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Marion L Decrow Foundation at a glance

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Marion L Decrow 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.

$66k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Housing & Shelter$104kHuman Services$89kHealth$61kEducation$30kRecreation & Sports$28kScience & Tech$15kYouth Development$15kAnimals$13kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $40k
$6,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FAMILYAID BOSTON INC$10,000
HORIZONS FOR THE HOMELESS$10,000
LA VIDA INC$10,000
ADVOCATES$10,000
PINE STREET INN$6,000
MASSACHUSETTS APPLESEED CENTER$5,000
CRADLES TO CRAYONS$5,000
NEW ENGLAND WILDLIFE CENTER$5,000
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE BOSTON$5,000
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, $87k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $5k → 8%PINE STREET INN: $10k → 16%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $5k → 8%CASA MYRNA VASQUEZ INC: $10k → 16%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $5k → 8%CASA MYRNA VASQUEZ INC: $10k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $8k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $6k → 16%CASA MYRNA VASQUEZ INC: $6k → 16%BARRY L PRICE REHABILITATION CENTER: $5k → 8%BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $8k → 16%BARRY L PRICE REHABILITATION CENTER: $5k → 8%BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $5k → 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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$356k · 21 repeat orgs$40k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
7

Total granted

$356k
$40k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+93%

Still filing today

81%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Human ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalInternationalOther
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

  • RP
    ROSIE'S PLACE INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $30k · revenue +16%
  • CM
    CASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $26k · revenue +47%
  • AI
    ADVOCATES INC
    3× · 2020–2025 · $25k · revenue +114%

Funded once

  • BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue +125%
  • OA
    OPERATION ABLE OF GREATER BOSTON INC
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +0%
  • SL
    SUPPORTIVE LIVING INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +93%
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
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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2
Lifestream Inc

Lifestream, inc. (the organization") provides community-based services that support individuals in attaining greater independence, promising opportunities, and lives that are meaningful and fulfilling on their own terms.

Health
3
Brookview House Inc

Brookview's mission is to help homeless and at risk families learn the skills necessary to break the cycle of homelessness and poverty.

Human Services
4
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
5
Triangle Inc

Through support, challenge and opportunity, triangle empowers people with disabilities and their families to enjoy rich, fulfilling lives. we are committed to helping the world recognize that we are all people with ability.

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6
Center for Living & Working Inc

We work to ensure that individuals with disabilities can live independently as equal members of society.

Human Services
7
Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership Inc D/B/a Metro Housing Boston

Metro housing boston mobilizes wide-ranging resources to provide innovative and personalized services that lead families and individuals to housing stability, economic security, and an improved quality of life.

Housing & Shelter
8
Jewish Vocational Service Inc

To empower individuals from diverse communities to find employment and build careers, while partnering with employers to hire, develop, and retain productive workforces.

Employment
9
Behavioral Associates of Massachusetts Inc

To provide day and residential treatment programs for adults diagnosed with autism or behavioral disorders.

—
10
The Arc of Bristol County Inc

To foster community partnerships, promote individual advocacy and create a pathway for growth and innovation by offering exceptional support and services to people with all abilities through the attraction, development and retention of…

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11
Massachusetts Children'S Alliance Inc

Massachusetts children's alliance pioneers the most promising, leading-edge ways that help victims of child abuse.

Human Services
12
The Boston Children's School Inc

To promote the growth and development of children while teaching them how to learn efficiently and experience the joy of learning

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Advocates Inc; the most unlike its peers is North Bennet Street School. 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

25 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. 25 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/25
Grantees still filing
21/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HORIZONS FOR THE HOMELESS: $25,500 · OtherHORIZONS FOR THE HOMELESSFAMILYAID BOSTON INC: $25,000 · OtherFAMILYAID BOSTON INCMUSEUM OF SCIENCE BOSTON: $15,000 · OtherMUSEUM OF SCIENCE BOSTONMASSACHUSETTS APPLESEED CENTER: $15,000 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS APPLESEED CENTERATHLETES UNLIMITED NEWTON MA INC: $15,000 · OtherATHLETES UNLIMITED NEWTON MA INCWOMEN'S EDUCATIONAL CENTER INC CAMBRIDGE WOMEN'S CENTER: $10,000 · OtherWOMEN'S EDUCATIONAL CENTER INC CAMBRIDGE WOMEN'…NEW ENGLAND WILDLIFE CENTER INC: $12,500 · OtherNEW ENGLAND WILDLIFE CENTER INCKIND INC: $11,500 · OtherKIND INCBOSTON ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · OtherBOSTON ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC+5 more: $25,000 · Other+5 moreCASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ INC: $26,000 · Human ServicesCASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ INCPINE STREET INN INC: $23,500 · Human ServicesPINE STREET INN INCCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesCRADLES TO CRAYONS INCBOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $12,500 · Human ServicesBOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBO…BARRY L PRICE REHABILITATION CENTER INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesBARRY L PRICE REHABILITA…ADVOCATES INC: $25,000 · HealthADVOCATES INCBOSTON AREA RAPE CRISIS CENTER INC: $16,000 · HealthBOSTON AREA RAPE…THE CARROLL CENTER FOR THE BLIND INC: $15,000 · HealthTHE CARROLL CENT…ROSIE'S PLACE INC: $30,000 · Housing & ShelterROSIE'S PL…SUPPORTIVE LIVING INC: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterSUPPORTIVE…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentINVERSANT INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentLA VIDA INC: $15,000 · ReligionCAMBRIDGE CAMPING ASSOCIATION INC: $13,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$164,500Human Services$87,000Health$56,000Housing & Shelter$35,000Youth Development$25,000Religion$15,000Recreation & Sports$13,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetROSIE'S PLACE INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ INC: $26,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetADVOCATES INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILYAID BOSTON INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPINE STREET INN INC: $23,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON AREA RAPE CRISIS CENTER INC: $16,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CARROLL CENTER FOR THE BLIND INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLA VIDA INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetATHLETES UNLIMITED NEWTON MA INC: $15,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetCAMBRIDGE CAMPING ASSOCIATION INC: $13,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetNEW ENGLAND WILDLIFE CENTER INC: $12,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKIND INC: $11,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWOMEN'S EDUCATIONAL CENTER INC CAMBRIDGE WOMEN'S CENTER: $10,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetINVERSANT INC: $10,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetBARRY L PRICE REHABILITATION CENTER INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION ABLE OF GREATER BOSTON INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSUPPORTIVE LIVING INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNorth Bennet Street School: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAFRICAN CULTURAL SERVICES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetACT LAWRENCE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBOSTON HARBOR NOW INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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…Eastern Bank Foundati…Boston Foundation IncBushrod H Campbell & …Highland Street Conne…Cambridge Savings Cha…The Clinton H & Wilma…The Hamilton Company …Adelard & Valeda Roy …Eastern Cambridge Fou…Rockland Trust Charit…Liberty Mutual Founda…
Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc)MA29.9× affinity12 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) · Eastern Bank Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund · Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · The Clinton H & Wilma T Shattuck Char Tr #0758945 · The Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation · Adelard & Valeda Roy Foundation · Eastern Cambridge Foundation · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Liberty Mutual 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 Marion L Decrow Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Marion L Decrow Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Boston Area Rape Crisis Center Inc: 82% of income from government
  • Operation Able of Greater Boston Inc: 81% of income from government
  • Advocates Inc: 66% of income from government
  • Boston Harbor Now Inc: 45% of income from government
  • Act Lawrence Inc: 44% of income from government
  • Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Cambridge Camping Association Inc: 14% of income from government
  • La Vida Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
  • African Cultural Services Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Casa Myrna Vazquez Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Familyaid Boston Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Supportive Living Inc: 3% of income from government
  • The Carroll Center for the Blind Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc: 2% of income from government
  • New England Wildlife Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Boston Arts Academy Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
3rely 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Marion L Decrow Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Marion L Decrow 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 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-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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