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The Lenny Zakim Fund

THE LENNY ZAKIM FUND ("the fund") believes positive social change can be created by small, effective, grassroots organizations that are often overlooked by large foundations, government agencies, and major donors.

$647k
Granted FY2024still arriving
55
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Human Services$971kYouth Development$655kCivil Rights$631kHealth$575kCrime & Legal$489kEducation$418kEmployment$382kReligion$302kOther$0
02FY2024 · 55 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 55 grants below total $620,171 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $646,572 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $26,401 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $54k
  • $10k–50k48 grants · $567k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$9.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CODESQUAD$20,000
WE ARE BETTER TOGETHER - THE WARREN DANIEL HAIRSTON PROJECT$17,500
THE UPWARD PROJECT$15,000
SOMALI PARENTS ADVOCACY CTR FOR EDUCATION$15,000
NEIGHBORHOOD COUNSELING & COMMUNITY SVCS$15,000
MY BROTHER'S KEEPER 617$15,000
RIGHT TO THE CITY OF BOSTON$15,000
AFRICAN CULTURAL SERVICES$15,000
CULTURAL EXCHANGE THROUGH SOCCER$13,892
SOUTH COAST LGBTQ NETWORK$13,845
TOP NOTCH SCHOLARS$13,300
PINNACLE PARTNERSHIPS$13,134
NEIGHBORS UNITED FOR A BETTER EAST BOSTON$12,500
LOVE LIFE NOW FOUNDATION INC$12,500
CITY STRINGS UNITED$12,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 75% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BROCKTON WORKERS ALLIANCE: $14k → 8%BROCKTON WORKERS ALLIANCE: $10k → 8%BROCKTON WORKERS ALLIANCE: $10k → 8%WORCESTER REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT: $12k → 11%THE CITY SCHOOL: $15k → 16%YOUTH JUSTICE AND POWER UNION AT THE CITY SCHOOL: $13k → 16%YOUTH JUSTICE AND POWER UNION AT THE CITY SCHOOL: $13k → 16%MY BROTHER'S KEEPER 617: $15k → 11%OUR DEAF SURVIVORS CENTER INC: $10k → 11%MY BROTHER'S KEEPER 617: $13k → 11%YOUTH JUSTICE AND POWER UNION AT THE CITY SCHOOL: $10k → 16%MY BROTHER'S KEEPER 617: $10k → 11%PLEASANT STREET NEIGHBORHOOD NETWORK CTR: $10k → 11%PLEASANT STREET NEIGHBORHOOD NETWORK CTR: $10k → 11%LOVE LIFE NOW FOUNDATION INC: $13k → 7%SIBLING CONNECTIONS: $20k → 16%SIBLING CONNECTIONS: $15k → 16%SIBLING CONNECTIONS: $15k → 16%IMMIGRANT FAMILY SERVICES INSTITUTE: $20k → 16%SOMALI PARENTS ADVOCACY CTR FOR EDUCATION: $15k → 16%GREATER BOSTON CHAPTER OF UNITED SPINAL ASSOCIATION: $15k → 8%IMMIGRANT FAMILY SERVICES INSTITUTE: $15k → 16%GREATER BOSTON CHAPTER OF UNITED SPINAL ASSOCIATION: $15k → 8%SCIBOSTON: $13k → 8%SOMALI PARENTS ADVOCACY CTR FOR EDUCATION: $15k → 16%NEIGHBORHOOD COUNSELING & COMMUNITY SVCS: $15k → 8%SIBLING CONNECTION: $13k → 8%IMMIGRANTS FAMILY SERVICE INSTITUTE: $30k → 16%MOUNT OLIVES COMMUNITY CENTER: $28k → 16%IMMIGRANT FAMILY SERVICES CENTER (IFSI): $15k → 16%BRYCE'S JOURNEY: $14k → 16%MOUNT OLIVES COMMUNITY CENTER: $13k → 16%SAHELI: $21k → 8%SAHELI: $15k → 8%SAHELI: $15k → 8%SAHELI SUPPORT AND FRIENDSHIP SOUTH ASIAN WOMEN: $15k → 8%SAHELI: $15k → 8%SITTERS FOR SCHOLARS: $13k → 16%WE ARE BETTER TOGETHER - THE WARREN DANIEL HAIRSTON PROJECT: $30k → 16%FATHERS' UPLIFT INC: $20k → 16%WE ARE BETTER TOGETHER - THE WARREN DANIEL HAIRSTON PROJECT: $18k → 16%WE ARE BETTER TOGETHER - THE WARREN DANIEL HAIRSTON PROJECT: $13k → 16%WE ARE BETTER TOGETHER - THE WARREN DANIEL HAIRSTON PROJECT: $13k → 16%BRAZILIAN WOMEN'S GROUP: $20k → 16%BRAZILIAN WOMEN'S GROUP: $20k → 16%BRAZILIAN WOMEN'S GROUP: $13k → 16%BRAZILIAN WOMEN'S GROUP: $13k → 16%SOUTH BOSTON EN ACCION: $15k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$5.3M · 118 repeat orgs$375k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +87% since the first grant, against +63% for the ones you funded once.

118 repeat relationships — 45 still active in FY2024, 73 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

118
30

Total granted

$5.3M
$277k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+87%
+63%

Still filing today

85%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $98k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementHealthCivil RightsYouth DevelopmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $160k · revenue +44%
  • CHICA INC
    5× · 2019–2024 · $116k · revenue +299%
  • CENTRO COMUNITARIO DE TRABAJADORES INCORPORATED
    5× · 2018–2023 · $100k · revenue +316%

Funded once

  • FU
    FATHERS UPLIFT INCORPORATEDgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue ×14
  • CENTRO PRESENTE INC
    one grant, 2018 · $20k · revenue -32%
  • PA
    POLITICAL ASYLUMIMMIGRATION REPRESENTATION PROJECT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +223%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Urban Impact Initiative Massachusetts

Urban Impact is dedicated to prioritizing the reduction of the impact of poverty for families in the Commonwealth. The organization offers a plethora of small business corporate and community opportunities. These opportunities include…

Youth Development
2
Boston Banglaaid Inc

charitable, educational, and social welfare services.

Arts & Culture
3
Digital Ready Inc

Digital Ready activates the creative potential of young adults, especially low-income residents, to build tangible pathways to economic opportunities in Boston's innovation economy.

Education
4
Start Change Inc

Start Change serves the nonprofit community and nonprofit project through consulting and shared services. Our mission is to expand capacity within the sector by providing low cost services to clients, consulting contract jobs to…

Community Improvement
5
Greater Boston Council On Alcoholism Inc
Philanthropy
6
Revive in Action Inc

We exist to empower marginalized, low-income, and underserved communities through transformative experiences that inspire economic growth, educational excellence, and community engagement.

Religion
7
Boston Cares Inc

Boston cares organizes and leads team-oriented volunteer opportunities and services in and around boston that have a positive impact on individuals and communities.

—
8
United Somali Youth Inc

preparing youth of today

—
9
The Boston Higher Education Resource Center Inc

The Boston Higher Education Resource Center equips first generation youth to obtain a higher education, break the cycle of poverty, and become agents of change in their communities.

Education
10
Jahan Women and Youth Intercultural

Social services and cultural awareness

—
11
Breakthrough Greater Boston Inc

To inspire excitement for learning, create paths to and through college, and promote careers in education.

Education
12
Boston Collaborative Inc

To connect, inform and engage christians to drastically impact unacceptable realities in boston. we do this by listening, innovating, and building what god is already doing

Religion

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Families for Justice As Healing Inc and the most unlike its peers is 2GETHER We Eat. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity Arts EducationSocial Change Leadership De…Classical Music Performance…Senior Affordable HousingUniversity Education Instit…Regional Business and Profe…Youth Sports LeaguesLabor Union LocalsVulnerable Populations Supp…Early Childhood Education C…Land Conservation Trusts
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 15 years old; the field is 17. You back the younger end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%8%<5yr14%18%5–10yr20%34%10–20yr19%23%20–35yr13%15%35–55yr14%2%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%6%<5yr14%18%5–10yr20%36%10–20yr19%22%20–35yr13%14%35–55yr14%5%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 8% of your grantees by number, and just 6% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 5% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
5%
7/155
the rest of the field
11%
2,728/25,542

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

147 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 147 of the 159 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

9
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
77
Early backer (in before they grew)
133/147
Grantees still filing
111/147
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

BMA TENPOINT INC — $110,000 · OtherBUILDING BRIDGES THROUGH MUSIC INC — $97,500 · OtherCENTRO COMUNITARIO DE TRABAJADORES INCORPORATED — $100,000 · OtherAFRICAN CULTURAL SERVICES INC — $93,000 · Other+76 more — $2,351,655 · Other+76 moreSAHELI INC — $81,000 · Human ServicesSAHELI INCBRAZILIAN WOMEN'S GROUP INC — $80,700 · Human ServicesBRAZILIAN WOMEN'S GROU…WE ARE BETTER TOGETHER WARREN DANIEL HAIRSTON PROJECT INC — $80,000 · Human ServicesWE ARE BETTER TOGETHER…IMMIGRANT FAMILY SERVICES INSTITUTE INC — $80,000 · Human ServicesIMMIGRANT FAMILY SERVI…SIBLING CONNECTIONS INC — $72,500 · Human ServicesSIBLING CONNECTIONS IN…The City School Inc — $65,000 · Human ServicesThe City School IncMOUNT OLIVES COMMUNITY CENTER INC — $60,500 · Human ServicesLYNN WORKER CENTER INC — $53,900 · Human ServicesSCIBOSTON INC — $52,500 · Human ServicesPUBLIC EDUCATION SERVICES INC — $47,500 · Human ServicesSOMALI PARENTS ADVOCACY CENTER FOR EDUCATION INC — $40,000 · Human Services+23 more — $435,000 · Human Services+23 moreTHIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC — $159,500 · Community ImprovementTHIRD SEC…CENTER FOR ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY INC — $65,000 · Community ImprovementCENTER FO…AFRICAN BRIDGE NETWORK — $57,500 · Community ImprovementAFRICAN B…COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CENTER OF SOUTHEASTERN MASS — $51,050 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY…WORCESTER INTERFAITH INC — $47,500 · Community ImprovementWORCESTER…Groundwork Lawrence Inc — $40,000 · Community ImprovementGroundwor…SOMALI DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC — $17,500 · Community Improvement+4 more — $20,500 · Community ImprovementKIDS IN TECH INC — $69,225 · EducationDREAM OUT LOUD CENTER INC — $62,500 · EducationPie R Squared Inc — $53,500 · EducationTOP NOTCH SCHOLARS INC — $48,300 · EducationThe Upward Project — $34,000 · EducationWOMEN ENCOURAGING EMPOWERMENT INC — $29,500 · EducationKODECONNECT INC — $29,000 · EducationDREAMFAR HIGH SCHOOL MARATHON — $22,500 · EducationTRANSLATE GENDER INC — $19,000 · EducationBLACK ECONOMIC JUSTICE INSTITUTE IN C — $15,000 · EducationALRAY TAYLOR SECOND CHANCE SCHOLARSHIP FUND CORPORATION — $15,000 · Education+1 more — $10,000 · EducationCENTER FOR LABOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INC — $100,700 · Civil RightsMUSLIM JUSTICE LEAGUE — $80,000 · Civil RightsCOMMUNITY LABOR UNITED INC — $65,000 · Civil RightsSOUTH COAST LGBTQ NETWORK INC — $61,970 · Civil RightsRIGHT TO THE CITY ALLIANCE — $43,000 · Civil RightsOUT METROWEST INC — $40,000 · Civil Rights+2 more — $15,000 · Civil RightsCHICA INC — $115,500 · Youth DevelopmentONE CAN HELP INC — $37,500 · Youth DevelopmentDEAFINITELY INC — $28,500 · Youth DevelopmentBEAT THE STREETS NEW ENGLAND INC — $25,000 · Youth Development2GETHER WE EAT — $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentAPPRENTICE LEARNING INC — $19,500 · Youth DevelopmentLOUIS D BROWN PEACE INSTITUTE CORP — $18,000 · Youth DevelopmentWORCESTER YOUTH CENTER INC — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentPARTAKERS INC — $70,000 · Crime & LegalLYSOA INC — $70,000 · Crime & LegalCOMMUNITIES FOR RESTORATIVE JUSTICE INC — $60,000 · Crime & LegalCENTRO PRESENTE INC — $20,000 · Crime & LegalPOLITICAL ASYLUMIMMIGRATION REPRESENTATION PROJECT INC — $15,000 · Crime & LegalCOMMUNITY SERVICE CARE INC — $13,500 · Crime & Legal
Other$2,752,155Human Services$1,148,600Community Improvement$458,550Education$407,525Civil Rights$405,670Youth Development$274,000Crime & Legal$248,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC — $159,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCHICA INC — $115,500 over 5y, 8.4% of budgetBMA TENPOINT INC — $110,000 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetCENTER FOR LABOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INC — $100,700 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetCENTRO COMUNITARIO DE TRABAJADORES INCORPORATED — $100,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetBUILDING BRIDGES THROUGH MUSIC INC — $97,500 over 5y, 8.3% of budgetAFRICAN CULTURAL SERVICES INC — $93,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetCOMMUNITY WORKS WEST INC — $85,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTHE WELCOME PROJECT INC — $82,500 over 5y, 6.2% of budgetSAHELI INC — $81,000 over 5y, 5.7% of budgetBRAZILIAN WOMEN'S GROUP INC — $80,700 over 6y, 5.4% of budgetWE ARE BETTER TOGETHER WARREN DANIEL HAIRSTON PROJECT INC — $80,000 over 5y, 6.8% of budgetMUSLIM JUSTICE LEAGUE — $80,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetIMMIGRANT FAMILY SERVICES INSTITUTE INC — $80,000 over 4y, 8.1% of budgetBAGLY INC — $80,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetSIBLING CONNECTIONS INC — $72,500 over 5y, 7.7% of budgetPARTAKERS INC — $70,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetLYSOA INC — $70,000 over 5y, 9.2% of budgetTRIANGLE INC — $70,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetKIDS IN TECH INC — $69,225 over 5y, 29% of budgetFAMILIES FOR JUSTICE AS HEALING INC — $67,500 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetADAPTIVE SPORTS NEW ENGLAND INC — $65,000 over 6y, 8.8% of budgetCENTER FOR ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY INC — $65,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetThe City School Inc — $65,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY LABOR UNITED INC — $65,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetDREAM OUT LOUD CENTER INC — $62,500 over 4y, 15% of budgetTHE INSTITUTE FOR PAN AFRICAN CULTURAL EDUCATION INC — $62,500 over 6y, 6.5% of budgetSOUTH COAST LGBTQ NETWORK INC — $61,970 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetMOUNT OLIVES COMMUNITY CENTER INC — $60,500 over 4y, 17% of budgetCOMMUNITIES FOR RESTORATIVE JUSTICE INC — $60,000 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetCODESQUAD INC — $60,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetHAWTHORNE YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTER — $57,500 over 4y, 14% of budgetAFRICAN BRIDGE NETWORK — $57,500 over 4y, 13% of budgetTO THE MOON AND BACK — $55,500 over 5y, 35% of budgetBALLETROX INC — $55,000 over 4y, 7.7% of budgetLYNN WORKER CENTER INC — $53,900 over 5y, 53% of budgetPie R Squared Inc — $53,500 over 5y, 13% of budgetLEVEL GROUND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS INC — $53,000 over 2y, 9.5% of budgetSCIBOSTON INC — $52,500 over 4y, 8.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CENTER OF SOUTHEASTERN MASS — $51,050 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetBOSTON AFFORDABLE HOUSING COALITION INC — $50,000 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetTOP NOTCH SCHOLARS INC — $48,300 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetREFUGEE IMMIGRATION MINISTRY INC — $47,500 over 3y, 10% of budgetUNION OF MINORITY NEIGHBORHOODSINC — $47,500 over 4y, 6.9% of budgetWORCESTER INTERFAITH INC — $47,500 over 4y, 6.6% of budgetENGLISH AT LARGE INC — $46,200 over 4y, 5.5% of budgetAutism Sprinter Inc — $45,500 over 4y, 33% of budgetCOMMUNITY CARING CLINIC INC — $43,500 over 4y, 15% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds CHICA INC ↗
  • Who funds BMA TENPOINT INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR LABOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTRO COMUNITARIO DE TRABAJADORES INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds BUILDING BRIDGES THROUGH MUSIC INC ↗
  • Who funds AFRICAN CULTURAL SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY WORKS WEST INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WELCOME PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds AARONS PRESENTS INC ↗
  • Who funds SAHELI INC ↗
  • Who funds BRAZILIAN WOMEN'S GROUP INC ↗
  • Who funds WE ARE BETTER TOGETHER WARREN DANIEL HAIRSTON PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSLIM JUSTICE LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds IMMIGRANT FAMILY SERVICES INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds BAGLY INC ↗
  • Who funds SIBLING CONNECTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds PARTAKERS INC ↗
  • Who funds LYSOA INC ↗
  • Who funds TRIANGLE INC ↗
  • Who funds KIDS IN TECH INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILIES FOR JUSTICE AS HEALING INC ↗
  • Who funds ADAPTIVE SPORTS NEW ENGLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY INC ↗
  • Who funds The City School Inc ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY LABOR UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds DREAM OUT LOUD CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE INSTITUTE FOR PAN AFRICAN CULTURAL EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH COAST LGBTQ NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds MOUNT OLIVES COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITIES FOR RESTORATIVE JUSTICE INC ↗
  • Who funds CODESQUAD INC ↗
  • Who funds HAWTHORNE YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds AFRICAN BRIDGE NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds TO THE MOON AND BACK ↗
  • Who funds BALLETROX INC ↗
  • Who funds LYNN WORKER CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Pie R Squared Inc ↗
  • Who funds LEVEL GROUND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds SCIBOSTON INC ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Boston Foundation IncCummings Foundation G…Eastern Bank Foundati…Foley Hoag FoundationHaymarket People's Fu…Health Resources in A…The Hyams Foundation …Barr FoundationChildren's Hospital C…Boston Charitable Tru…United Way Of Massach…Philanthropy Massachu…
Boston Foundation IncMA97.9× affinity98 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Eastern Bank Foundation · Foley Hoag Foundation · Haymarket People's Fund Inc · Health Resources in Action Inc · The Hyams Foundation Inc · Barr Foundation · Children's Hospital Corporation · Boston Charitable Trust Fund City of Boston Trust Office · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Philanthropy Massachusetts Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Lenny Zakim Fund funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 470%5%19%42%75%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Community Caring Clinic Inc — 99% of income from government
  • Triangle Inc — 90% of income from government
  • Alliance for Inclusion and Prevention Inc — 73% of income from government
  • Worcester Youth Center Inc — 64% of income from government
  • Saheli Inc — 61% of income from government
  • Partakers Inc — 59% of income from government
  • Legendary Legacies Inc — 58% of income from government
  • Association of Haitian Women Inc — 51% of income from government
  • English at Large Inc — 49% of income from government
  • Living Independently for Equality I — 46% of income from government
  • Our Deaf Survivors Center — 43% of income from government
  • Multicultural Aids Coalition Inc — 41% of income from government
  • Bagly Inc — 39% of income from government
  • Mount Olives Community Center Inc — 36% of income from government
  • Louis D Brown Peace Institute Corp — 32% of income from government
  • South Coast Lgbtq Network Inc — 29% of income from government
  • Fathers Uplift Incorporated — 22% of income from government
  • To the Moon and Back — 21% of income from government
  • All Dorchester Sports & Leadership Inc — 21% of income from government
  • East Boston Community Soup Kitchen Inc — 20% of income from government
  • Building Bridges Through Music Inc — 19% of income from government
  • Level Ground Mixed Martial Arts Inc — 19% of income from government
  • Kids in Tech Inc — 15% of income from government
  • Balletrox Inc — 15% of income from government
  • Lysoa Inc — 15% of income from government
  • Rise Above Foundation Inc — 14% of income from government
  • Chica Inc — 12% of income from government
  • Sibling Connections Inc — 10% of income from government
  • Community Service Care Inc — 10% of income from government
  • South Boston En Accion Inc — 10% of income from government
  • Food Link Inc — 9% of income from government
  • Out Metrowest Inc — 9% of income from government
  • African Cultural Services Inc — 9% of income from government
  • Communities for Restorative Justice Inc — 8% of income from government
  • One Can Help Inc — 8% of income from government
  • Bma Tenpoint Inc — 7% of income from government
  • City Strings United Inc — 7% of income from government
  • Bread of Life Inc — 6% of income from government
  • Brazilian Worker Center Inc — 6% of income from government
  • Spontaneous Celebrations Inc — 5% of income from government
  • The Welcome Project Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Dream Out Loud Center Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Third Sector New England Inc — 3% of income from government
  • History Project Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Think Outside the Vox — 2% of income from government
  • Chinese Culture Connection Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Double Edge Theatre Productions Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Resist Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Boston Lesbigay Urban Foundation — 1% of income from government
  • Cape Ann Art Haven Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Brazilian Women's Group Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Asian Women for Health Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Community Labor United Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Justice at Work Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
47get no government money at all
22report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
8rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 159 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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