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St Mary's Housing Corporaton

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$22k
Granted FY2021
20
Grants FY2021
9
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What you fund
0189% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20182021.

Health$43kReligion$8kEducation$5kArts & Culture$5kRecreation & Sports$5kYouth Development$3kInternational$3kHuman Services$1kOther$0
02FY2021 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$1,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$369k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Rosin Box Project$2,000
The Children's Center for CommunicationBeverly School for the Deaf$2,000
Dementia Society of America$2,000
Triangle Inc$1,000
National Down Syndrome Foundation$1,000
St Jude Children Hospital$1,000
Shriner's Hospital$1,000
St Leonard's Church$1,000
MGH$1,000
North End Library$1,000
American Heart Association$1,000
Best Buddies$1,000
Alzeimers Association$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
Girl Scouts of Eastern MA$1,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY18–21) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 83% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Triangle Inc: $1k → 8%The Children's Center for CommunicationBeverly School for the Deaf: $2k → 10%Boys Town - Fr Flanagan: $1k → 12%Dementia Society of America: $2k → 6%The Rosin Box Project: $2k → 11%Doctors without Borders: $1k → 17%Best Buddies: $1k → 15%Hole in the Wall Gang: $1k → 12%St Jude Children Hospital: $2k → 17%Alzeimers Association: $1k → 14%Triangle Inc: $1k → 8%Girl Scouts of Eastern MA: $1k → 16%St Jude Children Hospital: $2k → 17%Triangle Inc: $1k → 8%St Jude Children Hospital: $2k → 17%American Heart Association: $1k → 8%St Jude Children Hospital: $1k → 17%National Down Syndrome Foundation: $1k → 8%Schriner's Hospital: $2k → 16%National Down Syndrome Foundation: $1k → 8%Schriner's Hospital: $2k → 16%National Down Syndrome Foundation: $1k → 8%Make A Wish Foundation: $2k → 16%National Down Syndrome Foundation: $1k → 8%Schriner's Hospital: $2k → 16%Dana Farber Cancer: $2k → 16%MGH Traumatic TBI Fund: $1k → 16%Dana Farber Cancer: $1k → 16%MGH: $1k → 16%Dana Farber Cancer: $1k → 16%Make A Wish Foundation: $1k → 16%Dana Farber Cancer: $1k → 16%Make A Wish Foundation: $1k → 16%MGH: $1k → 16%Shriner's Hospital: $1k → 16%North End Atletic Association: $2k → 16%St Leonard's Church: $2k → 16%St John's School: $1k → 16%St Leonard's Church: $1k → 16%St Leonard's Church: $1k → 16%North End Atletic Association: $1k → 16%Boston Public Library-No End Branch: $1k → 16%St Leonard's Church: $1k → 16%North End Library: $1k → 16%Friends of the North End: $2k → 16%Friends of the North End: $1k → 16%Best Buddies: $1k → 16%Gavin Foundation: $5k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

IL
NY
MA
IA
OH
PA
CT
CA
NE
TN
DC
GA
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$57k · 20 repeat orgs$24k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +66% since the first grant, against +58% for the ones you funded once.

20 repeat relationships — 9 still active in FY2021, 11 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
8

Total granted

$57k
$10k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+66%
+58%

Still filing today

35%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21
HealthRecreation & SportsInternationalCivil RightsPhilanthropyEducationOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    4× · 2018–2021 · $7k · revenue +125%
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc
    4× · 2018–2021 · $5k · revenue +98%
  • MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND INC
    3× · 2018–2020 · $4k · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • GF
    GAVIN FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +58%
  • BT
    Boys Town - Fr Flanagan
    one grant, 2019 · $1k
  • BP
    Boston Public Library-No End Branch
    one grant, 2018 · $1k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
2
Dana-Farber Cancer Care Network Inc

The mission of Dana-Farber Cancer Care Network (DFCCN) is to promote and support, directly or indirectly, the interests and purposes of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI).

Health
3
Global Down Syndrome Foundation

To significantly improve the lives of people with down syndrome through research, medical care, education and advocacy. an important part of this mission is to support the global affiliate organizations that we helped establish and…

Health
4
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
5
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
6
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

7
The Lieber Institute Inc

The mission of the institute is to translate basic genetic and molecular mechanisms of schizophrenia and related developmental brain disorders into clinical advances that change the lives of affected individuals. it is catalyzing a new…

Health
8
Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation

The samuel waxman cancer research foundation (the "foundation") funds innovative research to bring faster cures to patients. in addition to supporting ongoing collaborative research in specific cancers, our scientists are investigating the…

9
City of Hope

City of Hope's mission is to make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A CONTINUATION OF OUR MISSION

Health
10
Neighborhealth Corporation

Neighborhealth's mission is to promote and sustain healthy communities, families, and individuals by providing accessible, person-centered, and compassionate, high-quality health care services to all who live and work in our service area,…

Health
11
Arc Research Institute

Our mission is to accelerate scientific progress, understand the root causes of disease, and narrow the gap between discoveries and impact on patients.

Health
12
Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives Inc

Massachusetts biomedical initiatives, inc. ("mbi or the organization") is a private non-profit corporation focusing on building up central massachusetts as a global biomanufacturing hub. our mission of being a partner for fostering…

Science & Tech

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is March of Dimes Inc and the most unlike its peers is San Rocco Foundation. 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

16 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 16 of the 39 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
14/16
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Schriner's Hospital — $6,000 · OtherSchriner's HospitalSt Leonard's Church — $4,550 · OtherSt Leonard's ChurchNational Down Syndrome Foundation — $4,000 · OtherNational Down Syndrome FoundationTRIANGLE INC — $3,500 · OtherTRIANGLE INCFriends of the North End — $3,000 · OtherFriends of the North EndIndividual grant recipient — $3,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBest Buddies — $2,000 · OtherMGH — $2,000 · Other+17 more — $15,939 · Other+17 moreST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $7,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH …Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc — $4,500 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute…MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND INC — $4,000 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MA…DEMENTIA SOCIETY INC — $2,000 · HealthDEMENTIA SOCIETY INCMARCH OF DIMES INC — $1,700 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INCAmerican Heart Association Inc — $1,000 · HealthGAVIN FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 · PhilanthropyNORTH END ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION INC — $3,000 · Recreation & SportsHOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC — $1,700 · Recreation & SportsCHILDRENS CENTER FOR COMMUNICATION INC BEVERLY SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF — $2,000 · EducationTHE ROSIN BOX PROJECT INC — $2,000 · Arts & CultureBest Buddies International Inc — $1,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $1,000 · InternationalSAN ROCCO FOUNDATION — $440 · Civil Rights
Other$43,989Health$20,200Philanthropy$5,000Recreation & Sports$4,700Education$2,000Arts & Culture$2,000International$2,000Civil Rights$440

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGAVIN FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc — $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND INC — $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTRIANGLE INC — $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH END ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION INC — $3,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetCHILDRENS CENTER FOR COMMUNICATION INC BEVERLY SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROSIN BOX PROJECT INC — $2,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetDEMENTIA SOCIETY INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC — $1,700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC — $1,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
  • Who funds GAVIN FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc
  • Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND INC
  • Who funds TRIANGLE INC
  • Who funds NORTH END ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION INC
  • Who funds CHILDRENS CENTER FOR COMMUNICATION INC BEVERLY SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
  • Who funds THE ROSIN BOX PROJECT INC
  • Who funds DEMENTIA SOCIETY INC
  • Who funds MARCH OF DIMES INC
  • Who funds HOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc
  • Who funds Best Buddies International Inc
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
  • Who funds SAN ROCCO FOUNDATION
  • Who funds GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

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Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization St Mary's Housing Corporaton funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 12%
  • Triangle Inc90% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc22% of income from government
  • North End Athletic Association Inc20% of income from government
  • Gavin Foundation Inc12% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc7% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc4% of income from government
  • Childrens Center for Communication Inc Beverly School for the Deaf0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

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How do I get to St Mary's Housing Corporaton?

Find your warmest path to St Mary's Housing Corporaton 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 39 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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