· Public charity
Three Squares New England Inc
To partner with hunger-relief organizations to raise critical funds to fight hunger in eastern massachusetts.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k4 grants · $31k
- $10k–50k14 grants · $303k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $81k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| JEWISH FAMILY CHILDREN'S SERVICES | $81,025 |
| CENTRE STREET FOOD PANTRY | $45,937 |
| FOOD LINK | $32,864 |
| OPEN TABLE | $30,976 |
| BROOKWOOD COMMUNITY FARM | $28,853 |
| NEWTON FOOD PANTRY | $24,564 |
| WALTHAM FIELDS COMMUNITY FARM | $21,217 |
| BOSTON AREA GLEANERS | $18,835 |
| MGH REVERE FOOD PANTRY | $18,594 |
| WOMEN'S LUNCH PLACE | $17,251 |
| THE FOOD PROJECT | $16,866 |
| ELLIE FUND | $13,992 |
| COMMUNITY SERVINGS | $11,607 |
| A PLACE TO TURN | $10,746 |
| WELLESLEY FOOD PANTRY | $10,721 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $55k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +114% since the first grant, against +62% for those funded once.
27 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- JFJEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC7× · 2018–2024 · $457k · revenue +43%
- OTOPEN TABLE INC8× · 2017–2024 · $257k · revenue +193%
- WLWOMEN'S LUNCH PLACE INC8× · 2017–2024 · $244k · revenue +233%
Funded once
- JJF&CSone grant, 2017 · $39k
- CSCENTER STREET FOOD PANTRYone grant, 2018 · $21k
- ACACTON COMMUNITY SUPPER AND FOOD PANTRY INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $18k · revenue +656%
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.
The digger foods, inc.'s mission is to make local, organic, and seasonal food available to everyone in the local area. in september 2022, the organization launched a local food delivery program in and around brockton. our goal is to…
The mission of The Open Pantry is to relieve hunger in our community. We aim to connect people to a variety of filling, nutritious, and culturally-appropriate food as well as to other community resources; to advocate on behalf of those in…
To alleviate hunger, food insecurity and social isolation by serving healthy and dignified noontime meals every weekday by providing education in making good, nutritional choices and by helping people access available food resources.
Full belly foods purchases food from farms and wholesalers and donates the food to low-income communities across the country.
To address food insecurity and provide food to members of the community in need, and all ancillary matters related thereto.
The corporation was organized in melrose, massachusetts to promote food access, food justice, and climate action. we partner with commercial and community sources to rescue wholesome food that would otherwise go to waste and deliver it…
Our costs consist of acquiring, sorting and distributing food to 617 member agencies, transportation and logistics, and community outreach to 69 direct distribution sites such as gbfb mobile markets, and federal distributions for low…
The focus of the merrimack valley food bank is to help meet a person's most profound need - adequate nutrition and freedom from hunger. only through cooperative efforts can society initiate change, develop strategies to alleviate hunger,…
The organization's mission is to engage the community in eliminating food insecurity and hunger in arlington, ma by operating a variety of programs that provide food at no charge to residents who are food insecure.
To provide food and assistance for residents of belmont, massachusetts who feel compelled to ask for food and/or assistance. the sole activity of the organization is to operate a food pantry run exclusively by volunteers in the town.
Community cooks mobilizes individuals, businesses, civic educational and faith-based groups to prepare home-cooked food for vulnerable populations seeking assistance from human service agencies throughout greater boston. the agency…
The heart of the tewksbury community pantry's mission lies in our commitment to assist residents of tewksbury facing hardships. we extend beyond mere food distribution, offering guidance towards additional resources, ensuring our clients…
How this is measured
30 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. 30 of the 38 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 JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC ↗
- Who funds OPEN TABLE INC ↗
- Who funds WOMEN'S LUNCH PLACE INC ↗
- Who funds FOOD LINK INC ↗
- Who funds NEEDHAM COMMUNITY COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds CENTRE STREET FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
- Who funds Dedham Food Pantry Charitable Trust ↗
- Who funds THE URBAN FARMING INSTITUTE OF BOSTONINC ↗
- Who funds Brookwood Community Farm Inc ↗
- Who funds NEWTON FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
- Who funds FOOD FOR FREE COMMITTEE INC ↗
- Who funds BOSTON AREA GLEANERS INC ↗
- Who funds A Place To Turn Inc ↗
- Who funds BOSTON FARMS COMMUNITY LAND TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds GAINING GROUND INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FARMS OUTREACH INC ↗
- Who funds The Food Project Inc ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY SERVINGS INC ↗
- Who funds WELLESLEY FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
- Who funds BROOKLINE FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
- Who funds SPOONFULS ↗
- Who funds ELLIE FUND INC ↗
- Who funds SALEM PANTRY INC ↗
- Who funds ACTON COMMUNITY SUPPER AND FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
- Who funds RIPPLES OF HOPE INC ↗
- Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION SOUTHCOAST INC ↗
- Who funds DANIEL'S TABLE INC ↗
- Who funds LITTLETON COMMUNITY FARM ↗
- Who funds Massachusetts College of Art and Design Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds LAND'S SAKE 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: Eastern Bank Foundation · Community Foundation for MetroWest Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Arbella Insurance Foundation · Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Boston Area Gleaners Inc · Project Bread-The Walk for Hunger Inc · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · Analog Devices Foundation · Adelard & Valeda Roy Foundation · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Three Squares New England Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Three Squares New England Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Boston Area Gleaners Inc: 20% of income from government
- Community Farms Outreach Inc: 20% of income from government
- Ellie Fund Inc: 15% of income from government
- Community Servings Inc: 12% of income from government
- Salem Pantry Inc: 12% of income from government
- Food Link Inc: 9% of income from government
- Women's Lunch Place Inc: 8% of income from government
- Open Table Inc: 7% of income from government
- Gaining Ground Inc: 5% of income from government
- The Urban Farming Institute of Bostoninc: 4% of income from government
- Land's Sake Inc: 3% of income from government
- Food for Free Committee Inc: 3% of income from government
- Needham Community Council Inc: 2% of income from government
- Jewish Family & Children's Service Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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