· Private foundation
The Gift Foundation Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Rosie's Place | $1,000 |
| Cradles to Crayons | $1,000 |
| Camp Harbor View | $1,000 |
| Greater Boston Food Bank | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
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.
The organization provides child care services to families through child care centers and a network of family child care homes. child care of the berkshires also strengthens families through support services and home visiting focused on…
To collect books and distribute them to less privileged children.
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,…
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.
Brookview's mission is to help homeless and at risk families learn the skills necessary to break the cycle of homelessness and poverty.
Walkmassachusetts makes walking safer and easier in massachusetts to encourage better health, a cleaner environment and vibrant communities.
The mission of good jobs institute is to help companies thrive by creating good jobs. the institute achieves its goals by providing engagement and advisory support to companies on how to provide better opportunities for low wage workers…
We create jobs locally, prepare people to succeed at work and help them overcome barriers to employment.
The mission of the foundation is to support boston center for youth and families in its work to enhance the quality of life for boston residents by partnering with community center councils, agencies, and businesses to support the…
Empowering parents to nurture children and build stronger families.
Goodwill provides exceptional opportunities for people facing employment barriers.
Vision: a world where no child's life is torn apart by war.children in conflict works tirelessly to restore hope, safety and childhoods to children whose lives are affected by war.
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 11 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds CAMP HARBOR VIEW FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CHRISTMAS IN THE CITY INC ↗
- Who funds BOSTON YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS INC ↗
- Who funds MARTIN W RICHARD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds HOOPS AND HOMEWORK INC ↗
- Who funds CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC ↗
- Who funds ROSIE'S PLACE INC ↗
- Who funds GIRLS INC OF GREATER PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds CAMP STARFISH 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.
Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Gift Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Gift Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
- Camp Starfish Inc: 18% of income from government
- Hoops and Homework Inc: 5% of income from government
- Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
- Camp Harbor View Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
- Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras Inc: 1% of income from government
- Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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