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The Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation Inc

The mission of the mark wahlberg youth foundation is to assist youth to ensure that no child is limited or prevented from attaining their lifetime goal or dream due to financial circumstances.

$1.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
39
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$339k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Youth Development$3.8MHealth$813kHuman Services$686kArts & Culture$657kEducation$635kPhilanthropy$500kReligion$436kRecreation & Sports$320kOther$0
02FY2024 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 39 grants below total $1,101,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,321,264 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $220,264 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k33 grants · $582k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $165k
  • $250k+1 grant · $339k
$15,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$4.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF DORCHESTER$338,500
MGM RESORTS FOUNDATION$60,000
OJ ANDERSON SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC$55,000
EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION$50,000
STEPHANE MATTEAU FOUNDATION INC$45,000
ALMA CARES INC$40,000
GHETTO FILM SCHOOL INC$40,000
MOVING MOUNTAINS INC$30,000
FEED MY POOR INC$25,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PALM BEACH COUNTY$25,000
SOLES 4 SOULS$25,000
FELIX ORGANIZATION - ADOPTEES FOR CHILDREN INC$25,000
DISCOVER OUTDOORS FOUNDATION INC$25,000
HARBORING HEARTS HOUSING FOUNDATION$25,000
JOE TORRE SAFE AT HOME FOUNDATION$22,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $818k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 80% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HOUSE OF POSSIBILITIES INC: $10k → 11%OPERATION WARM: $13k → 10%REAL DADS NETWORK: $10k → 9%CHARLES OAKLEY FOUNDATION CORP: $15k → 5%ST GIANNA'S PLACE: $10k → 5%REALITY CHECK INC: $8k → 9%MY BROTHERS KEEPER INC: $10k → 9%SOUTH SHORE STARS INC: $10k → 7%OPERATION WARM: $6k → 10%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF CHICAGO: $15k → 14%CHARLES OAKLEY FOUNDATION CORP: $10k → 5%HOUSE OF POSSIBILITIES INC: $10k → 11%SOLES 4 SOULS: $75k → 14%HOUSE OF POSSIBILITIES INC: $10k → 11%JOE TORRE SAFE AT HOME FOUNDATION: $40k → 17%SOLES 4 SOULS: $25k → 14%YOUTH CONSULTATION SERVICE INC: $15k → 7%CATIE'S CLOSET: $10k → 8%SOLES 4 SOULS: $25k → 14%SOLES 4 SOULS: $25k → 14%TEAM MICKEY WARD CHARITIES INC: $10k → 8%SOLES 4 SOULS: $25k → 14%TEAM MICKEY WARD CHARITIES INC: $10k → 8%EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $50k → 14%SOLES 4 SOULS: $25k → 14%TEAM MICKY WARD CHARITIES INC: $10k → 8%JOE TORRE SAFE AT HOME FOUNDATION: $22k → 17%TEAM MICKY WARD CHARITIES INC: $10k → 8%WELLSPRING INC: $10k → 8%JOE TORRE SAFE AT HOME FOUNDATION: $15k → 17%HIP HOP PUBLIC HEALTH: $10k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC: $50k → 14%LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $60k → 17%A SENSE OF HOME: $10k → 14%LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $40k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC SAN FERNANDO: $10k → 14%LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $25k → 17%LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $25k → 17%THE WALT FRAZIER YOUTH FOUNDATION: $8k → 17%LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $25k → 17%FAMILY NURTURING CENTER OF MA INC: $10k → 16%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $8k → 17%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.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
NE
MO
TN
SC
TX
FL
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.0M · 45 repeat orgs$1.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

45 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2024, 24 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

45
68

Total granted

$7.0M
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+31%

Still filing today

89%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $241k 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 ServicesYouth DevelopmentArts & CulturePhilanthropyHealthEducationOther
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

  • BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DORCHESTER INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.2M · revenue +355%
  • GF
    GAVIN FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $770k · revenue +100%
  • MM
    Moving Mountains Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $365k · revenue +6% · 50% of their budget

Funded once

  • TR
    THE ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF LAS VEGAS
    one grant, 2023 · $250k
  • CO
    Chabad of Columbus Incgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $75k · revenue +80%
  • ITALIAN HOME FOR CHILDREN INC
    one grant, 2018 · $75k · revenue +10%
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
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Boston Inc

The ymca of greater boston is dedicated to improving the health of mind, body, and spirit of individuals and families in our communities. we promote welcoming, belonging, and opportunity for all.

Human Services
2
Bigs & Littles Nyc Mentoring Inc

Bigs & littles nyc mentoring is a nonprofit community-based organization which transforms the lives of vulnerable nyc children and strengthens families through professionally guided one-to-one mentoring, life skills programming, and…

—
3
The Child Center of Ny Inc

The child center of ny strengthens children and families with skills, opportunities, and emotional support to build healthy, successful lives.

—
4
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
5
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Baltimore

To inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens

Youth Development
6
Boys & Girls Club of Harlem Inc

The mission of the Boys & Girls Club of Harlem is to provide access and opportunities for youth to reach their full potential as responsible members of the community.

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7
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Billerica Inc

To enable all young people, especially those that need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, and responsible citizens.

Youth Development
8
Nysarc Inc New York City Chapter

We are committed to helping people with intellectual (cont. on schedule o) and developmental disabilities to live full lives.

Human Services
9
East Boston Social Centers Inc

At east boston social centers, we cultivate community, belonging, and joy for east boston residents and our neighbors, through services to support children, families, and individuals of all ages.

Human Services
10
The Young Men's Christian Association of Birmingham Inc

The young men's christian association of birmingham, inc. is a charitable organization that opens its doors to all women, men, families, teenagers, and children regardless of their ability to pay. the mission of the ymca is to put…

Human Services
11
Old Colony Young Men's Christian Association Inc

Old colony ymca helps children, families, and individuals develop to their fullest potential. we respond to ever-changing community needs and view our services through three lenses: youth development, healthy living, and social…

Human Services
12
Boys & Girls Club of Northern Westchester

To inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring citizens.

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is West End House Inc; the most unlike its peers is Curtis Martin Job Foundation. 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

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

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

11
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
32
Early backer (in before they grew)
117/132
Grantees still filing
84/132
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DORCHESTER INC: $2,210,768 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DORCHESTER INCMoving Mountains Inc: $365,000 · Youth DevelopmentMoving Mountains IncFIVER CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $205,000 · Youth DevelopmentFIVER CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INCCATROCK VENTURES INC: $205,000 · Youth DevelopmentCATROCK VENTURES INC+8 more: $232,500 · Youth Development+8 moreGAVIN FOUNDATION INC: $770,000 · PhilanthropyGAVIN FOUNDATIO…Rodman For Kids Inc: $215,000 · PhilanthropyRodman For Kids…MGM RESORTS FOUNDATION: $60,000 · PhilanthropyLIFEBEAT INC co Burton Goldstein & Co LLC: $44,500 · Philanthropy+7 more: $115,000 · Philanthropy+7 moreSOLES4SOULS INC: $200,000 · Human ServicesSOLES4SOUL…LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $175,000 · Human ServicesLENOX HILL…THE JOE TORRE SAFE AT HOME FOUNDATION: $77,000 · Human ServicesTHE JOE TO…CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC C…EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Human ServicesEDWARD CHA…Team Micky Ward Charities Inc: $40,000 · Human ServicesHOUSE OF POSSIBILITIES INC: $30,000 · Human Services+16 more: $186,400 · Human Services+16 moreTHE ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF LAS VEGAS: $250,000 · OtherTHE ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCH…ITALIAN HOME FOR CHILDREN INC: $75,000 · OtherCatholic Association of Latino Leaders Inc: $75,000 · OtherChabad of Columbus Inc: $75,000 · OtherSTEPHANE MATTEAU FOUNDATION INC: $87,000 · OtherALLAN HOUSTON LEGACY FOUNDATION INC: $115,000 · OtherALLAN HOUSTON LEGACY FO…ALMA CARES INC: $135,000 · OtherALMA CARES INC+55 more: $952,500 · Other+55 moreTHE GHETTO FILM SCHOOL INC: $305,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE: $105,000 · Arts & CultureBOSTON ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · Arts & CultureARTSCONNECTION INC: $60,000 · Arts & CultureVENICE ARTS: $45,000 · Arts & Culture+7 more: $74,500 · Arts & CultureFELIX ORGANIZATION - ADOPTEES FOR CHILDREN INC: $280,000 · Recreation & SportsDISCOVER OUTDOORS FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $175,000 · Recreation & SportsJOHN L STARKS FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE NEW YORK OPPORTUNITY NETWORK INC DBA THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK: $205,000 · EducationOJ ANDERSON SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $147,000 · EducationMOUSE INC: $40,000 · EducationFISK UNIVERSITY: $35,000 · Education+4 more: $45,000 · Education
Youth Development$3,218,268Philanthropy$1,204,500Human Services$818,400Other$1,764,500Arts & Culture$664,500Recreation & Sports$485,000Education$472,000

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 budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DORCHESTER INC: $2,210,768 over 8y, 6.4% of budgetGAVIN FOUNDATION INC: $770,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetMoving Mountains Inc: $365,000 over 8y, 50% of budgetTHE GHETTO FILM SCHOOL INC: $305,000 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetFELIX ORGANIZATION - ADOPTEES FOR CHILDREN INC: $280,000 over 7y, 23% of budgetRodman For Kids Inc: $215,000 over 4y, 5.5% of budgetFIVER CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $205,000 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetCATROCK VENTURES INC: $205,000 over 6y, 59% of budgetTHE NEW YORK OPPORTUNITY NETWORK INC DBA THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK: $205,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetSOLES4SOULS INC: $200,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetDISCOVER OUTDOORS FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $175,000 over 6y, 100% of budgetLENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $175,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetOJ ANDERSON SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $147,000 over 5y, 40% of budgetALMA CARES INC: $135,000 over 7y, 51% of budgetALLAN HOUSTON LEGACY FOUNDATION INC: $115,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetNATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE: $105,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetSTEPHANE MATTEAU FOUNDATION INC: $87,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetTHE JOE TORRE SAFE AT HOME FOUNDATION: $77,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetBOSTON ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetCatholic Association of Latino Leaders Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetChabad of Columbus Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetITALIAN HOME FOR CHILDREN INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PBC: $70,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC: $60,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMGM RESORTS FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetARTSCONNECTION INC: $60,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetLOUIS D BROWN PEACE INSTITUTE CORP: $55,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetASSOCIATION OF ST LAWRENCE - COMUNITA CENACOLO AMERICA INC: $51,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetEDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROBERT F KENNEDY CHILDREN'S ACTION CORPS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDIGNITY-U-WEAR FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetVENICE ARTS: $45,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetLIFEBEAT INC co Burton Goldstein & Co LLC: $44,500 over 4y, 94% of budgetTeam Micky Ward Charities Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 39% of budgetMOUSE INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetTEWKSBURY COUNTRY CLUB CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 2y, 41% of budgetCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF SUFFOLK COUNTY INC: $40,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAMIKIDS INC (GROUP): $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFISK UNIVERSITY: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPAL OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $30,000 over 2y, 8.2% of budgetHOUSE OF POSSIBILITIES INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetAll Dorchester Sports & Leadership Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR DISCOVERY INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJOHN L STARKS FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 2y, 8.8% of budgetSTRAWBERRY MINISTRIES: $27,500 over 1y, 27% of budgetFeed My Poor Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 3.7% 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.

Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc)MA38.6× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Eastern Bank Foundation · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · DCU for Kids · Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Group Return) · Boys & Girls Clubs of America · Arbella Insurance Foundation · Rodman For Kids Inc · Amelia Peabody 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 Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 170%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • House of Possibilities Inc: 76% of income from government
  • Bay Cove Human Services Inc: 70% of income from government
  • South Shore Stars Inc: 54% of income from government
  • Louis D Brown Peace Institute Corp: 32% of income from government
  • Italian Home for Children Inc: 29% of income from government
  • All Dorchester Sports & Leadership Inc: 21% of income from government
  • Emh Recovery Inc: 14% of income from government
  • The Fishing Academy Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Gavin Foundation Inc: 12% of income from government
  • New England Foundation for the Arts Incorporated: 8% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Perkins School for the Blind: 7% of income from government
  • Youth Consultation Service Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Catie's Closet Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Third Sector New England Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Wellspring Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Boston Arts Academy Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Children's Golf Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
17get no government money at all
28report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
3rely on government for over half their income
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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