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· Public charity

Philanthropy Massachusetts Inc

To promote the practice and expansion of effective and responsible philanthropy to improve the health and vitality of the region.

$1.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
87
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$81k
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.

Youth Development$4.0MHuman Services$1.9MEducation$742kRecreation & Sports$553kHealth$385kHousing & Shelter$304kArts & Culture$304kPhilanthropy$158kOther$0
02FY2024 · 87 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 87 grants below total $1,443,173 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $1,815,725 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $372,552 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 $10k34 grants · $253k
  • $10k–50k47 grants · $818k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $372k
$10,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$6.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE WILEY NETWORK$81,100
THE HAVEN PROJECT INC$81,100
BROOKLINE TEEN CENTER$55,000
MCPHS UNIVERSITY$55,000
BASE CHICAGO$50,000
THE BASE$50,000
COLLEGE POSSIBLE CHICAGO$37,000
SOUTH BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE$35,000
WEST END HOUSE$35,000
CAMBRIDGE CAMPING ASSOCIATION$30,000
EAST BOSTON SOCIAL CENTERS$28,000
CROSSROADS FOR KIDS$27,500
TUFTS UNIVERSITY$27,015
BIG SISTER ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON$25,000
AGASSIZ VILLAGE$25,000
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, $1.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 75% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FAMILY SERVICES OF THE MERRIMA: $40k → 10%SOUTHEAST ASIAN COALITION OF MASSACHUSETTS: $15k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER BOSTON: $99k → 16%PIONEER VALLEY PROJECT: $20k → 17%YOUTH VILLAGES FOUNDATION INC: $25k → 17%UNITED INTERFAITH ACTION OF SOUTHEASTERN MA: $17k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER BOSTON: $98k → 16%QUINCY ASIAN RESOURCES INC: $50k → 7%MYSTIC LEARNING CENTER INC: $19k → 8%MYSTIC LEARNING CENTER INC: $15k → 8%LA COLABORATIVA: $20k → 16%UNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS: $15k → 16%COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER INC: $14k → 8%SOMERVILLE YMCA: $20k → 8%SOMERVILLE YMCA: $19k → 8%SOMERVILLE YMCA: $19k → 8%SOMERVILLE YMCA: $19k → 8%SOMERVILLE YMCA: $19k → 8%SOMERVILLE YMCA: $16k → 8%BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $23k → 16%BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $23k → 16%BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $23k → 16%BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD: $23k → 16%CAMBODIAN MUTUAL ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATE OF GREATER LOWELL INC: $20k → 8%BOSTON'S BRIDGE TO EXCELLENCE: $16k → 16%EAST BOSTON SOCIAL CENTERS: $28k → 16%EAST BOSTON SOCIAL CENTERS IN: $25k → 16%EAST BOSTON SOCIAL CENTERS: $21k → 16%EAST BOSTON SOCIAL CENTERS: $20k → 16%EAST BOSTON SOCIAL CENTERS INC: $16k → 16%AYNI INSTITUTE INC: $15k → 16%COLLEGE BOUND DORCHESTER: $16k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER BOSTON: $119k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER BOSTON: $115k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER BOSTON: $64k → 16%BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD: $24k → 16%BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD: $24k → 16%BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD: $24k → 16%UNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS: $16k → 16%FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN BOSTON: $30k → 16%THE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS: $15k → 16%SOUTH BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $35k → 16%SOUTH BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $35k → 16%SOUTH BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $34k → 16%SOUTH BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $25k → 16%SOUTH BOSTON SUMMER COLLABORATIVE: $25k → 16%SOUTH BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $24k → 16%SOUTH BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $24k → 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.

Which US states your grants reach

ME
NH
IL
WI
NY
MA
CA
AZ
TN
NC
DC
MS
TX
FL

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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$7.5M · 88 repeat orgs$1.9M to everyone else

88 repeat relationships — 69 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

88
93

Total granted

$7.5M
$1.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+44%

Still filing today

80%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $289k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsCommunity ImprovementCivil RightsOther

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

  • YM
    YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $525k · revenue +45%
  • TB
    THE BASEBALL INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $510k · revenue +65%
  • FF
    FOUNDATION FOR BOSTON CENTERS FOR YOUTH & FAMILIES INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $496k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • SA
    SALVATION ARMY
    one grant, 2017 · $61k
  • YG
    Youth Guidancegraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $60k · revenue +54%
  • QA
    QUINCY ASIAN RESOURCES INC
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue -28%

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
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
3
The Center for Teen Empowerment Inc

To employ, train, and empower youth to, in collaboration with adults, create peace, equity, and justice.

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4
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
5
Breakthrough Greater Boston Inc

To inspire excitement for learning, create paths to and through college, and promote careers in education.

Education
6
Buckingham Browne & Nichols School

Bb&n, an all gender day school in cambridge, massachusetts, was established in 1974 by the merger of two independent schools, the buckingham school and the browne & nichols school, founded respectively in 1889 and 1883. located on multiple…

Education
7
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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8
New England Lawboston

New england law/boston dedicates itself to preparing students to be successful lawyers and leaders in the public and private sectors through integrated practical, theoretical and ethical education of the highest caliber and to contributing…

Education
9
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
10
Trustees of Boston University

Organization's mission: boston university is an international, comprehensive, private research university, committed to educating students to be reflective, resourceful individuals ready to live, adapt, and lead in an interconnected world.…

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11
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
12
The Upward Project

To provide low income, first generation students who attend selective colleges the skills and resources they need to succeed in college and graduate prepared for careers in competitive and high wage fields. To seek upward mobility for…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is West End House Inc and the most unlike its peers is Boston Bullpen Project 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 30 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%2%<5yr14%10%5–10yr19%23%10–20yr18%21%20–35yr14%19%35–55yr15%25%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%1%<5yr14%6%5–10yr19%22%10–20yr18%14%20–35yr14%16%35–55yr15%41%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%4/197
the rest of the field
14%
7,430/53,046

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

166 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. 166 of the 197 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)
50
Early backer (in before they grew)
162/166
Grantees still filing
125/166
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

FOUNDATION FOR BOSTON CENTERS FOR YOUTH & FAMILIES INC — $495,875 · OtherFOUNDATION FOR BOSTON CENTERS FOR YOUTH & …AGASSIZ VILLAGE FOUNDED BY MR & MRS HARRY E BURROUGHS — $254,593 · OtherAGASSIZ VILLAGE FOUNDED BY MR & MRS HARRY …THE SPORTSMEN'S TENNIS & ENRICHMENT CENTER INC — $158,634 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY — $134,502 · OtherRon Burton Training Village Inc — $125,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITABLE BUREAU OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON INC — $121,265 · Other+95 more — $2,277,744 · Other+95 moreYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON INC — $524,600 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN A…SOUTH BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC — $201,500 · Human ServicesSOUTH BOSTON NEIGHBORHO…BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC — $162,000 · Human ServicesBOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHB…EAST BOSTON SOCIAL CENTERS INC — $158,825 · Human ServicesEAST BOSTON SOCIAL CENT…YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION SO — $132,435 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN AS…UNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS — $82,281 · Human ServicesMYSTIC LEARNING CENTER INC — $71,745 · Human ServicesCAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY CENTER INC — $66,510 · Human Services+24 more — $545,050 · Human Services+24 moreTHE BASEBALL INC — $510,100 · Recreation & SportsTHE BASEBALL IN…CAMBRIDGE CAMPING ASSOCIATION INC — $233,305 · Recreation & SportsCAMBRIDGE CAMPI…CROSSROADS FOR KIDS INC — $221,125 · Recreation & SportsCROSSROADS FOR …WEST END HOUSE INC — $187,000 · Recreation & SportsWEST END HOUSE …Boston Explorers Inc — $73,250 · Recreation & SportsBoston Explorer…+6 more — $100,070 · Recreation & Sports+6 moreFRIENDS OF ST STEPHEN'S YOUTH PROGRAMS INC — $231,858 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF ST …BROOKLINE TEEN CENTER — $216,000 · Youth DevelopmentBROOKLINE TEEN…MASSACHUSETTS PROJECT 351 INC — $135,000 · Youth DevelopmentMASSACHUSETTS …CAMP STARFISH INC — $118,905 · Youth DevelopmentCAMP STARFISH …BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC — $95,065 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS C…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DORCHESTER INC — $82,400 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS C…TRINITY BOSTON CONNECTS INC — $58,649 · Youth DevelopmentSOCIEDAD LATINA INC — $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentAmerica Scores New England DBA Boston Scores — $39,525 · Youth Development+8 more — $166,250 · Youth Development+8 morePHILLIPS BROOKS HOUSE ASSOCIATION INC — $161,700 · EducationPHILLIPS …COLLEGE POSSIBLE INC — $107,000 · EducationCOLLEGE P…THE WILY NETWORK — $88,100 · EducationTHE WILY …BEACON ACADEMY INC — $80,000 · EducationBEACON AC…Youth Guidance — $60,000 · EducationYouth Gui…MCPHS UNIVERSITY — $55,000 · EducationMCPHS UNI…UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS FOUNDATION INC — $47,500 · EducationUNIVERSIT…WriteBoston Inc — $42,500 · EducationWriteBost…+10 more — $114,172 · Education+10 moreZUMIX INC — $115,000 · Arts & CultureUNITING VOICES — $115,000 · Arts & CultureBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC — $50,626 · Arts & CultureTHE SPORTS MUSEUM OF NEW ENGLAND INC — $41,500 · Arts & CultureARTISTS FOR HUMANITY INC — $40,000 · Arts & CultureBOSTON RAISING POWERFUL MUSICIANS — $15,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more — $14,500 · Arts & CultureMOTHERS FOR JUSTICE AND EQUALITY INC — $60,500 · Community ImprovementAGASSIZ BALDWIN COMMUNITY A CAMBRIDGE CORPORATION — $33,000 · Community ImprovementBOSTON'S HIGHER GROUND INC — $30,000 · Community ImprovementCODMAN SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $30,000 · Community ImprovementJUST-A-START CORPORATION — $27,876 · Community ImprovementTHE URBAN FARMING INSTITUTE OF BOSTONINC — $20,000 · Community ImprovementMASSACHUSETTS COMMUNITIES ACTION NETWORK INC — $20,000 · Community ImprovementWORCESTER INTERFAITH INC — $20,000 · Community ImprovementSPONSOR INC — $13,290 · Community ImprovementTHIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC — $10,000 · Community Improvement
Other$3,567,613Human Services$1,944,946Recreation & Sports$1,324,850Youth Development$1,183,652Education$755,972Arts & Culture$391,626Community Improvement$264,666

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON INC — $524,600 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BASEBALL INC — $510,100 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR BOSTON CENTERS FOR YOUTH & FAMILIES INC — $495,875 over 5y, 14% of budgetAGASSIZ VILLAGE FOUNDED BY MR & MRS HARRY E BURROUGHS — $254,593 over 7y, 4.7% of budgetCAMBRIDGE CAMPING ASSOCIATION INC — $233,305 over 7y, 4.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF ST STEPHEN'S YOUTH PROGRAMS INC — $231,858 over 7y, 11% of budgetCROSSROADS FOR KIDS INC — $221,125 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetBROOKLINE TEEN CENTER — $216,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetSOUTH BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC — $201,500 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetWEST END HOUSE INC — $187,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetBOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC — $162,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetPHILLIPS BROOKS HOUSE ASSOCIATION INC — $161,700 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetEAST BOSTON SOCIAL CENTERS INC — $158,825 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetTHE SPORTSMEN'S TENNIS & ENRICHMENT CENTER INC — $158,634 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS PROJECT 351 INC — $135,000 over 4y, 6.6% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION SO — $132,435 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetRon Burton Training Village Inc — $125,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITABLE BUREAU OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON INC — $121,265 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCAMP STARFISH INC — $118,905 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetZUMIX INC — $115,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetUNITING VOICES — $115,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCOLLEGE POSSIBLE INC — $107,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INTER-CITY IN — $103,435 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBIG SISTER ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON INC — $102,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC — $95,065 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WILY NETWORK — $88,100 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DORCHESTER INC — $82,400 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS — $82,281 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetThe Haven Project Inc — $81,100 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetBEACON ACADEMY INC — $80,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetSALESIAN BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB INC — $74,085 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetBoston Explorers Inc — $73,250 over 5y, 14% of budgetMYSTIC LEARNING CENTER INC — $71,745 over 6y, 3.9% of budgetTHE RED SOX FOUNDATION INC — $67,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY CENTER INC — $66,510 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetYOUTH ENRICHMENT SERVICES INC — $64,128 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetBROOKLINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $62,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetMOTHERS FOR JUSTICE AND EQUALITY INC — $60,500 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetLAWYERS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS INC — $60,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetYouth Guidance — $60,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTRINITY BOSTON CONNECTS INC — $58,649 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetMCPHS UNIVERSITY — $55,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWEDIKO CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC — $51,250 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC — $50,626 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetQUINCY ASIAN RESOURCES INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetUPHAM'S CORNER COMMUNITY CENTER INC — $47,530 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS FOUNDATION INC — $47,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe City School Inc — $47,100 over 5y, 0.9% 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 YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BASEBALL INC ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR BOSTON CENTERS FOR YOUTH & FAMILIES INC ↗
  • Who funds AGASSIZ VILLAGE FOUNDED BY MR & MRS HARRY E BURROUGHS ↗
  • Who funds CAMBRIDGE CAMPING ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF ST STEPHEN'S YOUTH PROGRAMS INC ↗
  • Who funds CROSSROADS FOR KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds BROOKLINE TEEN CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds WEST END HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds PHILLIPS BROOKS HOUSE ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds EAST BOSTON SOCIAL CENTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SPORTSMEN'S TENNIS & ENRICHMENT CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MASSACHUSETTS PROJECT 351 INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION SO ↗
  • Who funds Ron Burton Training Village Inc ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITABLE BUREAU OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMP STARFISH INC ↗
  • Who funds ZUMIX INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITING VOICES ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE POSSIBLE INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INTER-CITY IN ↗
  • Who funds BIG SISTER ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WILY NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DORCHESTER INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS ↗
  • Who funds The Haven Project Inc ↗
  • Who funds BEACON ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds SALESIAN BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds Boston Explorers Inc ↗
  • Who funds MYSTIC LEARNING CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE RED SOX FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH ENRICHMENT SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds BROOKLINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION 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.

Cummings Foundation G…Boston Foundation IncUnited Way Of Massach…Eastern Bank Foundati…Boston After School &…Liberty Mutual Founda…Bushrod H Campbell & …Children's Hospital C…Barr FoundationHealth Resources in A…Rockland Trust Charit…Amelia Peabody Founda…
Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc)MA99.2× affinity56 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Boston Foundation Inc · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Boston After School & Beyond Inc · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund · Children's Hospital Corporation · Barr Foundation · Health Resources in Action Inc · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Amelia Peabody 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 Philanthropy Massachusetts Inc 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 · 350%4%15%34%60%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Roxbury Youthworks Inc — 88% of income from government
  • Alliance for Inclusion and Prevention Inc — 73% of income from government
  • East Boston Social Centers Inc — 50% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Camping Association Inc — 49% of income from government
  • Mothers for Justice and Equality Inc — 43% of income from government
  • Quincy Asian Resources Inc — 43% of income from government
  • Rize Massachusetts Foundation Inc — 39% of income from government
  • Transition House Inc — 39% of income from government
  • The Home for Little Wanderers Inc — 38% of income from government
  • Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center Inc — 38% of income from government
  • La Colaborativa Inc — 34% of income from government
  • Louis D Brown Peace Institute Corp — 32% of income from government
  • Mystic Learning Center Inc — 30% of income from government
  • America Scores New England Dba Boston Scores — 30% of income from government
  • Italian Home for Children Inc — 29% of income from government
  • Uncornered Inc — 24% of income from government
  • All Dorchester Sports & Leadership Inc — 21% of income from government
  • Level Ground Mixed Martial Arts Inc — 19% of income from government
  • Community Action Programs Inter-City in — 18% of income from government
  • Camp Starfish Inc — 18% of income from government
  • Heading Home Inc — 17% of income from government
  • Just-a-Start Corporation — 16% of income from government
  • Sociedad Latina Inc — 15% of income from government
  • Cambridge Camping Association Inc — 14% of income from government
  • Community Art Center Inc — 14% of income from government
  • Chica Inc — 12% of income from government
  • New England Aquarium Corporation — 12% of income from government
  • Family Services of the Merrimack Valley Inc — 11% of income from government
  • Boston Community Pediatrics Inc — 10% of income from government
  • Out Metrowest Inc — 9% of income from government
  • African Cultural Services Inc — 9% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition Inc — 8% of income from government
  • Cambridge Community Center Inc — 8% of income from government
  • Boston Debate League Incorporated — 7% of income from government
  • Northeastern University — 7% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester Inc — 7% of income from government
  • Bread of Life Inc — 6% of income from government
  • Brazilian Worker Center Inc — 6% of income from government
  • The Sports Museum of New England Inc — 5% of income from government
  • Zumix 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
  • Familyaid Boston Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Third Sector New England Inc — 3% of income from government
  • East End House Inc — 3% of income from government
  • West End House Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Boston's Higher Ground Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Artists for Humanity Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Commonwealth Zoological Corporation D/B/a Zoo New England — 2% of income from government
  • Sponsor Inc — 2% of income from government
  • The Red Sox Foundation Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Speak for the Trees Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Madison Park Development Corporation — 1% of income from government
  • Crossroads for Kids Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Mcphs University — 1% of income from government
  • The Baseball Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Beacon Academy Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Suffolk University — 1% of income from government
  • Lawyers for Civil Rights Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Lesley University — 1% of income from government
  • Brookline Teen Center — 0% of income from government
  • The Possible Project Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Emmanuel College — 0% of income from government
  • Community Labor United Inc — 0% of income from government
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35get no government money at all
37report 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

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 197 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.

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