Massachusetts · Public charity
Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance Inc
Recognizing the dignity of all, cmha leads a collaborative response to homelessness that fosters long-term housing stability through prevention, quality services, education and advocacy.
- $26M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $6.0M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $241,329
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,593,331
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $25M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $6.0M | 11% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $5.1M | 9% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $6.3M | 8% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $7.5M | 18% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $8.3M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $7.4M | 9% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $6.9M | 20% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $4.7M | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Umass Memorial Health Care Inc | $22,753,125 | 9 | n/a |
| Friendly House Inc | $15,889,798 | 9 | 60% |
| South Middlesex Opportunity Council Inc | $7,203,055 | 9 | 1% |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Worcester | $3,981,120 | 6 | 6% |
| Genesis Club House Inc | $1,472,110 | 9 | 9% |
| The Bridge of Central Massachusetts Inc | $1,386,876 | 7 | 41% |
| Making Opportunity Count Inc | $903,082 | 9 | 1% |
| Luk Crisis Center Inc | $668,932 | 7 | 1% |
| Worcester East Side Community Development Corporation | $434,858 | 8 | 25% |
| Opportunities for Hope Inc | $411,590 | 7 | 5% |
Show all 21 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($11k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc · The Health Foundation of Central Massach · Reliant Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of North Central Ma · Webster Five Foundation Inc · United Way of Central Massachusetts Inc · Fallon Community Health Plan Inc · The Fred Harris Daniels Foundation · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · The Fletcher Foundation · Health Resources in Action Inc · AbbVie Foundation
How this is measured
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About Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance Inc
- How much does Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance Inc give?
- Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance Inc reported 9 itemized grants totaling $5,962,983, out of $25,806,665 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (95%), Human Services (5%), Youth Development (0%).
- Who are Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Umass Memorial Health Care Inc ($23M), Friendly House Inc ($16M), South Middlesex Opportunity Council Inc ($7.2M).
- Does Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc, The Health Foundation of Central Massach, Reliant Foundation Inc.
- Where is Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance Inc based?
- Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance Inc is based in MA.
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