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My Brother's Keeper Alliance

My Brother's Keeper Alliance ("MBK Alliance") is an independent, nonpartisan 501(c)(3) that works to elevate the voices of boys and young men of color and unite cross-sector leaders and youth to improve life outcomes and impact lasting social change.

$1.1M
Granted FY2017
13
Grants FY2017
9
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2017 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2017

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $90k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $761k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$75,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHICAGO COOK WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP$250,000
NY PUBLIC LIBRARY$211,768
ALBUQUERQUE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$102,000
LONG BEACH CARES$100,000
ALBUQUERQUE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$100,000
UNITY COUNCIL$100,000
PEOPLE FIRST PARTNERSHIP$75,000
BROTHERHOOD CRUSADE$72,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE NORTHERN CHEYENNE NATION$27,500
PROJECT 500$20,000
NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY ACADEMY FOUNDATION$20,000
DETROIT PARENT NETWORK$12,500
BOSTON EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT FUND$10,000
02The need
02

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 (FY17–17, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%DETROIT PARENT NETWORK: $13k → 21%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

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IL
MI
NY
MA
CA
NM
TN
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 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
Chicago Public Education Fund

The chicago public education fund (the fund) is a nonprofit organization that improves public schools in chicago by investing in the talented educators who lead them.

Education
2
Brooklyn Community Foundation

Spark lasting social justice change, mobilizing people, capital, & expertise for a fair brooklyn.

Philanthropy
3
Community Education Commission

CEC works with diverse stakeholders across Detroit to develop critical resources and system-level solutions that address common challenges faced by Detroit families in accessing quality education.

Education
4
Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corp

To manage the brooklyn navy yard for the city of new york, specifically to expand job opportunities for new yorkers by fostering the development of small businesses.

Community Improvement
5
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Kern County

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

Youth Development
6
Los Angeles Business Council Formerly Known As West La Chamber of Commerce

The los angeles business council, labc, serves the los angeles community by providing public education, awareness to community issues, advocacy of sustainable development, workforce housing and business development.

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7
The City of Los Angeles Workforce Development Board

The Workforce Development Board promotes workforce development activitieswhich connect Los Angeles jobseekers and youth to training, workforce preparedness and employment opportunities. Facilitates placing youth into private,public &…

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8
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Sioux Empire

To nurture, educate and enrich children and youth for life-long success.

Human Services
9
Minnesota Business Partnership

The minnesota business partnership's mission is to maintain a high quality of life for all minnesotans by ensuring that the state's economy remains strong, globally competitive and its prospects for growth bright by working with elected…

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10
Boys & Girls Clubs of the North Valley

To inspire and enable all young people to reach their full potential as caring, productive, and responsible citizens.

Youth Development
11
Bellevue Boys & Girls Clubs Inc

To inspire and enable all young people, and especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, caring and responsible citizens. we provide prevention-focused programming for youth, ages 2-19, within our core…

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12
Bronx Charter School for Excellence

Excellence community schools prepares young people in new york city and stamford to compete for admission to and succeed in top public, private and parochial high schools by cultivating their intellectual, artistic, social, emotional, and…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Albuquerque Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Detroit Parent Network. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

10 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. 10 of the 12 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/10
Grantees still filing
9/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHICAGO COOK WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP: $250,000 · EducationCHICAGO COOK WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIPThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $211,768 · EducationThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Til…ALBUQUERQUE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $202,000 · PhilanthropyALBUQUERQUE COMMUNITY FOUNDA…LOS ANGELES BROTHERHOOD CRUSADE - BLACK UNITED FUND INC: $72,000 · PhilanthropyLOS ANGELES BROTHERHOOD CRUS…LONG BEACH CARES: $100,000 · OtherLONG BEACH CARE…PROJECT 500: $20,000 · OtherPROJECT 500NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY ACADEMY: $20,000 · OtherNATIVE AMERICAN…THE BOSTON EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · OtherTHE BOSTON EDUC…SEEDING SUCCESS: $75,000 · Youth DevelopmentSEEDING SU…BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE NORTHERN CHEYENNE NATION: $27,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND G…SPANISH SPEAKING UNITY COUNCIL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY INC: $100,000 · Community ImprovementSPANISH SP…Detroit Parent Network: $12,500 · Human Services
Education$461,768Philanthropy$274,000Other$150,000Youth Development$102,500Community Improvement$100,000Human Services$12,500

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHICAGO COOK WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP: $250,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $211,768 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALBUQUERQUE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $202,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSPANISH SPEAKING UNITY COUNCIL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSEEDING SUCCESS: $75,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE NORTHERN CHEYENNE NATION: $27,500 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetTHE BOSTON EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 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.

Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO4.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 My Brother's Keeper Alliance funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from My Brother's Keeper Alliance. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 12 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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2018) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2017, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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