· Private foundation
Avidia Charitable Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k48 grants · $143k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $85k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Community Foundation for Metrowest | $25,000 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Metrowest | $22,500 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central MA & Metrowest | $17,500 |
| North Star Family Services Inc | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| Open Table Inc | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| Hoops & Homework | $5,000 |
| The Addiction Referral Center | $5,000 |
| Daniel's Table | $5,000 |
| Gateways Academy Inc | $5,000 |
| Montachusett Veterans Outreach Center | $5,000 |
| Marlborough Regional Community Foundation | $5,000 |
| Springwell | $5,000 |
| Special Olympics of Massachusetts | $5,000 |
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 (FY19–25, $288k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 98% 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.
80 repeat relationships: 36 still active in FY2025, 44 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
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 FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $42k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BABOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METROWEST INC7× · 2019–2025 · $178k · revenue +64%
- NSNORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES INC6× · 2020–2025 · $61k · revenue +275%
- BBBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL MASS /METROWEST INC7× · 2019–2025 · $56k · revenue +36%
Funded once
- HCHudson Cultural Alliance Incgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +544% · 79% of their budget
- BOBBBS of Central MA & Metrowestone grant, 2020 · $10k
- HYHUDSON YOUTH BASEBALL INCgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +272%
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.
Mfhc is committed to ending systemic housing discrimination and creating inclusive communities through education, outreach, advocacy, housing counseling and enforcement.
Empowering children, young adults and families to achieve greater independence and emotional well-being.
We create opportunities for the people of massachusetts to transform their lives and build a more equitable commonwealth through the humanities.
To foster community partnerships, promote individual advocacy and create a pathway for growth and innovation by offering exceptional support and services to people with all abilities through the attraction, development and retention of…
Metro housing boston mobilizes wide-ranging resources to provide innovative and personalized services that lead families and individuals to housing stability, economic security, and an improved quality of life.
Brookview's mission is to help homeless and at risk families learn the skills necessary to break the cycle of homelessness and poverty.
The purpose and mission of community counseling of bristol county, inc. (ccbc) is to develop and deliver compassionate, responsive, culturally competent, and quality mental health and substance abuse services to meet the…
The focus of the merrimack valley food bank is to help meet a person's most profound need - adequate nutrition and freedom from hunger. only through cooperative efforts can society initiate change, develop strategies to alleviate hunger,…
Maha breaks down barriers facing first-time and first-generation home buyers and owners through education, counseling, advocacy, and grassroots organizing.
Advocacy & education on intellectual and developmental disabilities
Worcester youth and family services empowers all people, of all ages, toward leading capable, purposeful, responsible, fulfilled lives in healthy families and communities.
Women's money matters, inc. empowers low-income women through financial literacy. the organization's comprehensive programming combines one-to-one coaching with a series of workshops that develop core money management skills and…
How this is measured
126 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 126 of the 184 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.
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METROWEST INC ↗
- Who funds NORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds Community Foundation for MetroWest Inc ↗
- Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL MASS /METROWEST INC ↗
- Who funds METROWEST YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
- Who funds DANIEL'S TABLE INC ↗
- Who funds Pastoral Counseling Centers of Massachusetts Inc ↗
- Who funds SHREWSBURY YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds Hudson Cultural Alliance Inc ↗
- Who funds Massachusetts Bay Community College Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds HOOPS AND HOMEWORK INC ↗
- Who funds Apple Tree Arts Inc ↗
- Who funds PROVISION MINISTRY INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds OARS INC ↗
- Who funds YWCA CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
- Who funds JEREMIAH'S INN INC ↗
- Who funds HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds Addiction Referral Center Inc ↗
- Who funds ADVOCATES INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY HARVEST PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds POLUS CENTER FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INC ↗
- Who funds FAMILY PROMISE METROWEST INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF TRI COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds SMILE MASS INC ↗
- Who funds ASSABET VALLEY MASTERSINGERS ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY LEGAL AID INC ↗
- Who funds GINNY'S HELPING HAND INC ↗
- Who funds A Place To Turn Inc ↗
- Who funds PERFORMING ARTS CENTER OF METROWEST INC ↗
- Who funds CLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS NEW ENGLAND INC ↗
- Who funds METROWEST LEGAL SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds OUT METROWEST INC ↗
- Who funds DISCOVERY MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds ONE CAN HELP INC ↗
- Who funds RISE ABOVE FOUNDATION INC ↗
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: 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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Avidia Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Avidia Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Oars Inc: 100% of income from government
- Springwell Inc: 68% of income from government
- Advocates Inc: 66% of income from government
- Clear Path for Veterans New England Inc: 62% of income from government
- Programs for People Inc: 59% of income from government
- Growing Places Garden Project Inc: 49% of income from government
- Metrowest Mediation Services Inc Dba Framingham Court Mediation Services: 47% of income from government
- Robert F Kennedy Community Alliance Inc: 41% of income from government
- Newvue Communities Inc: 40% of income from government
- Family Health Center of Worcesterinc: 39% of income from government
- Cooperative Elder Services Inc: 36% of income from government
- Metrowest Young Men's Christian Association Inc: 33% of income from government
- Straight Ahead Ministries Inc: 27% of income from government
- Christopher House Inc: 24% of income from government
- Horizons for Homeless Children: 21% of income from government
- United Way of Tri County Inc: 18% of income from government
- South Middlesex Opportunity Council Inc: 18% of income from government
- Community Harvest Project Inc: 18% of income from government
- Montachusett Veterans Outreach Center I: 17% of income from government
- Veterans Legal Services Inc: 16% of income from government
- Ellie Fund Inc: 15% of income from government
- Doc Wayne Inc: 15% of income from government
- Rise Above Foundation Inc: 14% of income from government
- Fresh Start Furniture Bank Inc: 12% of income from government
- North Star Family Services Inc: 12% of income from government
- Shrewsbury Youth & Family Services Inc: 11% of income from government
- Edward M Kennedy Community Health Center Inc: 10% of income from government
- Metrowest Legal Services Inc: 10% of income from government
- Out Metrowest Inc: 9% of income from government
- The Learning Center for the Deaf Inc: 9% of income from government
- One Can Help Inc: 8% of income from government
- Open Table Inc: 7% of income from government
- Hoops and Homework Inc: 5% of income from government
- Community Legal Aid Inc: 5% of income from government
- Fitchburg Cultural Alliance Inc: 5% of income from government
- Crossroads Continuum Inc: 5% of income from government
- Special Needs Arts Programs Inc: 4% of income from government
- Community Foundation for MetroWest Inc: 4% of income from government
- The Center for Arts in Natick Inc: 3% of income from government
- Discovery Museum Inc: 3% of income from government
- The Carroll Center for the Blind Inc: 3% of income from government
- Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Metrowest Inc: 2% of income from government
- Jeremiah's Inn Inc: 2% of income from government
- The Red Sox Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
- Special Olympics Massachusetts Inc: 1% of income from government
- Gateways Academy Inc: 1% of income from government
- Worcester Common Ground Inc: 1% of income from government
- Minute Man Arc for Human Services Inc: 1% of income from government
- Habitat for Humanity Metrowest- Greater Worcester Inc: 1% of income from government
- Worcester County Food Bank Inc: 1% of income from government
- Project Just Because Inc: 0% of income from government
- Groton Hill Music Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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