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Sincere Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$375k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
33
Grants FY2025
24
Organizations funded FY2024
54%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
20 to 24
FY2023 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$3k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 54% of the organizations Sincere Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 57% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving33$375k73%
FY202424$300k54%
FY202320$260kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.

Human Services$245kHousing & Shelter$243kFood & Nutrition$195kYouth Development$115kCrime & Legal$60kEnvironment$40kEmployment$23kEducation$10kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Spoonfuls$45,00020%
Boston Area Gleaners Inc$45,00020%
Dignity Matters Inc$40,00021%
One Family Inc$40,00021%
Familyaid Boston Inc$35,00020%
Lawyers Clearinghouse on Affordable Housing and Homelessness Inc$25,00022%
Project Bread-The Walk for Hunger Inc$25,00020%
Interfaith Social Services Inc$25,00020%
Casa Myrna Vazquez Inc$25,00020%
Metrowest Mediation Services Inc Dba Framingham Court Mediation Services$25,00022%
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All grantees of Sincere Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Spoonfuls$45,00020%
Boston Area Gleaners Inc$45,00020%
Dignity Matters Inc$40,00021%
One Family Inc$40,00021%
Familyaid Boston Inc$35,00020%
Lawyers Clearinghouse on Affordable Housing and Homelessness Inc$25,00022%
Project Bread-The Walk for Hunger Inc$25,00020%
Interfaith Social Services Inc$25,00020%
Casa Myrna Vazquez Inc$25,00020%
Metrowest Mediation Services Inc Dba Framingham Court Mediation Services$25,00022%
Haley House Inc & Affiliates$25,00011%
Hoops and Homework Inc$25,00014%
Saint Francis House Inc$20,00020%
Berkshires Bounty Inc$20,00022%
Regional Environmental Council Inc$20,00020%
Open Table Inc$20,00020%
Homeless Prevention Council Inc$20,00020%
Household Goods Inc$20,00020%
Lower Cape Outreach Councilinc$20,0001n/a
The Haven Project Inc$18,00021%
Abby Kelley Foster House Inc$15,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester Inc$15,00010%
Root Ns Inc$12,5001n/a
Jewish Family Service of Metrowest Inc$12,5001n/a
Rise Above Foundation Inc$10,00011%
Housing Families Inc$10,00010%
Somerville Homeless Coalition Inc$10,00010%
We Can Corporation$10,0001n/a
Elevate Youth Inc$10,00012%
Citizens Inn Inc$10,00010%
Construct Inc$10,00010%
Rosie's Place Inc$10,00010%
Digger Foods Inc$10,00011%
The Boston Higher Education Resource Center Inc$10,00011%
Victim Rights Law Center Inc$10,00010%
Just-A-Start Corporation$10,00010%
A Place To Turn Inc$10,00010%
Out Metrowest Inc$10,00012%
Our Neighbors' Table Inc$10,00010%
Catie's Closet Inc$10,00010%
Breaktime United Inc$10,00010%
The Treehouse Foundation Inc$7,00011%
Lynn Shelter Association Inc$5,00010%
Community Farms Outreach Inc$5,0001n/a
Cradles to Crayons Inc$5,00010%
Beverly Bootstraps Community Services I$5,00010%
Bethany Hill Place$5,00010%
Bagly Inc$5,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($135k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sincere Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSpoonfuls: $45,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBoston Area Gleaners Inc: $45,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDignity Matters Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetOne Family Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFamilyaid Boston Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLawyers Clearinghouse on Affordable Housing and Homelessness Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetProject Bread-The Walk for Hunger Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetInterfaith Social Services Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCasa Myrna Vazquez Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMetrowest Mediation Services Inc Dba Framingham Court Mediation Services: $25,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetHaley House Inc & Affiliates: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHoops and Homework Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetSaint Francis House Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBerkshires Bounty Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetRegional Environmental Council Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetOpen Table Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHomeless Prevention Council Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHousehold Goods Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Haven Project Inc: $18,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetAbby Kelley Foster House Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRise Above Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHousing Families Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSomerville Homeless Coalition Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetElevate Youth Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCitizens Inn Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetConstruct Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRosie's Place Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDigger Foods Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetThe Boston Higher Education Resource Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetVictim Rights Law Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJust-A-Start Corporation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetA Place To Turn Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOut Metrowest Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetOur Neighbors' Table Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCatie's Closet Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBreaktime United Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Treehouse Foundation Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetLynn Shelter Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCradles to Crayons Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBeverly Bootstraps Community Services I: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBethany Hill Place: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBagly Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 43.

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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.

Eastern Bank Foundati…Cummings Foundation G…Boston Foundation IncRockland Trust Charit…Community Foundation …Cambridge Savings Cha…Massachusetts Bankers…Middlesex Savings Cha…Adelard & Valeda Roy …Agnes M Lindsay TrustUnited Way Of Massach…Essex County Communit…
Eastern Bank FoundationMA56.4× affinity29 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eastern Bank Foundation · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Boston Foundation Inc · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for MetroWest Inc · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Massachusetts Bankers Association Charitable Foundation Inc · Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Adelard & Valeda Roy Foundation · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Essex County Community Foundation Inc

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.

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About Sincere Foundation Inc

How much does Sincere Foundation Inc give?
Sincere Foundation Inc reported 33 grants totaling $375,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 24 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
What does Sincere Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (26%), Housing & Shelter (26%), Food & Nutrition (21%).
Who are Sincere Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Spoonfuls ($45k), Boston Area Gleaners Inc ($45k), Dignity Matters Inc ($40k).
Does Sincere Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 54% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Sincere Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Sincere Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eastern Bank Foundation, Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc), Boston Foundation Inc.
Where is Sincere Foundation Inc based?
Sincere Foundation Inc is based in MA.

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 57 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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