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Ptc Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$360k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Science & Tech$842kInternational$662kEducation$612kHealth$138kPublic Safety & Disaster$100kCivil Rights$65kEmployment$61kEnvironment$60kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $110k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $250k
$25,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$9k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$150,000
SAE INTERNATIONAL$50,000
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERS USA INC (DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS)$50,000
MASSACHUSETTS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING FAIR$25,000
UP EDUCATION NETWORK$25,000
ENGINEERING FOR US ALL$25,000
THE CALCULUS PROJECT$25,000
PAN MASS CHALLENGE$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%4 PAWS FOR ABILITY: $5k → 9%SUNFLOWER OF PEACE: $10k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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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.

54%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 17 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +0% since the first grant, against +0% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
49

Total granted

$1.5M
$967k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+0%
+0%

Still filing today

94%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250k 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
EducationInternationalHealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentScience & TechOther
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

  • CITY YEAR INC
    3× · 2019–2022 · $300k · revenue +0%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    3× · 2021–2025 · $160k · revenue +20%
  • PAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $70k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -40%
  • UF
    US FUND FOR UNICEF (DBA UNICEF USA)
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
  • FS
    FISCAL SPONSORSHIP ALLIES INC (CASH FOR REFUGEES)
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
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
Activate Global Inc

Activate empowers scientists to reinvent the world by bringing their research to market. activate partners with u.s. based funders, research institutions, and other pillars of the hard technology community to help entrepreneurial…

Environment
2
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
3
AI4ALL

Ai4all's mission is to ensure that the next generation of ai leaders reflects humanity. ai4all is transforming the pipeline of ai practitioners who will shape ai for the benefit of humanity.

Youth Development
4
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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5
National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering Inc

To provide leadership and support for the national effort to increase the representation of successful african american, native american and latinx women and men in engineering and technology, math, and science-based careers.

Civil Rights
6
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
7
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
8
Aacsb International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Aacsb international provides quality assurance of business school programs, the latest in business education intelligence, thought leadership, and learning and development services.

Education
9
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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10
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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11
Axim Collaborative Inc

The axim collaborative, inc. mission is to make learning more accessible, relevant, and effective for all learners. axim collaborative, inc. transforms education to work pathways by facilitating collaboration and innovations to build an…

Education
12
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Science Club for Girls Inc; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

50 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. 50 of the 72 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
49/50
Grantees still filing
26/50
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIRST: $350,000 · OtherFIRSTCITY YEAR INC: $300,000 · OtherCITY YEAR INCIndividual grant recipient: $150,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUS FUND FOR UNICEF (DBA UNICEF USA): $100,000 · OtherUS FUND FOR UNICEF (DBA UNICEF USA)PAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $70,000 · Other+38 more: $622,750 · Other+38 moreMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $160,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRON…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $100,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITC…International Rescue Committee INC: $70,000 · InternationalInternational Resc…RAZOM INC: $50,000 · InternationalRAZOM INCAsha for Education: $25,000 · InternationalAsha for Education+3 more: $20,000 · InternationalCITIZEN SCHOOLS INC: $60,000 · EducationCITIZEN SCH…CALCULUS PROJECT INC: $50,000 · EducationCALCULUS PR…UP EDUCATION NETWORK: $45,000 · EducationUP EDUCATIO…WORLD COMPUTER EXCHANGE INC: $25,000 · EducationWORLD COMPU…FLARE EDUCATION INC: $25,000 · EducationFLARE EDUCA…ENGINEERING FOR US ALL INC: $25,000 · EducationENGINEERING…MASSACHUSETTS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING FAIR INC: $25,000 · EducationMASSACHUSET…ROBOTICS EDUCATION & COMPETITION FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Education+4 more: $11,250 · EducationFor Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST): $192,000 · Science & TechFor Inspir…SAE INTERNATIONAL: $50,000 · Science & TechSAE INTERN…NAACP EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS INC: $50,000 · Civil RightsASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE - AAJC INC: $5,000 · Civil RightsAmerican Heart Association Inc: $15,000 · HealthMASS INSIGHT EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $15,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital Corporation: $8,000 · HealthASIAN WOMEN FOR HEALTH INC: $5,000 · HealthBOSTON ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,592,750International$425,000Education$281,250Science & Tech$242,000Civil Rights$55,000Health$43,000Arts & Culture$35,000

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 budgetCITY YEAR INC: $300,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFor Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST): $192,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $160,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $70,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $70,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCITIZEN SCHOOLS INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNAACP EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCALCULUS PROJECT INC: $50,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetRAZOM INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Society of Black Engineers Boston Professionals: $45,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetUP EDUCATION NETWORK: $45,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetBOSTON ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetFLARE EDUCATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING FAIR INC: $25,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetENABLING LEADERSHIP INC: $25,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetAsha for Education: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetONE TREE PLANTED INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLATINO STEM ALLIANCE: $15,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetMASS INSIGHT EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetROBOTICS EDUCATION & COMPETITION FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPLAN INTERNATIONAL USA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSUNFLOWER OF PEACE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S DYSLEXIA CENTERS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKIDS AGAINST HUNGER BAY AREA: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE - AAJC INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGLAAD INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVIETNAM VETERANS WORKSHOP INC DBA NEW ENGLAND CENTER AND HOME FOR VETERANS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCIENCE CLUB FOR GIRLS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPATH: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHuman-I-T: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLACKS IN TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetYEAR UP INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASIAN WOMEN FOR HEALTH INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHOPE SERVICES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINROADS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetInable: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 IncAnalog Devices Founda…Akamai Foundation IncThe Cabot Family Char…Liberty Mutual Founda…Texas Instruments Fou…Charities Aid Foundat…Tides FoundationPwc Foundation IncThe Ayco Charitable F…American Online Givin…Verizon Foundation
Boston Foundation IncMA16.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Analog Devices Foundation · Akamai Foundation Inc · The Cabot Family Charitable Trust · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Tides Foundation · Pwc Foundation Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Verizon 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 Ptc Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ptc Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Engineering for Us All Inc: 68% of income from government
  • Vietnam Veterans Workshop Inc Dba New England Center and Home for Veterans: 66% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • Up Education Network: 22% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Citizen Schools Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Mass Insight Education and Research Institute Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Asian Women for Health Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Boston Arts Academy Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
3report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Ptc Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Ptc Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 72 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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