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The Fred Harris Daniels Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Fred Harris Daniels Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
65
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$160k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$1.4MEducation$1.3MYouth Development$1.1MHuman Services$1.1MArts & Culture$1.1MHealth$805kEnvironment$787kFood & Nutrition$514kOther$0
02FY2025 · 65 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k36 grants · $161k
  • $10k–50k23 grants · $416k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $439k
$7,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$16M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC$160,000
WORCESTER STATE UNIVERSITY$67,500
YWCA CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC$60,000
WORCESTER RISE FOR HEALTH$51,000
COMMUNITY HARVEST PROJECT$50,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WORCESTER$50,000
GIRLS ON THE RUN WORC COUNTY$40,000
GIRLS INCORPORATED OF WORCESTER$40,000
GIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC$35,000
ALBANY INST OF HISTORY AND ART$25,000
WORCESTER NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY DBA ECOTARIUM$25,000
RIO GRANDE SCHOOL$25,000
CENTER FOR HEALTH IMPACT$20,000
JEREMIAHS HOSPICE INC (AKA JEREMIAH'S INN)$20,000
NATIVITY SCHOOL OF WORCESTER INC$20,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $1.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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%COMMUNITY SERVINGS INC: $30k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS INC: $15k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS INC: $15k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS INC: $15k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS INC: $12k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS INC: $12k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS INC: $12k → 16%COMMUNITY SERVINGS INC: $10k → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN INC: $8k → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN INC: $5k → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN INC: $5k → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN INC: $5k → 16%PROJECT JUST BECAUSE INC: $10k → 8%PROJECT JUST BECAUSE INC: $5k → 8%PROJECT JUST BECAUSE INC: $5k → 8%JEREMIAHS HOSPICE INC (AKA JEREMIAH'S INN): $20k → 11%JEREMIAHS HOSPICE INC (AKA JEREMIAH'S INN): $15k → 11%JEREMIAHS HOSPICE INC (AKA JEREMIAH'S INN): $10k → 11%JEREMIAHS HOSPICE INC (AKA JEREMIAH'S INN): $10k → 11%JEREMIAHS HOSPICE INC (AKA JEREMIAH'S INN): $10k → 11%JEREMIAHS HOSPICE INC (AKA JEREMIAH'S INN): $8k → 11%JEREMIAHS HOSPICE INC (AKA JEREMIAH'S INN): $8k → 11%JEREMIAHS HOSPICE INC (AKA JEREMIAH'S INN): $8k → 11%JEREMIAHS HOSPICE INC (AKA JEREMIAH'S INN): $8k → 11%RISE ABOVE FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%RISE ABOVE FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%RISE ABOVE FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%FRIENDLY HOUSE INC: $5k → 11%FRIENDLY HOUSE: $5k → 11%FRIENDLY HOUSE: $5k → 11%NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSISTANCE DOG SERVICES INC: $8k → 11%AFRICAN COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAM: $75k → 11%AFRICAN COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAM: $35k → 11%AFRICAN COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAM: $10k → 11%GUILD OF ST AGNES OF WORCESTER INC: $10k → 11%CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AREACENTER FOR HEALTH IMPACT: $75k → 11%CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AREACENTER FOR HEALTH IMPACT: $50k → 11%LIVING IN FREEDOM TOGETHER INC: $33k → 11%CENTER FOR HEALTH IMPACT: $20k → 11%WORCESTER JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $15k → 11%LIVING IN FREEDOM TOGETHER: $10k → 11%YWCA CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC: $125k → 11%YWCA CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC: $100k → 11%YWCA CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC: $83k → 11%YWCA CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC: $60k → 11%YWCA CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC: $35k → 11%YWCA CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC: $35k → 11%YWCA CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC: $25k → 11%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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.2M · 100 repeat orgs$702k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +54% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.

100 repeat relationships: 50 still active in FY2025, 50 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

100
37

Total granted

$8.2M
$502k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+32%

Still filing today

81%
49%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationHealthFood & NutritionEnvironmentOther
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

  • UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $893k · revenue +46%
  • GS
    GIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC
    6× · 2018–2025 · $306k · revenue +11%
  • CH
    COMMUNITY HARVEST PROJECT INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $273k · revenue +70%

Funded once

  • II
    INVESTING IN GIRLS ALLIANCE
    one grant, 2018 · $75k
  • MS
    MASSACHUSETTS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
    one grant, 2019 · $40k · revenue -56%
  • WJ
    WORCESTER JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER FOR RACHEL'S TABLE
    one grant, 2020 · $28k
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
Worcester Business Development Corp

The worcester business development corporation (wbdc) is a private, non- profit business organization with a public purpose mission to serve as an innovation and leading force in the economic development of the city of worcester and the…

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2
Worcester Common Ground Inc

To establish and maintain housing for low and moderate income families in the Worcester area. Worcester Common Ground also provides income eligible individuals the opportunity to be homeowners.

Housing & Shelter
3
Worcester Community Cable Access Inc
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4
Worcester Comm Housing Resource Inc

Worcester Community Housing Resources' mission is to help create and preserve affordable housing and to initiate and support neighborhood revitalization in the greater Worcester area. Since 1994 we have proven ourselves to be a successful…

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5
Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce

The organization is dedicated to being the leading business organization in central massachusetts by providing valuable membership services and programs and events to its members and in advancing and advocating on behalf of economic…

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6
Worcester Youth and Family Counseling Services Inc

Worcester youth and family services empowers all people, of all ages, toward leading capable, purposeful, responsible, fulfilled lives in healthy families and communities.

Human Services
7
Worcester Area Mission Society United Church of Christ

The organization's vision is to fuel inclusion, voice, and opportunity for all. to support its charitable mission of working with individuals and community partners to inspire economic and educational equity through social change. wam ucc…

Religion
8
Wheaton College

Wheaton college provides a transformative liberal arts education, combining theory and practice, for intellectually curious students within a collaborative and vibrant extended community and network that values and strives to create an…

Education
9
Wellesley Community Childrens Center Inc

Provision of quality education and child care programs and services.

Human Services
10
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
11
Aids Project Worcester Inc

Aids project worcester is a nonprofit organization in central massachusetts dedicated to ending the hiv/aids pandemic and fostering wellness through service, advocacy, prevention, education, and collaborative initiatives. we empower and…

Health
12
Main South Community Development Corp

To participate in the promotion and development of affordable housing and economic development in the main south area of worcester, massachusetts.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is South Middlesex Opportunity Council Inc; the most unlike its peers is Willard House & Clock Museum 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

115 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. 115 of the 153 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
39
Early backer (in before they grew)
112/115
Grantees still filing
82/115
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC: $893,250 · OtherUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INCWORCESTER NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY DBA ECOTARIUM: $315,000 · OtherWORCESTER NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY DBA ECOTARIUMGIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC: $306,100 · OtherGIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INCUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC FOR INVESTING IN GIRLS ALLIANCE: $290,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC FOR INVESTING IN GIRLS…WORCESTER STATE UNIVERSITY: $255,000 · OtherGIRLS INCORPORATED OF WORCESTER: $255,000 · OtherNATIVITY SCHOOL OF WORCESTER INC: $165,000 · OtherYMCA OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS: $164,500 · Other+74 more: $2,272,000 · Other+74 moreYWCA CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC: $462,500 · Human ServicesYWCA CENTRAL M…AFRICAN COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAM INC: $145,000 · Human ServicesAFRICAN COMMUN…CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER: $145,000 · Human ServicesCENTRAL MASSAC…COMMUNITY SERVINGS INC: $120,500 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY SERV…JEREMIAH'S INN INC: $95,000 · Human ServicesJEREMIAH'S INN…SAFE EXIT INITIATIVE (SEI) INC: $42,500 · Human Services+15 more: $158,500 · Human Services+15 moreNICHOLS COLLEGE: $225,000 · EducationNICHOLS COL…BANCROFT SCHOOL: $201,200 · EducationBANCROFT SC…WORCESTER STATE FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · EducationWORCESTER S…AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY: $200,000 · EducationAMERICAN AN…WORCESTER ACADEMY: $40,000 · EducationQuinsigamond Community College Foundation Inc: $35,000 · Education+4 more: $42,000 · EducationWORCESTER HISTORICAL MUSEUM: $270,000 · Arts & CultureWORCESTER…WORCESTER ART MUSEUM: $100,000 · Arts & CultureWORCESTER…OLD STURBRIDGE INC: $80,000 · Arts & CultureOLD STURB…MUSIC WORCESTER INC: $42,500 · Arts & CultureMUSIC WOR…MASSACHUSETTS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureMASSACHUS…WORCESTER COUNTY MECHANICS ASSOCIATION DBA MECHANICS HALL: $35,000 · Arts & CultureWORCESTER CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY INC: $32,000 · Arts & CultureJOY OF MUSIC PROGRAM INC: $31,500 · Arts & CultureDISCOVERY MUSEUM INC: $31,500 · Arts & CulturePAKACHOAG MUSIC SCHOOL OF GREATER WORCESTER: $25,500 · Arts & CultureALBANY INSTITUTE OF HISTORY AND ART: $25,000 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $36,500 · Arts & CultureREGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL INC: $175,000 · EnvironmentMASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $172,000 · EnvironmentWORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $93,000 · EnvironmentMOUNT GRACE LAND CONSERVATION TRUST: $25,000 · Environment+2 more: $7,000 · EnvironmentCOMMUNITY HARVEST PROJECT INC: $272,500 · Food & NutritionBERNARD FAMILY COMMUNITY KITCHEN INC: $30,000 · Food & NutritionSPOONFULS: $27,500 · Food & NutritionLocker Project: $25,000 · Food & NutritionOVERLOOK FOOD AWARENESS RESOURCE OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $17,500 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $7,500 · Food & NutritionPERNET FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE INC: $80,000 · HealthWORCESTER REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT SUPPORT AND EMPOWERMENT (RISE) FOR HEALTH INC: $51,000 · HealthTHE HEALTH FOUNDATION FUND INC: $50,000 · HealthVNA Care Network Inc: $47,500 · HealthTHE BARTON CENTER FOR DIABETES EDUCATION: $35,000 · HealthGENESIS CLUB HOUSE INC: $30,000 · HealthRETT SYNDROME RESEARCH TRUST INC: $25,000 · HealthEASTER SEALS MASSACHUSETTS INC: $14,000 · Health+3 more: $22,000 · Health
Other$4,915,850Human Services$1,169,000Education$943,200Arts & Culture$749,500Environment$472,000Food & Nutrition$380,000Health$354,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC: $893,250 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetYWCA CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC: $462,500 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC: $306,100 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY HARVEST PROJECT INC: $272,500 over 9y, 4.4% of budgetWORCESTER HISTORICAL MUSEUM: $270,000 over 8y, 4.2% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF WORCESTER: $255,000 over 7y, 2.9% of budgetNICHOLS COLLEGE: $225,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBANCROFT SCHOOL: $201,200 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetWORCESTER STATE FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetAMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY: $200,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetREGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL INC: $175,000 over 9y, 2.1% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $172,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetNATIVITY SCHOOL OF WORCESTER INC: $165,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WORCESTER INC: $152,500 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetFAMILY HEALTH CENTER OF WORCESTERINC: $150,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetAFRICAN COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAM INC: $145,000 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetCENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER: $145,000 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetABBY KELLEY FOSTER HOUSE INC: $127,500 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY SERVINGS INC: $120,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetDISMAS HOUSE OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $103,000 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetWORCESTER ART MUSEUM: $100,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetJEREMIAH'S INN INC: $95,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetWORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $93,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetPERNET FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE INC: $80,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetOLD STURBRIDGE INC: $80,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWORCESTER YOUTH CENTER INC: $77,500 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetNEW GARDEN PARK INC: $75,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetPROVISION MINISTRY INC: $65,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL MASS /METROWEST INC: $62,550 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetCASA PROJECT INC: $62,500 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetPATHWAYS FOR CHANGE INC: $57,500 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN: $56,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetStraight Ahead Ministries INC: $52,500 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetWORCESTER REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT SUPPORT AND EMPOWERMENT (RISE) FOR HEALTH INC: $51,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetTHE HEALTH FOUNDATION FUND INC: $50,000 over 2y, 74% of budgetVNA Care Network Inc: $47,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UPHELD INC: $47,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF GREATER WORCESTER INC: $42,500 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetMUSIC WORCESTER INC: $42,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetSAFE EXIT INITIATIVE (SEI) INC: $42,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetWHY ME INC: $40,500 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetMassachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange Inc: $40,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $40,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetWORCESTER ACADEMY: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLUK CRISIS CENTER INC: $36,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BARTON CENTER FOR DIABETES EDUCATION: $35,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetWORCESTER COUNTY MECHANICS ASSOCIATION DBA MECHANICS HALL: $35,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetQuinsigamond Community College Foundation Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 3.0% 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.

  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
  • Who funds YWCA CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY HARVEST PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds WORCESTER HISTORICAL MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED OF WORCESTER ↗
  • Who funds NICHOLS COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds BANCROFT SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds WORCESTER STATE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIVITY SCHOOL OF WORCESTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WORCESTER INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY HEALTH CENTER OF WORCESTERINC ↗
  • Who funds AFRICAN COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ABBY KELLEY FOSTER HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY SERVINGS INC ↗
  • Who funds DISMAS HOUSE OF MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
  • Who funds WORCESTER ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds JEREMIAH'S INN INC ↗
  • Who funds WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds PERNET FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds OLD STURBRIDGE INC ↗
  • Who funds WORCESTER YOUTH CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW GARDEN PARK INC ↗
  • Who funds PROVISION MINISTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL MASS /METROWEST INC ↗
  • Who funds CASA PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds PATHWAYS FOR CHANGE INC ↗
  • Who funds MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds Straight Ahead Ministries INC ↗

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.

Greater Worcester Com…Webster Five Foundati…The Fletcher Foundati…Stoddard Charitable T…The George I Alden Tr…United Way of Central…Ruth H & Warren a Ell…Schwartz Charitable F…Reliant Foundation IncRockland Trust Charit…Wyman GordonDCU for Kids
Greater Worcester Community Foundation IncMA144.6× affinity71 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc · Webster Five Foundation Inc · The Fletcher Foundation · Stoddard Charitable Trust · The George I Alden Trust · United Way of Central Massachusetts Inc · Ruth H & Warren a Ellsworth Foundation · Schwartz Charitable Foundation · Reliant Foundation Inc · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Wyman Gordon · DCU for Kids

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 Fred Harris Daniels Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Fred Harris Daniels Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 340%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Luk Crisis Center Inc: 95% of income from government
  • Pathways for Change Inc: 86% of income from government
  • Worcester Youth Center Inc: 64% of income from government
  • Guild of Saint Agnes of Worcester: 60% of income from government
  • Legendary Legacies Inc: 58% of income from government
  • Genesis Club House Inc: 53% of income from government
  • Pernet Family Health Service Inc: 52% of income from government
  • Easter Seals Massachusetts Inc: 45% of income from government
  • Family Health Center of Worcesterinc: 39% of income from government
  • Audio Journal Incorporated: 35% of income from government
  • Behavioral Health Network Inc: 28% of income from government
  • Straight Ahead Ministries Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Horizons for Homeless Children: 21% of income from government
  • United Way of Tri County Inc: 18% of income from government
  • South Middlesex Opportunity Council Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Community Harvest Project Inc: 18% of income from government
  • New Garden Park Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Rise Above Foundation Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Community Servings Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Worcester Roots Project: 12% of income from government
  • North Star Family Services Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Shrewsbury Youth & Family Services Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Edward M Kennedy Community Health Center Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Preservation Worcester Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Worcester Community Action Council Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Friendly House Inc: 8% of income from government
  • One Can Help Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Music Worcester Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra Inc: 7% of income from government
  • American Antiquarian Society: 7% of income from government
  • Regional Environmental Council Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Worcester Chamber Music Society Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Worcester Historical Museum: 5% of income from government
  • The Community Builders Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Old Sturbridge Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Discovery Museum Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Worcester State Foundation Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Worcester County Horticultural Society: 2% of income from government
  • Girls Incorporated of Worcester: 2% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Trustees of Clark University: 2% of income from government
  • Artsworcester Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Worcester Center for Performing Arts Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Sisters of Saint Ann Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Worcester County Mechanics Association Dba Mechanics Hall: 2% of income from government
  • Jeremiah's Inn Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Boys and Girls Club of Worcester Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Wicn Public Radio Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Joy of Music Program Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Appalachian Mountain Club: 1% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Neads Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Village Afrocentric Cultural Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Worcester Art Museum: 1% of income from government
  • The Bottom Line Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Nichols College: 0% of income from government
  • Project Just Because Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
34get no government money at all
19report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
7rely 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 Fred Harris Daniels 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 153 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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