The Hyams Foundation Inc
Boston, MA · EIN 04-6013680. Reported 385 grants totalling $22.8M to 157 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Hyams Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $45,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $71,000; the smallest was $50 and the largest $479,565. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resist Inc | Jamaica Plain, MA | $1,668,697 | 11 | 4 | 2024 |
| Third Sector New England Inc | Boston, MA | $1,225,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Urban Revival Inc | Jamaica Plain, MA | $980,878 | 7 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for Economic Democracy | Boston, MA | $912,385 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| The City School Inc | Boston, MA | $875,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alternatives for Community and Environment Inc | Roxbury, MA | $845,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community Labor United Inc | Boston, MA | $800,700 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts Communities Action Network Inc | Boston, MA | $682,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts Law Reform Institute Inc | Boston, MA | $610,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Asian American Resource Workshop Inc | Dorchester, MA | $593,807 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Right to the City Alliance Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $514,500 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative Inc | Roxbury, MA | $500,606 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Urban Revival Inc (city Lifevida Urbana) | Jamaica Plain, MA | $444,508 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Massachusetts Voter Education Network | Boston, MA | $405,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boston Impact Initiative Fund | Jamaica Plain, MA | $355,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Labor Education and Research Inc | Boston, MA | $351,000 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| Black Economic Council of Massachusetts | Boston, MA | $315,052 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Massachusetts Budget & Policy Center | Boston, MA | $295,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Greenroots | Chelsea, MA | $284,412 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chinese Progressive Assoc | Boston, MA | $275,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Center for Labor Educ & Research | Boston, MA | $265,206 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Commonwealth Kitchen | Dorchester, MA | $244,435 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Immigrant Family Services Institute Inc | Mattapan, MA | $240,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lawyers for Civil Rights Inc | Boston, MA | $236,309 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brazilian Worker Center Inc | Allston, MA | $236,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chinatown Community Land Trust Inc | Boston, MA | $229,478 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chinese Progressive Association | Boston, MA | $229,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boston Neighborhood Community Land Trust | Roxbury, MA | $220,707 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Citizens for Juvenile Justice Inc | Boston, MA | $220,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Schott Foundation for Public Education | Cambridge, MA | $205,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts Advocates for Children Inc | Boston, MA | $204,900 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boston Tenant Coalition Inc | Boston, MA | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Muslim Justice League Inc | Boston, MA | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Justice at Work | Boston, MA | $199,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Centro Presente Inc | East Boston, MA | $195,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ayni Institute | Revere, MA | $192,103 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Families for Justice As Healing | Roxbury, MA | $190,100 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brockton Interfaith Community Inc | Brockton, MA | $182,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alternatives for Community & Environment | Roxbury, MA | $181,200 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts Education Fund Inc | Worcester, MA | $181,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| La Colaborativa Inc | Chelsea, MA | $180,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boston Alliance of Gay and Lesbian Youth | Boston, MA | $180,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| La Colaborativa (chelsea Collaborative) | Chelsea, MA | $175,206 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cair-Ma Inc | Boston, MA | $170,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition Inc | Boston, MA | $170,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center Inc | Boston, MA | $168,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pioneer Valley Project Inc | Springfield, MA | $160,603 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boston Affordable Housing Coalition Inc | Jamaica Plain, MA | $150,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation | Boston, MA | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Solidaire Network Inc | Oakland, CA | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Philanthropy Massachusetts Inc | Boston, MA | $149,840 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts Senior Action Council Inc | Quincy, MA | $149,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fenway Community Development Corporation | Boston, MA | $140,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mass Senior Action Council Inc | Quincy, MA | $130,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boston Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | $127,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| North American Indian Center of Boston | Boston, MA | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| African Community Economic Development of New England | Boston, MA | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Greater Boston Interfaith Organization | Boston, MA | $120,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Brazilian Women's Group | Brighton, MA | $115,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Center for Teen Empowerment Inc | Boston, MA | $115,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Neighbor to Neighbor Ma Ed Fund Inc | Boston, MA | $110,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance Inc | Boston, MA | $105,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| ACLU Foundation of Massachusetts Inc | Boston, MA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Lenny Zakim Fund Inc | Boston, MA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Vietnamese American Initiative for Devel | Dorchester, MA | $95,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Civil Liberties Union Fdn | Boston, MA | $90,050 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of St Stephen's Youth Program | Boston, MA | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition | Boston, MA | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational | Dorchester, MA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy | Boston, MA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bend the Arc a Jewish Partnership for Justice | New York, NY | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts Affordable Housing | Dorchester, MA | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Greater Boston Interfaith Organization Sponsoring Committee Inc | Boston, MA | $68,780 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Proteus Fund Inc | Amherst, MA | $68,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health | Dorchester, MA | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Utec Inc | Lowell, MA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of St Stephens Youth Programs Inc | Boston, MA | $55,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Comunidades Enraizadas Community Land Trust | Chelsea, MA | $54,953 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tides Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $52,150 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Solidaire | Oakland, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bagly Inc (boston Alliance of Gay and Lesbian Youth Inc) | Boston, MA | $46,275 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Neighborhood Funders Group Inc | Oakland, CA | $46,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boston Private Industry Council | Boston, MA | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brazilian Womens Group Inc | Brighton, MA | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Congregacion Leon De Juda | Boston, MA | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Congregation Lion of Judah | Boston, MA | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pioneer Valley Workers Center Inc | Northampton, MA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Black Economic Justice Institute | Roslindale, MA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of St Stephen's Youth Programs Inc | Boston, MA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Center for the Study of Public Policy | Boston, MA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Confluence Philanthropy Inc | New York, NY | $36,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Haymarket Peoples Fund Inc | Jamaica Plain, MA | $35,210 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Movement Alliance Project | Philadelphia, PA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vietnamese American Initiative for Development | Dorchester, MA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sociedad Latina Inc | Boston, MA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Action Pioneer Valley Inc | Greenfield, MA | $29,515 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| United Negro College Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $28,050 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Educators 4 Excellence | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Health Resources in Action | Boston, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jobs With Justice Education Fund | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Powerswitch Action | Oakland, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Project Right Inc | Dorchester, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Worcester Interfaith | Worcester, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Justice Funders | Oakland, CA | $22,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brockton Workers Alliance | Brockton, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Multicultural AIDS Coalition Inc | Jamaica Plain, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Justice 4 Housing | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc | Calabasas, CA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Somerville Community Corporation Inc | Somerville, MA | $15,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Neo Philanthropy | New York, NY | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Action for Equity Inc | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Arise Inc | Springfield, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Art Center Inc | Cambridge, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Darrell Lee Jenkins JR Resource Center Inc | Springfield, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Peace Development Fund Inc | Amherst, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| True Alliance Center Inc | Mattapan, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Youth Policy Institute of Iowa | Urbandale, IA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mission Investors Exchange | New York, NY | $9,300 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Peak Grantmaking Inc | Washington, DC | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Grantmakers Concerned With Immigrants and Refugees | Petaluma, CA | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Foundation Financial Officers Group Inc | Mt Royal, NJ | $6,650 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Committee for Responsive Philant | Washington, DC | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Association Black Fdn Exec | New York, NY | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Association of Black Foundation Executives Inc | New York, NY | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Black Farmer Fund Inc | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Climate Justice Alliance | Berkeley, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues Inc | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| US Solidarity Economy Network Inc | Belchertown, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Level Ground Mixed Martial Arts Inc | Boston, MA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Grantmakers Concerned With Immigrants & R | Petaluma, CA | $3,750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mission Investor Exchange Inc | New York, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Asian American Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy | Oakland, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Asian American Pacificislanders in Phila | Oakland, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Grantmakers Concerned With Immigrants & Refugees | Petaluma, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Grantmakers for Effective Organizations | Washington, DC | $2,090 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boston Chinatown Nghbd Ctr | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hawaii Community Foundation | Honolulu, HI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Association of Small Foundations (exponent Philanthropy) | Washington, DC | $815 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Exponent Philanthropy | Washington, DC | $795 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Women's Lunch Place Inc | Boston, MA | $518 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bikes Not Bombs Inc | Jamaica Plain, MA | $513 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center Inc | Boston, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Penn Center Inc | Saint Helena Island, SC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Massachusetts Nonprofit Network | Boston, MA | $350 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Glbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders Inc | Boston, MA | $313 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tides Center | Los Angeles, CA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Greater Boston Food Bank Inc | Boston, MA | $259 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Political Research Associates | Somerville, MA | $253 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Belmont Food Pantry | Belmont, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Network of Abortion Funds | Beaverton, OR | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Palestine Children's Relief Fund | Kent, OH | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| William J Brennan JR Center for Justice Inc | New York, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Doctors Without Borders USA Inc | New York, NY | $176 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | Frederick, MD | $158 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tides Center for Epip | San Francisco, CA | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Yad Chessed Fund Inc | Waltham, MA | $144 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
88 of 157 (56%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 62%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Resist Inc
Matahari Women Workers' Center, BEJA, SIM, Reclaim Roxbury, MassCOSH, Learning Circle & New Fundraisers Cohort - Resist
Boston Education Justice Alliance, Matahari Women Workers' Center, Reclaim Roxbury, other projects, and general support - Urban Revival Inc (city Lifevida Urbana)
Homes for All Massachusetts, anniversary, employee match, 2023 ReFrame Academy participation, and general support - Alternatives for Community and Environment Inc
NEU4J's Climate Justice Organizing Training School, participatory design, and general support - Community Labor United Inc
Democracy HUBs Boston Redistricting Education, New England United for Justice, and general support - Massachusetts Law Reform Institute Inc
Housing Justice, Equity and Preservation, and Springfield Community Lawyering projects
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 271 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 84 | $4,982,940 | $45,000 |
| 2022 | 99 | $5,637,752 | $45,000 |
| 2023 | 93 | $5,980,865 | $40,000 |
| 2024 | 109 | $6,193,092 | $50,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. The Hyams Foundation Inc has 62 of them, worth $5,407,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Third Sector New England Inc | Boston, MA | $280,000 |
| Resist | Jamaica Plain, MA | $250,000 |
| The City School Inc | Boston, MA | $235,000 |
| Chinese Progressive Assoc | Boston, MA | $179,000 |
| Right to the City Alliance | Brooklyn, NY | $178,000 |
| Asian American Resource Workshop | Dorchester, MA | $166,000 |
| Center for Labor Educ & Research | Boston, MA | $159,000 |
| La Colaborativa (chelsea Collaborative) | Chelsea, MA | $159,000 |
| Massachusetts Coalition for Occupation V | Dorchester, MA | $159,000 |
| Greenroots | Chelsea, MA | $149,000 |
| Mass Senior Action Council Inc | Quincy, MA | $149,000 |
| Massachusetts Communities Action Network | Dorchester, MA | $137,000 |
| Brazilian Worker Center Inc | Allston, MA | $126,000 |
| Lawyers for Civil Rights | Boston, MA | $126,000 |
| Neighbor to Neighbor Ma Ed Fund Inc | Boston, MA | $126,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 95% of this one's giving went to organizations in Massachusetts. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $45,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Massachusetts.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Hyams Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 89 South Street 404, Boston, MA, 02111. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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