· Private foundation
Women4progress (Fka Women's Initiative for Progress)
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| APPRENTICE LEARNING | $20,000 |
| PENIKESE ISLAND SCHOOL | $20,000 |
| BOSTON DEBATE LEAGUE | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $3k) 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.
7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down.
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, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ALAPPRENTICE LEARNING INC5× · 2020–2024 · $67k · revenue +225%
- SCSCIENCE CLUB FOR GIRLS INC3× · 2021–2023 · $25k · revenue +103%
- THTHE HURRICANE ISLAND FOUNDATION2× · 2021–2022 · $15k · revenue +17%
Funded once
- HIHURRICANE ISLAND CENTERone grant, 2023 · $11k
- WMWOMEN'S MONEY MATTERS INCgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +133%
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.
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…
Kids in tech, inc. is a statewide organization that excites, educates, and empowers children across massachusetts to use technology, promoting a positive environment and fostering lifelong interest in stem. through our after-school…
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…
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…
Digital Girl, Inc. (DGI) is a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering the underserved youth of New York City, especially young girls, to pursue studies and careers in STEM ( Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) disciplines.
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…
Diy girls mission is to increase girls and gender-expansive youth's interest and long-term success in technology, engineering and making through innovative educational experiences and mentor relationships.
The mission of girls incorporated of long island, is to inspire girls to be strong, smart, and bold. the organization provides school and community based programming that serves the unique needs of girls, ages 5-18, living in the nassau…
Digital Ready activates the creative potential of young adults, especially low-income residents, to build tangible pathways to economic opportunities in Boston's innovation economy.
Brighter boston guides teenagers to discover meaningful work and personal success through life-changing professional internships in the event production industry.
To inspire excitement for learning, create paths to and through college, and promote careers in education.
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 9 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.
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: Boston Foundation Inc · Anna B Stearns Charitable Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Richard & Susan Smith Family Foundation · Amelia Peabody Foundation · Cambridge Community Foundation · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · Eastern Bank Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Women4progress (Fka Women's Initiative for Progress) funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Women4progress (Fka Women's Initiative for Progress). Bigger dots raise more.
- Boston Debate League Incorporated: 7% of income from government
- Women's Money Matters Inc: 5% of income from government
How this is measured
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