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The Cabot Family Charitable Trust at a glance

· Private foundation

The Cabot Family Charitable Trust

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
82
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$2.4MHuman Services$2.0MYouth Development$1.7MArts & Culture$1.6MFood & Nutrition$963kCrime & Legal$885kHousing & Shelter$705kHealth$687kOther$0
02FY2024 · 82 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k73 grants · $1.8M
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $400k
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$56M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$50,000
WORCESTER NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY DBA ECOTARIUM$50,000
BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC$50,000
HARVARD STREET NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER$50,000
FAMILY ACCESS OF NEWTON$50,000
IMMIGRANT FAMILY SERVICES INSTITUTE$50,000
COMMUNITY SERVINGS$50,000
ROCA INC$50,000
CODMAN SQUARE HEALTH CENTER$48,000
PUPPET SHOWPLACE THEATRE$44,000
NEIGHBORHOOD VILLAGES$40,000
WBUR (TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY)$40,000
NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE CHARTER SCHOOL$40,000
PHILANTHROPY MASSACHUSETTS$35,000
NURTURY INC$35,000
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 (FY19–24, $2.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 68% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $25k → 13%WINDRUSH FARM THERAPEUTIC EQUITATION INC: $20k → 10%PINE STREET INN INC: $50k → 16%HOPEWELL INC: $35k → 7%LA COLABORATIVA INC: $50k → 16%HOPEWELL INC: $25k → 7%CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $25k → 8%HARBORCOV INC: $25k → 16%IMMIGRANT FAMILY SERVICES INSTITUTE INC: $50k → 16%HOPE AND COMFORT INC: $25k → 7%IMMIGRANT FAMILY SERVICES INSTITUTE: $50k → 16%HOPE AND COMFORT: $24k → 7%HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS: $25k → 7%HOPE AND COMFORT INC: $20k → 7%HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS: $25k → 7%EAST BOSTON SOCIAL CENTERS: $50k → 16%EAST BOSTON COMMUNITY COUNCIL: $50k → 16%HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS: $25k → 7%COMMUNITY ART CENTER INC: $25k → 8%BRIDGES HOMEWARD: $25k → 8%CASA MYRNA: $25k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS: $50k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS: $50k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS: $40k → 16%ROXBURY STONE HOUSE: $25k → 16%SUNFLOWER OF PEACE FOUNDATION: $30k → 8%ELIZABETH STONE HOUSE: $25k → 16%CATIE'S CLOSET INC: $50k → 8%SOLUTIONS AT WORK INC: $50k → 8%CATIE'S CLOSET INC: $50k → 8%CATIE'S CLOSET INC: $30k → 8%ESSENTIAL PARTNERS INC: $20k → 8%COLLEGE BOUND DORCHESTER INC: $35k → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $50k → 16%RIAN IMMIGRANT CENTER INC: $50k → 16%RIAN IMMIGRANT CENTER INC: $44k → 16%FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - BOSTON: $20k → 16%ARTISAN'S ASYLUM INC: $50k → 16%ACTION FOR BOSTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC: $50k → 16%ACTION FOR BOSTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $49k → 16%BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD: $48k → 16%ST FRANCIS HOUSE: $30k → 16%STRONG WOMEN STRONG GIRLS INC: $30k → 16%IMMIGRANT FAMILY SERVICES INST: $25k → 16%BRYCE'S JOURNEY INC: $30k → 16%SMART FROM THE START: $35k → 16%SMART FROM THE START INC: $25k → 16%SMART FROM THE START INC: $25k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NH
IL
WI
NY
MA
NV
CT
RI
CA
CO
VA
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.

63%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.4M · 123 repeat orgs$4.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.

123 repeat relationships: 51 still active in FY2024, 72 since wound down; 31 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

123
145

Total granted

$8.4M
$4.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+30%

Still filing today

94%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $873k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementHealthOther
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

  • PHILANTHROPY MASSACHUSETTS INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $165k · revenue +100%
  • Freedom House Inc
    3× · 2021–2023 · $150k · revenue +176%
  • WGBH Educational Foundation
    3× · 2022–2024 · $150k · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +85%
  • SA
    SOLUTIONS AT WORK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +175%
  • FB
    FATHER BILL'S & MAINSPRING INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +30%
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
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
Breakthrough Greater Boston Inc

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

Education
3
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
4
New England Lawboston

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…

Education
5
Boston Harbor Now Inc

Our mission is to ensure that the people of greater boston benefit from a vibrant, resilient, and inclusive waterfront, harbor, and islands; these spaces are equitable, accessible, and adapted to climate change; and to ensure our public,…

Environment
6
Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.

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7
The Boston Children's School Inc

To promote the growth and development of children while teaching them how to learn efficiently and experience the joy of learning

Education
8
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
9
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,…

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10
The Center for Teen Empowerment Inc

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

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11
Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance Inc

Maha breaks down barriers facing first-time and first-generation home buyers and owners through education, counseling, advocacy, and grassroots organizing.

Housing & Shelter
12
Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership Inc D/B/a Metro Housing Boston

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.

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is More Than Words Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Justice George Lewis Ruffin Society. 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

254 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. 254 of the 302 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
76
Early backer (in before they grew)
251/254
Grantees still filing
187/254
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PHILANTHROPY MASSACHUSETTS INC: $165,000 · Other+85 more: $4,480,750 · Other+85 moreCOMMUNITY SERVINGS INC: $140,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY SERVINGS…Catie's Closet Inc: $130,000 · Human ServicesCatie's Closet IncIMMIGRANT FAMILY SERVICES INSTITUTE INC: $125,000 · Human ServicesIMMIGRANT FAMILY S…ACTION FOR BOSTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC: $99,470 · Human ServicesHOPE AND COMFORT INC: $94,000 · Human ServicesRIAN IMMIGRANT CENTER INC: $94,000 · Human ServicesSMART FROM THE START INC: $85,000 · Human ServicesTHE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - BOSTON INC: $72,500 · Human Services+23 more: $979,500 · Human Services+23 moreFreedom House Inc: $150,000 · EducationFreedom House IncMUJERES UNIDAS AVANZANDO INC: $125,000 · EducationMUJERES UNIDAS AV…CITY MISSION INC: $120,000 · EducationCITY MISSION INCThe Boston Higher Education Resource Center Inc: $120,000 · EducationThe Boston Higher…ELLIS EARLY LEARNING INC: $96,000 · EducationELLIS EARLY LEARN…SCIENCE FROM SCIENTISTS INC: $85,000 · EducationTHE EPIPHANY SCHOOL INC: $80,000 · EducationTHE YOUNG PEOPLE'S PROJECT INC: $75,000 · EducationEDVESTORS INC: $75,000 · EducationFound in Translation Inc: $75,000 · EducationBOSTON SCHOOLS FUND: $70,000 · EducationLATINOS FOR EDUCATION INC: $67,000 · EducationNEIGHBORHOOD VILLAGES INC: $65,000 · Education+16 more: $567,500 · Education+16 moreWGBH Educational Foundation: $150,000 · Arts & CultureWGBH Educati…BOSTON CHILDREN'S CHORUS INC: $110,000 · Arts & CultureBOSTON CHILD…BOSTON LYRIC OPERA COMPANY: $90,000 · Arts & CultureBOSTON LYRIC…THE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART INC: $85,000 · Arts & CultureTHE INSTITUT…ARTISTS FOR HUMANITY INC: $75,000 · Arts & CultureARTISTS FOR …SOMERVILLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $65,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BOSTON LANDMARKS ORCHESTRA INC: $60,000 · Arts & CultureWORCESTER NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY INC: $60,000 · Arts & CultureBOSTON ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureBOSTON FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureHUNTINGTON THEATRE CO INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureCOMPANY ONE INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER OF BOSTON INC: $47,983 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF SCIENCE: $45,000 · Arts & Culture+8 more: $242,900 · Arts & Culture+8 moreMISSIONSAFE A NEW BEGINNING INC: $140,000 · Youth DevelopmentAPPRENTICE LEARNING INC: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentONE CAN HELP INC: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentSILVER LINING MENTORING INC: $75,000 · Youth DevelopmentGENERATION CITIZEN INC: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentART RESOURCE COLLABORATIVE FOR KIDS (ARCK) INCORPORATED: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentROCA INC: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentSOCIEDAD LATINA INC: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHINKGIVE INC: $35,000 · Youth DevelopmentPEER HEALTH EXCHANGE INC: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentPLAYWORKS EDUCATION ENERGIZED: $30,000 · Youth Development+2 more: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentSAMARITANS INC: $115,000 · HealthNORTHEAST HOSPITAL CORPORATION: $100,000 · HealthCODMAN SQUARE HEALTH CENTER INC: $98,000 · HealthDE NOVO CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND HEALING: $80,000 · HealthBRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC: $75,000 · HealthFranciscan Hospital for Children: $50,000 · HealthHARVARD STREET NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER INC: $50,000 · HealthMASS INSIGHT EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $25,000 · HealthFOOD FOR FREE COMMITTEE INC: $118,000 · Food & NutritionCOMMUNITY COOKS INC: $80,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD LINK INC: $80,000 · Food & NutritionABOUT FRESH INC: $70,000 · Food & NutritionSPOONFULS: $52,000 · Food & NutritionPROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC: $50,000 · Food & NutritionFRIDAY NIGHT SUPPER PROGRAM INC: $37,500 · Food & NutritionThe Food Project Inc: $35,000 · Food & NutritionBOSTON AREA GLEANERS INC: $30,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$4,645,750Human Services$1,894,470Education$1,770,500Arts & Culture$1,230,883Youth Development$810,000Health$593,000Food & Nutrition$552,500

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetPHILANTHROPY MASSACHUSETTS INC: $165,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetFreedom House Inc: $150,000 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetWGBH Educational Foundation: $150,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY SERVINGS INC: $140,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMISSIONSAFE A NEW BEGINNING INC: $140,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetBRIGHTER BOSTON INC: $131,000 over 4y, 38% of budgetCatie's Closet Inc: $130,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetMUJERES UNIDAS AVANZANDO INC: $125,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetMassachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange Inc: $125,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetIMMIGRANT FAMILY SERVICES INSTITUTE INC: $125,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetFAMILYAID BOSTON INC: $120,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCITY MISSION INC: $120,000 over 4y, 64% of budgetThe Boston Higher Education Resource Center Inc: $120,000 over 3y, 5.6% of budgetFOOD FOR FREE COMMITTEE INC: $118,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSAMARITANS INC: $115,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetBOSTON CHILDREN'S CHORUS INC: $110,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetAPPRENTICE LEARNING INC: $100,000 over 4y, 5.8% of budgetONE CAN HELP INC: $100,000 over 4y, 6.9% of budgetNORTHEAST HOSPITAL CORPORATION: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetACTION FOR BOSTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC: $99,470 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCODMAN SQUARE HEALTH CENTER INC: $98,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetELLIS EARLY LEARNING INC: $96,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetJAMES D STCLAIR COURT PUBLIC EDUCATION PROJECT INC: $95,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetHOPE AND COMFORT INC: $94,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetRIAN IMMIGRANT CENTER INC: $94,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetBOSTON LYRIC OPERA COMPANY: $90,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE LOOP LAB INC: $90,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetOcean Alliance Inc: $90,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetLEVEL GROUND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS INC: $90,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetSCIENCE FROM SCIENTISTS INC: $85,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetTHE MASS MENTORING PARTNERSHIP INC: $85,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetTHE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART INC: $85,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSMART FROM THE START INC: $85,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY COOKS INC: $80,000 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetJEREMIAH PROGRAM: $80,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD LINK INC: $80,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetTHE EPIPHANY SCHOOL INC: $80,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCOURAGEOUS SAILING CENTER FOR YOUTH INC: $80,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetDE NOVO CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND HEALING: $80,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetBOSTON FOOD FOREST COALITION: $80,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetTHE YOUNG PEOPLE'S PROJECT INC: $75,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetTHE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBOSTON CASA INC: $75,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetBRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetEDVESTORS INC: $75,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetBOSTON'S HIGHER GROUND INC: $75,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetARTISTS FOR HUMANITY INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSILVER LINING MENTORING INC: $75,000 over 5y, 0.8% 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.

Liberty Mutual Founda…Cummings Foundation G…Boston Foundation IncEastern Bank Foundati…Bushrod H Campbell & …Riley Mabel Louise Tr…United Way Of Massach…Rockland Trust Charit…The Hamilton Company …Cambridge Savings Cha…Barr FoundationThe Klarman Family Fo…
Liberty Mutual Foundation IncMA167.5× affinity97 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund · Riley Mabel Louise Tr Uwill · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · The Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Barr Foundation · The Klarman Family 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Cabot Family Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Cabot Family Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 400%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Hopewell Inc: 83% of income from government
  • Roca Inc: 78% of income from government
  • Bridges Homeward Inc: 77% of income from government
  • Harborcov Inc: 76% of income from government
  • Alliance for Inclusion and Prevention Inc: 73% of income from government
  • The Mass Mentoring Partnership Inc: 63% of income from government
  • East Boston Social Centers Inc: 50% of income from government
  • Victory Programs Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Nurtury Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Mujeres Unidas Avanzando Inc: 44% of income from government
  • Health Resources in Action Inc: 39% of income from government
  • The Young People's Project Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Missionsafe a New Beginning Inc: 38% of income from government
  • The Home for Little Wanderers Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center Inc: 38% of income from government
  • La Colaborativa Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Community Resources for Justice Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Neighborhood Villages Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc: 32% of income from government
  • Samaritans Inc: 31% of income from government
  • Roxbury Stone House Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Girls Incorporated of Boston and Lynn: 28% of income from government
  • Walker Inc: 26% of income from government
  • The Second Step Inc: 26% of income from government
  • More Than Words Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Father Bill's & Mainspring Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Uncornered Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Primary Source Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Justice for Housing Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Up Education Network: 22% of income from government
  • Horizons for Homeless Children: 21% of income from government
  • Solutions at Work Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Ellis Early Learning Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Boston Casa Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Boston Area Gleaners Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Revolutionary Spaces Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Newton Community Service Centers Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Level Ground Mixed Martial Arts Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Saint Francis House Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Uss Constitution Museum Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Just-a-Start Corporation: 16% of income from government
  • Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute Incorporated: 16% of income from government
  • Ellie Fund Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Sociedad Latina Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Boston After School & Beyond Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Doc Wayne Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Community Art Center Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Friends of the Rafael Hernandez School Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • New England Innocence Project: 12% of income from government
  • Community Servings Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Action for Boston Community Development Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Courageous Sailing Center for Youth Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Tech Goes Home Incorporated: 10% of income from government
  • Silver Lining Mentoring Inc: 10% of income from government
  • De Novo Center for Justice and Healing: 9% of income from government
  • Food Link Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation: 9% of income from government
  • The Boston Landmarks Orchestra Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Theatre Espresso Incorporated: 8% of income from government
  • Worcester Natural History Society Inc: 8% of income from government
  • One Can Help Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Codman Square Health Center Inc: 7% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Smart From the Start Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Economic Mobility Pathways Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Veronica Robles Cultural Center: 5% of income from government
  • Friday Night Supper Program Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Casa Myrna Vazquez Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Steps to Success Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Northeast Hospital Corporation: 5% of income from government
  • Gaining Ground Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Coaching for Change Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Zumix Inc: 5% of income from government
  • The Urban Farming Institute of Bostoninc: 4% of income from government
  • Huntington Theatre Co Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Friends of the Children - Boston Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Boston Festival Orchestra Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Catie's Closet Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Familyaid Boston Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Arts for Learning Massachusetts Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Boston Lyric Opera Company: 3% of income from government
  • Third Sector New England Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Young Man With a Plan Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Legal Services Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Food for Free Committee Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Theatrezone Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston College: 3% of income from government
  • Trustees of Eliot School: 2% of income from government
  • Community Rowing Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
  • West End House Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Kendall Square Orchestra Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Company One Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Boston's Higher Ground Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Artists for Humanity Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Brighter Boston Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Commonwealth Zoological Corporation D/B/a Zoo New England: 2% of income from government
  • Boston Children's Chorus Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Speak for the Trees Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Record Company Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Youth Advocacy Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Appalachian Mountain Club: 1% of income from government
  • Greenroots Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Institute of Contemporary Art Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Mass Insight Education and Research Institute Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Beacon Academy Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Wgbh Educational Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Edvestors Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Hope and Comfort Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Filmmakers Collaborative Inc: 1% of income from government
  • National Consumer Law Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • One Family Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Community Music Center of Boston Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Franciscan Hospital for Children: 0% of income from government
  • The Bottom Line Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Proprietors of the Boston Athenaeum: 0% of income from government
  • Museum of Science: 0% of income from government
  • Aero Club of New England: 0% of income from government
  • Boston Arts Academy Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Epiphany School Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Philanthropy Massachusetts Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Steppingstone Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Justice at Work Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Boston Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
40get no government money at all
39report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
6rely on government for over half their income
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.
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Find your warmest path to The Cabot Family Charitable Trust 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 302 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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