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National Grid Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$5.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
91
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
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 FY2017–2024.

Philanthropy$6.0MEducation$4.9MHuman Services$4.3MYouth Development$1.4MEmployment$1.4MFood & Nutrition$1.3MEnvironment$1.2MPublic Safety & Disaster$723kOther$0
02FY2024 · 91 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k72 grants · $1.6M
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $868k
  • $250k+8 grants · $3.0M
$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$38M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY$1,000,000
UNITED WAY OF LONG ISLAND$350,000
UNITED WAY OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY$300,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ALBANY$300,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF STATEN ISLAND$250,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF BROOKLYN QUEENS$250,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ALBANY$250,000
UNITED WAY OF LONG ISLAND$250,000
UNITED WAY OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY$200,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ALBANY$200,000
UNITED WAY OF LONG ISLAND$150,000
BROOKLYN ORG$112,500
THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER$85,000
BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY$70,000
CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR NYC$50,000
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 (FY17–24, $2.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%RUTH'S HOUSE INC: $15k → 10%YMCA OF GREATER BOSTON: $20k → 16%THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER: $85k → 20%YMCA OF GREATER BOSTON: $20k → 16%THE RIVER FUND NEW YORK: $15k → 13%THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER: $85k → 20%RUTH'S HOUSE INC: $15k → 10%WORCESTER COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC: $15k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER BOSTON: $20k → 16%THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER: $75k → 20%YMCA OF GREATER BOSTON: $15k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF STATEN ISLAND: $250k → 11%THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER: $70k → 20%THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER: $70k → 20%BED STUY CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER: $60k → 20%BED STUY CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER: $60k → 20%BED STUY CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER: $50k → 20%THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER: $50k → 20%ISLAND HARVEST: $30k → 6%CHELSEA COLLABORATIVE: $55k → 16%ISLAND HARVEST: $20k → 6%CHELSEA COLLABORATIVE: $20k → 16%CROWN HEIGHTS YOUTH COLLECTIVE: $20k → 20%COLLEGE BOUND DORCHESTER: $20k → 16%COLLEGE BOUND DORCHESTER: $20k → 16%COLLEGE BOUND DORCHESTER: $20k → 16%HELEN KELLER SERVICES: $30k → 20%HELEN KELLER SERVICES: $30k → 20%YMCA OF GREATER NEW YORK: $35k → 17%HELEN KELLER SERVICES: $30k → 20%YMCA OF GREATER NEW YORK: $35k → 17%HELEN KELLER SERVICES: $30k → 20%YMCA OF GREATER NEW YORK: $35k → 17%YMCA OF GREATER NEW YORK: $35k → 17%YMCA OF GREATER NEW YORK: $30k → 17%YMCA OF GREATER NEW YORK: $30k → 17%YMCA OF GREATER NEW YORK: $30k → 17%COLLEGE BOUND DORCHESTER: $20k → 16%COLLEGE BOUND DORCHESTER: $20k → 16%COLLEGE BOUND DORCHESTER: $20k → 16%COLLEGE BOUND DORCHESTER: $20k → 16%FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN OF BOSTON: $25k → 16%FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN OF BOSTON: $25k → 16%FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN OF BOSTON: $25k → 16%FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN OF BOSTON: $25k → 16%FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN OF BOSTON: $20k → 16%FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN OF BOSTON: $20k → 16%FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN OF BOSTON: $20k → 16%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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$22M · 145 repeat orgs$2.2M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +40% since the first grant, against +18% for the ones you funded once.

145 repeat relationships — 81 still active in FY2024, 64 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

145
82

Total granted

$22M
$1.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+18%

Still filing today

66%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500k 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
EducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentEmploymentOther

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

  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ALBANY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.3M · revenue +7%
  • TC
    THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $605k · revenue +504%
  • BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY
    7× · 2017–2024 · $380k · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • UNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY
    one grant, 2023 · $200k · revenue -26%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF LONG INC
    one grant, 2017 · $110k
  • BACK TO BASICS OUTREACH MINISTRIESgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +30%

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
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
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
3
Massachusetts Education & Career Opportunities Inc

Massachusetts education and career opportunities, inc. (massedco, inc.) is a statewide network of service sites that provides education and career advising to over 12,000 low-income, first generation individuals each year. massedco…

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
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc

Wentworth institute of technology is a nationally recognized private coeducational and residential university of higher education with a mission to empower, inspire and innovate through experiential learning with a core purpose of career…

Education
6
The New York Opportunity Network Inc Dba the Opportunity Network

The opportunity network ignites the drive, curiosity, and agency of underrepresented students on their paths to and through college and into thriving careers, powered by our commitment to access and community.

Education
7
Boston After School & Beyond Inc

Boston after school & beyond, inc. is a public private partnership that pursues a unified after-school and summer learning system that promotes stakeholder alignment, a focus on results, and access to learning opportunities, particularly…

Education
8
Long Island University

To provide excellence and access in private higher education to those who seek to expand their knowledge and prepare themselves for meaningful, educated lives and for service to their communities and the world.

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9
Greater New Bedford Workforce Investment Board Inc

Meet the workforce needs of employers and support economic development in greater new bedford.

Community Improvement
10
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
11
The Work Group Inc

The work group provides at-risk youth in transition to adulthood with the resources they need to become self-directed, self-sufficient individuals and productive, responsible members of their families and communities.

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12
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United South End Settlements and the most unlike its peers is Siena University. 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 39 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%2%<5yr14%2%5–10yr20%14%10–20yr20%28%20–35yr13%24%35–55yr13%31%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr20%6%10–20yr20%19%20–35yr13%11%35–55yr13%63%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% 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 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/138
the rest of the field
10%
8,435/81,568

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

132 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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 132 of the 230 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
40
Early backer (in before they grew)
129/132
Grantees still filing
101/132
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF LONG ISLAND — $2,310,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF LONG ISLANDCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ALBANY — $2,305,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ALBANYCATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES OF RHODE ISLAND — $700,000 · OtherCATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES OF RHODE ISLAND+127 more — $7,432,700 · Other+127 moreUnited Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc — $3,200,000 · PhilanthropyUnited Way Of Mas…UNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY — $200,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF BUF…BROOKLYN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $132,500 · Philanthropy+1 more — $60,000 · PhilanthropyBROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY — $380,000 · EducationBROOKLYN PUBLIC …CITIZEN SCHOOLS INC — $245,000 · EducationCITIZEN SCHOOLS …MOLLOY UNIVERSITY — $234,000 · EducationMOLLOY UNIVERSIT…ON POINT FOR COLLEGE INC — $230,000 · EducationON POINT FOR COL…TRUSTEES OF PHILLIPS ACADEMY — $223,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF PHIL…ST FRANCIS COLLEGE — $220,000 · EducationST FRANCIS COLLE…YEAR UP INC — $200,000 · EducationYEAR UP INCMERCYWORKSINCORPORATED — $190,000 · EducationMERCYWORKSINCORP…PROVIDENCE COLLEGE — $185,000 · EducationPROVIDENCE COLLE…Freedom House Inc — $180,000 · EducationFreedom House In…THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S PROJECT INC — $170,000 · EducationSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY — $140,000 · EducationSIENA UNIVERSITY — $117,500 · Education+13 more — $632,500 · Education+13 moreTHE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER INC — $605,000 · Human ServicesTHE CAMPAI…CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF STATEN ISLAND INC — $250,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC C…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YORK — $230,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'…FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - BOSTON INC — $190,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF…UNCORNERED INC — $160,000 · Human ServicesUNCORNERED…Helen Keller Services — $120,000 · Human ServicesHelen Kell…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON INC — $85,000 · Human ServicesLA COLABORATIVA INC — $75,000 · Human Services+16 more — $522,800 · Human Services+16 moreCEC STUYVESANT COVE INC — $255,000 · EnvironmentCHANGE IS SIMPLE INC — $191,000 · EnvironmentLONG ISLAND PINE BARRENS SOCIETY — $150,000 · EnvironmentGrassroots Gardens of Western New York Inc — $95,000 · EnvironmentAUDUBON SOCIETY OF RHODE ISLAND — $90,000 · EnvironmentSAVE THE HARBORSAVE THE BAY INC — $89,600 · Environment+1 more — $13,500 · EnvironmentTHE HOPE PROGRAM INC — $155,000 · EmploymentResilient Coders Inc — $140,000 · EmploymentCOMMUNITY WORKSHOPS INC — $60,000 · EmploymentDRESS FOR SUCCESS WORCESTER INC — $60,000 · EmploymentBOSTON PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL INC THE — $20,500 · EmploymentSUFFOLK COUNTY VANDERBILT MUSEUM — $145,000 · Arts & CultureDISCOVERY MUSEUM INC — $115,000 · Arts & CultureFIRSTWORKS — $100,000 · Arts & CultureSTATEN ISLAND CHILDREN'S MUSEUM — $72,500 · Arts & Culture
Other$12,747,700Philanthropy$3,592,500Education$3,347,000Human Services$2,237,800Environment$884,100Employment$435,500Arts & Culture$432,500

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetUnited Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc — $3,200,000 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF LONG ISLAND — $2,310,000 over 8y, 4.3% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ALBANY — $2,305,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetTHE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER INC — $605,000 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetBROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY — $380,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCRISTO REY BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL — $360,000 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetCEC STUYVESANT COVE INC — $255,000 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF STATEN ISLAND INC — $250,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCITIZEN SCHOOLS INC — $245,000 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetMOLLOY UNIVERSITY — $234,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetON POINT FOR COLLEGE INC — $230,000 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YORK — $230,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF PHILLIPS ACADEMY — $223,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetST FRANCIS COLLEGE — $220,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY — $200,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetLATINO STEM ALLIANCE — $200,000 over 8y, 19% of budgetYEAR UP INC — $200,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCHANGE IS SIMPLE INC — $191,000 over 8y, 6.3% of budgetMERCYWORKSINCORPORATED — $190,000 over 8y, 4.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - BOSTON INC — $190,000 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetPROVIDENCE COLLEGE — $185,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFreedom House Inc — $180,000 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetTHE YOUNG PEOPLE'S PROJECT INC — $170,000 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetWADE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION INC — $165,000 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetBUFFALO ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER INC — $163,000 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetUNCORNERED INC — $160,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetTHE HOPE PROGRAM INC — $155,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetLONG ISLAND PINE BARRENS SOCIETY — $150,000 over 5y, 30% of budgetCOURAGEOUS SAILING CENTER FOR YOUTH INC — $150,000 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetSUFFOLK COUNTY VANDERBILT MUSEUM — $145,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetResilient Coders Inc — $140,000 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetBEAM CENTER INC — $140,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY — $140,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBROOKLYN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $132,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEARTHWATCH INSTITUTE INC — $131,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetHelen Keller Services — $120,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSIENA UNIVERSITY — $117,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDISCOVERY MUSEUM INC — $115,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METROWEST INC — $105,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetBACK TO BASICS OUTREACH MINISTRIES — $100,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetFIRSTWORKS — $100,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION & ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT — $100,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetRHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION — $98,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGrassroots Gardens of Western New York Inc — $95,000 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetAUDUBON SOCIETY OF RHODE ISLAND — $90,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetSAVE THE HARBORSAVE THE BAY INC — $89,600 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetMadison Square Boys & Girls Club — $87,200 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON INC — $85,000 over 5y, 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.

  • Who funds United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF LONG ISLAND ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ALBANY ↗
  • Who funds THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER INC ↗
  • Who funds BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds CRISTO REY BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds CEC STUYVESANT COVE INC ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF STATEN ISLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds CITIZEN SCHOOLS INC ↗
  • Who funds MOLLOY UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ON POINT FOR COLLEGE INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF PHILLIPS ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds ST FRANCIS COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds LATINO STEM ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds YEAR UP INC ↗
  • Who funds CHANGE IS SIMPLE INC ↗
  • Who funds MERCYWORKSINCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - BOSTON INC ↗
  • Who funds PROVIDENCE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Freedom House Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds WADE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BUFFALO ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds UNCORNERED INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HOPE PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds LONG ISLAND PINE BARRENS SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds COURAGEOUS SAILING CENTER FOR YOUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds SUFFOLK COUNTY VANDERBILT MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds Resilient Coders Inc ↗
  • Who funds BEAM CENTER INC ↗

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.

Eastern Bank Foundati…Cummings Foundation G…Liberty Mutual Founda…Rockland Trust Charit…United Way Of Massach…Boston Foundation IncMother Cabrini Health…The Cabot Family Char…Td Charitable Foundat…Yawkey Foundation IIThe Hyde and Watson F…Peoples United Commun…
Eastern Bank FoundationMA47× affinity31 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eastern Bank Foundation · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc · The Cabot Family Charitable Trust · Td Charitable Foundation · Yawkey Foundation II · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Peoples United Community Foundation

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 National Grid Foundation 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
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 140%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Justice Resource Institute Inc — 48% of income from government
  • Utec Inc — 46% of income from government
  • The Young People's Project Inc — 39% of income from government
  • Community Workshops Inc — 39% of income from government
  • Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center Inc — 38% of income from government
  • La Colaborativa Inc — 34% of income from government
  • Waltham Boys & Girls Club Inc — 29% of income from government
  • Uncornered Inc — 24% of income from government
  • United Way of Massachusetts Bay Inc — 23% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc — 22% of income from government
  • Asian American Civic Association Inc — 19% of income from government
  • Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute Incorporated — 16% of income from government
  • The Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro South Inc — 13% of income from government
  • Community Servings Inc — 12% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc — 11% of income from government
  • Courageous Sailing Center for Youth Inc — 10% of income from government
  • Youthbuild Boston Inc — 9% of income from government
  • Watch Inc — 9% of income from government
  • Worcester Community Action Council Inc — 8% of income from government
  • Citizen Schools Inc — 8% of income from government
  • School On Wheels of Massachusetts Inc — 7% of income from government
  • Lower Cape Outreach Councilinc — 6% of income from government
  • Steps to Success Inc — 5% of income from government
  • The Urban Farming Institute of Bostoninc — 4% of income from government
  • Friends of the Children - Boston Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Homeless Prevention Council Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Discovery Museum Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Boys and Girls Clubs of Metrowest Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Lazarus House Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Year Up Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
14get no government money at all
45report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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.

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 230 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines