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Pca Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$37k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Youth Development$65kEducation$48kFood & Nutrition$40kHousing & Shelter$36kArts & Culture$31kCommunity Improvement$28kPhilanthropy$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$4,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$44k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE BOSTON FOUNDATION$5,000
ACE MENTOR OF GREATER BOSTON$5,000
BUILDERS OF COLOR COALITION$5,000
BOSTON ARCHITECTURAL COLLEGE$5,000
MAUD MORGAN ARTS CENTER$4,000
ON THE RISE$3,000
FOOD FOR FREE$2,500
THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK$2,500
2 LIFE COMMUNITIES$2,500
ESSEX COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$2,500
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 (FY23–25, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%ON THE RISE: $5k → 8%ON THE RISE: $3k → 8%PINE STREET INN: $5k → 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.
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$269k · 16 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
5

Total granted

$269k
$19k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+22%

Still filing today

63%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Housing & ShelterCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureFood & NutritionHuman ServicesOther
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

  • YB
    YOUTHBUILD BOSTON INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $30k · revenue +11%
  • BA
    BOSTON ARCHITECTURAL COLLEGE
    5× · 2020–2025 · $24k · revenue +23%
  • BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $20k · revenue +95%

Funded once

  • PINE STREET INN INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +22%
  • BE
    BLACK ECONOMIC COUNCIL OF MA
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • JC
    JUST-A-START CORPORATION
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue -24%
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
Greater Boston Council On Alcoholism Inc
Philanthropy
2
Historic Boston Incorporated
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3
Boston Affordable Housing Coalition Inc

Preserve affordable low income housing in boston and the surrounding area

Housing & Shelter
4
Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance Inc

Maha breaks down barriers facing first-time and first-generation home buyers and owners through education, counseling, advocacy, and grassroots organizing.

Housing & Shelter
5
Boston Foundation
Philanthropy
6
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce

To improve the business, social and civic environment of the greater boston area and to become the leading representative in the boston area in the consideration of local, state and national issues.

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7
Greater Boston Real Estate Board

The Greater Boston Real Estate Board was incorporated as a not-for-profit organization to advocate, educate, inform, and serve members of the real estate industry. The Board continues to foster and promote high ethical standards in all…

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8
Gbfb Realty Corporation

The organization's purpose is to support and operate for the benefit of greater boston food bank, inc. a 501(c)(3) corporation, which is its sole member.

Food & Nutrition
9
Boston Neighborhood Community Land Trust Inc

To collectively work with partners to statbilize neighborhoods by providing innovative means by which as many residents of foreclosed occupied homes as soon as possible can stay in (continued - see sch o)

Housing & Shelter
10
Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership Inc D/B/a Metro Housing Boston

Metro housing boston mobilizes wide-ranging resources to provide innovative and personalized services that lead families and individuals to housing stability, economic security, and an improved quality of life.

Housing & Shelter
11
Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation

Mhic's mission is to be an innovative private financier of afforable housing and community development throughout new england, providing financing that would not otherwise be available, and extending the impact of that financing to ensure…

Housing & Shelter
12
Boston Society of Architects

The boston society of architects (bsa/aia) exists to improve the quality of life for boston-area residents by championing innovation in the built environment. as a membership association, we achieve this mission in partnership with the bsa…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Boston Food Bank Inc; the most unlike its peers is On the Rise 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

15 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. 15 of the 24 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)
15/15
Grantees still filing
10/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ACE MENTOR OF GREATER BOSTON: $35,000 · OtherACE MENTOR OF GREATER BOSTONYOUTHBUILD BOSTON INC: $30,000 · OtherYOUTHBUILD BOSTON INCBOSTON ARCHITECTURAL COLLEGE: $24,000 · OtherBOSTON ARCHITECTURAL COLLEGECRISTO REY BOSTON SCHOOL: $24,000 · OtherCRISTO REY BOSTON SCHOOLJPNDC: $23,000 · OtherJPNDCGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $17,500 · OtherGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INCNOMAS: $10,000 · OtherNOAH: $10,000 · OtherMAUD MORGAN VISUAL ARTS CENTER: $7,000 · Other+3 more: $12,000 · Other+3 moreBoston Foundation Inc: $25,000 · PhilanthropyBUILDERS OF COLOR COALITION: $20,000 · Community ImprovementJUST-A-START CORPORATION: $3,000 · Community ImprovementBOSTON ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureBoston Main Streets Foundation: $2,500 · Arts & CultureFOOD FOR FREE COMMITTEE INC: $12,500 · Food & NutritionPROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC: $10,000 · Food & NutritionHABITAT FOR HUMANITY GREATER BOSTON INC: $10,000 · Housing & Shelter2LIFE COMMUNITIES INC: $7,500 · Housing & ShelterESSEX COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $2,500 · Housing & ShelterON THE RISE INC: $8,000 · Human ServicesPINE STREET INN INC: $5,000 · Human Services
Other$192,500Philanthropy$25,000Community Improvement$23,000Arts & Culture$22,500Food & Nutrition$22,500Housing & Shelter$20,000Human Services$13,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYOUTHBUILD BOSTON INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBoston Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON ARCHITECTURAL COLLEGE: $24,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBUILDERS OF COLOR COALITION: $20,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR FREE COMMITTEE INC: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY GREATER BOSTON INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetON THE RISE INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budget2LIFE COMMUNITIES INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPINE STREET INN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUST-A-START CORPORATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Main Streets Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetESSEX COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $2,500 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.

Eastern Bank Foundati…Boston Foundation IncCummings Foundation G…Vanguard Charitable E…Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Eastern Bank FoundationMA23.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eastern Bank Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Pca Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pca Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • On the Rise Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Just-a-Start Corporation: 16% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Youthbuild Boston Inc: 9% of income from government
  • 2LIFE Communities Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Food for Free Committee Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Boston Architectural College: 1% of income from government
  • Boston Arts Academy Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Boston Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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 24 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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