Invest in Others Charitable Foundation
Boston, MA · EIN 20-5036808. Reported 167 grants totalling $5,280,338 to 165 organizations across tax years 2021-2025, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Invest in Others Charitable Foundation, the IRS classifies it as a corporate foundation (NTEE T21).
- How spread out its giving is. 165 distinct organizations, with 10% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 0% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $20,000. Half of what it reported fell between $20,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $5,500 and the largest $508,293. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blood Cancer United Inc | Rye Brook, NY | $508,293 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinsons Research | New York, NY | $360,590 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Challenged Athletes Inc | San Diego, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | Bethesda, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Partners for Andean Community Health Inc | Weatogue, CT | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Blatinx Internship Inc | Atlanta, GA | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Detroit Impact Inc | Detroit, MI | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Thalassemia Foundation of America Inc | New York, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Helping Hands for Single Moms Dallas | Mckinney, TX | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Careity Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Danbury Grassroots Academy Inc | Danbury, CT | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Daya Inc | Houston, TX | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fiorenzas Food for Friends F4 Inc | Exton, PA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Front Range Divorce Center | Parker, CO | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hope for the Silent Voices | Deerfield, IL | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hope House Foundation Inc | Huntersville, NC | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Social Service Agency | Rockville, MD | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Moose & Me Baking Company | Naperville, IL | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rods Heroes Inc | West Jordan, UT | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sandy Hook Promise Foundation | Newtown, CT | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Auditory Verbal Center Inc | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| CASA Familia Inc | Miami, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Disaster Aid USA Incorporated | Lanham, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Experience Camps | Westport, CT | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Naperville Elderly Homes Inc | Naperville, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Summer Search | Oakland, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Womens Education and Leadership League | Hughson, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Savvy Ladies | New York, NY | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Knead Community Cafe | New Kensingtn, PA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Cancer Society Inc | Atlanta, GA | $38,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Edsnaps Inc | New York, NY | $27,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wine to Water | Boone, NC | $27,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| A Brighter Day | Lafayette, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Heart Association Inc | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| American India Foundation | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Angel Flight West Inc | Santa Monica, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Breakthrough T1D | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Brewable Inc | Alpharetta, GA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Carolina Elite Sports Inc | Raleigh, NC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chai Lifeline Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Civic Heart Community Services | Houston, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Coleman Young Foundatino | Detroit, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Volunteers in Medicine Inc | West Chester, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Curesearch for Childrens Cancer | Bethesda, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Frankie Lemmon Foundation Inc | Raleigh, NC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Fulfillment Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Girls Inspired & Ready to Lead | Fairfax, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gradys Decision | Erie, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Korean American Community Foundation of San Francisco | San Jose, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| La Amistad Foundation Inc | Fern Park, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lake Worth West Resident Planning Group Inc | Lake Worth, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lancaster Public Library | Lancaster, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| LE3 Inc | Williamsville, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lexington Foundation Inc | Johnstown, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Local Heart Foundation | Lake Charles, LA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pepperdine University | Malibu, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Philanthropy Tank Inc | Boca Raton, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Revere Schools Foundation | Bath, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of North Central Florida Inc | Gainesville, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Samaritan House | San Mateo, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Scholar Athletes Globally Emerging Inc | Sacramento, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Society for the Improvement of Conditions for Stray Animals | Dayton, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| South Shore Hospital Inc | S Weymouth, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St Francis Shelter | Tucson, AZ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tommy Bohanon Foundation Inc | N Ft Myers, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Under 21 | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vista Maria | Dearborn Hts, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wisconsin Hispanic Scholarship Foundation Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Women Enabled Enterprises | Fremont, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Womens Foundation for a Greater Memphis | Memphis, TN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas | Coppell, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Youth With a Mission San Diego-Baja | Chula Vista, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| I Believe in Me Inc | Frederick, MD | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Healing Hoofbeats of Ct Inc | Bethlehem, CT | $22,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Bottom Line Inc | Jamaica Plain, MA | $20,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| 3RD Decade Inc | Tucson, AZ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Abington Memorial Hospital | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Act of Grace | Springfield, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Africian American Men of Westchester Inc | White Plains, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alternatives for Girls | Detroit, MI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bethany House of Cumberland County Inc | Carlisle, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brighton Park Neighborhood Council | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Bringing America Sports Health Inc | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bronx Letters Foundation | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| California Center for the Arts Escondido Foundation | Escondido, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Central Texas Table of Grace | Round Rock, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Coalition for the Homeless Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Commit and Act US | Plantation, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Works of Louisiana | New Orleans, LA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cool Girls Inc | Atlanta, GA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cost of Freedom Inc | Maineville, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Crescent Cove | Brooklyn Ctr, MN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fallbrook Food Pantry | Fallbrook, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Family Movement | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Feed Lake Highlands Inc | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Focus for Our Community Unity & Support | Alden, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| For the City Inc | St Petersburg, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona | Phoenix, AZ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fundacion Hermanos De La Calle Inc | Key Biscayne, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Global Peht Corp | Cos Cob, CT | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Grants Crusade Inc | Rapid City, SD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Helping Oppressed Mothers Endure Inc | Lithonia, GA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hopewell Music Cooperative-North | Minneapolis, MN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Humble Design Inc | Southfield, MI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lift Foundation Inc | San Clemente, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Literacy Center of West Michigan | Grand Rapids, MI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Magnet Educational Choice Association Inc | Miami, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Memphis Inner City Rugby | Memphis, TN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Mission Clinical Services | Hot Springs, AR | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Monroe County Family Coalition Inc | Rochester, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| NAMI Metropolitan Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Era Community Connection | Detroit, MI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Friends New Life | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| New Jersey Community Development Corporation Inc | Paterson, NJ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Orlando Health Foundation Inc | Orlando, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Parker H Bainter Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Reaching Higher Inc | Brighton, MI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Francisco AIDS Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Soar Hospitality & Travel Ylc Inc | Roselle, NJ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sunnyside Unified School District Foundation Inc | Tucson, AZ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Turning Green | Sausalito, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Unexpected Productions Inc | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| United Way of Northwest Vermont Inc | S Burlington, VT | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Wellstrong Inc | East Falmouth, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wings for Widows | Wayzata, MN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Yavapai County Volunteers in Protection | Prescott, AZ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Young Audiences of Virginia Inc | Norfolk, VA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Your Safe Place Foundation | La Mesa, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| L a L a Nonprofit Org | Dayton, OH | $19,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community in Crisis Inc | Liberty Cor, NJ | $18,855 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Challenge Program | Wilmington, DE | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Goldsboro Front Porch Council Inc | Sanford, FL | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| El Dorado County Ag in the Classroom | Placerville, CA | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Garland Isd Education Foundation | Garland, TX | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Canopy Center Inc | Madison, WI | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Coxhealth Foundation | Springfield, MO | $15,609 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boss Kidz Inc | Smyrna, GA | $15,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Epilepsy Foundation of Virginia | Charlottesvle, VA | $15,491 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Queen Academy | Stockbridge, GA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Shoes That Fit | Claremont, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Willow House | Bannockburn, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mom Your Business | Philadelphia, PA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Longfellow-Seward Healthy Seniors Program | Minneapolis, MN | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Classmates Literacy Foundation Inc | Middleton, WI | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bloom Syndrome Association Inc | Hanover, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Blossoms for Pink | Reston, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cityheart Corporation | Dayton, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Flint Circuit Council on Family Violence Inc | Mcdonough, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Inclusion Connections | Olathe, KS | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kearney Buffalo County CASA | Kearney, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mega Mentors | Midlothian, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Parker County Center of Hope Inc | Weatherford, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Photo Safe Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Second Wind Fund Inc | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Special Olympics Ohio Inc | Westerville, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stocks in the Future Foundation Inc | Towson, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Today Is a Good Day | Flourtown, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Winsted Arts Council | Winsted, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Wooden It Be Lovely | Springfield, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Central Florida Chapter National Black Mba Association Inc | Winter Park, FL | $9,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fuquay-Varina Junior Womens Club | Fuquay Varina, NC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| 3 to 1 Foundation | Plano, TX | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
2 of 165 (1%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (now Blood Cancer United)
2025 MISC GRANTS TO CHARITY - Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinsons Research
2024 EXECUTIVE TRIBUTE IN HONOR OF SANJIV MIRCHANDANI - Challenged Athletes Foundation
2025 INVEST IN OTHERS AWARDS - American Cancer Society Inc
ACCESS TO CARE (ROAD TO RECOVERY) & FUNDING FOR AWARD NOMINEES - Edsnaps
THE STEAM CITY OF WOMEN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT - Wine to Water
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES & NATIONS PROGRAM
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 152 of 165 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 36 | $852,000 | $20,000 |
| 2022 | 35 | $870,500 | $20,000 |
| 2023 | 32 | $890,355 | $20,000 |
| 2024 | 32 | $1,252,190 | $20,000 |
| 2025 | 32 | $1,415,293 | $23,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
24% of its giving went to organizations in New York. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this grantmaker
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Invest in Others Charitable Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 32 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 68 Harrison Ave Ste 605 Pmb 87113, Boston, MA, 02111.
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