Massachusetts · Public charity
Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts Inc
To stimulate and facilitate a vigorous regional economy, encouraging and sustaining capital investment and quality job growth.
- $397k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Itemized, FY2024
- $372k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $371,886
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $371,886
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 10
- FY2021 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 100% of the organizations Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $372k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $160k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $587k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clean Crop Technologies Inc | $371,886 | 1 | n/a |
| Westover Metropolitan Development Corp | $119,461 | 1 | 4% |
| Greater Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau Inc | $97,328 | 1 | 7% |
| Westmass Area Development Corporation | $83,833 | 1 | 5% |
| Valley Venture Mentoring Service Inc | $70,350 | 1 | 25% |
| Springfield Business Improvement District Inc | $68,010 | 1 | 5% |
| Springfield Regional Chamber of Commerce Inc | $61,434 | 1 | 14% |
| Amherst Business Improvement District Inc | $37,825 | 1 | 5% |
| Home City Development Inc | $34,650 | 1 | 1% |
| Futureworks Inc D/B/A Masshire Springfield Career C | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clean Crop Technologies Inc | $371,886 | 1 | n/a |
| Westover Metropolitan Development Corp | $119,461 | 1 | 4% |
| Greater Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau Inc | $97,328 | 1 | 7% |
| Westmass Area Development Corporation | $83,833 | 1 | 5% |
| Valley Venture Mentoring Service Inc | $70,350 | 1 | 25% |
| Springfield Business Improvement District Inc | $68,010 | 1 | 5% |
| Springfield Regional Chamber of Commerce Inc | $61,434 | 1 | 14% |
| Amherst Business Improvement District Inc | $37,825 | 1 | 5% |
| Home City Development Inc | $34,650 | 1 | 1% |
| Futureworks Inc D/B/A Masshire Springfield Career C | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Springfield Day Nursery Corporation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Helix Human Services Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Springfield School Volunteers Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Holyoke-Chicopee-Springfield Head Start Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Springfield Cultural Partnership Inc Attn Karen Finn | $18,499 | 1 | 8% |
| East of the River Chamber of Commerce | $17,716 | 1 | 10% |
| Make-It Springfield Inc | $12,547 | 1 | 4% |
Where it is load-bearing
Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 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: Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts · Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc · The Beveridge Family Foundation · Edc 413works Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts Inc with peer funders
About Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts Inc
- How much does Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts Inc give?
- Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts Inc reported 1 itemized grants totaling $371,886, out of $396,886 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 10 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2022.
- What does Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (52%), Food & Nutrition (33%), Education (7%).
- Who are Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Clean Crop Technologies Inc ($372k), Westover Metropolitan Development Corp ($119k), Greater Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau Inc ($97k).
- Does Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts, Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc, The Beveridge Family Foundation.
- Where is Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts Inc based?
- Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts Inc is based in MA.
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