· Private foundation
Female Charitable Association of Gloucester
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HAMMOND MUSEUM INC | $1,500 |
| TOGETHER GLOUCESTER | $1,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,500 |
| PATHWAYS FOR CHILDREN | $1,000 |
| BACKYARD GROWERS | $1,000 |
| GLOUCESTER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY | $1,000 |
| CAPE ANN ART HAVEN | $1,000 |
| FIRST R FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| HAWC | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $600 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–26, $9k) 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.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +66% since the first grant, against +43% for those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2026, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
BACKYARD GROWERS INC9× · 2018–2026 · $8k · revenue +119%
PATHWAYS FOR CHILDRENINC6× · 2021–2026 · $7k · revenue +42%
PATHWAYS ADULT EDUCATION & TRAINING INC4× · 2017–2020 · $3k · revenue +66%
Funded once
- GFGLOUCESTER FISHERMAN WIVES GROUPone grant, 2018 · $2k
- GFGLOUCESTER FISHERMANS WIVES GROUPone grant, 2019 · $2k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2019 · $1k
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.
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.
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,…
Provide resources and skills to individuals and families in the cape and islands to attain and retain independence and economic stability and self-sufficiency through personal growth, family stabilization, life skills and employment…
Promotion of tourism on cape ann including the towns of rockport, gloucester, manchester, essex, and ipswich ma.
Maha breaks down barriers facing first-time and first-generation home buyers and owners through education, counseling, advocacy, and grassroots organizing.
Foster the creation and appreciation of the fine arts by holding art exhibitions; conducting educational programs; acquiring and displaying a permanent collection of representational cape ann works of art; maintaining and preserving our…
The mission of good jobs institute is to help companies thrive by creating good jobs. the institute achieves its goals by providing engagement and advisory support to companies on how to provide better opportunities for low wage workers…
The mission of the falmouth artists guild is to promote the visual arts for the cape cod community through educational opportunities and exhibitions for all.
To promote the fullest development of the individual's personal growth, social responsibility, independent living and vocational development. to increase the likelihood that people with disabilities will develop relationships, increase…
To provide family services and job training for women and their families in the greater gardner, ma area.
To inspire and connect the north central massachusetts community to create equitable access to healthy food and environmental sustainability through education, collaboration and advocacy. growing places supports 27 north central…
To foster an appreciation of the quality and diversity of life on cape ann, past and present; to further the knowledge and enjoyment of cape ann history and art; to collect and preserve significant information and artifacts; and to…
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 32 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 BACKYARD GROWERS INC ↗
- Who funds THE FIRST R FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds PATHWAYS FOR CHILDRENINC ↗
- Who funds GRACE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds PATHWAYS ADULT EDUCATION & TRAINING INC ↗
- Who funds THE HAMMOND MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds ACTION INC ↗
- Who funds THE OPEN DOOR CAPE ANN FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
- Who funds CAPE ANN ART HAVEN INC ↗
- Who funds WELLSPRING HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds THE CALEB GROUP 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.
Open a dossier: Institution for Savings in Newburyport & Its Vicinity Charitable Foundation Inc · Essex County Community Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · McCarthy Family Foundation · The Jebediah Foundation 7563-Xxxxxx00129 · Salem Five Charitable Foundation Inc · Bruce J Anderson Foundation · Brace Cove Foundation Inc · The Applied Materials Foundation · The Peter and Elizabeth C Tower Foundation · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Alfred Chase Charity Fdn Ui
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Female Charitable Association of Gloucester funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Female Charitable Association of Gloucester. Bigger dots raise more.
- Pathways for Childreninc: 86% of income from government
- Pathways Adult Education & Training Inc: 45% of income from government
- Wellspring House Inc: 9% of income from government
- Action Inc: 3% of income from government
- Cape Ann Art Haven Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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