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Richard & Susan Smith Family Foundation at a glanceAlso receives grants: funding profile →

· Private foundation

Richard & Susan Smith Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$16M
Granted FY2025still arriving
137
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$1.5M
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, FY2021 to 2025.

Health$29MEducation$26MPhilanthropy$11MYouth Development$3.8MRecreation & Sports$3.3MHuman Services$2.5MHousing & Shelter$2.0MPublic Benefit$810kOther$0
02FY2025 · 137 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k30 grants · $67k
  • $10k–50k45 grants · $1.0M
  • $50k–250k47 grants · $5.8M
  • $250k+15 grants · $8.7M
$35,606
Median grant
11
States reached
$303M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMBINED JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES$1,500,000
BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER$1,500,000
ESPLANADE ASSOCIATION$1,000,000
YMCA CAPE COD$800,000
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON$730,000
MORE THAN WORDS$500,000
BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL$500,000
HEALTH RESOURCES IN ACTION$373,158
BUNKER HILL COMMUNITY COLLEGE$250,000
MIDDLESEX COMMUNITY COLLEGE$250,000
THE DIMOCK CENTER$250,000
BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$250,000
PAN MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE$250,000
HARVARD COLLEGE PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF$250,000
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CUMMINGS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$250,000
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 (FY21–25, $1.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HOPE STATION OPPORTUNITY AREA NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL: $250 → 8%YOUTH VILLAGES FOUNDATION INC: $1k → 17%HOUSE OF POSSIBILITIES: $47k → 11%FAMILIES FIRST PARENTING PROGRAMS: $15k → 8%JEFF'S PLACE CHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER: $27k → 8%PINE STREET INN: $250k → 16%BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM: $162k → 16%BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC: $117k → 16%BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM: $112k → 16%BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM: $66k → 16%BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM: $63k → 16%ENROOT: $15k → 8%PINE STREET INN: $8k → 16%LA COLABORATIVA: $50k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $5k → 16%BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $500 → 16%LA COLABORATIVA: $15k → 16%BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS: $500 → 16%IMMIGRANT FAMILY SERVICES INSTITUTE: $50k → 16%OUR SPACE INC: $150 → 8%OUR SPACE INC: $150 → 8%EAST BOSTON SOCIAL CENTERS: $43k → 16%OUR SPACE INC: $100 → 8%CASA MYRNA: $37k → 16%FAMILY NURTURING CENTER OF MASSACHUSETTS: $14k → 16%ST FRANCIS HOUSE: $250k → 16%ST FRANCIS HOUSE: $185k → 16%ST FRANCIS HOUSE: $23k → 16%ST FRANCIS HOUSE: $15k → 16%CATIE'S CLOSET: $31k → 8%CATIE'S CLOSET: $5k → 8%FATHERS UPLIFT INC: $15k → 16%BROOKVIEW HOUSE: $15k → 16%BOSTON MISSIONARY BAPTIST COMMUNITY CENTER: $40k → 16%FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN-BOSTON: $28k → 16%RIAN IMMIGRANT CENTER: $48k → 16%WOMEN'S MONEY MATTERS: $14k → 16%BUDGET BUDDIES: $10k → 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

VT
NH
WA
MN
WI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
MO
MD
TN
DC
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$56M · 111 repeat orgs$10.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

111 repeat relationships: 58 still active in FY2025, 53 since wound down; 32 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

111
132

Total granted

$56M
$8.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+7%

Still filing today

64%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.9M went to new ones.

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

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

’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureFood & NutritionOther
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

  • BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $5.4M · revenue +51%
  • ESPLANADE ASSOCIATION INC
    2× · 2023–2025 · $3.0M · revenue +7%
  • CH
    Children's Hospital Corporation
    5× · 2021–2025 · $2.5M · revenue +60%

Funded once

  • TB
    The Broad Institute Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $625k · revenue -37%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
    one grant, 2022 · $504k
  • HR
    HEALTH RESOURCES IN ACTIONMEDICAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $498k
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
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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3
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
4
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
5
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
6
Wheaton College

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…

Education
7
Northeastern University
Education
8
Dean College

Dean college is a private, residential new england college grounded in a culture and tradition that all students deserve the opportunity to discover and exceed their greatest aspirations. a personal and transformative community since 1865,…

Education
9
Brookline Community Mental Health Center Inc Dba the Brookline Center

The brookline center for community mental health provides groundbreaking mental health services rooted in meaningful innovation and compassionate care. in response to today's mental health landscape and the ongoing mental health crisis,…

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10
Massachusetts Business Roundtable Inc

The mission of the roundtable is to make massachusetts the most desirable place to live, work and do business by engaging private sector executives and public leaders to ensure access to a robust, diverse and talented workforce that…

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11
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
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Philanthropy Massachusetts Inc; the most unlike its peers is Cancer Cartel. 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

198 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. 198 of the 284 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
23
Early backer (in before they grew)
197/198
Grantees still filing
118/198
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $3,100,000 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATEDHARVARD COLLEGE PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF: $2,964,500 · OtherHARVARD COLLEGE PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OFUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL: $1,900,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS: $1,900,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $1,700,000 · OtherPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $1,543,973 · OtherBUNKER HILL COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $1,309,829 · OtherYALE UNIVERSITY: $1,300,000 · Other+103 more: $22,371,224 · Other+103 moreBOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION: $5,377,500 · HealthBOSTON MEDICAL CENT…Children's Hospital Corporation: $2,522,500 · HealthChildren's Hospital…BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC: $1,176,000 · HealthBRIDGE OVER TROUBLE…Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $1,038,703 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer …DOTHOUSE HEALTH INC: $787,500 · HealthDOTHOUSE HEALTH INCSouth Boston Community Health Center In: $637,500 · HealthThe Broad Institute Inc: $625,000 · HealthBETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC: $587,500 · Health+8 more: $1,074,995 · Health+8 moreCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc: $10,750,900 · PhilanthropyCombined Jewish…+6 more: $534,600 · PhilanthropyPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $3,133,000 · EducationPresident and F…Massachusetts Institute of Technology: $1,370,000 · EducationMassachusetts I…MILTON ACADEMY: $1,205,000 · EducationMILTON ACADEMYBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $720,000 · EducationBRANDEIS UNIVER…BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CUMMINGS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $600,000 · EducationBENJAMIN FRANKL…Trustees of Tufts College: $575,000 · EducationMASSACHUSETTS BUSINESS ALLIANCE FOR EDUCATION INC: $475,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $435,000 · Education+22 more: $2,729,334 · Education+22 moreESPLANADE ASSOCIATION INC: $3,000,000 · Arts & CultureBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $125,000 · Arts & Culture+9 more: $482,309 · Arts & CultureBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER LOWELL INC: $1,000,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC: $331,000 · Youth DevelopmentY2Y NETWORK INC: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION INC: $62,000 · Youth Development+6 more: $249,482 · Youth DevelopmentBOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC: $520,572 · Human ServicesSAINT FRANCIS HOUSE INC: $472,500 · Human ServicesPINE STREET INN INC: $262,500 · Human ServicesLA COLABORATIVA INC: $65,000 · Human Services+11 more: $414,709 · Human Services
Other$38,089,526Health$13,827,198Philanthropy$11,285,500Education$11,242,334Arts & Culture$3,607,309Youth Development$1,742,482Human Services$1,735,281

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc: $10,750,900 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetBOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION: $5,377,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $3,133,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetESPLANADE ASSOCIATION INC: $3,000,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $2,522,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $1,700,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $1,543,973 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $1,370,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHEALTH RESOURCES IN ACTION INC: $1,246,058 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetMILTON ACADEMY: $1,205,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC: $1,176,000 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $1,038,703 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFATHER BILL'S & MAINSPRING INC: $1,000,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER LOWELL INC: $1,000,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetBROCKTON NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER INC: $997,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetGREATER NEW BEDFORD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC: $830,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetDOTHOUSE HEALTH INC: $787,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $720,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE FOR A NEW COMMONWEALTH INC: $719,000 over 5y, 8.4% of budgetSouth Boston Community Health Center In: $637,500 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetThe Broad Institute Inc: $625,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBENJAMIN FRANKLIN CUMMINGS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $600,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetBETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC: $587,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $575,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC: $520,572 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMORE THAN WORDS INC: $500,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS BUSINESS ALLIANCE FOR EDUCATION INC: $475,000 over 5y, 26% of budgetSAINT FRANCIS HOUSE INC: $472,500 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $435,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJOSLIN DIABETES CENTER INC: $425,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetWHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH: $400,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS ALLIANCE FOR EARLY COLLEGE INC: $350,000 over 3y, 7.0% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $350,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC: $331,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetBUCKINGHAM BROWNE & NICHOLS SCHOOL: $325,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE URBAN FOOD INITIATIVE INC: $325,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetREACH UNIVERSITY: $275,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPINE STREET INN INC: $262,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMEADOWBROOK SCHOOL OF WESTON INCORPORATED: $262,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetJEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE INC: $250,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetFenway High School Fund CO Fenway High School: $243,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetBoston Foundation Inc: $190,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHEALTH CARE FOR ALL INC: $180,400 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $175,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEDWARD M KENNEDY ACADEMY FOR HEALTH CAREERS FOUNDATION: $160,000 over 1y, 72% of budgetTHE BASEBALL INC: $154,730 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetLATINOS FOR EDUCATION INC: $150,000 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetWENTWORTH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC: $150,000 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.

  • Who funds Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
  • Who funds ESPLANADE ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Corporation ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds PAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC ↗
  • Who funds Massachusetts Institute of Technology ↗
  • Who funds HEALTH RESOURCES IN ACTION INC ↗
  • Who funds MILTON ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC ↗
  • Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds FATHER BILL'S & MAINSPRING INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER LOWELL INC ↗
  • Who funds BROCKTON NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER NEW BEDFORD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds DOTHOUSE HEALTH INC ↗
  • Who funds BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE FOR A NEW COMMONWEALTH INC ↗
  • Who funds South Boston Community Health Center In ↗
  • Who funds The Broad Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CUMMINGS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ↗
  • Who funds BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Trustees of Tufts College ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC ↗

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.

Cummings Foundation G…Eastern Bank Foundati…Liberty Mutual Founda…Boston Foundation IncBushrod H Campbell & …Rockland Trust Charit…United Way Of Massach…Yawkey Foundation IIRiley Mabel Louise Tr…The Hamilton Company …Combined Jewish Phila…The Klarman Family Fo…
Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc)MA124.9× affinity69 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) · Eastern Bank Foundation · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Yawkey Foundation II · Riley Mabel Louise Tr Uwill · The Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · The Klarman Family 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 Richard & Susan Smith Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Richard & Susan Smith Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 360%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Old North Illuminated Inc: 94% of income from government
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Operation Able of Greater Boston Inc: 81% of income from government
  • House of Possibilities Inc: 76% of income from government
  • Center for Hope & Healing Inc: 73% of income from government
  • Coastal Foodshed: 66% of income from government
  • Casa Esperanza Inc: 59% of income from government
  • Reach Beyond Domestic Violence Inc: 53% of income from government
  • The Hyde Square Task Force Inc: 52% of income from government
  • East Boston Social Centers Inc: 50% of income from government
  • Justice Resource Institute Inc: 48% of income from government
  • Utec Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Pathways Adult Education & Training Inc: 45% of income from government
  • St Mary's Center for Women & Children Inc: 40% of income from government
  • Health Resources in Action Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Jewish Vocational Service Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Ada Forsyth Institute Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Joslin Diabetes Center Inc: 35% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • La Colaborativa Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Brookview House Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Lowell Community Health Center Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc: 32% of income from government
  • America Scores New England Dba Boston Scores: 30% of income from government
  • Health Care for All Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell Inc: 27% of income from government
  • More Than Words Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Father Bill's & Mainspring Inc: 24% of income from government
  • United Way of Massachusetts Bay Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Boston Medical Center Corporation: 23% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Fathers Uplift Incorporated: 22% of income from government
  • Up Education Network: 22% of income from government
  • Ellis Early Learning Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Boston Area Gleaners Inc: 20% of income from government
  • The Broad Institute Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Saint Francis House Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Kids in Tech Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Sociedad Latina Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Doc Wayne Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Greater New Bedford Community Health Center Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Rehearsal for Life Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Dothouse Health Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports: 11% of income from government
  • Project Citizenship Inc: 10% of income from government
  • South Boston Community Health Center in: 10% of income from government
  • Silver Lining Mentoring Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Families First Parenting Program Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Leap for Education Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Brockton Neighborhood Health Center Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Commonwealth Kitchen Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Youthbuild Boston Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Brandeis University: 9% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Piers Park Sailing Center Inc: 8% of income from government
  • One Can Help Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Boston Debate League Incorporated: 7% of income from government
  • Codman Square Health Center Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Raw Art Works Inc: 7% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research: 7% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Beyond Walls Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Economic Mobility Pathways Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Arlington Eats Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Casa Myrna Vazquez Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Project Learn Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology: 5% of income from government
  • Friends of the Children - Boston Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Catie's Closet Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Youth Development Organization Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Lasell University: 4% of income from government
  • Merrimack Valley Food Bank Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Dream Out Loud Center Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Third Sector New England Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Young Man With a Plan Inc: 3% of income from government
  • The Neighborhood Developers Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston College: 3% of income from government
  • Breakthrough Greater Boston Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Entrepreneurship for All Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Boston Children's Chorus Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Bikes Not Bombs Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Resist Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Essex County Community Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Institute of Contemporary Art Inc: 1% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Middlebury College: 1% of income from government
  • Breaktime United Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Baseball Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Rivers Alliance Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Women's Money Matters Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Museum of Science: 0% of income from government
  • American Repertory Theatre Co Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Kwong Kow Chinese School Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Museum of Fine Arts: 0% of income from government
  • Animal Rescue League of Boston: 0% of income from government
  • Philanthropy Massachusetts Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Fessenden School: 0% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Milton Academy: 0% of income from government
  • Steppingstone Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Buckingham Browne & Nichols School: 0% of income from government
  • Williams College: 0% of income from government
  • Boston Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
36get no government money at all
29report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
9rely 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.
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Find your warmest path to Richard & Susan Smith Family Foundation 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 284 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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