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The William & Lia G Poorvu 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.

$10M
Granted FY2024still arriving
119
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$2.5M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01

What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 54% of THE WILLIAM & LIA G POORVU FAMILY FOUNDATION’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2024 · 119 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k21 grants · $103k
  • $10k–50k67 grants · $1.2M
  • $50k–250k22 grants · $1.7M
  • $250k+9 grants · $7.1M
$20,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$129M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YALE UNIVERSITY$2,505,000
ECOAMERICA$1,100,000
DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE$1,000,000
WBUR$600,000
BRIGHAM & WOMEN'S HOSPITAL$510,000
HARVARD UNIVERSITY$500,000
GILDER LEHRMAN INSTITUTE$350,000
WELLESLEY COLLEGE$260,000
HARVARD UNIVERSITY$250,000
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES$200,000
BROAD INSTITUTE$200,000
COMBINED JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES$150,000
ADOLESCENT CONSULTATION SERVICES$100,000
ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM$100,000
BARD COLLEGE - FISHER CENTER$100,000
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 (FY20–24, $928k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 5% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FAMILIES FIRST PARENITNG PROGRAMS INC: $25k → 8%FAMILIES FIRST PARENITNG PROGRAMS INC: $20k → 8%FAMILIES FIRST PARENITNG PROGRAMS INC: $20k → 8%FAMILIES FIRST: $15k → 8%FAMILIES FIRST: $15k → 8%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $50k → 8%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $50k → 8%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $50k → 8%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $50k → 8%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $25k → 8%SUNFLOWER OF PEACE: $15k → 8%SUNFLOWER OF PEACE: $13k → 8%ADOLESCENT CONSULTATION SERVICES: $100k → 8%ADOLESCENT CONSULTATION SERVICES: $100k → 8%ADOLESCENT CONSULTATION SERVICES: $100k → 8%ADOLESCENT CONSULTATION SERVICES: $100k → 8%ADOLESCENT CONSULTATION SERVICES: $100k → 8%JANE DOE INC: $5k → 16%BRIDGES HOMEWARD: $10k → 8%BRIDGES HOMEWARD: $10k → 8%BRIDGES HOMEWARD: $10k → 8%JANE DOE INC: $5k → 16%SOCIAL INNOVATION FORUM: $10k → 16%SOCIAL INNOVATION FORUM: $10k → 16%SOCIAL INNOVATION FORUM: $10k → 16%SOCIAL INNOVATION FORUM: $10k → 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.

Which US states your grants reach

VT
IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
DC

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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$41M · 113 repeat orgs$1.5M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +33% since the first grant, against +13% for the ones you funded once.

113 repeat relationships — 99 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

113
24

Total granted

$41M
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+13%

Still filing today

75%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k 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
Arts & CultureEducationHealthHuman ServicesCivil RightsInternationalOther

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

  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc
    5× · 2020–2024 · $3.9M · revenue +73%
  • E
    ECOAMERICA
    5× · 2020–2024 · $3.3M · revenue +16% · 37% of their budget
  • TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC
    one grant, 2021 · $650k · revenue +13%
  • TG
    THE GARDNER MUSEUM INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $125k · revenue +108%
  • NC
    NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CITIZENSHIP
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue -53%

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
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
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
3
Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation

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

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4
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc

Wentworth institute of technology is a nationally recognized private coeducational and residential university of higher education with a mission to empower, inspire and innovate through experiential learning with a core purpose of career…

Education
5
New England Lawboston

New england law/boston dedicates itself to preparing students to be successful lawyers and leaders in the public and private sectors through integrated practical, theoretical and ethical education of the highest caliber and to contributing…

Education
6
Wheaton College

Wheaton college provides a transformative liberal arts education, combining theory and practice, for intellectually curious students within a collaborative and vibrant extended community and network that values and strives to create an…

Education
7
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
8
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
9
Cambridge Chamber of Commerce

The mission of the cambridge chamber of commerce is to make cambridge a better place in which to live, to work, to do business, to visit and to study.

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10
The Bridgespan Group Inc

Bridgespan's mission is to build a better world by strengthening the ability of mission-driven organizations and philanthropists to achieve breakthrough results in addressing society's most important challenges and opportunities.

Community Improvement
11
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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12
Boston Harbor Now Inc

Our mission is to ensure that the people of greater boston benefit from a vibrant, resilient, and inclusive waterfront, harbor, and islands; these spaces are equitable, accessible, and adapted to climate change; and to ensure our public,…

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Philanthropy Massachusetts Inc and the most unlike its peers is Vineyard Haven Public Library Building Fund Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 33 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%3%<5yr14%4%5–10yr20%20%10–20yr20%28%20–35yr14%17%35–55yr13%29%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%1%<5yr14%1%5–10yr20%17%10–20yr20%22%20–35yr14%7%35–55yr13%53%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/125
the rest of the field
11%
5,515/50,696

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

119 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 119 of the 154 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
117/119
Grantees still filing
76/119
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

YALE UNIVERSITY — $12,515,000 · OtherYALE UNIVERSITYMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED — $2,550,000 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATEDTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY — $1,250,000 · OtherCASE METHOD INSTITUTE FOR ED & DEMOCRACY — $1,000,000 · OtherHARVARD UNIVERSITY SHORENSTEIN CENTER ON MEDIA POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY — $900,000 · OtherAMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES — $900,000 · Other+77 more — $7,057,500 · Other+77 moreDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc — $3,900,000 · HealthDana-Farber …The Broad Institute Inc — $900,000 · HealthThe Broad In…+6 more — $330,000 · Health+6 moreBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC — $650,000 · Arts & CultureBOSTON SYMP…NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC — $650,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL PU…WGBH Educational Foundation — $650,000 · Arts & CultureWGBH Educat…MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS — $465,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF F…ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM INC — $400,000 · Arts & CultureISABELLA ST…MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $260,000 · Arts & CultureMASSACHUSET…FACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC — $250,000 · Arts & CultureFACING HIST…BOSTON BAROQUE INC — $200,000 · Arts & CultureThe Boston Camerata Inc — $150,000 · Arts & Culture+17 more — $776,500 · Arts & Culture+17 morePresident and Fellows of Harvard College — $1,795,000 · EducationPresident…Wellesley College — $1,220,000 · EducationWellesley…LET'S GET READY INC — $140,000 · Education+16 more — $492,500 · Education+16 moreECOAMERICA — $3,335,000 · Environment+1 more — $20,000 · EnvironmentCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc — $735,000 · PhilanthropyCAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $185,000 · PhilanthropyCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA — $125,000 · PhilanthropyWEST CHOP COMMUNITY FUND INC — $115,000 · PhilanthropyUnited Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc — $50,000 · Philanthropy+4 more — $90,000 · PhilanthropyADOLESCENT CONSULTATION SERVICES INC — $500,000 · Human ServicesCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC — $225,000 · Human ServicesFAMILIES FIRST PARENTING PROGRAM INC — $95,000 · Human ServicesSOCIAL INNOVATION FORUM INC — $40,000 · Human Services+3 more — $82,500 · Human Services
Other$26,172,500Health$5,130,000Arts & Culture$4,451,500Education$3,647,500Environment$3,355,000Philanthropy$1,300,000Human Services$942,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc — $3,900,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetECOAMERICA — $3,335,000 over 5y, 37% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College — $1,795,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY — $1,250,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWellesley College — $1,220,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES — $900,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetThe Broad Institute Inc — $900,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc — $735,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC — $650,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC — $650,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWGBH Educational Foundation — $650,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSUMMER SEARCH — $500,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetADOLESCENT CONSULTATION SERVICES INC — $500,000 over 5y, 5.6% of budgetMUSEUM OF FINE ARTS — $465,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM INC — $400,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $260,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetFACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC — $250,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC — $225,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetHILLEL FOUNDATION OF CAMBRIDGE INC — $225,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetBOSTON BAROQUE INC — $200,000 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetCAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $185,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetSPOONFULS — $165,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetPROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC — $165,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBOSTON AREA GLEANERS INC — $165,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetFOOD FOR FREE COMMITTEE INC — $165,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetThe Boston Camerata Inc — $150,000 over 5y, 21% of budgetLET'S GET READY INC — $140,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetFAMILYAID BOSTON INC — $125,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA — $125,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOSTON LANDMARKS ORCHESTRA INC — $125,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetWEST CHOP COMMUNITY FUND INC — $115,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS INC — $105,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CITIZENSHIP — $100,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTOBIN PROJECT INC — $100,000 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetBRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC — $95,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILIES FIRST PARENTING PROGRAM INC — $95,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetTHE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER — $90,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMetropolitan Opera Association Inc — $90,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE — $85,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FORT TICONDEROGA ASSOCIATION — $80,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budget2LIFE COMMUNITIES SERVICES INC — $80,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetJOSEPH SLIFKA CENTER FOR JEWISH LIFE AT — $80,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetHomeStart Inc — $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetACCELERATE CHANGE INC — $75,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTENACITY INC — $75,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetMORE THAN WORDS INC — $75,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCAMBRIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC — $65,000 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetREPRODUCTIVE EQUITY NOW FOUNDATION INC — $60,000 over 3y, 2.0% 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 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds ECOAMERICA ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Wellesley College ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES ↗
  • Who funds The Broad Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC ↗
  • Who funds WGBH Educational Foundation ↗
  • Who funds SUMMER SEARCH ↗
  • Who funds ADOLESCENT CONSULTATION SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds FACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC ↗
  • Who funds CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC ↗
  • Who funds HILLEL FOUNDATION OF CAMBRIDGE INC ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON BAROQUE INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SPOONFULS ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON AREA GLEANERS INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD FOR FREE COMMITTEE INC ↗
  • Who funds The Boston Camerata Inc ↗
  • Who funds LET'S GET READY 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 IncEastern Bank Foundati…Combined Jewish Phila…Stevenson Family Char…Eastern Cambridge Fou…The Klarman Family Fo…Liberty Mutual Founda…Cummings Foundation G…Bushrod H Campbell & …The Hamilton Company …Cambridge Savings Cha…The Cabot Family Char…
Boston Foundation IncMA55.4× affinity37 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Stevenson Family Charitable Trust · Eastern Cambridge Foundation · The Klarman Family Foundation · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund · The Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · The Cabot Family Charitable Trust

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 William & Lia G Poorvu Family Foundation 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 · 300%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Dream Program Inc — 100% of income from government
  • Hias Inc — 88% of income from government
  • Bridges Homeward Inc — 77% of income from government
  • Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc — 32% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc — 30% of income from government
  • More Than Words Inc — 24% of income from government
  • United Way of Massachusetts Bay Inc — 23% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Historical Society — 22% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc — 22% of income from government
  • HomeStart Inc — 20% of income from government
  • Boston Area Gleaners Inc — 20% of income from government
  • The Broad Institute Inc — 19% of income from government
  • Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative Inc — 16% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University — 12% of income from government
  • Families First Parenting Program Inc — 10% of income from government
  • The Boston Landmarks Orchestra Inc — 9% of income from government
  • Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston Inc — 8% of income from government
  • 2LIFE Communities Inc — 8% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College — 7% of income from government
  • Perkins School for the Blind — 7% of income from government
  • Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research — 7% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc — 7% of income from government
  • From the Top Inc — 6% of income from government
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc — 6% of income from government
  • Boston By Foot Inc — 4% of income from government
  • The Boston Camerata Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Familyaid Boston Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Silk Road Project Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Shelter Music Boston Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Boston Lyric Opera Company — 3% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Legal Services Inc — 3% of income from government
  • American Academy of Arts & Sciences — 3% of income from government
  • Food for Free Committee Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Boston Baroque Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Breakthrough Greater Boston Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Boston Book Festival Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Island Housing Trust Corporation — 1% of income from government
  • New England Conservatory of Music — 1% of income from government
  • Wellesley College — 1% of income from government
  • Wgbh Educational Foundation — 1% of income from government
  • The Bottom Line Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Museum of Fine Arts — 0% of income from government
  • Philanthropy Massachusetts Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
30get no government money at all
15report 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

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.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The William & Lia G Poorvu Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The William & Lia G Poorvu Family 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 154 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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