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The Hicks Family Charitable Foundation Jutta B Hicks Et Al Trustees at a glance

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The Hicks Family Charitable Foundation Jutta B Hicks Et Al Trustees

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$28k
Granted FY2021
7
Grants FY2021
2
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2021.

Housing & Shelter$17kEnvironment$10kEducation$7kHealth$7kArts & Culture$5kHuman Services$5kFood & Nutrition$2kRecreation & Sports$1kOther$0
02FY2021 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE PINE STREET INN$6,915
CHARLES RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION$5,229
THE MOUNT$5,000
STFRANCIS HOUSE$5,000
ON THE RISE$5,000
BEACON HILL VILLAGE$1,000
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY$50
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 (FY19–21, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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.

area typical 7%ON THE RISE: $5k → 8%THE PINE STREET INN: $7k → 16%STFRANCIS HOUSE: $5k → 16%BEACON HILL VILLAGE: $2k → 16%BEACON HILL VILLAGE: $1k → 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.
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.

21%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$12k · 4 repeat orgs$43k to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2021, 2 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
8

Total granted

$12k
$16k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+97%

Still filing today

100%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 4% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21
Human ServicesEnvironmentHealthFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementEducationOther
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

  • TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2019–2020 · $7k · revenue +32%
  • BH
    BEACON HILL VILLAGE INC
    2× · 2019–2021 · $3k · revenue +33%
  • The Trustees of Princeton University
    2× · 2019–2021 · $100 · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Incgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +97%
  • CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue +122%
  • PAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC
    one grant, 2019 · $2k · revenue +20%
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
Bentley University

Organization's mission bentley university believes good business can impact more than the bottom line - it can change the world. bentley is a community of future business leaders who will deliver value in the marketplace and lasting…

Education
3
Historic Boston Incorporated
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4
Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return

Mass general brigham incorporated is developing an integrated health care delivery system throughout the region that offers patients a continuum of coordinated, high-quality care.

Health
5
Trustees of Boston College

Mission strengthened by more than a century and a half of dedication to academic excellence, boston college commits itself to the highest standards of teaching and research in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs and to the…

Education
6
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
7
Massachusetts Public Health Association

Mpha promotes a healthy massachusetts through advocacy, education, community organizing and coalition building. we are leaders in the movement to create health equity by addressing the root causes of health and wellness. we promote…

Health
8
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy Inc

See attached schedule othe conservancy has sole responsibility for managing all aspects of the rose kennedy greenway, including horticulture, programming, public art, maintenance, and capital improvements. we envision a vibrant, inclusive,…

Recreation & Sports
9
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
10
Chinatown Community Land Trust Inc

The chinatown community land trust (chinatown clt) works to stabilize the future of chinatown as a neighborhood for working class families and a regional hub for the chinese community. we work for community control of the land, development…

Arts & Culture
11
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
12
Managers of Boston Port and Seamen's Aid Society
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Beacon Hill Civic Association Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 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

14 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. 14 of the 17 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
12/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PINE STREET INN INC: $6,915 · Human ServicesPINE STREET INN INCSAINT FRANCIS HOUSE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesSAINT FRANCIS HOUSE INCON THE RISE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesON THE RISE INCBEACON HILL VILLAGE INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesBEACON HILL VILLAGE INCTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $7,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYEDITH WHARTON RESTORATION INC: $5,000 · OtherEDITH WHARTON RESTORATION INCPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $2,000 · OtherPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INCANNE FRANK HOUSE: $1,500 · OtherANNE FRANK HOUSEFRIENDS OF BOSTON'S PARK RANGERS: $1,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF BOSTON'S PARK RANGERS+1 more: $500 · OtherCHARLES RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC: $5,229 · EnvironmentCHARLES RIVER WATERS…CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION LAW FOU…BEACON HILL GARDEN CLUB: $1,500 · EnvironmentBEACON HILL GARDEN C…Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $5,000 · HealthDana-Farbe…HAWAII FOODBANK INC: $2,000 · Food & NutritionBEACON HILL CIVIC ASSOCIATION INC: $500 · Community ImprovementThe Trustees of Princeton University: $100 · Education
Human Services$19,915Other$17,000Environment$9,729Health$5,000Food & Nutrition$2,000Community Improvement$500Education$100

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 budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPINE STREET INN INC: $6,915 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHARLES RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC: $5,229 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEDITH WHARTON RESTORATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAINT FRANCIS HOUSE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetON THE RISE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBEACON HILL VILLAGE INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII FOODBANK INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEACON HILL GARDEN CLUB: $1,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetBEACON HILL CIVIC ASSOCIATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $100 over 2y, 0.0% 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.

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.

Boston Foundation IncVanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Boston Foundation IncMA15.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Hicks Family Charitable Foundation Jutta B Hicks Et Al Trustees funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Hicks Family Charitable Foundation Jutta B Hicks Et Al Trustees. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • On the Rise Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Beacon Hill Village Inc: 28% of income from government
  • Saint Francis House Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
  • Charles River Watershed Association Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Edith Wharton Restoration Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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.

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 17 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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