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Music and Youth Initiativeinc

We believe that every young person should have the opportunity to experience the magic of music.

$194k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172024.

Youth Development$889kHuman Services$64k
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 9 grants below total $113,683 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $194,395 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $80,712 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $86k
$9,150
Median grant
5
States reached
$407k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF STONEHAM AND WAKEFIELD$39,500
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER BILLERICA$18,500
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE CAPITAL AREA$15,740
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER TARRANT COUNTY$12,500
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO SOUTH$9,150
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON$8,883
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF WARWICK$7,500
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF DELAWARE$1,035
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DORCHESTER$875
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–17, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%YMCA OF METRO NORTH: $1k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$936k · 16 repeat orgs$17k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +59% since the first grant, against -4% for the ones you funded once.

16 repeat relationships — 8 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
3

Total granted

$936k
$16k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
-4%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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
Youth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $208k · revenue +54%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER TARRANT COUNTY INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $200k · revenue +91%
  • TM
    THE MYSTIC VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
    5× · 2017–2022 · $54k · revenue +79%

Funded once

  • BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF MONMOUTH COUNTY
    one grant, 2022 · $8k · revenue -4%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF ATLANTIC CITY INC
    one grant, 2022 · $7k · revenue -7%
  • YM
    YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METRO NORTH INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +65%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Boys Girls Club
2
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Baltimore

To inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens

Youth Development
3
The Boys & Girls Clubs Inc

To inspire and enable all young people, especially those most in need of our services, to realize and develop their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens in a global society.

4
Boys & Girls Club of Greater New Bedford Inc

The boys & girls club of greater new bedford, inc. is dedicated to providing a stimulating and wholesome environment which promotes social, educational, character and physical development for children and young adults ages 7 - 18 years.…

Youth Development
5
Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver Inc

To provide club members with a safe, supportive, fun, and enriching environment that inspires and empowers them to achieve their greatest potential. bgcmd accomplishes this mission with a foundational social- emotional learning approach…

6
Boys and Girls Clubs of Metrowest Inc

To provide guidance social, educational, physical and cultural programming for boys and girls in the greater metrowest, massachusetts area. the intent of these programs is to enhance development during the growth years of children and to…

Youth Development
7
Boys and Girls Club of Augusta/Waynesboro

To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring and responsible citizens.

Youth Development
8
Boys and Girls Clubs of West Central Missouri

The mission of the boys & girls clubs of west central missouri is to inspire and enable all young people to realize their full potential as caring and productive citizens.

Youth Development
9
Boys & Girls Club of Meriden Inc

Provide opportunities for positive and healthy growth for youth in our communities.

Youth Development
10
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Northwoods Inc

To empower all youth, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, and responsible citizens.

Youth Development
11
Boys and Girls Club of Webster-Dudley Inc

The organization's mission is to provide a variety of recreational, educational and cultural activities for the youth in the webster-dudley massachusetts area.

Youth Development
12
Boys & Girls Club of Fitchburg and Leominster - a Nonprofit Educational

To inspire and enable all young people, especially those from disadvantaged circumstances, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring citizens.

Youth Development

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boys & Girls Club of Greater Billerica Inc and the most unlike its peers is Boys & Girls Club of Atlantic City Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 72 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr20%0%10–20yr19%5%20–35yr14%15%35–55yr14%80%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr20%0%10–20yr19%5%20–35yr14%5%35–55yr14%91%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/20
the rest of the field
11%
4,714/42,338

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
15/20
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC — $207,958 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INCBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER TARRANT COUNTY INC — $199,615 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER TARRANT COUNTY INCBoys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc — $96,250 · Youth DevelopmentBoys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta IncBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF WARWICK — $55,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF WARWICKBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE CAPITAL AREA — $53,540 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE CAPITAL AREABOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER LOWELL INC — $52,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER LOWELL INCBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF STONEHAM INC — $45,260 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF STONEHAM INC+5 more — $78,675 · Youth Development+5 moreTHE MYSTIC VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION — $53,750 · OtherTHE MYSTIC VA…THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO SOUTH INC — $43,095 · OtherTHE BOYS & GI…BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF MONMOUTH COUNTY — $7,500 · OtherBOYS AND GIRL…WALTHAM BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC — $5,600 · Other+1 more — $1,035 · OtherWEST END HOUSE INC — $28,850 · Recreation & SportsTHE HYDE SQUARE TASK FORCE INC — $23,900 · Community ImprovementYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METRO NORTH INC — $1,250 · Human Services
Youth Development$788,298Other$110,980Recreation & Sports$28,850Community Improvement$23,900Human Services$1,250

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC — $207,958 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER TARRANT COUNTY INC — $199,615 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc — $96,250 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF WARWICK — $55,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetTHE MYSTIC VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION — $53,750 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE CAPITAL AREA — $53,540 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER LOWELL INC — $52,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF STONEHAM INC — $45,260 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTHE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO SOUTH INC — $43,095 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetWEST END HOUSE INC — $28,850 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTHE HYDE SQUARE TASK FORCE INC — $23,900 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER BILLERICA INC — $23,600 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DORCHESTER INC — $22,375 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSOCIEDAD LATINA INC — $16,700 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMERRIMACK VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC — $9,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF MONMOUTH COUNTY — $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF ATLANTIC CITY INC — $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWALTHAM BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC — $5,600 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METRO NORTH INC — $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DELAWARE INC — $1,035 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Boys & Girls Clubs of AmericaGA29.6× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boys & Girls Clubs of America · Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Group Return) · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Amelia Peabody Foundation · Joy In Childhood Foundation Inc · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · The Gap Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Good360

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Music and Youth Initiativeinc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 15%
  • The Hyde Square Task Force Inc52% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware Inc33% of income from government
  • Waltham Boys & Girls Club Inc29% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell Inc27% of income from government
  • Sociedad Latina Inc15% of income from government
  • The Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro South Inc13% of income from government
  • Boys and Girls Club of Stoneham Inc10% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester Inc7% of income from government
  • West End House Inc2% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Music and Youth Initiativeinc?

Find your warmest path to Music and Youth Initiativeinc 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 20 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $233k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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