· Private foundation
Rae Family Charitable Foundation Trust
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2023
- Under $10k3 grants · $9k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $47k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| TRINITY BOSTON CONNECTS | $20,000 |
| EPIPHANY SCHOOL | $17,000 |
| SOUTH BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE | $10,000 |
| PINE STREET INN | $8,000 |
| PHILANTHROPY MASSACHUSETTS | $775 |
| LOUIS D BROWN PEACE INSTITUTE | $100 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $97k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 54% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +100% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.
11 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2023, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
THE EPIPHANY SCHOOL INC7× · 2017–2023 · $82k · revenue +288%- SBSOUTH BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC7× · 2017–2023 · $52k · revenue +119%
PINE STREET INN INC6× · 2017–2023 · $45k · revenue +123%
Funded once
- LDLOUIS D BROWN PEACE INSTITUTE CORPone grant, 2023 · $100 · revenue +23%
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.
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.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
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…
Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…
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…
Mcphs university prepares students for careers in health care through teaching, scholarship, research, professional service and community engagement.
The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.
To advance the interests of the human services sector and providers through advocacy, education, and engagement of diverse stakeholders for collective impact.
Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.
See schedule o.founded in 1891, the university club is boston's premier social and athletic club. our club offers a warm and inviting atmosphere to its members, families, and guests. we pride ourselves on our sense of community, the…
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.
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.
Wheaton college provides a transformative liberal arts education, combining theory and practice, for intellectually curious students within a collaborative and vibrant extended community and network that values and strives to create an…
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 12 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds TRINITY BOSTON CONNECTS INC ↗
- Who funds THE EPIPHANY SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTH BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds PINE STREET INN INC ↗
- Who funds NOTRE DAME EDUCATION CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Inc ↗
- Who funds Council on Foundations Inc ↗
- Who funds PHILANTHROPY MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
- Who funds LOUIS D BROWN PEACE INSTITUTE CORP ↗
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Rae Family Charitable Foundation Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rae Family Charitable Foundation Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
- Louis D Brown Peace Institute Corp: 32% of income from government
- Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
- The Epiphany School Inc: 0% of income from government
- Philanthropy Massachusetts Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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