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Paul & Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$8.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
77
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$1.8M
Largest
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$7.3MHealth$7.2MRecreation & Sports$6.7MHousing & Shelter$3.8MPhilanthropy$2.5MYouth Development$2.3MCivil Rights$1.9MScience & Tech$1.4MOther$0
02FY2024 · 77 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k24 grants · $95k
  • $10k–50k23 grants · $360k
  • $50k–250k23 grants · $2.2M
  • $250k+7 grants · $5.4M
$15,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$179M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BROCKTON HOSPITAL$1,800,000
EMORY UNIVERSITY (FOUNDATION)$1,193,000
THE PEOPLE'S PARK FOUNDATION$750,000
AMERICAN JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION$550,000
RON BURTON TRAINING VILLAGE$500,000
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER BOSTON$400,000
LIBERTY SCIENCE CENTER$250,000
PGA TOUR FIRST TEE FOUNDATION INC$200,000
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY$200,000
COMBINED JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF GREATER BOSTON INC$150,000
DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE$150,000
BABSON COLLEGE$130,000
PROJECT HOPE$125,000
ONE FAMILY INC$110,000
ELON UNIVERSITY$100,000
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 (FY20–24, $5.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 82% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HOUR CHILDREN INC: $5k → 13%YOUTH VILLAGES: $10k → 17%PROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF SUSSEX COUNTY INC: $10k → 6%FULFILL: $25k → 6%RIAN IMMIGRANT CENTER INC: $10k → 7%MOTHER TO MOTHER INC: $5k → 14%NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE: $100k → 16%HURLEY FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $125k → 14%SECOND STREET YOUTH CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 10%HURLEY FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $125k → 14%ELIZABETH COALITION TO HOUSE THE HOMELESS INC: $5k → 10%HURLEY FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $125k → 14%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER BOSTON: $500k → 8%HURLEY FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $125k → 14%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER BOSTON: $400k → 8%HURLEY FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $50k → 14%LA COLABORATIVA INC: $15k → 16%LA COLABORATIVA INC: $15k → 16%BRIAN P STACK CIVIC ASSOCIATION: $25k → 14%PINE STREET INN: $5k → 16%LA COLABORATIVA INC: $15k → 16%JERSEY CITY POLICE CIVIC ASSOCIATION INC: $10k → 14%HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS: $5k → 16%PROJECT JUST BECAUSE INC: $5k → 8%ANGELACARES INC: $20k → 14%MASSACHUSETTS WONDERFUND INC: $15k → 16%ANGELACARES INC: $20k → 14%MASSACHUSETTS WONDERFUND INC: $15k → 16%THE B FUND INC: $10k → 7%THE B FUND INC: $10k → 7%MASSACHUSETTS WONDERFUND INC: $15k → 16%THE B FUND INC: $10k → 7%THE B FUND INC: $5k → 7%ANGELACARES INC: $10k → 14%COMMUNITY SERVINGS: $15k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS: $15k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS: $10k → 16%SOUTHWEST BOSTON SENIOR SERVICES DBA ETHOS: $1k → 16%ONE FAMILY INC: $1.4M → 16%ONE FAMILY INC: $812k → 16%ONE FAMILY INC: $720k → 16%ONE FAMILY INC: $660k → 16%ONE FAMILY INC: $110k → 16%FAMILY NURTURING CENTER OF MASSACHUSETTS: $3k → 16%FAMILY NURTURING CENTER OF MASSACHUSETTS: $3k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
WA
IL
NY
MA
WY
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
MO
MD
TN
NC
DC
GA
FL
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$32M · 78 repeat orgs$2.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

78 repeat relationships: 57 still active in FY2024, 21 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

78
84

Total granted

$32M
$2.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+24%

Still filing today

81%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $473k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthFood & NutritionInternationalArts & CultureOther
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

  • OF
    ONE FAMILY INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $3.7M · revenue +25% · 52% of their budget
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc
    5× · 2020–2024 · $3.1M · revenue +95%
  • BH
    Brockton Hospital Inc
    3× · 2022–2024 · $3.0M · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • CC
    CAPE COD HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $270k
  • BR
    BOSTON RESILIENCY FUND
    one grant, 2020 · $250k
  • MW
    MA WONDERFUND INC
    one grant, 2020 · $250k
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
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
3
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
4
Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.

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5
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
6
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
7
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
8
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis

Jewish family and children's service of minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.

Human Services
9
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
10
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
Mass General Brigham Health Plan Inc

Mass general brigham health plan's mission is to promote the health and wellness of our members, and to help ensure equitable, affordbale health care for the diverse communities we serve.

Health
12
Neighborhealth Corporation

Neighborhealth's mission is to promote and sustain healthy communities, families, and individuals by providing accessible, person-centered, and compassionate, high-quality health care services to all who live and work in our service area,…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Team Impact Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Sanctified Church of Jesus Chri. 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

140 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. 140 of the 190 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.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
138/140
Grantees still filing
104/140
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EMORY UNIVERSITY (FOUNDATION): $4,125,000 · OtherEMORY UNIVERSITY (FOUNDATION)Ron Burton Training Village Inc: $1,250,000 · OtherRon Burton Training Village IncTHE RIVERS SCHOOL CORPORATION: $467,500 · OtherANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $1,050,000 · OtherANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUENEW VENTURE FUND: $1,050,000 · OtherNEW VENTURE FUNDTEAM WALKER INC: $462,000 · Other+106 more: $4,973,350 · Other+106 moreDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $3,070,200 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer…Brockton Hospital Inc: $3,000,000 · HealthBrockton Hospital …+11 more: $203,400 · HealthTHE PEOPLE'S PARK FOUNDATION INC: $4,350,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE PEOPLE'S PARK…American Junior Golf Association Inc: $825,300 · Recreation & SportsAmerican Junior G…PGA TOUR FIRST TEE FOUNDATION INC: $800,000 · Recreation & SportsPGA TOUR FIRST TE…+1 more: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsONE FAMILY INC: $3,692,000 · Human ServicesONE FAMILY INCJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF GREATER BOSTON: $900,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH COMMUNITY…THE HURLEY FAMILY FOUNDATION: $550,000 · Human ServicesTHE HURLEY FAMIL…+23 more: $506,000 · Human Services+23 moreLIBERTY SCIENCE CENTER: $1,400,000 · Arts & CultureTHE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART INC: $657,500 · Arts & CultureSTORYVILLE CENTER FOR THE SPOKEN WORD INC: $230,000 · Arts & CultureRAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $100,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $80,000 · Arts & CulturePresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $825,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $400,000 · EducationBABSON COLLEGE: $315,000 · EducationElon University: $235,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF UNION COLLEGE IN THE TOWN OF SCHENECTADY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK: $230,000 · EducationGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $105,000 · Education+11 more: $179,050 · EducationTEAM IMPACT INC: $500,000 · PhilanthropyCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc: $400,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH BIG BROTHER & BIG SISTER ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON: $297,500 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $200,300 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY: $120,000 · PhilanthropyTIDES FOUNDATION: $75,000 · PhilanthropyBoston Foundation Inc: $75,000 · Philanthropy+5 more: $76,200 · Philanthropy
Other$13,377,850Health$6,273,600Recreation & Sports$5,985,300Human Services$5,648,000Arts & Culture$2,467,500Education$2,289,050Philanthropy$1,744,000

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 budgetTHE PEOPLE'S PARK FOUNDATION INC: $4,350,000 over 4y, 100% of budgetONE FAMILY INC: $3,692,000 over 5y, 52% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $3,070,200 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBrockton Hospital Inc: $3,000,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetLIBERTY SCIENCE CENTER: $1,400,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetRon Burton Training Village Inc: $1,250,000 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $1,050,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $1,050,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF GREATER BOSTON: $900,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetAmerican Junior Golf Association Inc: $825,300 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $825,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPGA TOUR FIRST TEE FOUNDATION INC: $800,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetTHE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART INC: $657,500 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetTHE HURLEY FAMILY FOUNDATION: $550,000 over 5y, 88% of budgetTEAM IMPACT INC: $500,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetTHE RIVERS SCHOOL CORPORATION: $467,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetTEAM WALKER INC: $462,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc: $400,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $400,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBABSON COLLEGE: $315,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH BIG BROTHER & BIG SISTER ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON: $297,500 over 4y, 12% of budgetElon University: $235,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF UNION COLLEGE IN THE TOWN OF SCHENECTADY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK: $230,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSTORYVILLE CENTER FOR THE SPOKEN WORD INC: $230,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $225,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $200,300 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $200,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc: $150,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $125,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY: $120,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FOOD BANK OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC: $105,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $105,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $105,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPalm Beach County Food Bank Inc: $100,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NAGEN PROJECT INC: $100,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetWORCESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK INC: $100,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetRAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILY REACH FOUNDATION: $96,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetFAIR SHARE HOUSING CENTER INC: $75,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARTISTS FOR HUMANITY INC: $75,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetBoston Foundation Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $57,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $55,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANGELA CARESINC: $50,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetUNITED UKRAINIAN AMERICAN RELIEF COMMITTEE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNICHOLAS J SACCO FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 2y, 52% of budgetUnited Help Ukraine Inc: $50,000 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.

Boston Foundation IncMA35.9× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Fidelity Foundation · Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries · Community Foundation of New Jersey · The New England Patriots Charitable Foundation Inc · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Suffolk Cares Charitable Foundation Inc · The Klarman Family Foundation · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Arbella Insurance 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 Paul & Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Paul & Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 380%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Ironbound Community Corporation: 100% of income from government
  • Team Walker Inc: 68% of income from government
  • Utec Inc: 46% of income from government
  • The Home for Little Wanderers Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Cape Ann Museum Inc: 38% of income from government
  • La Colaborativa Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Food Bank of South Jersey Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Boston Medical Center Corporation: 23% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Eva's Village Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Three Bays Preservation Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Heading Home Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Liberty Science Center: 14% of income from government
  • Brockton Hospital Inc: 13% 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
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Women's Lunch Place Inc: 8% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Clinton Hill Community Action Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Babson College: 3% of income from government
  • Artists for Humanity Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Institute of Contemporary Art Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Worcester County Food Bank Inc: 1% of income from government
  • One Family Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Palm Beach County Food Bank Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Project Just Because Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Fessenden School: 0% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Steppingstone Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Boston Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
38get no government money at all
26report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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 190 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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