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Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities & Public Policy Inc

We create opportunities for the people of massachusetts to transform their lives and build a more equitable commonwealth through the humanities.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
52
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$20k
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.

Arts & Culture$4.1MEducation$580kCivil Rights$168kHuman Services$164kEnvironment$103kHealth$97kHousing & Shelter$66kInternational$60kOther$0
02FY2024 · 52 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 52 grants below total $963,214, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,230,839 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $267,625 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $32k
  • $10k–50k48 grants · $932k
$20,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$6.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE PERFORMANCE PROJECT$20,000
SOUTH SUDANESE ENRICHMENT FOR FAMILIES (SSEF)$20,000
ANCESTRAL BRIDGES FOUNDATION$20,000
NEW BEDFORD WHALING MUSEUM (OLD DARTMOUTH HISTORICAL SOCIETY DBA)$20,000
LOCAL ACCESS TO VALLEY ARTS (THE LAVA CENTER)$20,000
UU URBAN MINISTRY$20,000
SAVE THE HARBORSAVE THE BAY$20,000
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY$20,000
VLA DANCE (FISCALLY SPONSORED BY BOSTON DANCE ALLIANCE)$20,000
MULTICULTURAL AIDS COALITION$20,000
HISTORIC NEWTON$20,000
CHINESE AMERICAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION INC$20,000
826 BOSTON$20,000
PRX INC$20,000
WILDFLOWER ALLIANCE (UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE WESTERN MASS TRAINING CONSOR$20,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $147k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 86% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%WELLSPRING HOUSE INC: $18k → 10%MULTICULTURAL BRIDGE: $20k → 12%SOUTHEAST ASIAN COALITION OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS: $20k → 11%WILDFLOWER ALLIANCE (UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE WESTERN MASS TRAINING CONSOR: $20k → 17%BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $15k → 16%CHINESE CONSOLIDATED BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION OF NEW ENGLAND: $20k → 16%BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $14k → 16%COMMUNITY ART CENTER INC: $20k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
IL
NY
MA
OH
PA
CA
DC
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.

34%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 50 repeat orgs$3.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +35% for those funded once.

50 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 31 since wound down; 32 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

50
169

Total granted

$1.9M
$3.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+35%

Still filing today

92%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 36% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $606k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • AC
    AFRICAN CULTURAL SERVICES INC
    5× · 2018–2024 · $83k · revenue +561%
  • LA
    LOCAL ACCESS
    4× · 2021–2024 · $80k · revenue +288% · 46% of their budget
  • New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center Inc
    4× · 2017–2023 · $79k · revenue +124%

Funded once

  • 20 Summers Incgraduated
    2× · 2021–2023 · $60k · revenue +119%
  • PF
    PORTER-PHELPS-HUNTINGTON FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2021–2023 · $57k · revenue +15% · 33% of their budget
  • MM
    MARBLEHEAD MUSEUM & HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $54k · revenue +10%
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
Historic Boston Incorporated
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2
Fitchburg Historical Society

Museum and research library for history of fitchburg, massachusetts

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3
Holliston Historical Society
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4
New England Museum Association

New england museum association's mission is to connect a community engaged in learning, collaboration, and action to cultivate a better museum world.

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5
Massachusetts Outdoor Heritage Foundation Inc Attn Susan Sacco
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6
Harvard Historical Society

To collect and preserve historical material and artifacts, to encourage research into local history and to offer historical education opportunities to the community

Arts & Culture
7
Yarmouth Historical Society

To develop and promote awareness of the town of Yarmouth history and acquire, preserve, and exhibit artifacts of historical significance.

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8
Wayland Historical Society Inc

Study, collect and preserve the history of Wayland, Massachusetts and its people: to preserve the building and the artifacts owned by the Society, and to disseminate information to promote the traditions and history or Wayland.

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9
The Colonial Society of Massachusetts Amory L Loring Treasurer
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10
New Hampshire Historical Society

To educate a diverse public about the significance of New Hampshire's past and its relationship to our lives today. To this end, the Society collects, preserves, and interprets material pertaining to New Hampshire history.

Arts & Culture
11
Greater Bristol Historical Society

Historical society

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12
Wethersfield Historical Society

The purpose of the "Society" is to collect, preserve, and interpret Wethersfield's past for the education and enjoyment of present and future generations.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Historic Northampton Inc; the most unlike its peers is Chinese Economic Development Council 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

269 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

18
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
95
Early backer (in before they grew)
264/269
Grantees still filing
191/269
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center Inc: $79,460 · Arts & CultureTHE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INC: $68,750 · Arts & Culture20 Summers Inc: $60,000 · Arts & Culture+64 more: $1,590,669 · Arts & Culture+64 moreUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS: $82,700 · OtherAFRICAN CULTURAL SERVICES INC: $82,914 · Other+83 more: $2,018,819 · Other+83 moreBECKET ATHENAEUM INC: $40,000 · EducationBECKET ATHE…NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $39,948 · EducationNORTHEASTER…BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $34,800 · EducationBRANDEIS UN…LEAP for Education Inc: $33,625 · EducationLEAP for Ed…Freedom House Inc: $33,571 · EducationFreedom Hou…Immigrant City Archives: $31,383 · EducationImmigrant C…EMERSON COLLEGE: $30,450 · EducationEMERSON COL…826 BOSTON INC: $27,500 · EducationThe Norman B Leventhal Map & Education Center Inc: $22,567 · EducationTRUSTEES OF CLARK UNIVERSITY: $21,498 · EducationSOUTH SUDANESE ENRICHMENT FOR FAMILIES INC: $20,000 · EducationSOLIDARITY ARTS & EDUCATION DECOLONIAL INITIATIVES C/O SAEDI COLLECTIVE: $20,000 · EducationPROPRIETORS OF THE BOSTON ATHENAEUM: $20,000 · EducationTRANSLATE GENDER INC: $20,000 · EducationAMHERST COLLEGE TRUSTEES: $19,938 · EducationLatinx Community Center For Empowerment LCCEInc: $19,605 · EducationKUJALI INTERNATIONAL: $19,200 · Education+6 more: $90,164 · Education+6 moreRoxbury Cultural District Inc: $40,000 · Human ServicesCREATIVE ARTS NETWORK: $40,000 · Human ServicesBOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $29,195 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY ART CENTER INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesUNITED LYNN PRIDE: $20,000 · Human ServicesWEST MEDFORD COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesWESTERN MASSACHUSETTS TRAINING CONSORTIUM INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesCambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell Inc: $20,000 · Human ServicesBERSHIRE RESOURCES FOR INTEGRATION OF DIVERSE GROUPS & EDUCATION INC BRIDGE: $20,000 · Human ServicesCHINESE CONSOLIDATED BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION OF NEW ENGLAND INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesSOUTHEAST ASIAN COALITION OF CENTRAL MA: $20,000 · Human ServicesWELLSPRING HOUSE INC: $17,930 · Human ServicesTHE VILLAGE AFROCENTRIC CULTURAL CENTER INC: $16,300 · Human ServicesBerkshire Pride Inc: $40,000 · Civil RightsTHE NETWORK FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE INC: $33,025 · Civil RightsHEATHMERE CENTER FOR CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT INC C/O KNUDSEN BURBRIDGE PC: $30,500 · Civil RightsDISABILITY POLICY CONSORTIUM INC: $20,000 · Civil RightsBLUES TO GREEN INC: $60,000 · Community ImprovementDUDLEY STREET NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE INC: $17,400 · Community ImprovementTHE HYDE SQUARE TASK FORCE INC: $15,000 · Community ImprovementGLOUCESTER MARITIME HERITAGE CENTER INC: $15,000 · Community ImprovementHISPANIC RESOURCES INC: $15,000 · Community ImprovementLOCAL ACCESS: $80,000 · PhilanthropyOLD NORTH ILLUMINATED INC: $19,250 · PhilanthropyBerkshire Community College Foundation Inc: $14,660 · Philanthropy
Arts & Culture$1,798,879Other$2,184,433Education$544,249Human Services$303,425Civil Rights$123,525Community Improvement$122,400Philanthropy$113,910

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetAFRICAN CULTURAL SERVICES INC: $82,914 over 5y, 12% of budgetLOCAL ACCESS: $80,000 over 4y, 46% of budgetNew Bedford Fishing Heritage Center Inc: $79,460 over 4y, 16% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INC: $68,750 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetDOUBLE EDGE THEATRE PRODUCTIONS INC: $65,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetBLUES TO GREEN INC: $60,000 over 3y, 6.8% of budget20 Summers Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetBAMS FEST INC: $59,800 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetPORTER-PHELPS-HUNTINGTON FOUNDATION INC: $57,025 over 2y, 33% of budgetMARBLEHEAD MUSEUM & HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $53,854 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetROSE FITZGERALD KENNEDY GREENWAY CONSERVANCY INC: $50,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWELLFLEET HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $50,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetThe Cambridge Historical Society: $47,500 over 3y, 9.3% of budgetCASA DOS ACORES DA NOVA INGLATERRA INC: $40,000 over 1y, 82% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS CENTER FOR NATIVE AMERICAN AWARENESS INC: $40,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetROYALL HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $40,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetEveryday Boston Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetLEAGUE OF WOMEN FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE: $40,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetAQUINNAH CULTURAL CENTER INC: $40,000 over 1y, 9.2% of budgetBECKET ATHENAEUM INC: $40,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetOLD COLONY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $40,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetBREAD AND ROSES HERITAGE COMMITTEE INC: $40,000 over 1y, 85% of budgetRAISING MULTICULTURAL KIDS: $40,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetBRISTOL BLACK COLLECTIVE: $40,000 over 1y, 80% of budgetBOSTON DANCE ALLIANCE INC: $40,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetNEWTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $40,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetRoxbury Cultural District Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 48% of budgetBoston Comic Arts Foundation LTD: $40,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetBerkshire Pride Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 37% of budgetTHE THOREAU SOCIETY INC: $40,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetTHE SHIRLEY-EUSTIS HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $40,000 over 2y, 8.9% of budgetNUEVA ESPERANZA INC: $40,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $39,948 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHISTORICAL NATURAL HISTORY & LIBRARY SOC OF NATICK INC: $39,100 over 1y, 25% of budgetMerrimack Repertory Theatre Inc: $38,082 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTHE GIBSON SOCIETY INC: $37,332 over 2y, 15% of budgetTHE FILMMAKERS COLLABORATIVE INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetGUERILLA OPERA INC: $35,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetSAVE THE HARBORSAVE THE BAY INC: $35,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetLITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF GREATER WORCESTER INC: $35,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetWORCESTER HISTORICAL MUSEUM: $35,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $34,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLEAP for Education Inc: $33,625 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetFreedom House Inc: $33,571 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetPRIMARY SOURCE INC: $33,178 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetTHE NETWORK FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE INC: $33,025 over 1y, 9.2% of budgetPLIMOTH PATUXET MUSEUMS INC: $32,975 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetImmigrant City Archives: $31,383 over 3y, 7.1% 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.

Barr FoundationBoston Foundation IncEastern Bank Foundati…Community Foundation …Highland Street Conne…New England Foundatio…Amelia Peabody Charit…Berkshire Bank Founda…Cummings Foundation G…Rockland Trust Charit…Fidelity Non-Profit M…Essex County Communit…
Barr FoundationMA74.4× affinity48 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Barr Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts · Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries · New England Foundation for the Arts Incorporated · Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund Trust · Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Non-Profit Management Foundation · Essex County Community 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 Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities & Public Policy Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities & Public Policy Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 370%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Captain Forbes House Museum: 100% of income from government
  • Old North Illuminated Inc: 94% of income from government
  • Disability Policy Consortium Inc: 81% of income from government
  • Newton Historical Society Inc: 62% of income from government
  • Hitchcock Center for the Environment Inc: 55% of income from government
  • The Hyde Square Task Force Inc: 52% of income from government
  • Arlington Historical Society: 51% of income from government
  • Roxbury Cultural District Inc: 48% of income from government
  • Porter-Phelps-Huntington Foundation Inc: 47% of income from government
  • The Boston Home Inc: 45% of income from government
  • Museum of African American History Inc: 43% of income from government
  • Multicultural Aids Coalition Inc: 41% of income from government
  • The Performance Project Inc: 40% of income from government
  • Cape Ann Museum Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Ywca of Southeastern Massachusetts Inc: 28% of income from government
  • Primary Source Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Historical Society: 22% of income from government
  • Bristol Black Collective: 21% of income from government
  • The Flavor Continues Corporation: 21% of income from government
  • Revolutionary Spaces Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Uss Constitution Museum Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Community Art Center Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Hull Lifesaving Museum Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Chuang Stage Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Blues to Green Inc: 12% of income from government
  • West Medford Community Center Inc: 12% of income from government
  • The Cambridge Historical Society: 11% of income from government
  • Southcoast Community Foundation Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Angkor Dance Troupe Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Berkshire Pride Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Leap for Education Inc: 9% of income from government
  • African Cultural Services Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Brandeis University: 9% of income from government
  • Wellspring House Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Raising Multicultural Kids: 8% of income from government
  • Theatre Espresso Incorporated: 8% of income from government
  • Communities for Restorative Justice Inc: 8% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Common Wealth Mural Collaborative: 7% of income from government
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
  • American Antiquarian Society: 7% of income from government
  • Guerilla Opera Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Flying Cloud Institute Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Actors' Shakespeare Project: 6% of income from government
  • The Center for Independent Documentary Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Boston Dance Alliance Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Springfield Museums Corporation: 5% of income from government
  • Worcester Historical Museum: 5% of income from government
  • Wam Theatre Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Zeiterion Theatre Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Silk Road Project Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Old Sturbridge Inc: 4% of income from government
  • The Wistariahurst Foundation Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Andover Historical Society: 3% of income from government
  • Local Access: 3% of income from government
  • Worcester State Foundation Inc: 3% of income from government
  • History Project Inc: 3% of income from government
  • New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center Inc: 3% of income from government
  • 826 Boston Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Central Square Theater Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Worcester County Horticultural Society: 2% of income from government
  • Trustees of Clark University: 2% of income from government
  • Society for the Preservation of New Engl: 2% of income from government
  • Company One Inc: 2% of income from government
  • 20 Summers Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The New Dance Complex Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Old Dartmouth Historical Society: 2% of income from government
  • Sheffield Historical Society: 2% of income from government
  • Gore Place Society: 2% of income from government
  • Merrimack Repertory Theatre Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Double Edge Theatre Productions Inc: 2% of income from government
  • ME2 Orchestra Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Hancock Shaker Village Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Immigrant City Archives: 1% of income from government
  • Plimoth Patuxet Museums Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Concord Antiquarian Society D/B/a Concord Museum: 1% of income from government
  • Paul Revere Memorial Association: 1% of income from government
  • Becket Athenaeum Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Wgbh Educational Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Nantucket Historical Association: 1% of income from government
  • The Village Afrocentric Cultural Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Worcester Art Museum: 1% of income from government
  • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Karuna Center for Peacebuilding Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Filmmakers Collaborative Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Nueva Esperanza Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Old Colony Historical Society: 1% of income from government
  • Lesley University: 1% of income from government
  • Wellfleet Historical Society Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Shirley-Eustis House Association: 0% of income from government
  • New England Public Media Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Proprietors of the Boston Athenaeum: 0% of income from government
  • Bams Fest Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Transhealth Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Amherst College Trustees: 0% of income from government
  • The Network for Social Justice Inc: 0% of income from government
  • North Shore Community Development Coalit: 0% of income from government
  • Emerson College: 0% of income from government
  • Historic Northampton Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Westfield Athenaeum: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
37get no government money at all
33report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
7rely 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 254 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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