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Community Foundation of North Central Ma

"as a trusted steward, we provide flexible giving options that simplify the achievement of donors' charitable goals.

$5.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
115
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$897k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2025.

Philanthropy$7.1MEducation$5.7MYouth Development$5.3MHealth$3.3MHuman Services$3.1MEnvironment$2.8MArts & Culture$2.4MFood & Nutrition$1.7MOther$0
02FY2025 · 115 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 115 grants below total $4,713,751, the rows itemized in this filing. The $5,404,904 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $691,153 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k33 grants · $246k
  • $10k–50k61 grants · $1.1M
  • $50k–250k18 grants · $1.9M
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.5M
$15,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$95M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF FITCHBURG LEOMINSTER AND GARDNER$897,348
MOUNT WACHUSETT COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC$303,354
NORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES INC$254,748
THE FRANK HEALEY JR SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION$227,424
PROTECT OUR WINTERS$200,000
UNITED WAY OF NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS$193,902
ST BERNARD'S HIGH SCHOOL$164,000
GROWING PLACES GARDEN PROJECT INC$122,257
DOYLE FIELD DONATION ACCOUNT$113,090
FITCHBURG STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$109,869
THE SALVATION ARMY MASSACHUSETTS DIVISION$100,000
APPLEWILD SCHOOL$91,000
MONADNOCK TRUST$82,625
NORTH COUNTY LAND TRUST INC$78,602
HEYWOOD HEALTHCARE$71,483
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $3.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%SEVEN HILLS FOUNDATION: $25k → 11%South Middlesex Opportunity: $108k → 8%SOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $22k → 8%SOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $20k → 8%Townsend Ecumenical Outreach: $105k → 8%Townsend Ecumenical Outreach: $20k → 8%PACH OUTREACH: $13k → 8%WINCHENDON COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE INC: $19k → 11%WINCHENDON COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE INC: $17k → 11%GARDNER EMERGENCY HOUSING MISSION: $20k → 11%GARDNER COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE INC: $16k → 11%Athol YMCA: $128k → 11%Athol Area YMCA: $53k → 11%ATHOL AREA YMCA: $50k → 11%ATHOL AREA YMCA: $27k → 11%ATHOL AREA YMCA: $15k → 11%OPEN SKY COMMUNITY SERVICES: $40k → 11%OPEN SKY COMMUNITY SERVICES: $20k → 11%THE BRIDGE OF CENTRAL MA: $20k → 11%The Bridge of Central Ma: $20k → 11%Montachusett Opportunity Coun: $93k → 11%MAKING OPPORTUNITY COUNT: $76k → 11%No Star Family Services: $39k → 11%No Star Family Services: $37k → 11%MAKING OPPORTUNITY COUNT INC: $30k → 11%Mont Interfaith Hospitality: $30k → 11%GROWING PLACES GARDEN PROJECT INC: $392k → 11%NORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES INC: $255k → 11%Spanish American Center: $179k → 11%GROWING PLACES GARDEN PROJECT INC: $165k → 11%NORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES INC: $146k → 11%GROWING PLACES GARDEN PROJECT INC: $122k → 11%SPANISH AMERICAN CENTER: $78k → 11%Growing Places: $71k → 11%NORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES INC: $69k → 11%SPANISH AMERICAN CENTER INC: $57k → 11%SPANISH AMERICAN CENTER INC: $53k → 11%GROWING PLACES GARDEN PROJECT INC: $43k → 11%GINNY'S HELPING HAND INC: $41k → 11%GINNY'S HELPING HAND INC: $23k → 11%Ginnys Helping Hand: $21k → 11%Spanish American Center: $19k → 11%Growing Places: $19k → 11%GINNY'S HELPING HAND INC: $18k → 11%Ginnys Helping Hand: $15k → 11%YMCA OF CENTRAL MA: $39k → 11%YMCA of Central MA: $39k → 11%YMCA of Central MA: $20k → 11%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.

Which US states its grants reach

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VT
NH
IL
NY
MA
OR
OH
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
SC
DC
AL
TX
FL
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$24M · 154 repeat orgs$3.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

154 repeat relationships: 75 still active in FY2025, 79 since wound down; 33 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

154
142

Total granted

$24M
$2.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+16%

Still filing today

75%
51%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $948k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthEnvironmentArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF FITCHBURG AND LEOMINSTER - A NONPROFIT EDUCATIONAL
    9× · 2017–2025 · $4.5M · revenue +102% · 48% of their budget
  • MW
    Mount Wachusett Community College Foundation Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.4M · revenue +3% · 47% of their budget
  • GH
    GROTON HILL MUSIC INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • FF
    FSU Foundation
    one grant, 2018 · $157k
  • CANDID
    one grant, 2024 · $110k · revenue +1%
  • WC
    WORCESTER COMM HOUSING RESOURCE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue -14%
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
Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities & Public Policy Inc

We create opportunities for the people of massachusetts to transform their lives and build a more equitable commonwealth through the humanities.

Arts & Culture
2
Massachusetts Nonprofit Network

The mission of the massachusetts nonprofit network is to unite and strengthen the nonprofit sector in the commonwealth through public policy, public awareness, and capacity building services.

Education
3
United Way of Greater New Bedford Inc

Our mission is to mobilize people, partnerships and resources to catalyze change that strengthens the communities served.

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4
Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation

Mhic's mission is to be an innovative private financier of afforable housing and community development throughout new england, providing financing that would not otherwise be available, and extending the impact of that financing to ensure…

Housing & Shelter
5
Massachusetts Education & Career Opportunities Inc

Massachusetts education and career opportunities, inc. (massedco, inc.) is a statewide network of service sites that provides education and career advising to over 12,000 low-income, first generation individuals each year. massedco…

Education
6
Massachusetts Council of Human Services Providers Inc

To advance the interests of the human services sector and providers through advocacy, education, and engagement of diverse stakeholders for collective impact.

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7
Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.

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8
Greater New Bedford Workforce Investment Board Inc

Meet the workforce needs of employers and support economic development in greater new bedford.

Community Improvement
9
Massachusetts Fair Housing Center Inc

Mfhc is committed to ending systemic housing discrimination and creating inclusive communities through education, outreach, advocacy, housing counseling and enforcement.

Housing & Shelter
10
Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc

The nantucket conservation foundation owns, protects, and stewards over 9,000 acres of land and coastal shoreline, conserves nantucket's rare and significant natural resources, and engages in impactful ecological research to inform…

Environment
11
Franklin Land Trust Inc

The franklin land trust works to conserve farms, forests, wildlands, and other natural resources significant to the quality of the environment, economy, and rural character of western massachusetts.

Environment
12
Umass Memorial Health Care Inc (Parent)

Umass memorial health care, inc. is committed to improving the health of the people of central new england through excellence in clinical care, services, teaching, and research.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Philanthropy Massachusetts Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ryan Patrick Jones Heart of a Hero Foundation 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

221 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. 221 of the 338 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
61
Early backer (in before they grew)
216/221
Grantees still filing
142/221
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF NORTH CENTRAL MASS INC: $5,558,465 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF NORTH CENTRAL…THE BESSEMER GIVING FUND: $842,550 · PhilanthropyTHE BESSEMER GIVING FUNDTHE DOYLE FIELD FOUNDATION INC: $599,384 · PhilanthropyTHE DOYLE FIELD FOUNDATION …+10 more: $1,061,586 · Philanthropy+10 moreBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF FITCHBURG AND LEOMINSTER - A NONPROFIT EDUCATIONAL: $4,487,672 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB…HEART OF NEW ENGLAND COUNCIL BSA INC: $281,894 · Youth DevelopmentHEART OF NEW ENGL…+6 more: $323,506 · Youth Development+6 moreWheat Community Services: $270,329 · OtherGROTON HILL MUSIC INC: $1,246,450 · OtherGROTON HILL MUSIC INC+114 more: $5,939,643 · Other+114 moreMount Wachusett Community College Foundation Inc: $2,404,912 · EducationMount Wachusett…FITCHBURG STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $581,039 · EducationFITCHBURG STATE…LEOMINSTER EDUCATION FOUNDATIONINC: $331,691 · EducationLEOMINSTER EDUC…APPLEWILD SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $286,250 · EducationAPPLEWILD SCHOO…Frank H Healey Scholarship Foundation: $227,424 · EducationNMRS Scholarship Foundation: $213,921 · Education+8 more: $341,047 · Education+8 moreGROWING PLACES GARDEN PROJECT INC: $824,432 · Human ServicesGROWING PLA…NORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES INC: $481,465 · Human ServicesNORTH STAR …SPANISH AMERICAN CENTER INC: $408,649 · Human ServicesSPANISH AME…ATHOL YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION AND SUBSIDIARY: $272,500 · Human ServicesATHOL YOUNG…MAKING OPPORTUNITY COUNT INC: $199,612 · Human ServicesMAKING OPPO…TOWNSEND ECUMENICAL OUTREACH INC: $165,505 · Human ServicesSOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC: $150,350 · Human ServicesGINNY'S HELPING HAND INC: $135,041 · Human ServicesAGING SERVICES OF NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC: $125,291 · Human Services+10 more: $468,913 · Human Services+10 moreNORTH COUNTY LAND TRUST INC: $998,730 · EnvironmentPROTECT OUR WINTERS: $350,000 · EnvironmentNASHUA RIVER WATERSHED ASSOC INC: $261,631 · EnvironmentAppalachian Mountain Club: $168,000 · EnvironmentGOODPOWER EDUCATION FUND INC: $155,000 · EnvironmentMOUNT GRACE LAND CONSERVATION TRUST: $98,800 · EnvironmentMASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $95,864 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $85,000 · Environment+5 more: $158,535 · EnvironmentDETECTOGETHER INC FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE 15-40 CONNECTION INC: $1,027,682 · HealthTHE SHINE INITIATIVE INC: $399,517 · HealthHeywood Healthcare Inc: $162,483 · HealthRestoration Recovery Center Inc: $120,000 · HealthTHE VIRGINIA THURSTON HEALING GARDEN INC: $95,648 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $88,196 · Health+11 more: $416,574 · Health
Philanthropy$8,061,985Youth Development$5,093,072Other$7,456,422Education$4,386,284Human Services$3,231,758Environment$2,371,560Health$2,310,100

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTH CENTRAL MASS INC: $5,558,465 over 9y, 38% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF FITCHBURG AND LEOMINSTER - A NONPROFIT EDUCATIONAL: $4,487,672 over 9y, 48% of budgetMount Wachusett Community College Foundation Inc: $2,404,912 over 9y, 47% of budgetGROTON HILL MUSIC INC: $1,246,450 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetDETECTOGETHER INC FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE 15-40 CONNECTION INC: $1,027,682 over 3y, 52% of budgetNORTH COUNTY LAND TRUST INC: $998,730 over 9y, 36% of budgetTHE BESSEMER GIVING FUND: $842,550 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGROWING PLACES GARDEN PROJECT INC: $824,432 over 7y, 18% of budgetTHE DOYLE FIELD FOUNDATION INC: $599,384 over 9y, 91% of budgetFITCHBURG STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $581,039 over 9y, 3.8% of budgetNORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES INC: $481,465 over 4y, 12% of budgetSPANISH AMERICAN CENTER INC: $408,649 over 7y, 3.2% of budgetTHE SHINE INITIATIVE INC: $399,517 over 2y, 94% of budgetPROTECT OUR WINTERS: $350,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetLEOMINSTER EDUCATION FOUNDATIONINC: $331,691 over 9y, 59% of budgetAPPLEWILD SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $286,250 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetHEART OF NEW ENGLAND COUNCIL BSA INC: $281,894 over 7y, 4.1% of budgetATHOL YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION AND SUBSIDIARY: $272,500 over 5y, 5.3% of budgetNASHUA RIVER WATERSHED ASSOC INC: $261,631 over 8y, 14% of budgetTOWNSEND PUBLIC LIBRARY ENDOWMENT INC: $261,342 over 7y, 88% of budgetGAAMHA INC: $228,852 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetNMRS Scholarship Foundation: $213,921 over 9y, 34% of budgetCommunity Foundation for Nantucket Inc: $202,500 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetMAKING OPPORTUNITY COUNT INC: $199,612 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAppalachian Mountain Club: $168,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTOWNSEND ECUMENICAL OUTREACH INC: $165,505 over 6y, 73% of budgetGOODPOWER EDUCATION FUND INC: $155,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetSOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC: $150,350 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF LAURENS COUNTY INC: $144,986 over 3y, 12% of budgetCLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS NEW ENGLAND INC: $143,274 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetWORLD FARMERS INC: $142,057 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC: $142,012 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGINNY'S HELPING HAND INC: $135,041 over 7y, 11% of budgetAGING SERVICES OF NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC: $125,291 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Stark County: $120,933 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetRestoration Recovery Center Inc: $120,000 over 4y, 29% of budgetNEWVUE COMMUNITIES INC: $119,735 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetTHE ARC OF OPPORTUNITY IN NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC: $117,584 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCANDID: $110,174 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS: $108,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF WORCESTER: $100,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWORCESTER COMM HOUSING RESOURCE INC: $100,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetMOUNT GRACE LAND CONSERVATION TRUST: $98,800 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $95,864 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE VIRGINIA THURSTON HEALING GARDEN INC: $95,648 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetFITCHBURG HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $92,533 over 5y, 67% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $88,196 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $85,000 over 3y, 1.1% 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 UNITED WAY OF NORTH CENTRAL MASS INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF FITCHBURG AND LEOMINSTER - A NONPROFIT EDUCATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds Mount Wachusett Community College Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds GROTON HILL MUSIC INC ↗
  • Who funds DETECTOGETHER INC FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE 15-40 CONNECTION INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTH COUNTY LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BESSEMER GIVING FUND ↗
  • Who funds GROWING PLACES GARDEN PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE DOYLE FIELD FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FITCHBURG STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds SPANISH AMERICAN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SHINE INITIATIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds PROTECT OUR WINTERS ↗
  • Who funds LEOMINSTER EDUCATION FOUNDATIONINC ↗
  • Who funds APPLEWILD SCHOOL INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds HEART OF NEW ENGLAND COUNCIL BSA INC ↗
  • Who funds ATHOL YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION AND SUBSIDIARY ↗
  • Who funds NASHUA RIVER WATERSHED ASSOC INC ↗
  • Who funds TOWNSEND PUBLIC LIBRARY ENDOWMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds GAAMHA INC ↗
  • Who funds Frank H Healey Scholarship Foundation ↗
  • Who funds NMRS Scholarship Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Community Foundation for Nantucket Inc ↗
  • Who funds MAKING OPPORTUNITY COUNT INC ↗
  • Who funds Appalachian Mountain Club ↗
  • Who funds TOWNSEND ECUMENICAL OUTREACH INC ↗
  • Who funds Heywood Healthcare Inc ↗
  • Who funds GOODPOWER EDUCATION FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF LAURENS COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds CLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS NEW ENGLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD FARMERS INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC ↗
  • Who funds GINNY'S HELPING HAND 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.

United Way of North C…Greater Worcester Com…Rollstone Charitable …Reliant Foundation IncGreater Lowell Commun…The Health Foundation…Avidia Charitable Fou…George R Wallace Foun…Hometown Bank Communi…Douglas & Isabelle Cr…Webster Five Foundati…United Way of Central…
United Way of North Central Mass IncMA136.5× affinity66 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of North Central Mass Inc · Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc · Rollstone Charitable Foundation Inc · Reliant Foundation Inc · Greater Lowell Community Foundation Inc · The Health Foundation of Central Massach · Avidia Charitable Foundation Inc · George R Wallace Foundation · Hometown Bank Community Foundation Inc · Douglas & Isabelle Crocker Foundation · Webster Five Foundation Inc · United Way of Central Massachusetts 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 Foundation of North Central Ma funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Community Foundation of North Central Ma. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 630%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 18%
  • The Bridge of Central Massachusetts Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Restoration Recovery Center Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Squannacook Greenways: 100% of income from government
  • Luk Crisis Center Inc: 95% of income from government
  • Mab Community Services Inc: 69% of income from government
  • Advocates Inc: 66% of income from government
  • Community Action Pioneer Valley: 62% of income from government
  • Clear Path for Veterans New England Inc: 62% of income from government
  • Gaamha Inc: 58% of income from government
  • Nashua River Watershed Assoc Inc: 54% of income from government
  • Senior Connections Inc: 52% of income from government
  • Growing Places Garden Project Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Open Sky Community Services Inc: 48% of income from government
  • Worcester Comm Housing Resource Inc: 47% of income from government
  • Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Robert F Kennedy Community Alliance Inc: 41% of income from government
  • Newvue Communities Inc: 40% of income from government
  • World Farmers Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Community Health Connections Inc: 32% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Making Opportunity Count Inc: 28% of income from government
  • Center for Women & Enterprise Inc: 27% of income from government
  • The Hospital Cottages for Children: 27% of income from government
  • Townsend Ecumenical Outreach Inc: 24% of income from government
  • South Middlesex Opportunity Council Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Greater Lowell Community Foundation Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Montachusett Veterans Outreach Center I: 17% of income from government
  • Ellie Fund Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Launchspace Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Spanish American Center Inc: 13% of income from government
  • North Star Family Services Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Community Foundation for Nantucket Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute: 8% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Rallysound Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Community Legal Aid Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Fitchburg Cultural Alliance Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Rcap Solutions Inc Formerly Rural Housing Improvement Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Friends of Sholan Farms Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Cabot Performing Arts Center Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Fitchburg Art Museum: 2% of income from government
  • Boys and Girls Club of Worcester Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Appalachian Mountain Club: 1% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Groton Hill Music Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Glbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Vermont Community Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Boston Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
63get no government money at all
25report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
11rely 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.
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Find your warmest path to Community Foundation of North Central Ma through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 338 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home