· Private foundation
Robert Treat Paine Association
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k30 grants · $110k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PHILLIPS BROOKS HOUSE | $10,000 |
| PINE STREET INN | $9,500 |
| ROSIES PLACE | $9,500 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD LEAGUE OF MA | $8,000 |
| GREEN ENERGY CONSUMER ALLIANCE | $7,500 |
| BLUE HUB CAPITAL FUND | $7,000 |
| JOBS FOR YOUTH | $6,500 |
| MASS AUDUBON SOCIETY | $5,250 |
| AZUZA CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY | $4,000 |
| WOMENS LUNCH PLACE | $4,000 |
| FRIENDS OF LITERACY UNLIMITED | $4,000 |
| THOMPSON ISLAND OUTWARD BOUND | $3,500 |
| GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK | $3,000 |
| NE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC | $3,000 |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE | $3,000 |
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 (FY17–25, $97k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 83% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 7% of Robert Treat Paine Association’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
34 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
PINE STREET INN INC9× · 2017–2025 · $65k · revenue +123%- RPROSIE'S PLACE INC9× · 2017–2025 · $65k · revenue +93%
MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC9× · 2017–2025 · $37k · revenue +99%
Funded once
- GEGREEN ENERGY CONSUMERS ALLIANCE INCgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +135%
- CCCOMMUNITY CENTER OF BOSTONone grant, 2022 · $2k
- TIThrive in Five Networksone grant, 2017 · $2k
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.
The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.
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.
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…
Central square theater, the oldest female-led theater organization in greater boston, is an innovator in the non-profit arts field in collaborative leadership. cst engages over 35,000 people annually through live performance, rigorous…
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,…
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…
The BPO was formed in 1979 to provide opportunities for an evolving community of amateur student and professional players to perform together present challenging classical repertoire & enhance the publics awareness & understanding of this…
Maha breaks down barriers facing first-time and first-generation home buyers and owners through education, counseling, advocacy, and grassroots organizing.
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…
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…
Boston children's museum engages children and families in joyful discovery experiences that instill an appreciation of our world, develop foundational skills, and spark a lifelong love of learning. boston children's museum is a welcoming,…
How this is measured
22 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. 22 of the 42 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 ROBERT TREAT PAINE HISTORICAL TRUST ↗
- Who funds PINE STREET INN INC ↗
- Who funds ROSIE'S PLACE INC ↗
- Who funds MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds Greenwood Music Camp Inc ↗
- Who funds AFRICAN COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAM INC ↗
- Who funds FROM THE TOP INC ↗
- Who funds NATIVE PLANT TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds MASSACHUSETTS EYE & EAR INFIRMARY ↗
- Who funds ZUMIX INC ↗
- Who funds WINSOR MUSIC INC ↗
- Who funds ARTISTS FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
- Who funds CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
- Who funds CODMAN SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER OF BOSTON INC ↗
- Who funds THE BELL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds GREEN ENERGY CONSUMERS ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds WOMEN'S LUNCH PLACE INC ↗
- Who funds TENACITY 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.
Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Barr Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Fidelity Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Robert Treat Paine Association funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert Treat Paine Association. Bigger dots raise more.
- Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
- Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
- Women's Lunch Place Inc: 8% of income from government
- From the Top Inc: 6% of income from government
- Zumix Inc: 5% of income from government
- Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts Inc: 3% of income from government
- Native Plant Trust Inc: 3% of income from government
- Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
- Artists for Humanity Inc: 2% of income from government
- Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc: 1% of income from government
- Community Music Center of Boston Inc: 1% of income from government
- Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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