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Social Venture Partners Boston Inc

Svp boston, a group of diverse, highly skilled professionals, collaborates with carefully selected boston area non-profits by investing their time, skills, and money to increase the capacity of these non-profits to deliver meaningful social impact.

$147k
Granted FY2022
6
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$26k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Crime & Legal$241kYouth Development$183kFood & Nutrition$125kHuman Services$119kEnvironment$99kPublic Benefit$75kEmployment$75kEducation$52kOther$0
02FY2022 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$67k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EDEN$25,500
BIKES NOT BOMBS INC$25,000
STRATEGIES FOR YOUTH$25,000
BREAKTIME UNITED INC$25,000
LEADERSHIP BRAINERY INC$25,000
ABOUT FRESH$18,750
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $144k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%FAMILIES FIRST PARENTING: $34k → 8%FAMILIES FIRST PARENTING: $17k → 8%EDEN: $26k → 16%UNION CAPITAL BOSTON: $29k → 16%UNION CAPITAL BOSTON: $17k → 16%UNION CAPITAL BOSTON: $13k → 16%FATHER'S UPLIFT: $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.
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$824k · 12 repeat orgs$95k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2022, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
3

Total granted

$824k
$44k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+85%
+148%

Still filing today

92%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionCrime & LegalCommunity ImprovementCivil RightsOther
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

  • BC
    BOSTON CASA INC
    3× · 2018–2020 · $99k · revenue +104%
  • VL
    VETERANS LEGAL SERVICES INC
    3× · 2018–2020 · $75k · revenue +179%
  • FF
    FOOD FOR FREE COMMITTEE INC
    3× · 2019–2021 · $75k · revenue +175%

Funded once

  • SL
    SILVER LINING MENTORING INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $17k · revenue +148%
  • TB
    THE BOTTOM LINE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $17k · revenue +69%
  • FU
    FATHERS UPLIFT INCORPORATEDgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +203%
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
Familyaid Boston Inc

Familyaid boston empowers parents and caregivers facing homelessness to secure and sustain housing and build strong foundations for their children's futures.

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2
Friends of the Children - Boston Inc

Impacting generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships with professional mentors - 12+ years, no matter what.

Human Services
3
More Than Words Inc

Our mission is to empower youth who are in foster care, court involved, homeless or out of school to take charge of their lives by taking charge of a business.

—
4
Breakthrough Greater Boston Inc

To inspire excitement for learning, create paths to and through college, and promote careers in education.

Education
5
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
6
Minds Matter of Boston Inc

Minds matter connects driven and determined students from low-income families with the people, preparation, and possibilities to succeed in college, create their future, and change the world.

Youth Development
7
Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association Inc

The mission of the volunteer lawyers project of the boston bar association is to increase access to justice by delivering high quality pro bono civil legal services to eligible clients in the greater boston area.

Crime & Legal
8
Familylinks Inc

Familylinks is one of the pittsburgh area's largest and most comprehensive human service providers. serving the most vulnerable members of our community, familylinks provides services in mental health, substance use, service coordination,…

Human Services
9
The Center for Teen Empowerment Inc

To employ, train, and empower youth to, in collaboration with adults, create peace, equity, and justice.

—
10
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,…

—
11
Youthbuild Global Inc

With love and respect, we partner with opportunity youth to build the skillsets and mindsets that lead to lifelong learning, livelihood, and leadership. youthbuild strives to create a world where all young people are seen for their…

Employment
12
Alternatives Inc

Alternatives, inc.'s mission is to facilitate personal development,strengthen family relationships and enhance the community's well being. serving over 3,000 youth and families annually, the organization offers a range of counseling and…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Trinity Boston Connects Inc; the most unlike its peers is Boston Casa Inc. 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

17 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. 17 of the 18 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
14/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRINITY BOSTON CONNECTS INC: $91,000 · Youth DevelopmentTRINITY BOSTON CONNECTS INCGENERATION CITIZEN INC: $75,000 · Youth DevelopmentGENERATION CITIZEN INCSTRATEGIES FOR YOUTH: $75,000 · Youth DevelopmentSTRATEGIES FOR YOUTHSILVER LINING MENTORING INC: $17,000 · Youth DevelopmentSILVER LINING MENTORING INCENROOT: $99,000 · OtherENROOTVETERANS LEGAL SERVICES INC: $75,000 · OtherVETERANS LEGAL SERVICES INCBIKES NOT BOMBS INC: $50,000 · OtherBIKES NOT BOMBS INCBREAKTIME UNITED INC: $25,000 · OtherBREAKTIME UNITED INCTHE BOTTOM LINE INC: $17,000 · OtherTHE BOTTOM LINE INCUNION CAPITAL INC: $58,000 · Human ServicesUNION CAPITAL IN…FAMILIES FIRST PARENTING PROGRAM INC: $50,500 · Human ServicesFAMILIES FIRST P…EMPOWERED AND DEDICATED TO EDIFY THE NATION INC: $25,500 · Human ServicesEMPOWERED AND DE…FATHERS UPLIFT INCORPORATED: $10,000 · Human ServicesFATHERS UPLIFT I…FOOD FOR FREE COMMITTEE INC: $75,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD FOR FREE …ABOUT FRESH INC: $50,000 · Food & NutritionABOUT FRESH IN…BOSTON CASA INC: $99,000 · Civil RightsBOSTON CASA…JUSTICE RESOURCE INSTITUTE INC: $66,500 · Crime & LegalLeadership Brainery Inc: $35,000 · Education
Youth Development$258,000Other$266,000Human Services$144,000Food & Nutrition$125,000Civil Rights$99,000Crime & Legal$66,500Education$35,000

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 budgetBOSTON CASA INC: $99,000 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetTRINITY BOSTON CONNECTS INC: $91,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetVETERANS LEGAL SERVICES INC: $75,000 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetGENERATION CITIZEN INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetFOOD FOR FREE COMMITTEE INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSTRATEGIES FOR YOUTH: $75,000 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetJUSTICE RESOURCE INSTITUTE INC: $66,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNION CAPITAL INC: $58,000 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetFAMILIES FIRST PARENTING PROGRAM INC: $50,500 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetBIKES NOT BOMBS INC: $50,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetABOUT FRESH INC: $50,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetLeadership Brainery Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetEMPOWERED AND DEDICATED TO EDIFY THE NATION INC: $25,500 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetBREAKTIME UNITED INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSILVER LINING MENTORING INC: $17,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE BOTTOM LINE INC: $17,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFATHERS UPLIFT INCORPORATED: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% 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.

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 IncLiberty Mutual Founda…Cummings Foundation G…Bushrod H Campbell & …Yawkey Foundation IIHighland Street Conne…Eastern Bank Foundati…The New Commonwealth …Richard & Susan Smith…Riley Mabel Louise Tr…Boston Charitable Tru…United Way Of Massach…
Boston Foundation IncMA24.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund · Yawkey Foundation II · Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries · Eastern Bank Foundation · The New Commonwealth Racial Equity and Social Justice Fund Inc · Richard & Susan Smith Family Foundation · Riley Mabel Louise Tr Uwill · Boston Charitable Trust Fund City of Boston Trust Office · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Social Venture Partners Boston Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Social Venture Partners Boston Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Justice Resource Institute Inc: 48% of income from government
  • Fathers Uplift Incorporated: 22% of income from government
  • Strategies for Youth: 21% of income from government
  • Boston Casa Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Veterans Legal Services Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Silver Lining Mentoring Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Families First Parenting Program Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Food for Free Committee Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Bikes Not Bombs Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Breaktime United Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Bottom Line Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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.

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 18 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 2022, released 2022. 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 no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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