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The Doe Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
30
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$550k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0196% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Food & Nutrition$5.2MHousing & Shelter$5.0MYouth Development$1.5MHuman Services$1.4MHealth$985kEducation$660kPublic Safety & Disaster$455kPhilanthropy$140kOther$0
02FY2024 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $205k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $855k
  • $250k+4 grants · $1.6M
$50,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$36M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK$550,000
PINE STREET INN$500,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF CAPE COD$250,000
ST FRANCIS HOUSE$250,000
COMMUNITY SERVINGS$100,000
FAMILY AID BOSTON$100,000
ROSIE'S PLACE$100,000
NEW HAMPSHIRE FOOD BANK$90,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$85,000
BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS$80,000
CAPE COD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES$50,000
CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC$50,000
HOUSING FAMILIES$50,000
LOVIN SPOONFULS$50,000
VICTORY PROGRAMS INC$50,000
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.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $6.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 78% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%YMCA OF GREATER BOSTON: $50k → 16%NEW HAMPSHIRE FOOD BANK: $92k → 7%YMCA OF GREATER BOSTON: $50k → 16%NEW HAMPSHIRE FOOD BANK: $90k → 7%NEW HAMPSHIRE FOOD BANK: $90k → 7%NEW HAMPSHIRE FOOD BANK: $50k → 7%NEW HAMPSHIRE FOOD BANK: $50k → 7%NEW HAMPSHIRE FOOD BANK: $50k → 7%NEW HAMPSHIRE FOOD BANK: $50k → 7%NEW HAMPSHIRE FOOD BANK: $50k → 7%CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $50k → 8%PINE STREET INN: $500k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $500k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $300k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $300k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $300k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $300k → 16%HOUSING FAMILIES: $50k → 8%HOUSING FAMILIES: $50k → 8%HOUSING FAMILIES: $50k → 8%HOUSING FAMILIES: $50k → 8%HOUSING FAMILIES: $50k → 8%HOUSING FAMILIES: $50k → 8%HOUSING FAMILIES: $50k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $85k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $85k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $60k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $60k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50k → 8%ST FRANCIS HOUSE: $250k → 16%ST FRANCIS HOUSE: $250k → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50k → 8%ST FRANCIS HOUSE: $250k → 16%ST FRANCIS HOUSE: $50k → 16%ST FRANCIS HOUSE: $50k → 16%ST FRANCIS HOUSE: $50k → 16%ST FRANCIS HOUSE: $50k → 16%ST FRANCIS HOUSE: $50k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS: $150k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS: $150k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS: $100k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS: $100k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS: $75k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS: $75k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS: $75k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS: $75k → 16%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $250k → 16%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $50k → 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

ME
VT
NH
WA
NY
MA
IN
RI
CA
VA
MD
AR
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$15M · 61 repeat orgs$722k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +83% since the first grant, against +31% for the ones you funded once.

61 repeat relationships — 26 still active in FY2024, 35 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

61
26

Total granted

$15M
$397k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+83%
+31%

Still filing today

70%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $325k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterEducationHealthEnvironmentOther

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

  • GB
    GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.5M · revenue +89%
  • PINE STREET INN INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $2.2M · revenue +123%
  • SF
    SAINT FRANCIS HOUSE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +173%

Funded once

  • PROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +31%
  • TU
    THE URBAN FOOD INITIATIVE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +169%
  • CC
    CAPE COD COUNICL OF CH
    one grant, 2017 · $50k

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
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
Food Link Inc

Food link is working to create a more equitable food system throughout greater boston by rescuing and distributing high-quality, customized food to under-resourced communities and by advocating for systems change.

Food & Nutrition
3
Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation

Mhic's mission is to be an innovative private financier of afforable housing and community development throughout new england, providing financing that would not otherwise be available, and extending the impact of that financing to ensure…

Housing & Shelter
4
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
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
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
7
Household Goods Inc

Household goods provides a full range of donated furniture and household items, free of charge, to help people in need make a home.

Human Services
8
Citizens Inn Inc

The organization's mission is to prevent and end hunger and homelessness by providing integrated services that promote long-term stability, health, and independence. (see schedule o for full description)

Housing & Shelter
9
The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts Inc

The food bank of western massachusetts' mission is to feed our neighbors in need and lead the community to end hunger. the food bank provides food both directly and through its member food pantries, meal sites, shelters and other social…

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10
Feeding Westchester Inc

Driven by the belief that access to healthy food is a basic right for all people, feeding westchester leads hunger action programs and mobilizes the resources needed to eradicate hunger in westchester county.

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11
Brookview House Inc

Brookview's mission is to help homeless and at risk families learn the skills necessary to break the cycle of homelessness and poverty.

Human Services
12
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

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Open Door Cape Ann Food Pantry Inc and the most unlike its peers is Natural Resources Defense Council Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyHousing and Social ServicesClimate Advocacy Organizati…Cape Cod Community ServicesLeadership Development Orga…Private Charitable Foundati…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 37 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr21%10%10–20yr19%30%20–35yr13%37%35–55yr13%23%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr21%5%10–20yr19%20%20–35yr13%59%35–55yr13%15%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/61
the rest of the field
11%
3,321/29,812

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

59 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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 59 of the 91 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
59/59
Grantees still filing
51/59
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

PINE STREET INN INC — $2,225,000 · Human ServicesPINE STREET INN INCSAINT FRANCIS HOUSE INC — $1,000,000 · Human ServicesSAINT FRANCIS HOUSE INCCOMMUNITY SERVINGS INC — $800,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY SERVINGS INCCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC — $550,000 · Human ServicesCRADLES TO CRAYONS INCNew Hampshire Catholic Charities — $521,834 · Human ServicesNew Hampshire Catholic CharitiesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $455,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent C…HOUSING FAMILIES INC — $390,000 · Human ServicesHOUSING FAMILIES INCTHE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS INC — $250,000 · Human Services+7 more — $456,500 · Human Services+7 moreGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC — $2,501,469 · OtherGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INCWOBURN BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB — $500,000 · OtherWOBURN BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBST SEBASTIANS SCHOOL INC — $250,000 · OtherWOMEN'S LUNCH PLACE INC — $225,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $210,000 · OtherBOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR HOMELESS — $210,000 · OtherFAMILYAID BOSTON INC — $200,000 · Other+42 more — $1,469,509 · Other+42 moreGood Shepherd Food Bank — $320,000 · Food & NutritionSPOONFULS — $295,000 · Food & NutritionVERMONT FOODBANK — $130,000 · Food & NutritionThe Food Project Inc — $110,000 · Food & NutritionHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC — $55,000 · Food & NutritionCOMMUNITY HARVEST PROJECT INC — $50,000 · Food & NutritionPROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC — $50,000 · Food & NutritionTHE URBAN FOOD INITIATIVE INC — $50,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more — $30,000 · Food & NutritionBRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC — $475,000 · HealthVICTORY PROGRAMS INC — $290,000 · HealthBOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION — $240,000 · Health+1 more — $10,000 · HealthROSIE'S PLACE INC — $450,000 · Housing & ShelterST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC — $110,000 · Housing & ShelterHALEY HOUSE INC & AFFILIATES — $70,000 · Housing & ShelterFATHER BILL'S & MAINSPRING INC — $30,000 · Housing & ShelterHABITAT FOR HUMANITY GREATER BOSTON INC — $25,000 · Housing & ShelterHEADING HOME INC — $25,000 · Housing & ShelterBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC — $315,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CAPE COD INC — $250,000 · Youth DevelopmentNUYA INC — $295,000 · EducationST GEORGE'S SCHOOL — $25,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — $25,000 · EducationMARINE CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE — $20,000 · Education+2 more — $17,500 · Education
Human Services$6,648,334Other$5,565,978Food & Nutrition$1,090,000Health$1,015,000Housing & Shelter$710,000Youth Development$565,000Education$382,500

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 budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC — $2,501,469 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetPINE STREET INN INC — $2,225,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetSAINT FRANCIS HOUSE INC — $1,000,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY SERVINGS INC — $800,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC — $550,000 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetNew Hampshire Catholic Charities — $521,834 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC — $475,000 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $455,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetROSIE'S PLACE INC — $450,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetHOUSING FAMILIES INC — $390,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetGood Shepherd Food Bank — $320,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC — $315,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetSPOONFULS — $295,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetNUYA INC — $295,000 over 8y, 9.4% of budgetVICTORY PROGRAMS INC — $290,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CAPE COD INC — $250,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetTHE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS INC — $250,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION — $240,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S LUNCH PLACE INC — $225,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON INC — $215,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILYAID BOSTON INC — $200,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN — $200,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetVERMONT FOODBANK — $130,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBEVERLY BOOTSTRAPS COMMUNITY SERVICES I — $125,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetTHE OPEN DOOR CAPE ANN FOOD PANTRY INC — $125,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetThe Food Project Inc — $110,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC — $110,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCAPE COD TIMES NEIGHBORS FUND INC — $100,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetONLY A CHILD INC — $87,000 over 8y, 10% of budgetGAINING GROUND INC — $80,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetHALEY HOUSE INC & AFFILIATES — $70,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC — $55,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY HARVEST PROJECT INC — $50,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetPROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE URBAN FOOD INITIATIVE INC — $50,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $40,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFATHER BILL'S & MAINSPRING INC — $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWoodwell Climate Research Center Inc — $30,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetABOUT FRESH INC — $30,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetBridges from School to Work Inc — $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetST GEORGE'S SCHOOL — $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY GREATER BOSTON INC — $25,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHEADING HOME INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Haven Project Inc — $25,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC — $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE — $20,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC — $15,000 over 2y, 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 GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds PINE STREET INN INC ↗
  • Who funds SAINT FRANCIS HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY SERVINGS INC ↗
  • Who funds CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC ↗
  • Who funds New Hampshire Catholic Charities ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds ROSIE'S PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds HOUSING FAMILIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Good Shepherd Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC ↗
  • Who funds SPOONFULS ↗
  • Who funds NUYA INC ↗
  • Who funds VICTORY PROGRAMS INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CAPE COD INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS INC ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S LUNCH PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILYAID BOSTON INC ↗
  • Who funds HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds VERMONT FOODBANK ↗
  • Who funds BEVERLY BOOTSTRAPS COMMUNITY SERVICES I ↗
  • Who funds THE OPEN DOOR CAPE ANN FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds The Food Project Inc ↗
  • Who funds ST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds CAPE COD TIMES NEIGHBORS FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds ONLY A CHILD INC ↗
  • Who funds GAINING GROUND INC ↗
  • Who funds HALEY HOUSE INC & AFFILIATES ↗
  • Who funds HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA 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.

Eastern Bank Foundati…Boston Foundation IncAnalog Devices Founda…Yawkey Foundation IIAgnes M Lindsay TrustRockland Trust Charit…Cummings Foundation G…Cambridge Savings Cha…Combined Jewish Phila…The Frederick E Weber…Amelia Peabody Charit…Arbella Insurance Fou…
Eastern Bank FoundationMA33.3× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eastern Bank Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Analog Devices Foundation · Yawkey Foundation II · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · The Frederick E Weber Charities Corp · Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund Trust · Arbella Insurance Foundation

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 The Doe Family Foundation 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
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Reach Inc — 85% of income from government
  • Victory Programs Inc — 49% of income from government
  • The Home for Little Wanderers Inc — 38% of income from government
  • Bridges from School to Work Inc — 33% of income from government
  • Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc — 32% of income from government
  • Father Bill's & Mainspring Inc — 24% of income from government
  • Boston Medical Center Corporation — 23% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc — 22% of income from government
  • Horizons for Homeless Children — 21% of income from government
  • Community Harvest Project Inc — 18% of income from government
  • Saint Francis House Inc — 18% of income from government
  • Heading Home Inc — 17% of income from government
  • Vermont Foodbank — 13% of income from government
  • Community Servings Inc — 12% of income from government
  • Housing Families Inc — 12% of income from government
  • Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc — 11% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc — 11% of income from government
  • Women's Lunch Place Inc — 8% of income from government
  • Gaining Ground Inc — 5% of income from government
  • Familyaid Boston Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc — 2% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Reservations — 2% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Boston Arts Academy Foundation Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Doe Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Doe Family Foundation 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 91 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines