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Life Science Cares Inc

Life science cares activates the financial and human capital of the life sciences industry and partners with nonprofits to disrupt the cycle of poverty and inequality in our communities.

$5.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
91
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$425k
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 2024.

Education$4.4MYouth Development$3.6MHuman Services$3.4MHousing & Shelter$2.6MHealth$2.2MFood & Nutrition$1.6MInternational$870kEmployment$869kOther$0
02FY2024 · 91 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k44 grants · $1.1M
  • $50k–250k44 grants · $3.6M
  • $250k+2 grants · $700k
$50,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SAN DIEGO$424,600
SAN DIEGO SQUARED$275,000
JUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH$200,000
BARRIO LOGAN COLLEGE INSTITUTE$175,000
HORIZONS NATIONAL STUDENT ENRICHMENT (HORIZONS) CO EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATI$150,000
FAMILY AID BOSTON$127,000
KIDS IN TECH$125,000
VICTORY PROGRAMS INC$125,000
YOUNG MAN WITH A PLAN$125,000
MAMA'S KITCHEN$120,000
GLIDE FOUNDATION$115,000
ACCESS YOUTH ACADEMY$112,500
THE MONARCH SCHOOL$100,000
WESLEY HOUSE STUDENT RESIDENCE$100,000
JEREMIAH PROGRAM$100,000
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 (FY17–24, $4.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 71% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HOPE THROUGH HOUSING: $50k → 14%COLLEGE BOUND DORCHESTER INC: $36k → 16%HOPE & COMFORT: $50k → 7%ALAS AYUDANDO LATINOS A SONAR: $250k → 7%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $200k → 10%HOUSEHOLD GOODS: $50k → 8%ALAS AYUDANDO LATINOS A SONAR: $225k → 7%HOUSEHOLD GOODS: $50k → 8%ALAS AYUDANDO LATINOS A SONAR: $123k → 7%ROOM TO GROW: $51k → 17%ALAS AYUDANDO LATINOS A SONAR: $50k → 7%HOUSEHOLD GOODS: $40k → 8%PINE STREET INN: $150k → 16%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $100k → 10%BOSTON HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM: $135k → 16%HORIZONS NATIONAL STUDENT ENRICHMENT (HORIZONS) CO EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATI: $150k → 11%BOSTON HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM: $55k → 16%ROOM TO GROW: $40k → 16%ROOM TO GROW: $40k → 16%BOSTON HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM: $30k → 16%ENROOT: $60k → 8%ENROOT: $60k → 8%ENROOT: $50k → 8%ENROOT: $50k → 8%SERVING SENIORS: $100k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $78k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $75k → 11%ST FRANCIS HOUSE: $55k → 16%ST FRANCIS HOUSE: $55k → 16%ACTION FOR BOSTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $65k → 16%EAST BOSTON SOCIAL CENTERS: $40k → 16%CASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ: $30k → 16%CASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ: $30k → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $100k → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $100k → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $85k → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $85k → 16%CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF ROXBURY: $60k → 16%CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF ROXBURY: $60k → 16%PROJECT HOPE BOSTON: $39k → 16%CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF ROXBURY: $30k → 16%CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF ROXBURY: $30k → 16%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $130k → 16%THE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS INC: $52k → 16%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $35k → 16%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $31k → 16%JULIE'S FAMILY LEARNING PROGRAM: $30k → 16%JULIE'S FAMILY LEARNING PROGRAM: $30k → 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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$19M · 121 repeat orgs$1.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

121 repeat relationships: 66 still active in FY2024, 55 since wound down; 24 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

121
28

Total granted

$19M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+14%

Still filing today

98%
89%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $705k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionOther
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

  • AA
    ALAS AYUDANDO LATINOS A SONAR
    5× · 2020–2024 · $668k · revenue ×88 · 51% of their budget
  • JA
    JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $650k · revenue +73%
  • FF
    FOOD FOR FREE COMMITTEE INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $574k · revenue +204%

Funded once

  • NC
    NEIGHBORHEALTH CORPORATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $190k · revenue +34%
  • BC
    BAY COVE HUMAN SERVICES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $125k · revenue +25%
  • FP
    FRANCIS PARKER SCHOOL
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · 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
Enterprise for Youth

Enterprise for youth empowers under-resourced san francisco youths to reach their potential through transformative paid internship experiences supported by a community of employers, caring adults, and peers.

Youth Development
2
Youthbuild Boston Inc

Youthbuild boston's mission is to provide educational and skill training for low income youth; develop opportunities for employment; stabilize neighborhoods by enfranchising youth through employment and training activities; divert high…

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3
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,…

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4
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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5
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
6
Boston After School & Beyond Inc

Boston after school & beyond, inc. is a public private partnership that pursues a unified after-school and summer learning system that promotes stakeholder alignment, a focus on results, and access to learning opportunities, particularly…

Education
7
Inroads Inc

To deliver innovative leadership development programs and creative solutions that identify, accelerate, and elevate underrepresented talent throughout their careers.

Education
8
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
9
The Upward Project

To provide low income, first generation students who attend selective colleges the skills and resources they need to succeed in college and graduate prepared for careers in competitive and high wage fields. To seek upward mobility for…

Education
10
Philadelphia Works Inc

Philadelphia works, inc. develops and manages smart workforce solutions that respond to business needs and increases economic opportunity for all philadelphia residents.

Employment
11
Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance Inc

Maha breaks down barriers facing first-time and first-generation home buyers and owners through education, counseling, advocacy, and grassroots organizing.

Housing & Shelter
12
Marrakech Inc

Provides person-centered and inclusive services to children and adults with and without disabilities that includes securing employment, connecting to necessary supportive services, accessing housing and participating fully as contributing…

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is More Than Words Inc; the most unlike its peers is Alas Ayudando Latinos a Sonar. 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

172 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 172 of the 176 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
34
Early backer (in before they grew)
169/172
Grantees still filing
127/172
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BARRIO LOGAN COLLEGE INSTITUTE: $410,000 · EducationBARRIO LOGAN COLLEGE INS…San Diego Squared: $375,000 · EducationSan Diego SquaredTHE POSSIBLE PROJECT INC: $372,400 · EducationTHE POSSIBLE PROJECT INCKIDS IN TECH INC: $370,000 · EducationKIDS IN TECH INCSCHOOL ON WHEELS INC: $270,000 · EducationSCHOOL ON WHEELS INCMANA DE SAN DIEGO: $260,000 · EducationMANA DE SAN DIEGOMONARCH SCHOOL PROJECT: $250,300 · EducationMONARCH SCHOOL PROJECTYEAR UP INC: $238,500 · EducationNEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR ARTS & TECHNOLOGY INC: $230,000 · EducationBiotech Partners: $225,000 · Education+26 more: $1,581,402 · Education+26 moreALAS AYUDANDO LATINOS A SONAR: $667,805 · Human ServicesALAS AYUDANDO LATINOS …HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $370,000 · Human ServicesHORIZONS FOR HOMELESS …Larkin Street Youth Services: $300,000 · Human ServicesLarkin Street Youth Se…BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC: $275,000 · Human ServicesBOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR…SERVING SENIORS: $262,984 · Human ServicesSERVING SENIORSCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $225,500 · Human ServicesENROOT INC: $220,000 · Human ServicesPINE STREET INN INC: $201,000 · Human ServicesBROAD STREET MINISTRY: $200,000 · Human ServicesHOUSEHOLD GOODS INC: $185,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S SERVICES OF ROXBURY INC: $180,000 · Human ServicesEDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $150,000 · Human ServicesROOM TO GROW NATIONAL INC: $146,200 · Human Services+21 more: $973,370 · Human Services+21 moreFAMILYAID BOSTON INC: $434,000 · OtherFAMILYAID BOSTON INCYOUTH ENRICHMENT SERVICES INC: $270,000 · OtherMARCUS A FOSTER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE: $233,000 · OtherTECH GOES HOME INCORPORATED: $225,000 · OtherJEREMIAH PROGRAM: $400,000 · OtherJEREMIAH PROGRAMGLIDE FOUNDATION: $548,285 · OtherGLIDE FOUNDATIONCIRCLE OF HOPE INC: $275,000 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY INC: $649,600 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SAN DIEGO …INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEW ENGLAND INC: $220,000 · Other+45 more: $2,883,877 · Other+45 moreNorth Marin Community Services: $342,225 · Youth DevelopmentNorth Mari…JUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH: $300,425 · Youth DevelopmentJUST IN TI…YOUNG MAN WITH A PLAN INC: $250,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG MAN …ACCESS YOUTH ACADEMY: $237,500 · Youth DevelopmentACCESS YOU…SCIENCE CLUB FOR GIRLS INC: $220,000 · Youth DevelopmentSCIENCE CL…GIRLS INCORPORATED OF BOSTON AND LYNN: $190,250 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS INCO…Innovators for Purpose Inc: $150,000 · Youth DevelopmentInnovators…Scientific Adventures dba Scientific Adventures for Girls: $70,000 · Youth DevelopmentEAST BAY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $65,000 · Youth Development+4 more: $110,200 · Youth Development+4 moreVICTORY PROGRAMS INC: $365,000 · HealthCASPAR INC: $335,000 · HealthNEIGHBORHEALTH CORPORATION: $190,000 · HealthMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF SAN MATEO COUNTY: $175,000 · HealthHealthy Waltham Inc: $160,000 · HealthBIOBUS INC: $70,700 · HealthLA CLINICA DE LA RAZA INC: $58,420 · Health+10 more: $349,250 · HealthFOOD FOR FREE COMMITTEE INC: $574,493 · Food & NutritionFEEDING SAN DIEGO: $226,715 · Food & NutritionPhilabundance: $207,390 · Food & NutritionMAMA'S KITCHEN: $170,000 · Food & NutritionThe Food Project Inc: $156,000 · Food & NutritionEQUATION COLLABORATIVE CORP: $49,780 · Food & Nutrition+4 more: $89,000 · Food & NutritionTHE BOTTOM LINE INC: $465,300 · Community ImprovementJUST-A-START CORPORATION: $313,050 · Community ImprovementTHE URBAN FARMING INSTITUTE OF BOSTONINC: $120,000 · Community ImprovementTHE HYDE SQUARE TASK FORCE INC: $100,000 · Community ImprovementTRICOUNTY COMMUNITY NETWORK INC: $75,000 · Community ImprovementBUSINESSES UNITED IN INVESTING LENDING & DEVELOPMENT: $70,000 · Community ImprovementGENUNITY INC: $55,000 · Community Improvement+5 more: $140,000 · Community Improvement
Education$4,582,602Human Services$4,356,859Other$6,138,762Youth Development$1,935,600Health$1,703,370Food & Nutrition$1,473,378Community Improvement$1,338,350

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 budgetALAS AYUDANDO LATINOS A SONAR: $667,805 over 5y, 51% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY INC: $649,600 over 4y, 13% of budgetFOOD FOR FREE COMMITTEE INC: $574,493 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetGLIDE FOUNDATION: $548,285 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetTHE BOTTOM LINE INC: $465,300 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetFAMILYAID BOSTON INC: $434,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetBARRIO LOGAN COLLEGE INSTITUTE: $410,000 over 5y, 6.3% of budgetJEREMIAH PROGRAM: $400,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetSan Diego Squared: $375,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetTHE POSSIBLE PROJECT INC: $372,400 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetHORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $370,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetKIDS IN TECH INC: $370,000 over 4y, 27% of budgetVICTORY PROGRAMS INC: $365,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetNorth Marin Community Services: $342,225 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetCASPAR INC: $335,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetJUST-A-START CORPORATION: $313,050 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetJUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH: $300,425 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetLarkin Street Youth Services: $300,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetBOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC: $275,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCIRCLE OF HOPE INC: $275,000 over 5y, 8.2% of budgetSCHOOL ON WHEELS INC: $270,000 over 4y, 6.7% of budgetYOUTH ENRICHMENT SERVICES INC: $270,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetSERVING SENIORS: $262,984 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetMANA DE SAN DIEGO: $260,000 over 4y, 24% of budgetMONARCH SCHOOL PROJECT: $250,300 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetYOUNG MAN WITH A PLAN INC: $250,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetYEAR UP INC: $238,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetACCESS YOUTH ACADEMY: $237,500 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetNEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR ARTS & TECHNOLOGY INC: $230,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetFEEDING SAN DIEGO: $226,715 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $225,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTECH GOES HOME INCORPORATED: $225,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetBiotech Partners: $225,000 over 3y, 7.2% of budgetINTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEW ENGLAND INC: $220,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetENROOT INC: $220,000 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetSCIENCE CLUB FOR GIRLS INC: $220,000 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetPhilabundance: $207,390 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPINE STREET INN INC: $201,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBROAD STREET MINISTRY: $200,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF BOSTON AND LYNN: $190,250 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetNEIGHBORHEALTH CORPORATION: $190,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOUSEHOLD GOODS INC: $185,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S SERVICES OF ROXBURY INC: $180,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHEALTHRIGHT 360: $175,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF SAN MATEO COUNTY: $175,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetMAMA'S KITCHEN: $170,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetHOME START INC: $170,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetHealthy Waltham Inc: $160,000 over 4y, 1.9% 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.

Cummings Foundation G…Liberty Mutual Founda…Boston Foundation IncEastern Bank Foundati…Bushrod H Campbell & …United Way Of Massach…Cambridge Savings Cha…The Cabot Family Char…Rockland Trust Charit…Wellington Management…Mass General Brigham …Riley Mabel Louise Tr…
Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc)MA73.3× affinity39 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · The Cabot Family Charitable Trust · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Wellington Management Foundation · Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return · Riley Mabel Louise Tr Uwill

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 Life Science Cares Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Life Science Cares Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 180%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 18%
  • Bay Cove Human Services Inc: 70% of income from government
  • Saheli Inc: 61% of income from government
  • Senior Connections Inc: 52% of income from government
  • The Hyde Square Task Force Inc: 52% of income from government
  • East Boston Social Centers Inc: 50% of income from government
  • Victory Programs Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Nurtury Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Mothers for Justice and Equality Inc: 43% of income from government
  • St Mary's Center for Women & Children Inc: 40% of income from government
  • Health Resources in Action Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Jewish Vocational Service Inc: 39% of income from government
  • The Home for Little Wanderers Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Children's Services of Roxbury Inc: 35% of income from government
  • Interseminarian - Project Place Inc: 32% of income from government
  • Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc: 32% of income from government
  • Girls Incorporated of Boston and Lynn: 28% of income from government
  • More Than Words Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Uncornered Inc: 24% of income from government
  • International Institute of New England Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Newbridge Services Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Building Pathways Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Justice for Housing Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Horizons for Homeless Children: 21% of income from government
  • Charles River Community Health Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Community Farms Outreach Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Project Hope Boston Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Saint Francis House Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Just-a-Start Corporation: 16% of income from government
  • Kids in Tech Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Action for Boston Community Development Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Boston Community Pediatrics Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Tech Goes Home Incorporated: 10% of income from government
  • Citizen Schools Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Citysprouts Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Casa Myrna Vazquez Inc: 5% of income from government
  • The Urban Farming Institute of Bostoninc: 4% of income from government
  • Neighborhealth Corporation: 4% of income from government
  • Familyaid Boston Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Young Man With a Plan Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Food for Free Committee Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
  • West End House Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Breakthrough Greater Boston Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Madison Park Development Corporation: 1% of income from government
  • Camp Harbor View Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Caspar Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Hope and Comfort Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Bottom Line Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Possible Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Boston Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
18get no government money at all
50report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
4rely 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 176 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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