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Community Action Pioneer Valley

COMMUNITY ACTION PIONEER VALLEY is dedicated to promoting economic justice and improving the quality of life for people with low income.

$11M
Granted FY2022
18
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$664k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Housing & Shelter$4.9MYouth Development$1.1MHealth$244kFood & Nutrition$119kHuman Services$77kPublic Benefit$6k
02FY2022 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 18 grants below total $2,740,424, the rows itemized in this filing. The $10,971,669 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $8,231,245 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $168k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $780k
  • $250k+4 grants · $1.8M
$83,481
Median grant
1
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CENTER FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INC$663,841
FRANKLIN COUNTY DIALSELF$522,580
LOUISON HOUSE$318,813
MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION$280,433
GANDARA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER$249,177
SERVICENET$136,408
COOLEY DICKENSON HOSPITAL$125,962
CLINICAL SUPPORT OPTIONS$123,504
BERKSHIRE REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY$83,481
LIFEPATH$61,662
CONSTRUCT INC$46,111
Individual grant recipient$32,314
WAYFINDERS$29,129
FRANKLIN COUNTY COMMUNITY MEALS PROGRAM$20,000
HILLTOWN CDC$15,309
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $3.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FRANKLIN COUNTY DIALSELF: $155k → 11%CENTER FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INC: $691k → 14%CENTER FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INC: $664k → 14%CENTER FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INC: $533k → 14%FRANKLIN COUNTY DIALSELF: $523k → 14%FRANKLIN COUNTY DIALSELF: $300k → 14%MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION: $280k → 17%FRANKLIN COUNTY DIALSELF: $96k → 14%MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION: $97k → 17%LIFEPATH: $62k → 14%FRANKLIN COUNTY DIALSELF: $35k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.3M · 13 repeat orgs$160k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +98% since the first grant, against +85% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2022, 0 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
3

Total granted

$6.3M
$34k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+98%
+85%

Still filing today

92%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $126k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22
Housing & ShelterHuman ServicesHealthCommunity ImprovementPublic BenefitFood & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CF
    CENTER FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $1.9M · revenue +57%
  • FC
    FRANKLIN COUNTY DIALSELF INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +45% · 32% of their budget
  • LH
    LOUISON HOUSE INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $872k · revenue +347% · 45% of their budget

Funded once

  • SO
    SOLDIER ON INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $19k · revenue +85%
  • TH
    The Heartwing Center Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +86%
  • CL
    CASA LATINA INC
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue -81%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Lowell Area Housing Inc Dba Schneider Manor
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2
Lynn Shelter Association Inc

The lynn shelter association (lsa) believes every person deserves a place to call home. lsa's mission is to provide a safe environment for each individual to define and pursue their goals for independence and self-sufficiency and offers…

Housing & Shelter
3
Human Development Services of Westchester Inc

Human development services of westchester, inc. ("hdsw")is a social service organization providing quality behavorial health, rehabilitative, health, residential and community stabilization services in westchester county. hdsw is dedicated…

Health
4
Alternatives Inc

Alternatives, inc was established to provide comprehensive services to individuals/families with special needs to enable them to reach their highest level of independence and integration into the community.

Human Services
5
Transition House Inc

Transition house is a human services agency dedicated to preventing and ending domestic violence. the agency provides a continuum of housing resources and holistic support for survivors of violence and their children, as well as prevention…

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6
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.

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7
Brownstone Gardens Ii Inc

Low income elderly housing.

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8
Housing Options and Geriatric Association Resources Inc

To assist societys most disenfranchised; the elderly, seriously mentally ill adults, the homeless, people living with AIDS and the physically challenged by promoting, fostering and providing the highest quality of housing and services in a…

Health
9
The Cambridge Homes
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10
Housing Solutions for Southeastern Massachusetts

To promote, organize and manage programs that provide affordable housing in order to improve the quality of life in the southeastern massachusetts area.

Housing & Shelter
11
Housing Assistance Corporation

Hac's mission is to promote and implement the right of all people on cape cod and the islands to occupy safe and affordable housing. to achieve this goal, hac has concentrated its major programs around rental subsidies, shelter services,…

Housing & Shelter
12
Neighborworks Soma Realty Inc

Facilitating the advancement of low and moderate income persons and other underserved residents in the south shore area of massachusetts and to assist such persons in finding and acquiring suitable housing by providing real estate…

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mental Health Association Inc; the most unlike its peers is Franklin County Community Meals Program Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

19 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 21 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/19
Grantees still filing
16/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CENTER FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INC: $1,887,589 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCFRANKLIN COUNTY DIALSELF INC: $1,109,628 · Human ServicesFRANKLIN COUNTY DIALSELF INCMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION INC: $377,781 · Human ServicesMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION INC+1 more: $61,662 · Human ServicesLOUISON HOUSE INC: $871,619 · Housing & ShelterLOUISON HOUSE INCCONSTRUCT INC: $165,616 · Housing & ShelterCONSTRUCT INCHEARTHWAY INC: $147,435 · Housing & ShelterHEARTHWAY INCWAY FINDERS INC: $82,120 · Housing & ShelterWAY FINDERS INC+1 more: $10,542 · Housing & ShelterGANDARA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC: $410,227 · OtherGANDARA MENTAL HEALT…COOLEY DICKINSON HEALTH CARE CORPORATION: $371,225 · OtherCOOLEY DICKINSON HEA…CLINICAL & SUPPORT OPTIONS INC: $244,497 · OtherCLINICAL & SUPPORT O…FRANKLIN COUNTY COMMUNITY MEALS PROGRAM INC: $72,047 · OtherFRANKLIN COUNTY COMM…+4 more: $53,472 · OtherSERVICENET INC: $417,080 · HealthHILLTOWN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $141,463 · Community ImprovementSOLDIER ON INC: $18,930 · Public BenefitStone Soup Cafe Inc: $15,000 · Food & Nutrition
Human Services$3,436,660Housing & Shelter$1,277,332Other$1,151,468Health$417,080Community Improvement$141,463Public Benefit$18,930Food & Nutrition$15,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCENTER FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INC: $1,887,589 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetFRANKLIN COUNTY DIALSELF INC: $1,109,628 over 7y, 32% of budgetLOUISON HOUSE INC: $871,619 over 5y, 45% of budgetSERVICENET INC: $417,080 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetGANDARA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC: $410,227 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION INC: $377,781 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetCLINICAL & SUPPORT OPTIONS INC: $244,497 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCONSTRUCT INC: $165,616 over 5y, 6.5% of budgetHEARTHWAY INC: $147,435 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetWAY FINDERS INC: $82,120 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFRANKLIN COUNTY COMMUNITY MEALS PROGRAM INC: $72,047 over 8y, 6.8% of budgetLIFEPATH INC: $61,662 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSOLDIER ON INC: $18,930 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetStone Soup Cafe Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetCASA LATINA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budget
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 CENTER FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds FRANKLIN COUNTY DIALSELF INC ↗
  • Who funds LOUISON HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds SERVICENET INC ↗
  • Who funds GANDARA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CLINICAL & SUPPORT OPTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds CONSTRUCT INC ↗
  • Who funds HEARTHWAY INC ↗
  • Who funds HILLTOWN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds WAY FINDERS INC ↗
  • Who funds FRANKLIN COUNTY COMMUNITY MEALS PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFEPATH INC ↗
  • Who funds SOLDIER ON INC ↗
  • Who funds Stone Soup Cafe Inc ↗
  • Who funds INDEPENDENT HOUSING SOLUTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds The Heartwing Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds CASA LATINA 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.

Community Foundation …United Way of the Fra…The Food Bank of West…The Beveridge Family …United Way Of Massach…Health Resources in A…Berkshire United Way …Health New England IncThe Irene E and Georg…Mass General Brigham …United Bank Foundatio…Berkshire Bank Founda…
Community Foundation of Western MassachusettsMA31.9× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts · United Way of the Franklin & Hampshire Region · The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts Inc · The Beveridge Family Foundation · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Health Resources in Action Inc · Berkshire United Way Inc · Health New England Inc · The Irene E and George A Davis Foundation · Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return · United Bank Foundation Massachusetts Inc · Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Community Action Pioneer Valley funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Community Action Pioneer Valley. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 26%
  • Lifepath Inc: 85% of income from government
  • Soldier On Inc: 83% of income from government
  • Servicenet Inc: 82% of income from government
  • Mental Health Association Inc: 66% of income from government
  • Gandara Mental Health Center Inc: 55% of income from government
  • Clinical & Support Options Inc: 32% of income from government
  • Center for Human Development Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Stone Soup Cafe Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Franklin County Dialself Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Construct Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Way Finders Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Hearthway Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Louison House Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
5rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 21 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $17M of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2022, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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