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The Joan H Brack Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$290k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Human Services$353kHealth$302kScience & Tech$300kCrime & Legal$75kEmployment$60kPublic Benefit$20kFood & Nutrition$1k
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $90k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $200k
$40,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$555k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CRSI FOUNDATION INC- ROBERT B BRACK$200,000
SOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL$40,000
COALITION OF IMMOKALEE WORKERS$40,000
HOPE FLOATS HEALING & WELLNESS$10,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $343k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, 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%SOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $88k → 8%SOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $80k → 8%SOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $80k → 8%SOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $40k → 8%SOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $40k → 8%JFS OF METROWEST: $15k → 8%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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$953k · 5 repeat orgs$158k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +138% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
7

Total granted

$953k
$158k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+138%
+18%

Still filing today

80%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationCivil RightsPhilanthropyEmploymentOther
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

  • SM
    SOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $328k · revenue +83%
  • HF
    HOPE FLOATS HEALING & WELLNESS CENTER INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $190k · revenue +19%
  • ML
    METROWEST LEGAL SERVICES INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $75k · revenue +138%

Funded once

  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Incgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +62%
  • TV
    THE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue -34%
  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF METROWEST INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue +42%
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
Dana-Farber Cancer Care Network Inc

The mission of Dana-Farber Cancer Care Network (DFCCN) is to promote and support, directly or indirectly, the interests and purposes of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI).

Health
2
Fcancer

FCANCER IS dedicated to advancing health equity through early detection and prevention programs, and by providing resources to navigate, manage, and cope with cancer.

Health
3
The Federation of Massachusetts Farmers and Gardeners Markets Inc

Mass farmers markets partners wtih farmers, consumers, and communities to improve the health of individuals, strenghten community vitality, and enhance local farm viability through farmers markets.

Food & Nutrition
4
Florida Community Health Centers Inc

Florida community health centers, inc. (fchc) is a federally qualified health center serving medically needy populations in south florida, with an emphasis on serving rural and farm worker communities.

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5
Brighton Marine Inc

Brighton marine, inc. provides military and veteran families with comprehensive campus-based quality health care, as well as affordable and supportive housing for at-risk veterans and their families.

Health
6
Mabel Center for Immigrant Justice

Mabel center's mission is to provide expert pro bono legal services to asylum-seeking families that have been seperated, detained in family detention centers, and/or subjected to expedited removal through dedicated docket.

Crime & Legal
7
Work on Climate

Supporting industry transformation towards climate-positive and make green careers transitions and driving the adoption of green workforce development practices broadly.

Environment
8
Jennifer S Fallick Cancer Support Center

At the center, our mission is to give strength, guidance and support to anyone living with a cancer diagnosis, as well as to their loved ones.

Human Services
9
Massachusetts Fair Housing Center Inc

Mfhc is committed to ending systemic housing discrimination and creating inclusive communities through education, outreach, advocacy, housing counseling and enforcement.

Housing & Shelter
10
Metrowest Chamber of Commerce Inc

To further economic development and promote the economic well-being of the metrowest region of massachusetts.

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11
Metrowest Center for Independent Living Inc

Mwcil enhances the full participation of persons with disabilities in the community.

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12
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Family Service of Metrowest 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

11 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. 11 of the 12 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
8/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CRSI FOUNDATION INC- ROBERT B BRACK: $300,000 · OtherCRSI FOUNDATION INC- ROBERT B BRACKMETROWEST LEGAL SERVICES INC: $75,000 · OtherMETROWEST LEGAL SERVICES INCSOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC: $328,000 · Human ServicesSOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL …JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF METROWEST INC: $15,000 · Human Services+1 more: $10,000 · Human ServicesHOPE FLOATS HEALING & WELLNESS CENTER INC: $189,898 · EducationHOPE FLOATS HEALING…Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $100,000 · HealthDana-Farber…SHARED BEAT: $10,000 · HealthSHARED BEATThe Coalition of Immokalee Workers Inc: $60,000 · EmploymentTHE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER: $20,000 · Civil RightsHALEY CREMER FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · PhilanthropyTHE NATICK COMMUNITY ORGANIC FARM INC: $1,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$375,000Human Services$353,000Education$189,898Health$110,000Employment$60,000Civil Rights$20,000Philanthropy$2,000Food & Nutrition$1,000

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 budgetSOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC: $328,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE FLOATS HEALING & WELLNESS CENTER INC: $189,898 over 5y, 20% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMETROWEST LEGAL SERVICES INC: $75,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetThe Coalition of Immokalee Workers Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetTHE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF METROWEST INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSHARED BEAT: $10,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetHALEY CREMER FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetTHE NATICK COMMUNITY ORGANIC FARM INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Metrowest Health Foun…The Sudbury FoundationMiddlesex Savings Cha…Community Foundation …Eastern Bank Foundati…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Metrowest Health Foundation IncMA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Metrowest Health Foundation Inc · The Sudbury Foundation · Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for MetroWest Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Joan H Brack Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Joan H Brack Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • South Middlesex Opportunity Council Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Metrowest Legal Services Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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 Joan H Brack Charitable 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 12 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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