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Lincoln & Therese Filene Foundation Inc #0706176

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.5M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
47
Grants FY2024
43
Organizations funded FY2023
23%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$550,000
Organizations funded a year
43 to 53
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$17M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 23% of the organizations Lincoln & Therese Filene Foundation Inc #0706176 funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $145k 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentCivil RightsCrime & LegalOther
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 arriving46$1.5M24%
FY202343$1.4M23%
FY202249$2.1M20%
FY202147$1.0M23%
FY202053$1.2Mn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$2.9MEducation$1.5MYouth Development$524kHuman Services$460kPublic Benefit$398kCrime & Legal$280kEmployment$275kHousing & Shelter$255kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NH
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
VA
MD
DE
DC
TX

Top grantees

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

Show all 82 grantees
All grantees of Lincoln & Therese Filene Foundation Inc #0706176 by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts$2,625,00052%
Skidmore College$875,00050%
The Neighborhood Developers Inc$200,00051%
Jewish Vocational Service Inc$175,00050%
RIA Inc$125,00054%
Bill of Rights Institute$120,00041%
Economic Mobility Pathways Inc$100,00050%
Found in Translation Inc$100,00043%
Primary Source Inc$90,07052%
Friends of the Children - Boston Inc$90,00051%
Zumix Inc$79,00041%
Read to a Child Inc$70,00052%
La Colaborativa Inc$70,00040%
Icivics Inc$70,00040%
Casa Myrna Vazquez Inc$65,00050%
Musiconnects Inc$65,00055%
Ascentria Community Services Inc$60,00030%
Student Clinic for Immigrant Justice Inc$60,000214%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester Inc$60,00050%
Shelter Music Boston Inc$57,50056%
The Sportsmen's Tennis & Enrichment Center Inc$56,00021%
James D Stclair Court Public Education Project Inc$55,00042%
La Vida Inc$50,00052%
The Epiphany School Inc$50,00050%
Intercollegiate Studies Institute Inc$50,00011%
Family Services of the Merrimack Valley Inc$50,00050%
Boston Area Rape Crisis Center Inc$45,00030%
Courageous Sailing Center for Youth Inc$45,00031%
The Boston Educational Development Foundation Inc$45,00040%
Enroot Inc$40,00021%
Jeremiah Program$40,00020%
Upham's Corner Community Center Inc$40,0002n/a
Boston Casa Inc$40,00022%
Children's Advocacy Center of Suffolk County Inc$40,00021%
Emerge Inc$40,00040%
Achieve Inc$38,1004n/a
Mab Community Services Inc$35,50040%
League of Women Voters of Massachusetts$35,00039%
Boston Music Project Inc$35,00034%
Entrepreneurship for All Inc$35,00020%
Suffolk University$32,50030%
Elevated Thought Inc$30,00021%
Girlstart$30,00031%
Meryls Safe Haven Inc$30,00012%
Lower Cape Community Access Television Inc$27,70023%
Boston Lyric Opera Company$25,00030%
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc$25,00050%
United Help Ukraine Inc$25,00010%
The Hyde Square Task Force Inc$25,00030%
The Welcome Project Inc$20,00012%
The Connecticut Democracy Center Inc$20,00011%
Maine Boys to Men$20,00015%
Lawrence Family Development Inc$20,00010%
Union of Minority Neighborhoodsinc$20,000111%
Boston College High School$20,0001n/a
Evkids Inc$20,00013%
Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee Inc$20,00011%
Youth Development Organization Inc$20,00021%
Victim Rights Law Center Inc$20,00011%
Playworks Education Energized$20,00010%
Potencia Inc$15,000127%
Cambridge Center for Adult Education$15,00011%
Noble and Greenough School$15,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc$15,00010%
Making Music Matters Inc$15,000162%
Love Life Now Foundation Inc$15,000116%
Dorchester Youth Collaborative$15,0001n/a
Museum of Science$15,00010%
Julies Family Learning Program Inc$15,00011%
826 Boston Inc$12,00010%
The Haven Project Inc$10,00011%
Worcester Youth Center Inc$10,00011%
Route One Ministry$10,00015%
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Worcester$10,00010%
Bard College$10,00010%
Lesley University$10,00010%
Codman Academy Foundation Inc$10,00011%
Guerilla Opera Inc$10,00016%
Dedham School of Music Incorporated$7,50013%
Trustees of Tufts College$7,50010%
All Newton Music School Inc$6,00010%
Community Art Center Inc$5,00011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($408k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Lincoln & Therese Filene Foundation Inc #0706176 supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 78 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts: $2,625,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetSkidmore College: $875,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Neighborhood Developers Inc: $200,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetJewish Vocational Service Inc: $175,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetRIA Inc: $125,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetBill of Rights Institute: $120,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetEconomic Mobility Pathways Inc: $100,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFound in Translation Inc: $100,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetPrimary Source Inc: $90,070 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetFriends of the Children - Boston Inc: $90,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetZumix Inc: $79,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetRead to a Child Inc: $70,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetLa Colaborativa Inc: $70,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetIcivics Inc: $70,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCasa Myrna Vazquez Inc: $65,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMusiconnects Inc: $65,000 over 5y, 4.8% of budgetAscentria Community Services Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetStudent Clinic for Immigrant Justice Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester Inc: $60,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetShelter Music Boston Inc: $57,500 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetThe Sportsmen's Tennis & Enrichment Center Inc: $56,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetJames D Stclair Court Public Education Project Inc: $55,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetLa Vida Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetThe Epiphany School Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetIntercollegiate Studies Institute Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFamily Services of the Merrimack Valley Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBoston Area Rape Crisis Center Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCourageous Sailing Center for Youth Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetThe Boston Educational Development Foundation Inc: $45,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEnroot Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetJeremiah Program: $40,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBoston Casa Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetChildren's Advocacy Center of Suffolk County Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetEmerge Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMab Community Services Inc: $35,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLeague of Women Voters of Massachusetts: $35,000 over 3y, 8.9% of budgetBoston Music Project Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetEntrepreneurship for All Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSuffolk University: $32,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetElevated Thought Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetGirlstart: $30,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMeryls Safe Haven Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetLower Cape Community Access Television Inc: $27,700 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetBoston Lyric Opera Company: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Help Ukraine Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Hyde Square Task Force Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetThe Welcome Project Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 2.1% 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 78.

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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.

Boston Foundation IncMA66.7× affinity44 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Eastern Bank Foundation · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund · Adelard & Valeda Roy Foundation · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · William E Schrafft and Bertha E Schrafft Charitable Trust · Rockland Trust - East Boston Savings Bank 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.

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About Lincoln & Therese Filene Foundation Inc #0706176

How much does Lincoln & Therese Filene Foundation Inc #0706176 give?
Lincoln & Therese Filene Foundation Inc #0706176 reported 47 grants totaling $1,495,570 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 43 and 53 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Lincoln & Therese Filene Foundation Inc #0706176 fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (39%), Education (20%), Youth Development (7%).
Who are Lincoln & Therese Filene Foundation Inc #0706176's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts ($2.6M), Skidmore College ($875k), The Neighborhood Developers Inc ($200k).
Does Lincoln & Therese Filene Foundation Inc #0706176 fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Lincoln & Therese Filene Foundation Inc #0706176 accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Lincoln & Therese Filene Foundation Inc #0706176?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc), Eastern Bank Foundation.
Where is Lincoln & Therese Filene Foundation Inc #0706176 based?
Lincoln & Therese Filene Foundation Inc #0706176 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 100 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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