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Social Innovation Forum Inc

The social innovation forum (sif) accelerates positive social change by connecting small- to medium-sized community-led nonprofits with the resources, networks, and knowledge they need to achieve greater social impact. By providing capacity-building support, we equip nonprofits to fulfill their critical missions.

$479k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
16
Grants FY2024
16
Organizations funded FY2023
94%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$35,750
Largest grant, FY2024
$52,500
Organizations funded a year
5 to 16
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$3.8M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 94% of the organizations Social Innovation Forum Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 83% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 17% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $230k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’23
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthHousing & ShelterCommunity ImprovementEmploymentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving16$479k44%
FY202316$276k94%
FY20218$93k100%
FY20205$50kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Youth Development$182kHousing & Shelter$132kScience & Tech$99kHealth$86kEnvironment$76kEducation$70kPublic Benefit$66kCivil Rights$56kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Justice For Housing Inc$55,75022%
The Latino Health Insurance Program Inc$55,75022%
United Interfaith Action of Se Ma$55,750212%
Genunity Inc$55,75024%
Missionsafe a New Beginning Inc$55,75022%
Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust$55,75023%
RIA Inc$55,75023%
Chica Inc$55,75024%
Top Notch Scholars Inc$20,00025%
Family Independence Inc$20,00021%
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All grantees of Social Innovation Forum Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Justice For Housing Inc$55,75022%
The Latino Health Insurance Program Inc$55,75022%
United Interfaith Action of Se Ma$55,750212%
Genunity Inc$55,75024%
Missionsafe a New Beginning Inc$55,75022%
Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust$55,75023%
RIA Inc$55,75023%
Chica Inc$55,75024%
Top Notch Scholars Inc$20,00025%
Family Independence Inc$20,00021%
Latinx Community Center For Empowerment LCCEInc$20,00028%
Massachusetts Women of Color Network Inc$20,00025%
Boston Food Forest Coalition$20,00020%
Kids in Tech Inc$20,00022%
Beat the Odds Inc$20,00024%
Chinatown Community Land Trust Inc$10,00012%
The Loop Lab Inc$10,00011%
Bagly Inc$10,00010%
Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts Education Fund Inc$10,00011%
Center for Hope & Healing Inc$10,00010%
Boston Preparatory Charter Public School$10,0001n/a
Sisters Unchained Inc$10,00013%
Immigrant Family Services Institute Inc$10,00010%
Adaptive Sports New England Inc$10,0001n/a
The 1647 Inc$10,00017%
Third Sector New England Inc$10,00010%
Boston Medical Center Corporation$10,00010%
Waterfront Historic Area League of New Bedford Inc$10,00011%
The Boston Higher Education Resource Center Inc$10,00011%
Breaktime United Inc$10,00011%
Interseminarian - Project Place Inc$10,00010%
Origination Incorporated$10,00013%
Lowell Community Health Center Inc$10,00010%
Everyday Boston Inc$10,00016%

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($121k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Social Innovation Forum Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJustice For Housing Inc: $55,750 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetThe Latino Health Insurance Program Inc: $55,750 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetUnited Interfaith Action of Se Ma: $55,750 over 2y, 12% of budgetGenunity Inc: $55,750 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetMissionsafe a New Beginning Inc: $55,750 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetLowell Parks & Conservation Trust: $55,750 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetRIA Inc: $55,750 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetChica Inc: $55,750 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetTop Notch Scholars Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetFamily Independence Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetLatinx Community Center For Empowerment LCCEInc: $20,000 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetMassachusetts Women of Color Network Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetBoston Food Forest Coalition: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetKids in Tech Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetBeat the Odds Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetChinatown Community Land Trust Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetThe Loop Lab Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBagly Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNeighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts Education Fund Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCenter for Hope & Healing Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSisters Unchained Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetImmigrant Family Services Institute Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe 1647 Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetThird Sector New England Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Medical Center Corporation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWaterfront Historic Area League of New Bedford Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetThe Boston Higher Education Resource Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBreaktime United Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetInterseminarian - Project Place Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOrigination Incorporated: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetLowell Community Health Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEveryday Boston Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 6.5% 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 32.

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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.

Boston Foundation IncEastern Bank Foundati…Cummings Foundation G…Liberty Mutual Founda…The Beker FoundationThe Cabot Family Char…Health Resources in A…The New Commonwealth …Bushrod H Campbell & …Barr FoundationUnited Way Of Massach…The John H and H Naom…
Boston Foundation IncMA55.6× affinity32 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · The Beker Foundation · The Cabot Family Charitable Trust · Health Resources in Action Inc · The New Commonwealth Racial Equity and Social Justice Fund Inc · Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund · Barr Foundation · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · The John H and H Naomi Tomfohrde 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.

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About Social Innovation Forum Inc

How much does Social Innovation Forum Inc give?
Social Innovation Forum Inc reported 16 grants totaling $478,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 16 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Social Innovation Forum Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Youth Development (20%), Housing & Shelter (14%), Science & Tech (11%).
Who are Social Innovation Forum Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Justice For Housing Inc ($56k), The Latino Health Insurance Program Inc ($56k), United Interfaith Action of Se Ma ($56k).
Does Social Innovation Forum Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 94% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Social Innovation Forum Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation, Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc).
Where is Social Innovation Forum Inc based?
Social Innovation Forum 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 36 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $348k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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