Massachusetts · Public charity
The Giving Back Fund
To improve lives by expanding the number of people and the amount of resources dedicated to giving.
- $27M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2025
- $2.8M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $71,264
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 136
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 11
- Total assets, FY2025
- $30M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations The Giving Back Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13M went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHealthEducationInternationalOther
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.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $2.8M | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $13M | 100% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $1.5M | 100% |
| FY2020 | 136 | $4.1M | 88% |
| FY2019 | 37 | $1.8M | 43% |
| FY2018 | 44 | $2.9M | 66% |
| FY2017 | 37 | $957k | n/a |
99% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Health$3.0MInternational$2.9MEnvironment$1.7MScience & Tech$1.3MArts & Culture$1.2MHuman Services$1.0MRecreation & Sports$660kEducation$658kOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
WA
ID
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
SD
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
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VA
MD
DE
AZ
KS
TN
NC
SC
DC
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford | $1,331,352 | 3 | n/a |
| Rewild | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hoag Hospital Foundation | $1,000,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Nationwide Childrens Hospital Inc | $707,291 | 3 | n/a |
| Globalgiving Foundation Inc | $526,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mission of Hope Inc Mission of Hope Haiti Inc | $520,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Wateraid America Inc | $518,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Lifesong for Orphans Inc | $428,793 | 4 | 1% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $333,333 | 1 | 0% |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $330,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 223 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford | $1,331,352 | 3 | n/a |
| Rewild | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hoag Hospital Foundation | $1,000,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Nationwide Childrens Hospital Inc | $707,291 | 3 | n/a |
| Globalgiving Foundation Inc | $526,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mission of Hope Inc Mission of Hope Haiti Inc | $520,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Wateraid America Inc | $518,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Lifesong for Orphans Inc | $428,793 | 4 | 1% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $333,333 | 1 | 0% |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $330,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Motopara Foundation Inc | $300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The City College 21st Century Foundation Inc | $272,680 | 1 | 2% |
| Earth Innovation Institute | $265,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Moses West Foundation | $219,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Thy Kingdom Crumb Inc | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| L U O Inc | $198,500 | 4 | 58% |
| Invisible Hands Deliver Inc | $177,739 | 1 | n/a |
| Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute | $145,000 | 4 | 9% |
| Canine Partners for Life | $140,000 | 2 | n/a |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $124,810 | 1 | 0% |
| Tribal Trust Foundation Inc | $120,000 | 1 | 61% |
| Lydia Home Association | $120,000 | 4 | 1% |
| State Funding Devils Dba Sol Devils | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Blessings in a Backpack Inc | $99,428 | 1 | 1% |
| Starkey Hearing Foundation | $87,500 | 1 | 0% |
| United American Committee | $87,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trojan Club | $82,525 | 1 | 35% |
| Together for Good | $77,500 | 3 | 7% |
| Team Rubicon Global Ltd | $75,199 | 1 | n/a |
| Both Hands Foundation | $70,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Casita Copan Inc | $70,000 | 4 | 14% |
| Commoncrawl Foundation | $62,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Free for Life International | $60,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Sentinel Foundation | $55,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Care for Children Care for Children - USA Inc | $53,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Duke University Health System Inc | $52,220 | 1 | 0% |
| Glaad Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Trevor Project Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Springboard to Opportunities | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Trustees of Boston University | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nomad Solutions | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Elijah Interfaith Institute USA Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 32% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| 4kids of South Florida Inc | $48,000 | 4 | n/a |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $47,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Childrens Law Center of Washington | $45,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Congo-Voice | $45,000 | 4 | 11% |
| Ludacris Foundation Inc | $45,000 | 1 | 29% |
| The Parish Austin | $45,000 | 1 | n/a |
| G Fred Dibona Jr Memorial Foundation | $44,881 | 1 | 3% |
| The Miracle Foundation Inc | $42,500 | 2 | 1% |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation | $42,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Second Harvest of Silicon Valley | $38,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Mealbridge La | $37,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Abide Network Inc | $36,149 | 2 | 1% |
| Acts of Random Kindness | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Newcourtland | $34,494 | 1 | 0% |
| Beaver Township Firemans Assoc | $33,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Live Fytt Corporation | $32,500 | 1 | 94% |
| Tree of Life Ministries Spanish America Inc | $31,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Obbayo Children's Foundation | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| For Charlotte Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 3% |
| The Clara Lionel Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wide Rainbow Corporation | $30,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fulaa Lifeline International | $30,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Nami Westside La | $29,690 | 1 | 10% |
| Shepherd Community | $28,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Fergus Simpson Foundation | $27,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Thrive in Joy Nick Fagnano Foundation | $26,000 | 1 | 17% |
| The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Seattle (6871) | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Opus One Productions | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rock What Youve Got | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Live Nite Events LLC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends and Lovers | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United States Association for UNHCR | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Beachland Ballroom | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Resident - Shs LLC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Grey Eagle | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Phenix Holdings | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Screwdriver Bar | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 10 Mile Music | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Moroccan Lounge - High Test LLC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Center for Victims of Crime Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hi-Fi | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bowery Left LLC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nrj Partners LLC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cavalier Theater & Lounge | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| South Philidelphia | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Le Poisson Rouge | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jamey's House of Music | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Strand Events LLC - West Construction | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jewel Box Theater | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Goodfoot | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Am Booth's Lumberyard | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Patio Theater Chicago LLC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Aqua-Africa Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 9% |
| G-Squared Event Holdings LLC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kickstand Comedy | $25,000 | 1 | 18% |
| The Mercury Lounge - Sw Monte Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| McKeesport K9 Unit | $24,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Amit Children Inc | $23,662 | 1 | n/a |
| Police Athletic League of Jacksonville Inc | $23,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Desai Foundation | $23,400 | 1 | 1% |
| Team Rubicon Inc | $22,704 | 1 | 0% |
| Without Borders International | $22,000 | 1 | 17% |
| National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics Inc | $21,428 | 1 | 0% |
| National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc | $21,428 | 1 | 0% |
| The Workers Lab | $21,428 | 1 | 0% |
| Sanford Research | $20,929 | 1 | n/a |
| Western Reserve Folk Arts Association | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Linear Labs | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Citizen Schools Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Neurolux | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Skipp Pearson Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Finest City Improv | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Empire Control Room & Garage | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Senator Theatre | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Earlville Opera House Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Intelligent Advocacy | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Muse Brooklyn | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jade Presents LLC | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Bowery Ballroom - Cocktail Blue LLC | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Envelop | $20,000 | 1 | 13% |
| The Parkside Lounge | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Maple Leaf Bar | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Zebulon | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vibes Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rec Squad-Theatre in the Square | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Jazzhaus of Lawrence | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Friendship Foundation | $18,000 | 1 | 1% |
| My Friend's House Family and Children Services Inc | $17,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Matter | $17,400 | 1 | 0% |
| Chapman University | $15,481 | 1 | 0% |
| Entertainment Theatre Group | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Law Center Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sea Monster Lounge LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Growing Liberia's Children | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Belly Up Tavern LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Do You Like Comedy-Ny Comedy Club | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cafe Coda | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Night Culture Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| SHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Auburn Public Theater Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Cactus Club | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dana June House - the Quarry | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Control Alt Delete Poverty | $15,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Taylors Tale | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington University | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mardi Gras Entertainment - Kalamazoo | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Queer Bar | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| I Like Sit Down Comedy-Ny Comedy on 4th | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Monkworx Corp | $14,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Unleashed Productions Inc | $14,250 | 1 | 2% |
| City of North Royalton Community Emergency Response Team Foundation | $12,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Coalition for the Upper South Platte | $12,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Pen & Shield Project Ltd | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 148 | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ohio Township Volunteer Fire Company of Allegheny County | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Bail Project Inc | $11,856 | 1 | 0% |
| Lombard Citizens Police Academy Alumni Asoc | $11,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Arthritis Foundation - Upper Midwest Region | $10,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Crescent Springs Fire Department Incorporated | $10,457 | 1 | n/a |
| Presbyterian Church USA | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Under the Gun - Newport Theater | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lorain Police Officers Charitable | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shapeshifter Lab | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Foundation of Warren County | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Penn Hills Library Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Safe Families for Children Alliance | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lower Burrell Flyers Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Heart Shaped Box LLC (Dba Buzzbin Art & Music Shop | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of Jefferson County | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Clinton United Presbyterian Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Park Theatre Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Modesto Canine Association | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The 13th Floor | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hilltop Economic Development Corp | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Volunteers of America Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ouelessebougou Alliance | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Congregations for Kids Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Erlanger Lions Charities Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Youth Services System Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Communication Madison | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Armageddon Beachparty | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Crescent Cove | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| New Haven Hose Company | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Castle Shannon Revitalization Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | 12% |
| The Old Gem Theater | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Foundation for International Education In | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Greenhouse Productions | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Acso Unit | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Macomb County Sheriffs Reserve Officers Association | $9,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Bradenton Blue Foundation Inc | $9,500 | 1 | 21% |
| Massachusetts Vest-A-Dog Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Los Angeles Police K-9 Fund | $8,000 | 1 | 48% |
| Urban Impact Foundation | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Future Stars Children's Foundation Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Citizens Police Academy Alumni of Glendale (Cpaag) | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sacramento Police K9 Association | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Movement Alliance Project | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Montgomery County Family Justice Center Foundation Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Ligonier Valley Fire Companies | $7,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Share the Blessings Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Art Therapy Project Corporation | $7,382 | 1 | 1% |
| Hunterdon County Pba Local 188 Civic Assoc Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Adventure Project Corp | $6,855 | 1 | 1% |
| Project Kalay | $6,250 | 1 | n/a |
| The Wade Smith Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Teens for Food Justice Inc | $5,382 | 1 | 0% |
| USO of North Carolina Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Thin Blue Line Fopa Lodge 100 | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Sinkhole | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Uniontown Hospital | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the Riverwalk Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Munhall Area Prehospital Services Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Abilene Bar and Grill | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Beaver Falls Volunteer Fire Department | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 69th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oregon Health & Science University Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Indiana Township Volunteer Fire Company 1 Relief Association | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Clubhouse of Toms River | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($13M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Giving Back Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 7 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 99 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 99.
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.
Retailroi IncTN34.5× affinity14 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Retailroi Inc · Servant Foundation · Globalgiving Foundation Inc · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Assurant Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · California Community Foundation · McKesson Foundation Inc · The Pittsburgh Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc
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.
About The Giving Back Fund
- How much does The Giving Back Fund give?
- The Giving Back Fund reported 16 itemized grants totaling $2,814,926, out of $26,509,896 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 136 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Giving Back Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (11%), International (11%), Environment (6%).
- Who are The Giving Back Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Sanford ($1.3M), Rewild ($1.0M), Hoag Hospital Foundation ($1.0M).
- Does The Giving Back Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Giving Back Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Retailroi Inc, Servant Foundation, Globalgiving Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Giving Back Fund based?
- The Giving Back Fund is based in MA.
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More from the funding graph
The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home