Massachusetts · Public charity
Alternatives for Community and Environment Inc
Ace builds the power of communities of color and low-income communities in massachusetts to eradicate environmental racism and classism, create healthy, sustainable communities, and achieve environmental justice.
- $2.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $22,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,706,890
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Alternatives for Community and Environment Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $2.0M | 82% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $105k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $130k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $80k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New England Community Project Inc | $1,706,890 | 1 | 53% |
| Massachusetts Public Health Association | $299,995 | 4 | 9% |
| One Square World Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Resist Inc | $44,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Madison Park Development Corporation | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Empowerher Wellness Inc | $37,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative Inc | $22,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Urban League of Eastern Masschusetts Inc | $22,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Asian American Resource Workshop Inc | $22,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Brockton Workers Alliance Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New England Community Project Inc | $1,706,890 | 1 | 53% |
| Massachusetts Public Health Association | $299,995 | 4 | 9% |
| One Square World Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Resist Inc | $44,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Madison Park Development Corporation | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Empowerher Wellness Inc | $37,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative Inc | $22,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Urban League of Eastern Masschusetts Inc | $22,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Asian American Resource Workshop Inc | $22,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Brockton Workers Alliance Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ayni Institute Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Choices 4 Teens Mentoring Group | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
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 · Barr Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center Inc · The Hyams Foundation Inc · Haymarket People's Fund Inc · Resist Inc · Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return · Third Sector New England Inc · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
Compare Alternatives for Community and Environment Inc with peer funders
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About Alternatives for Community and Environment Inc
- How much does Alternatives for Community and Environment Inc give?
- Alternatives for Community and Environment Inc reported 11 grants totaling $1,979,381 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Alternatives for Community and Environment Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (78%), Health (10%), Environment (7%).
- Who are Alternatives for Community and Environment Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: New England Community Project Inc ($1.7M), Massachusetts Public Health Association ($300k), One Square World Inc ($50k).
- Does Alternatives for Community and Environment Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Alternatives for Community and Environment Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Barr Foundation, Eastern Bank Foundation.
- Where is Alternatives for Community and Environment Inc based?
- Alternatives for Community and Environment Inc is based in MA.
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