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The Nordblom Family Foundation at a glance

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The Nordblom Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
55
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$3.9MPhilanthropy$2.9MHealth$2.3MYouth Development$1.4MArts & Culture$757kReligion$685kEducation$569kScience & Tech$550kOther$0
02FY2024 · 55 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k18 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $395k
  • $50k–250k20 grants · $1.2M
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$25,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$38M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIDELITY CHARITABLE GIFT FUND$500,000
MASSACHUSETTS AUDOBON SOCIETY INC$200,000
ECONOMIC MOBILITY PATHWAYS$100,000
FAMILIES FIRST PARENTING PROGRAMS INC$65,000
THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC FBO THE BASICS$57,000
ROCA INC$50,000
FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - BOSTON$50,000
CROSSROADS FOR KIDS$50,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC$50,000
THE CHILDRENS ROOM$50,000
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE$50,000
FATHERS UPLIFT INC$50,000
FAMILY SERVICES OF THE MERRIMACK VALLEY$50,000
SILVER LINING MENTORING$50,000
PATHWAYS FOR CHILDREN INC$50,000
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 (FY17–24, $3.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 63% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FAMILIES FIRST PARENTING PROGRAMS: $65k → 8%THE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $92k → 11%ROOM TO GROW NATIONAL INC: $50k → 28%FAMILIES FIRST PARENTING PROGRAMS: $65k → 8%FAMILY SERVICES OF THE MERRIMACK VALLEY: $50k → 10%THE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $58k → 11%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY - AMERICA: $50k → 14%FAMILIES FIRST PARENTING PROGRAMS INC: $65k → 8%PATHWAYS FOR CHILDREN INC: $50k → 10%FAMILIES FIRST PARENTING PROGRAMS: $50k → 8%THE OPPORTUNITY ALLIANCE: $92k → 7%FAMILIES FIRST PARENTING PROGRAMS: $50k → 8%THE OPPORTUNITY ALLIANCE: $58k → 7%FAMILIES FIRST PARENTING PROGRAMS: $45k → 8%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON: $60k → 9%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON: $50k → 9%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON: $50k → 9%ROOM TO GROW NATIONAL INC: $50k → 16%BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $50k → 16%ROOM TO GROW NATIONAL INC: $50k → 16%BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $50k → 16%ROOM TO GROW NATIONAL INC: $50k → 16%BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $50k → 16%ROOM TO GROW NATIONAL INC: $50k → 16%BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $50k → 16%BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $50k → 16%BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $50k → 16%PLUMMER YOUTH PROMISE: $50k → 10%PLUMMER YOUTH PROMISE: $50k → 10%THE CHILDRENS ROOM: $50k → 8%THE CHILDREN'S ROOM: $50k → 8%FATHER'S UPLIFT INC: $50k → 16%FATHER'S UPLIFT INC: $50k → 16%FATHER'S UPLIFT INC: $50k → 16%FATHER'S UPLIFT INC: $50k → 16%FATHER'S UPLIFT INC: $50k → 16%FATHER'S UPLIFT INC: $50k → 16%FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN-BOSTON: $50k → 16%FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - BOSTON: $50k → 16%FATHERS UPLIFT INC: $50k → 16%FAMILY NURTURING CENTER OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $150k → 16%FAMILY NURTURING CENTER OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $95k → 16%FAMILY NURTURING CENTER OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $50k → 16%FAMILY NURTURING CENTER OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $50k → 16%FAMILY NURTURING CENTER OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $50k → 16%FAMILY NURTURING CENTER OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $50k → 16%FAMILY NURTURING CENTER OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $50k → 16%FAMILY NURTURING CENTER OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $50k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NH
WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
IN
OH
CA
UT
CO
KY
VA
MD
TN
DC
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$12M · 81 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

81 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2024, 53 since wound down; 22 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

81
54

Total granted

$12M
$693k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+62%

Still filing today

79%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $419k 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 ServicesHealthEducationEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • EM
    ECONOMIC MOBILITY PATHWAYS INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +50%
  • FN
    FAMILY NURTURING CENTER OF MASSACHUSETTS INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $545k · revenue +179%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $400k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • TC
    THE CONSERVATION PROJECT INC
    one grant, 2017 · $100k
  • HH
    HEADING HOME INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $92k · revenue +261%
  • THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC
    one grant, 2023 · $82k · revenue +4%
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
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
3
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
4
The Childrens Museum

Boston children's museum engages children and families in joyful discovery experiences that instill an appreciation of our world, develop foundational skills, and spark a lifelong love of learning. boston children's museum is a welcoming,…

Arts & Culture
5
Lifestream Inc

Lifestream, inc. (the organization") provides community-based services that support individuals in attaining greater independence, promising opportunities, and lives that are meaningful and fulfilling on their own terms.

Health
6
Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.

—
7
United Way of Massachusetts Bay Inc

To advance an economically just region where prosperity is shared across race and ethnicity.

Philanthropy
8
Up Education Network

The principal intent of the organization is to conduct activities to advance education reform in public schools, including public charter schools. specifically, the organization will engage in activities to support and transform…

Education
9
Cutchins Programs for Children & Families Inc

To help children and families transform significant emotional distress into increased resilience, hope and quality of life. to support the healing and learning process with innovation and integrity, and to serve as a model for best and…

Health
10
Brookline Community Mental Health Center Inc Dba the Brookline Center

The brookline center for community mental health provides groundbreaking mental health services rooted in meaningful innovation and compassionate care. in response to today's mental health landscape and the ongoing mental health crisis,…

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11
Commonwealth Care Alliance Inc

Commonwealth care alliance, inc.'s mission is to improve the health and well-being of people with significant needs by innovating, coordinating and providing the highest quality, individualized care.

Health
12
New England Community Project Inc

Necp believes that social change happens when those most impacted by issues of systemic injustice, organize at the block level to address issues within their neighborhoods. through their involvement at a community level, residents engage…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family & Children's Service of Greater Lynn Inc; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Cchs Lacrosse. 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

114 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. 114 of the 162 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)
33
Early backer (in before they grew)
114/114
Grantees still filing
81/114
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FAMILY NURTURING CENTER OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $545,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY NURTURING CENTER O…FAMILIES FIRST PARENTING PROGRAM INC: $385,000 · Human ServicesFAMILIES FIRST PARENTING …FATHERS UPLIFT INCORPORATED: $350,000 · Human ServicesFATHERS UPLIFT INCORPORAT…BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $300,000 · Human ServicesBOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBOR…ROOM TO GROW NATIONAL INC: $275,000 · Human ServicesROOM TO GROW NATIONAL INCFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - BOSTON INC: $245,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN -…PATHWAYS FOR CHILDRENINC: $160,000 · Human ServicesCHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON: $160,000 · Human ServicesJulies Family Learning Program Inc: $160,000 · Human ServicesPLUMMER YOUTH PROMISE INC: $160,000 · Human ServicesThe Opportunity Alliance: $149,775 · Human ServicesThe Family Partnership: $149,775 · Human Services+11 more: $498,000 · Human Services+11 moreORTHODOX CHRISTIAN MISSION CENTER INC: $531,000 · OtherORTHODOX CHRISTIAN MISSION CENTER I…Care Dimensions Inc: $400,000 · OtherCare Dimensions IncCHILDREN'S RM-CTR FOR GRIEVING: $230,000 · OtherINSTITUTE OF REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION: $200,000 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $305,000 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INCCROSSROADS FOR KIDS INC: $295,000 · OtherCROSSROADS FOR KIDS INCBoston Foundation Inc: $225,000 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $180,000 · Other+94 more: $2,618,267 · Other+94 moreFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $2,500,000 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVESTMENT…+4 more: $132,750 · Community ImprovementECONOMIC MOBILITY PATHWAYS INC: $1,435,000 · HealthECONOMIC MOBI…THE FAMILY CENTER INC: $120,000 · HealthTHE FAMILY CE…COURAGEOUS PARENTS NETWORKINC: $103,269 · HealthCOURAGEOUS PA…Community Coalition for Families and Children: $75,000 · HealthLAHEY CLINIC FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · Health+6 more: $27,842 · HealthWGBH Educational Foundation: $410,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF SCIENCE: $400,000 · Arts & CultureCABOT PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $346,000 · Arts & CultureBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC: $400,160 · Youth DevelopmentROCA INC: $350,000 · Youth DevelopmentSILVER LINING MENTORING INC: $150,000 · Youth Development+4 more: $19,000 · Youth DevelopmentPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $170,000 · EducationCAPE COD CHILDREN'S PLACE INC: $155,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $110,000 · EducationTHE EPIPHANY SCHOOL INC: $69,000 · EducationPERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND: $50,000 · EducationPARENT POSSIBLE: $40,000 · EducationTHE CLARKE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF CLARKE SCHOOLS FOR HEARING AND SPEECH: $25,000 · Education+4 more: $15,200 · Education
Human Services$3,537,550Other$4,984,267Community Improvement$2,632,750Health$1,836,111Arts & Culture$1,156,000Youth Development$919,160Education$634,200

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 budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $2,500,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetECONOMIC MOBILITY PATHWAYS INC: $1,435,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetFAMILY NURTURING CENTER OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $545,000 over 8y, 7.4% of budgetWGBH Educational Foundation: $410,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC: $400,160 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetMUSEUM OF SCIENCE: $400,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCare Dimensions Inc: $400,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILIES FIRST PARENTING PROGRAM INC: $385,000 over 7y, 6.7% of budgetROCA INC: $350,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetFATHERS UPLIFT INCORPORATED: $350,000 over 7y, 12% of budgetCABOT PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $346,000 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $305,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $300,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetCROSSROADS FOR KIDS INC: $295,000 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetROOM TO GROW NATIONAL INC: $275,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - BOSTON INC: $245,000 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetBoston Foundation Inc: $225,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $180,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $170,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPATHWAYS FOR CHILDRENINC: $160,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON: $160,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetJulies Family Learning Program Inc: $160,000 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetPLUMMER YOUTH PROMISE INC: $160,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCAPE COD CHILDREN'S PLACE INC: $155,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetSILVER LINING MENTORING INC: $150,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetThe Opportunity Alliance: $149,775 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCOTS: $149,775 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetThe Family Partnership: $149,775 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTHE FAMILY CENTER INC: $120,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $110,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Childrens Room Center for Grieving Children: $100,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetLA ALIANZA HISPANA INC: $100,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetSUMMER SEARCH: $100,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRAW ART WORKS INC: $100,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetHEADING HOME INC: $92,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPHILANTHROPY MASSACHUSETTS INC: $90,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetFAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF GREATER LYNN INC: $90,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S TRUST INC: $85,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetTHIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC: $82,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Coalition for Families and Children: $75,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetLAHEY CLINIC FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetROOT NS INC: $70,000 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetTHE EPIPHANY SCHOOL INC: $69,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE BOSTON EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBIG SISTER ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON INC: $50,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetPARENTCHILD INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetINSTITUTE OF REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 11% 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.

  • Who funds FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
  • Who funds ECONOMIC MOBILITY PATHWAYS INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY NURTURING CENTER OF MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
  • Who funds WGBH Educational Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF SCIENCE ↗
  • Who funds Care Dimensions Inc ↗
  • Who funds FAMILIES FIRST PARENTING PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds ROCA INC ↗
  • Who funds FATHERS UPLIFT INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds CABOT PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CROSSROADS FOR KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds ROOM TO GROW NATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - BOSTON INC ↗
  • Who funds Boston Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
  • Who funds PATHWAYS FOR CHILDRENINC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON ↗
  • Who funds Julies Family Learning Program Inc ↗
  • Who funds PLUMMER YOUTH PROMISE INC ↗
  • Who funds CAPE COD CHILDREN'S PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds SILVER LINING MENTORING INC ↗
  • Who funds The Opportunity Alliance ↗
  • Who funds COTS ↗
  • Who funds The Family Partnership ↗
  • Who funds THE FAMILY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds COURAGEOUS PARENTS NETWORKINC ↗

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.

Eastern Bank Foundati…Cummings Foundation G…Boston Foundation IncLiberty Mutual Founda…United Way Of Massach…Bushrod H Campbell & …Salem Five Charitable…Fidelity FoundationCombined Jewish Phila…Rockland Trust Charit…Arbella Insurance Fou…Essex County Communit…
Eastern Bank FoundationMA52.7× affinity31 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eastern Bank Foundation · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Boston Foundation Inc · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund · Salem Five Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Foundation · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Arbella Insurance Foundation · Essex County 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Nordblom Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Nordblom Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 180%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Pathways for Childreninc: 86% of income from government
  • Roca Inc: 78% of income from government
  • Plummer Youth Promise Inc: 64% of income from government
  • Cape Cod Children's Place Inc: 47% of income from government
  • La Alianza Hispana Inc: 41% of income from government
  • Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Root Ns Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Fathers Uplift Incorporated: 22% of income from government
  • Mystic River Watershed Association Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Heading Home Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Care Dimensions Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Family Services of the Merrimack Valley Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Silver Lining Mentoring Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Families First Parenting Program Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Essex County Greenbelt Association: 8% of income from government
  • Raw Art Works Inc: 7% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Open Table Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Perkins School for the Blind: 7% of income from government
  • Economic Mobility Pathways Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Friends of the Children - Boston Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Familyaid Boston Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Montserrat College of Art Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Cabot Performing Arts Center Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Children's Trust Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Third Sector New England Inc: 3% of income from government
  • The Family Center Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Western New England University: 1% of income from government
  • Crossroads for Kids Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Appalachian Mountain Club: 1% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Greenroots Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Clarke School for the Deaf Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech: 1% of income from government
  • Als One Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Wgbh Educational Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Museum of Science: 0% of income from government
  • The Epiphany School Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Philanthropy Massachusetts Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Boston Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
18get no government money at all
25report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
3rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 162 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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