· Private foundation
The Young Authors Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k3 grants · $15k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $87k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MEET THE WRITERS INC | $25,000 |
| NEW ARTS CENTER | $20,000 |
| WONDERMORE | $20,000 |
| BEACON ACADEMY | $12,000 |
| WORDPOWERED | $10,000 |
| UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON | $5,000 |
| ALRAY SCHOLARS PROGRAM | $5,000 |
| BREAKTHROUGH GREATER BOSTON CAMBRIDGE RINDGE & LATIN | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 15%. 80% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
9 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MTMEET THE WRITERS INC6× · 2020–2025 · $115k · revenue +163%
- WIWONDERMORE INC6× · 2020–2025 · $100k · revenue +98%
- UNUNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON6× · 2020–2025 · $58k · revenue +85%
Funded once
- CACODMAN ACADEMY CHARTERone grant, 2020 · $15k
826 BOSTON INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue +293%
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.
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.
Boston after school & beyond, inc. is a public private partnership that pursues a unified after-school and summer learning system that promotes stakeholder alignment, a focus on results, and access to learning opportunities, particularly…
To inspire excitement for learning, create paths to and through college, and promote careers in education.
By creating supportive relationships between students and volunteer mentors, boston partners in education ensures a more equitable city where every bps student is equipped with the skills, opportunity, and confidence to succeed in the…
826NYC, Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6-18 with their creative and expository writing skills.
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…
Minds matter connects driven and determined students from low-income families with the people, preparation, and possibilities to succeed in college, create their future, and change the world.
To provide low income, first generation students who attend selective colleges the skills and resources they need to succeed in college and graduate prepared for careers in competitive and high wage fields. To seek upward mobility for…
Bpe drives exceptional outcomes for all students by developing great teachers and great schools. for three decades, bpe (formerly the boston plan for excellence) has devised solutions to the toughest challenges faced by boston's students…
Bpe's mission is to drive exceptional outcomes for all students by developing great teachers and great schools. for three decades, bpe (formerly the boston plan for excellence) has devised solutions to the toughest challenges faced by…
Alexander twilight academy, inc. prepares middle school students to earn admission to and thrive at the nation's top high schools, colleges, and beyond.
Massachusetts education and career opportunities, inc. (massedco, inc.) is a statewide network of service sites that provides education and career advising to over 12,000 low-income, first generation individuals each year. massedco…
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 13 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 MEET THE WRITERS INC ↗
- Who funds WONDERMORE INC ↗
- Who funds BEACON ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF ST STEPHEN'S YOUTH PROGRAMS INC ↗
- Who funds WriteBoston Inc ↗
- Who funds ALRAY TAYLOR SECOND CHANCE SCHOLARSHIP FUND CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds 826 BOSTON INC ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Wellington Management Foundation · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Young Authors Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Young Authors Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- 826 Boston Inc: 3% of income from government
- Beacon Academy Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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