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Community Labor United Inc

Community labor united's mission is to drive forward strategic campaigns with grassroots organizations and labor unions that stabilize and strengthen working-class families and communities of color in greater boston.

$240k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its 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 2025.

Environment$275kHuman Services$218kCommunity Improvement$123kEmployment$115kHousing & Shelter$112kCivil Rights$50kYouth Development$48k
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $9k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $12k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $215k
$65,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALTERNATIVES FOR COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENT$150,000
SEIU EDUCATION AND SUPPORT FUND$65,000
BROOKVIEW HOUSE INC$11,500
WORCESTER COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL$8,800
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 (FY19–25, $160k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%COALITION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE: $50k → 11%CHELSEA COLLABORATIVE INC: $25k → 16%WORCESTER COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL: $9k → 8%BROOKVIEW HOUSE INC: $40k → 16%BROOKVIEW HOUSE INC: $12k → 16%BRAZILIAN WORKERS CENTER INC: $25k → 16%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 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 Affordable Housing Alliance Inc

Maha breaks down barriers facing first-time and first-generation home buyers and owners through education, counseling, advocacy, and grassroots organizing.

Housing & Shelter
2
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
3
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
4
The Massachusetts Association for Community Action Inc

To strengthen and connect the statewide network of community action agencies and collectively advocate for an end to poverty.

Civil Rights
5
The Network for Social Justice Inc

To foster a movement of systemic change to advance equity and inclusion in winchester and beyond.

Civil Rights
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
Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership Inc D/B/a Metro Housing Boston

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.

Housing & Shelter
8
Environmental League of Massachusetts Inc

The organization's mission is to advocate for policy that meets the scale and urgency of our environmental challenges. as a massachusetts-based organization that engages in advocacy across a full spectrum of climate, environmental, and…

Environment
9
Coop Careers Inc

Building a movement of diverse, upwardly mobile college grads overcoming underemployment through digital skills and peer connections.

Education
10
Massachusetts Regional Employment Board Association

The massachusetts workforce association (mwa) is a statewide membership association that leads, advocates and convenes on behalf of the massachusetts workforce development system.

Employment
11
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
12
Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corp

The massachusetts legal assistance corporation provides leadership and support to improve civil legal services to low-income people in massachusetts through collaboration with the legal services community, the legislature, the public, the…

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Third Sector New England Inc; the most unlike its peers is Coalition for Social Justice Action Fund 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

14 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. 14 of the 19 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
11/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION: $50,000 · OtherCHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATIONWORKFORCE SOLUTIONS GROUP: $49,926 · OtherWORKFORCE SOLUTIONS GROUPDominican Development Center: $49,055 · OtherDominican Development CenterBoston Youth Org Project: $47,731 · OtherBoston Youth Org ProjectNEW ECONOMY COALITION INC: $33,334 · OtherNEW ECONOMY COALITION INCDOMINICAN DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $19,400 · OtherDOMINICAN DEVELOPMENT CENTERIndividual grant recipient: $10,890 · OtherALTERNATIVES FOR COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENT INC: $185,000 · Community ImprovementALTERNATIVES FOR COMMUNITY …THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC: $40,000 · Community ImprovementTHIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND IN…BROOKVIEW HOUSE INC: $51,500 · Human ServicesBROOKVIEW HOUSE INCCOALITION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE ACTION FUND INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesCOALITION FOR SOCIA…LA COLABORATIVA INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesLA COLABORATIVA INCBrazilian Worker Center Inc: $25,000 · Human ServicesBrazilian Worker Ce…WORCESTER COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC: $8,800 · Human ServicesWORCESTER COMMUNITY…GREENROOTS INC: $80,000 · EnvironmentGREENROOTS…CLIMABLE INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentCLIMABLE I…MASSACHUSETTS SENIOR ACTION COUNCIL INC: $80,000 · Civil RightsMASSACHUS…SEIU EDUCATION AND SUPPORT FUND: $65,000 · InternationalNEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR INC: $60,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$260,336Community Improvement$225,000Human Services$160,300Environment$90,000Civil Rights$80,000International$65,000Housing & Shelter$60,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetALTERNATIVES FOR COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENT INC: $185,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS SENIOR ACTION COUNCIL INC: $80,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetGREENROOTS INC: $80,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetSEIU EDUCATION AND SUPPORT FUND: $65,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR INC: $60,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetBROOKVIEW HOUSE INC: $51,500 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetCHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION: $50,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetCOALITION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE ACTION FUND INC: $50,000 over 1y, 58% of budgetTHIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW ECONOMY COALITION INC: $33,334 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetLA COLABORATIVA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetBrazilian Worker Center Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetCLIMABLE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetWORCESTER COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC: $8,800 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

Barr FoundationBoston Foundation IncEastern Bank Foundati…The Hyams Foundation …Amalgamated Charitabl…Common Stream Inc #07…Center for Economic D…National Philanthropi…Network for GoodFidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Barr FoundationMA19.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Barr Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · The Hyams Foundation Inc · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Common Stream Inc #0745935 · Center for Economic Democracy Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Labor United Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Community Labor United Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • La Colaborativa Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Brookview House Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Worcester Community Action Council Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Seiu Education and Support Fund: 6% of income from government
  • Brazilian Worker Center Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Third Sector New England Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Greenroots Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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 19 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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