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Tully Family Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$28k
Granted FY2023
18
Grants FY2023
6
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it funds
01FY2023 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$72k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RISE ABOVE FOUNDATION$5,000
CENTER OF HOPE FOUNDATION$2,500
REAS$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,000
ST JOSEPH'S CHURCH$2,000
BOSTON CHIDLREN'S HOSPITAL$2,000
CAMP SUNSHINE$2,000
FOCAS$1,500
HELPING HAND$1,500
BOYS GIRLS CLUB OF WORCESTER$1,000
RAISING HANDS TUTORING$1,000
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS UNIVERSITY$1,000
THRIVE SUPPORT ADVOCACY$1,000
TERRITORIAL DE ZAGUATES$500
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL$500
02The need
02

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 (FY23–23, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%RISE ABOVE FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%CENTER OF HOPE FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%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.
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 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
Raising Hope Dogs

Raising hope dogs acquires and trains dogs to work with professional therapists primarily helping children from low-income families who have autism, behavioral challenges, down syndrome and cerebral palsy to reach their physical, social,…

Health
2
Paws From Afar Inc

At Paws From Afar Rescue, a 501c3, New England foster based dog rescue, where the wagging tails meet their happy tails. Our mission is a joyful one: to sprinkle a little magic in matching rescue dogs with their perfect human buddies.

Animals
3
Crush Rett Syndrome

Raise Awareness/Fund Finding a Cure for Rett Syndrome

Health
4
The Nick Bales Btr Foundation
Philanthropy
5
Golden Opportunities for Independence Inc

To empower our clients to live independently, unencumbered by the challanges of daily living associated with medical disabilities. we match each client with a service dog that meets their individual needs. it is our goal to be flexible…

Animals
6
A Better Chance International Rescue
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7
Camp Rise Above Inc

Camp rise above provides life-changing camp programs for children and adults with serious illnesses, disabilities, and life challenges.

Recreation & Sports
8
South Shore Action for Hope Inc

Taking action to bring hope to families battling childhood illness and disease by increasing awareness and raising m oney to fund research for a cure.

Health
9
Mila's Miracle Foundation

The mission of mila's miracle foundation is to find and fund paths to a cure for batten and other life-threatening neurological disorders. families in this community have been pivotal in raising the necessary funds and awareness. together,…

Health
10
House of Possibilities Inc

We are committed to providing children and adults with disabilities and their families with a life-changing path to greater independence.

Human Services
11
Cure Rare Foundation

Cure Rare Foundation, established in Spring 2022, is a nonprofit organization devoted to funding the research and development of treatments and cures for rare genetic diseases. In the United States, diseases are considered rare when a…

Health
12
Andrea Zapata Foundation Andrea Zapata Foundation Inc

Encourage and develop projects and activities that will create awareness to the community and other countries as well

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Center of Hope Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Territorio De Zaguates Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

9 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. 9 of the 18 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
7/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

REAS: $2,500 · OtherREASIndividual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientST JOSEPHS CHURCH: $2,000 · OtherST JOSEPHS CHURCHBOSTON CHIDLREN'S HOSPITAL: $2,000 · OtherBOSTON CHIDLREN'S HOSPITALFOCAS: $1,500 · OtherFOCASHELPING HAND INC: $1,500 · OtherHELPING HAND INCTRUSTEES OF TUFTS UNIVERSITY: $1,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF TUFTS UNIVERSITYBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WORCESTER INC: $1,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WORCESTER INCTHRIVE SUPPORT ADVOCACY: $1,000 · OtherTHRIVE SUPPORT ADVOCACYBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL: $500 · OtherRISE ABOVE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesRISE ABOVE FOUNDATION INCCENTER OF HOPE FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesCENTER OF HOPE FOUNDATION INCCAMP SUNSHINE AT SEBAGO LAKE INC: $2,000 · Recreation & SportsRaising Hands Tutoring Inc: $1,000 · EducationTERRITORIO DE ZAGUATES INC: $500 · AnimalsBEAGLE FREEDOM PROJECT: $500 · AnimalsBRAKE THE SILENCE INC: $500 · HealthCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $500 · Health
Other$15,000Human Services$7,500Recreation & Sports$2,000Education$1,000Animals$1,000Health$1,000

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 budgetRISE ABOVE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCENTER OF HOPE FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP SUNSHINE AT SEBAGO LAKE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRaising Hands Tutoring Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WORCESTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTERRITORIO DE ZAGUATES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBEAGLE FREEDOM PROJECT: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRAKE THE SILENCE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

American Online Giving Foundation IncDE6.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Tully Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tully Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 14%
  • Center of Hope Foundation Inc: 74% of income from government
  • Rise Above Foundation Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Boys and Girls Club of Worcester Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 18 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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