER MARINE GENOMICS INSTITUTE: $15k → 10%PHAGEPRO PBC: $13k → 11%HMS MEDSCIENCE: $5k → 16%LIFE SCIENCE CARES: $5k → 8%HEALTH RESOURCES IN ACTION THE LEAH PROJECT: $10k → 16%QURCAN THERAPEUTICS: $15k → 8%TSNE MISSIONWORKS: $40k → 16%CELLENS INC: $15k → 8%JOSEPH BEYEN DBA NANOPLEX: $13k → 16%SPHERIC BIO: $15k → 8%NEOCLEASE INC: $13k → 16%GUARDIAN BIO INC: $15k → 8%JEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE: $40k → 16%VIOLET THERAPEUTICS: $10k → 8%LYBRA BIO: $13k → 16%PROTEINEA: $10k → 8%NEUROBIONICS: $10k → 8%MATERIALIZE BIO: $10k → 8%HDAX THERAPEUTICS: $10k → 8%VENOVA TECHNOLOGIES: $10k → 8%TUTORING PLUS OF CAMBRIDGE INC: $10k → 8%HOVANA INC: $10k → 8%CELLFORMA: $10k → 8%JUST A START CORPORATION: $15k → 8%THE BIOBUILDER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $5k → 8%COAGULO MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC: $13k → 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 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
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
2
Massachusetts Biotechnology Council Inc

Massbio is committed to advancing massachusetts' leadership in the life sciences to grow the industry, add value to the health care system and improve patient lives.

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3
Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives Inc

Massachusetts biomedical initiatives, inc. ("mbi or the organization") is a private non-profit corporation focusing on building up central massachusetts as a global biomanufacturing hub. our mission of being a partner for fostering…

Science & Tech
4
Massachusetts Science & Engineering Fair Inc

We develop future thought leaders through experiences in science and engineering practices using well-proven programs and novel approaches that empower students.

Education
5
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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6
Bioversity Inc

Bioversity, inc. was formed to implement industry-aligned, expanded workforce training initiatives. bioversity operates training centers, runs programming, and creates partnerships to provide massachusetts residents the skills and hands-on…

Employment
7
Massachusetts Education & Career Opportunities Inc

Massachusetts education and career opportunities, inc. (massedco, inc.) is a statewide network of service sites that provides education and career advising to over 12,000 low-income, first generation individuals each year. massedco…

Education
8
Massachusetts High Technology Council Inc

The Massachusetts High Technology Council, Inc. is an organization of CEOs andsenior executives representing technology companies, professional services firms,and research institutions who are dedicated to creating and sustaining…

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9
Breakthrough Greater Boston Inc

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

Education
10
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research

Whitehead institute forges new frontiers in science, uncovering insights today that unlock the potential of tomorrow. our advances in genetics and genomics are now enabling us to tackle the complexities of life with unprecedented depth and…

Health
11
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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12
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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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Third Sector New England Inc; the most unlike its peers is Health Resources in Action 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

9 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. 9 of the 28 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
8/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GUARDIAN BIO INC: $15,000 · OtherGUARDIAN BIO INCCELLENS INC: $15,000 · OtherCELLENS INCIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientPHAGEPRO PBC: $13,000 · OtherPHAGEPRO PBCCOAGULO MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC: $13,000 · OtherCOAGULO MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INCNEOCLEASE INC: $13,000 · OtherNEOCLEASE INCJOSEPH BEYEN DBA NANOPLEX: $13,000 · OtherJOSEPH BEYEN DBA NANOPLEXINTERON LABORATORIES INC: $13,000 · OtherINTERON LABORATORIES INCLYBRA BIO: $13,000 · OtherLYBRA BIOIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherPROTEINEA: $10,000 · OtherHOVANA INC: $10,000 · OtherHEALTH RESOURCES IN ACTION INC: $10,000 · OtherCELLFORMA: $10,000 · OtherNEUROBIONICS: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · Other+1 more: $5,000 · OtherTHIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC: $40,000 · Community ImprovementTHIRD SECTOR NE…JUST-A-START CORPORATION: $15,000 · Community ImprovementJUST-A-START CO…MASSACHUSETTS BIOTECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · EducationMASSACHUSETTS B…TUTORING PLUS OF CAMBRIDGE INC: $10,000 · EducationTUTORING PLUS O…BIOBUILDER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationBIOBUILDER EDUC…JEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE INC: $40,000 · EmploymentJEWISH VOCA…GLOUCESTER MARINE GENOMICS INSTITUTE INCORPORATED: $15,000 · Science & TechLIFE SCIENCE CARES INC: $5,000 · Health
Other$233,000Community Improvement$55,000Education$55,000Employment$40,000Science & Tech$15,000Health$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS BIOTECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetGLOUCESTER MARINE GENOMICS INSTITUTE INCORPORATED: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetJUST-A-START CORPORATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHEALTH RESOURCES IN ACTION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTUTORING PLUS OF CAMBRIDGE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetLIFE SCIENCE CARES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBIOBUILDER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 3.1% 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.

  • Who funds JEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds MASSACHUSETTS BIOTECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GLOUCESTER MARINE GENOMICS INSTITUTE INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds JUST-A-START CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds HEALTH RESOURCES IN ACTION INC ↗
  • Who funds TUTORING PLUS OF CAMBRIDGE INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFE SCIENCE CARES INC ↗
  • Who funds BIOBUILDER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Fidelity Non-Profit Management FoundationMA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fidelity Non-Profit Management Foundation · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Eastern Bank Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Lab Central Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lab Central Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 16%
  • Health Resources in Action Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Jewish Vocational Service Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Just-a-Start Corporation: 16% of income from government
  • Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute Incorporated: 16% of income from government
  • Third Sector New England Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get 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
⤢ 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 28 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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