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Avidia Charitable Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$228k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
53
Grants FY2025
74
Organizations funded FY2024
34%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
47 to 74
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$5.5M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 34% of the organizations Avidia Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $56k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthHousing & ShelterRecreation & SportsFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving52$203k31%
FY202474$217k34%
FY202349$180k39%
FY202251$201k25%
FY202157$262k42%
FY202061$217k62%
FY201947$182kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Youth Development$333kHuman Services$270kArts & Culture$141kHealth$139kHousing & Shelter$130kEducation$107kPhilanthropy$107kFood & Nutrition$91kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 128 grantees
All grantees of Avidia Charitable Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Boys and Girls Clubs of Metrowest Inc$177,50071%
North Star Family Services Inc$61,00062%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Mass /Metrowest Inc$55,50071%
Metrowest Young Men's Christian Association Inc$40,00040%
Special Olympics Massachusetts Inc$31,00070%
Daniel's Table Inc$27,50061%
Pastoral Counseling Centers of Massachusetts Inc$25,00062%
Shrewsbury Youth & Family Services Inc$22,00061%
Hudson Cultural Alliance Inc$20,000179%
Massachusetts Bay Community College Foundation Inc$18,75031%
Hoops and Homework Inc$18,50051%
Apple Tree Arts Inc$18,05061%
Provision Ministry Inc$17,50070%
South Middlesex Opportunity Council Inc$17,50040%
Oars Inc$15,50071%
YWCA Central Massachusetts Inc$15,00030%
Jeremiah's Inn Inc$15,00060%
Horizons for Homeless Children$14,50040%
Addiction Referral Center Inc$14,50043%
Advocates Inc$14,50050%
Community Harvest Project Inc$14,00060%
Polus Center for Social and Economic Development Inc$13,00040%
Family Promise Metrowest Inc$12,50050%
United Way of Tri County Inc$12,50020%
Smile Mass Inc$12,50051%
Assabet Valley Mastersingers$12,50065%
Community Legal Aid Inc$12,50050%
Ginny's Helping Hand Inc$12,50052%
A Place To Turn Inc$12,25051%
Performing Arts Center of Metrowest Inc$11,50051%
Clear Path for Veterans New England Inc$11,40030%
Metrowest Legal Services Inc$11,00050%
Out Metrowest Inc$11,00031%
Discovery Museum Inc$10,75050%
One Can Help Inc$10,50041%
Rise Above Foundation Inc$10,50050%
John Andrew Mazie Memorial Foundation Inc$10,00046%
The Virginia Thurston Healing Garden Inc$10,00040%
Springwell Inc$10,00030%
Hudson Youth Baseball Inc$10,000117%
Open Table Inc$10,00030%
Gateways Academy Inc$10,00031%
Crossroads Continuum Inc$10,00020%
Habitat for Humanity North Central Massachusetts Inc$9,00040%
Straight Ahead Ministries INC$9,00040%
Growing Places Garden Project Inc$7,50031%
Sophia's Fund Inc$7,50036%
Project Just Because Inc$7,50030%
Metrowest Nonprofit Network Inc$7,50033%
Cradles to Crayons Inc$7,50030%
Newvue Communities Inc$7,00030%
Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange Inc$6,50030%
Westborough Rotary Club Inc$6,000111%
Adolescent Consultation Services Inc$6,00030%
Framingham State University Foundation Inc$5,00020%
Mayflower Council Inc Boy Scouts of America$5,00010%
Montachusett Veterans Outreach Center I$5,00010%
Oak Hill Community Development Corporati$5,00011%
Charles River Association for Retarded Citizens Inc$5,00020%
Worcester Common Ground Inc$5,00020%
Marlborough Regional Community Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
Ellie Fund Inc$5,00010%
Jewish Family Service of Metrowest Inc$5,00020%
Fresh Start Furniture Bank Inc$5,00021%
Minute Man Arc for Human Services Inc$5,00010%
Robert F Kennedy Community Alliance Inc$5,00020%
Worcester East Side Community Development Corporation$5,00011%
Metrowest Women's Fund Inc$5,00033%
Cathleen Stone Island Outward Bound School Inc$5,00010%
Algonquin Athletic Boosters Club Inc$5,00012%
The Learning Center for the Deaf Inc$5,00020%
Programs for People Inc$4,50011%
Horace Mann Educational Associates Inc$4,50020%
Dress for Success Worcester Inc$4,00021%
Abby Kelley Foster House Inc$4,00010%
The Carroll Center for the Blind Inc$4,00020%
The Metrowest Free Medical Program Inc$3,50020%
Jeff's Place Children's Bereavement Center Inc$3,00010%
Cooperative Elder Services Inc$2,50010%
Cultivate Care Farms Inc$2,5001n/a
Ron Burton Training Village Inc$2,50010%
Warm Hearts of Stow Inc$2,5002n/a
Hudson Youth Football & Cheer Inc$2,5001n/a
Northborough Food Pantry Inc$2,50012%
First Concern Pregnancy Resource Center Inc$2,50011%
Veterans Legal Services Inc$2,50010%
Fishing With Warriors Inc$2,50015%
Sweat for Vets$2,5001n/a
Waypoint Adventure Inc$2,50010%
Dignity Matters Inc$2,50010%
Read to a Child Inc$2,50010%
Literacy Volunteers of the Montachusett Area$2,50013%
Groton Hill Music Inc$2,50010%
Habitat for Humanity Metrowest- Greater Worcester Inc$2,50010%
Christopher House Inc$2,50010%
Doc Wayne Inc$2,50010%
Fresh Films$2,50010%
The Red Sox Foundation Inc$2,5001n/a
Operation Service Inc$2,50014%
Bright Eyed Inc$2,50014%
Randall Library Friends Association$2,5001n/a
Latino STEM Alliance$2,50012%
Kits for Kids Inc$2,500112%
Worcester County Food Bank Inc$2,50010%
Westborough Food Pantry Inc$2,50012%
Adaptx Inc$2,50012%
The Parmenter Foundation Inc$2,50010%
Veterans Afield Foundation$2,50011%
The Crocker Field Restoration Committee Inc$2,00011%
Casa Project Inc$2,00010%
The Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund Inc$2,00010%
Iridium Tutoring Ltd$2,0001n/a
Westborough Education Foundation$2,00013%
RIA Inc$2,00010%
Family Health Center of Worcesterinc$2,00010%
Fitchburg Cultural Alliance Inc$2,00012%
Framingham History Center Inc$2,00011%
Opportunities for Hope Inc$2,00010%
Ashland Education Foundation Inc$2,0001n/a
Edward M Kennedy Community Health Center Inc$2,00010%
The Center for Arts in Natick Inc$1,5001n/a
Facing Cancer Together Inc$1,50012%
Aurelias Garden$1,00015%
Metrowest Mediation Services Inc Dba Framingham Court Mediation Services$1,00010%
Special Needs Arts Programs Inc$1,00011%
One Mission Inc$1,00010%
Seize the Bot$1,0001n/a
Project Smile Inc$1,00011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 54 recipients with no EIN on record ($260k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Avidia Charitable Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 117 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Metrowest Inc: $177,500 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetNorth Star Family Services Inc: $61,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Central Mass /Metrowest Inc: $55,500 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetMetrowest Young Men's Christian Association Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSpecial Olympics Massachusetts Inc: $31,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetDaniel's Table Inc: $27,500 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetPastoral Counseling Centers of Massachusetts Inc: $25,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetShrewsbury Youth & Family Services Inc: $22,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetHudson Cultural Alliance Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 79% of budgetMassachusetts Bay Community College Foundation Inc: $18,750 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetHoops and Homework Inc: $18,500 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetApple Tree Arts Inc: $18,050 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetProvision Ministry Inc: $17,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetSouth Middlesex Opportunity Council Inc: $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOars Inc: $15,500 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetYWCA Central Massachusetts Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJeremiah's Inn Inc: $15,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHorizons for Homeless Children: $14,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAddiction Referral Center Inc: $14,500 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetAdvocates Inc: $14,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Harvest Project Inc: $14,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetPolus Center for Social and Economic Development Inc: $13,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFamily Promise Metrowest Inc: $12,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetUnited Way of Tri County Inc: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSmile Mass Inc: $12,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetAssabet Valley Mastersingers: $12,500 over 6y, 5.4% of budgetCommunity Legal Aid Inc: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGinny's Helping Hand Inc: $12,500 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetA Place To Turn Inc: $12,250 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetPerforming Arts Center of Metrowest Inc: $11,500 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetClear Path for Veterans New England Inc: $11,400 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMetrowest Legal Services Inc: $11,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOut Metrowest Inc: $11,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetDiscovery Museum Inc: $10,750 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOne Can Help Inc: $10,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetRise Above Foundation Inc: $10,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetJohn Andrew Mazie Memorial Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 4y, 5.5% of budgetThe Virginia Thurston Healing Garden Inc: $10,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetSpringwell Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHudson Youth Baseball Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetOpen Table Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGateways Academy Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetCrossroads Continuum Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHabitat for Humanity North Central Massachusetts Inc: $9,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetStraight Ahead Ministries INC: $9,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetGrowing Places Garden Project Inc: $7,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSophia's Fund Inc: $7,500 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetProject Just Because Inc: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 117.

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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.

Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation IncMA112.1× affinity54 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for MetroWest Inc · The Sudbury Foundation · Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc · MutualOne Charitable Foundation · Metrowest Health Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Eastern Bank Foundation · Community Foundation of North Central Ma · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Reliant Foundation Inc · DCU for Kids

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.

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About Avidia Charitable Foundation Inc

How much does Avidia Charitable Foundation Inc give?
Avidia Charitable Foundation Inc reported 53 grants totaling $227,750 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 47 and 74 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does Avidia Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (22%), Human Services (18%), Arts & Culture (9%).
Who are Avidia Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Boys and Girls Clubs of Metrowest Inc ($178k), North Star Family Services Inc ($61k), Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Mass /Metrowest Inc ($56k).
Does Avidia Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 34% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Avidia Charitable Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Avidia Charitable Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation Inc, Community Foundation for MetroWest Inc, The Sudbury Foundation.
Where is Avidia Charitable Foundation Inc based?
Avidia Charitable Foundation Inc is based in MA.

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 184 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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