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Massachusetts Bankers Association Charitable Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$195k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
31
Grants FY2025
47
Organizations funded FY2024
81%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$44,000
Organizations funded a year
45 to 69
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
10
Total assets, FY2025
$2.7M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 81% of the organizations Massachusetts Bankers Association Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 79% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 21% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $158k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterHealthCommunity ImprovementYouth 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving31$195k55%
FY202447$199k81%
FY202349$205k90%
FY202259$194k97%
FY202151$176k96%
FY202069$195k100%
FY201945$173kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Human Services$303kEducation$209kHousing & Shelter$172kYouth Development$127kFood & Nutrition$110kCommunity Improvement$67kHealth$65kPhilanthropy$33kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NH
MT
WI
NY
MA
OR
CT
RI
KY
VA
MD
TN
DC
HI
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Massachusetts Bankers Association Scholarship Foundation$28,7002100%
North Star Family Services Inc$15,50031%
Agespan Inc$13,00030%
Women's Money Matters Inc$12,00030%
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro South Inc$10,50020%
We Can Corporation$10,50020%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Metrowest Inc$10,50020%
Lower Cape Outreach Councilinc$10,50020%
Student Financial Education Initiative Inc$10,5002n/a
Mystic Valley Aging Services Inc$10,50020%
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All grantees of Massachusetts Bankers Association Charitable Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Massachusetts Bankers Association Scholarship Foundation$28,7002100%
North Star Family Services Inc$15,50031%
Agespan Inc$13,00030%
Women's Money Matters Inc$12,00030%
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro South Inc$10,50020%
We Can Corporation$10,50020%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Metrowest Inc$10,50020%
Lower Cape Outreach Councilinc$10,50020%
Student Financial Education Initiative Inc$10,5002n/a
Mystic Valley Aging Services Inc$10,50020%
Junior Achievement of Southern Ma$10,50021%
Casa Myrna Vazquez Inc$10,00020%
Children's Advocacy Center of Franklin and North Quabbin Inc$10,00021%
Northern Essex Community College Foundation Inc$10,00021%
Springwell Inc$8,95030%
More Than Words Inc$7,50020%
Elizabeth Freeman Center Inc$7,50020%
Gillys House Inc$7,50021%
Merrimack Valley Food Bank Inc$6,40010%
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc$5,55020%
Texas Bankers Foundation$5,50023%
Leo Inc$5,50010%
Follow My Steps Foundation Inc$5,50011%
Empowered Finances Foundation Inc$5,5001n/a
Housing Assistance Corporation$5,50010%
Homeless Not Hopeless Inc$5,50011%
Applewild School Incorporated$5,50010%
Literacy Network Inc$5,5001n/a
Italian Home for Children Inc$5,50010%
Ascension Career Training Inc$5,5001n/a
Organization for Refugee And$5,5001n/a
The Fly Initiative$5,50010%
Springfield Partners for Community Action Inc$5,50010%
Sarahs Place Inc$5,0001n/a
Norfolk Advocates for Children Inc$5,0001n/a
Berkshire Food Project Inc$5,00011%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$5,0001n/a
My Brothers Keeper Inc$5,00010%
Root Ns Inc$5,00010%
No Child Goes Hungry in Peabody Corp$5,0001n/a
Medford Public Library Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
The Carroll Center for the Blind Inc$5,00010%
Bread & Roses Inc$5,00011%
Southeastern Mass Veterans Housing Program Inc$5,00010%
Operation Able of Greater Boston Inc$5,00010%
Berkshire Humane Society Inc$5,00010%
Circle of Hope Inc$5,00010%
Housing Corporation of Arlington$5,00010%
Fresh Start Furniture Bank Inc$5,00012%
Pernet Family Health Service Inc$5,00010%
Martin Luther King Jr Family Services Inc$5,00010%
Boys & Girls Club of Plymouth$5,00011%
Southeast Center for Independent Living Inc$5,00010%
Worcester Community Action Council Inc$5,00010%
18 Degrees Inc$5,00010%
Hillcrest Educational Centers Inc$5,00010%
The Gray House Inc$5,00012%
Just-A-Start Corporation$5,00010%
Empty Arms Bereavement Support Inc$5,00012%
Middlesex Human Service Agency Inc$5,00010%
Centerboard Inc$5,00010%
Boys and Girls' Club of the Berkshires Inc$5,00010%
Domus Incorporated$5,00010%
Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry Inc$5,00010%
Healing Abuse Working for Change Inc$5,00010%
Hockomock Young Men's Christian Association Inc$5,00010%
Youth Center Inc$5,00011%
Calmer Choice Inc$5,00011%
Keeping Pace With Multiple Miracles Inc$5,000110%
New Hope Inc$5,00010%
United Way of Central Massachusetts Inc$5,00010%
The Shine Initiative Inc$5,0001n/a
Massasoit Community College Foundation Inc$5,00011%
Bershire Resources for Integration of Diverse Groups & Education Inc Bridge$5,00010%
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Plymouth$5,00011%
Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc$5,00010%
Entrepreneurship for All Inc$5,00010%
Furnishing Hope of Massachusetts Inc$5,00012%
Support the Soupman Corp$5,00012%
Pittsfield Community Food Pantry Inc$5,00010%
Dove Inc$5,00010%
Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services Incorporated$5,00010%
Lazarus House Inc$5,00010%
Berkshire Immigrant Center Inc$5,00011%
Breaktime United Inc$5,00010%
Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires Inc$5,00014%
Dignity Matters Inc$5,00010%
YWCA Northeastern Massachusetts Inc$5,00010%
Lorraine's Soup Kitchen and Pantry Inc$5,00012%
Immigrants' Assistance Center Inc$5,00010%
Mission of Deeds Inc$5,00010%
A Place To Turn Inc$5,00010%
Brockton Area Multi-Services Inc$5,00010%
Greenagers Inc$5,00010%
Junior Achievement of Greater Boston Inc$5,00010%
Hoops and Homework Inc$5,00011%
Fenway Community Health Center Inc$5,00010%
WATCH Inc$5,00010%
Our Bright Future Inc$5,00012%
Quaboag Valley Community Development Corporation$5,00011%
Berkshire County Arc Inc$5,00010%
The Somerville Community Corporation Inc$5,00010%
Girls Incorporated of Taunton$5,00011%
Act Lawrence Inc$5,00011%
Urban Edge Housing Corporation$5,00010%
Coaching for Change Inc$5,00011%
Louison House Inc$5,00010%
Elder Services of Berkshire County Inc$5,00010%
Berkshire Dream Center Inc$5,00011%
Watuppa Rowing Center Inc$5,00012%
Cradles to Crayons Inc$5,00010%
Artsworcester Inc$5,00011%
Soldier on Foundation Inc$5,00011%
The Charity Guild Inc$5,00011%
Reach Beyond Domestic Violence Inc$5,00010%
Hope House Inc$5,00010%
Children's Advocacy Center of Hampshire County Inc$5,00011%
Old Colony Habitat for Humanity$5,00011%
Camp Putnam Inc$3,00011%
Safe Exit Initiative (Sei) Inc$3,00010%
Provision Ministry Inc$3,00010%
The Friends of the Spfld Vet Center Inc$2,500117%
Good Grief Cape Cod$2,5001n/a
Pause a While Inc$2,50013%
Live for Liv Inc$2,50014%
Newton Food Pantry Inc$2,50010%
North Shore Community Action Programs Inc$2,5001n/a
Talking Information Center Inc$2,50011%
Spoonfuls$2,50010%
Lowell Plan Inc$2,50011%
Veterans Inc$2,50010%
United Way of South Central Massachusetts Inc$2,50010%
The Neighborhood Developers Inc$2,50010%
Heading Home Inc$2,50010%
Families First Parenting Program Inc$2,50010%
The Literacy Center Inc$2,50010%
Action for Boston Community Development Inc$2,50010%
Tle Center for Urban Entrepreneurship$2,50015%
South Middlesex Opportunity Council Inc$2,50010%
Newton Community Service Centers Inc$2,50010%
Chelsea Restoration$2,50011%
On the Rise Inc$2,50010%
House of Hope Inc$2,50010%
Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center Inc$2,50010%
South Boston Neighborhood House Inc$2,50010%
Boston Ten Point Coalition Inc$2,500155%
Our Neighbors' Table Inc$2,20020%
United Way of Greater New Bedford Inc$2,00010%
Interise Inc$2,0001n/a
Quincy Community Action Programs Inc$2,00010%
Girls Incorporated of Boston and Lynn$2,00010%
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship$2,00010%
Friends of the Jacob Edwards Library Inc$2,0001n/a
Friends of St Luke's Inc St Luke's Guest House$2,00011%
Brazilian Resource Center Inc$2,00010%
Community Action Pioneer Valley$2,00010%
Action Inc$1,70020%
Bread of Life Inc$1,65010%
Seniorcare Inc$1,50010%
Plymouth Area Coalition for the Homeless$1,50010%
The Peoples Pantry$1,50010%
Hildebrand Family Self-Help Center Inc$1,50010%
Care Central VNA & Hospice Inc$1,50010%
The Second Step Inc$1,50010%
YWCA of Southeastern Massachusetts Inc$1,50010%
My Brother's Table Inc$1,50010%
Berkshires Bounty Inc$1,50010%
Fair Project Inc Attny Craig Rockwood$1,500136%
Merrimack Valley Housing Partnership Inc$1,50010%
American Bankers Association$1,50020%
Habitat for Humanity North Central Massachusetts Inc$1,50010%
Peer Health Exchange Inc$1,50010%
Cambridge Camping Association Inc$1,50010%
Woburn Council of Social Concern Inc$1,50010%
Newvue Communities Inc$1,50010%
Community Cooks Inc$1,50010%
Interfaith Social Services Inc$1,50010%
Nourish Nantucket Inc$1,50011%
Falmouth Service Center Inc$1,50010%
Valuing Our Children Inc$1,50010%
The Open Door Cape Ann Food Pantry Inc$1,50010%
Northstar Learning Centers Inc$1,50010%
Arlington Eats Inc$1,50010%
Charles River Conservancy Inc$1,50010%
Project Citizenship Inc$1,50010%
Revitalize Community Development Corporation$1,50010%
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell Inc$1,50010%
Lawrence Communityworks Inc$1,50010%
West Side Benevolent Circle Inc$1,50011%
Southwest Boston Community Development Corporation and Affiliates$1,50010%
Duffy Health Center Inc$1,50010%
Project Smile Inc$1,50013%
Cape Kid Meals Inc$1,5001n/a
Amplify POC Cape Cod Inc$1,5001n/a
RESPOND Inc$1,50010%
Innercity Weightlifting Inc$1,50010%
Worcester Comm Housing Resource Inc$1,50010%
Solutions at Work Inc$1,50010%
Falmouth Housing Trust$1,50010%
Jeff's Place Children's Bereavement Center Inc$1,50010%
Belonging to Each Other Inc$1,50011%
Minute Man Arc for Human Services Inc$1,50010%
Breakthrough Greater Boston Inc$1,50010%
Healing Racism Institute Inc$1,50010%
Berkshire Agricultural Ventures Inc$1,50010%
House of Possibilities Inc$1,50010%
Up Education Network$1,50010%
The Ecumenical Social Action Committee Inc (Esac)$1,50010%
Walpole Community Food Pantry Inc$1,50011%
Berkshire Coalition for Suicide Prevention Inc$1,50015%
Ginny's Helping Hand Inc$1,50010%
Dedham Community Association Inc$1,50010%
Hispanic-American Institute Inc$1,50010%
Health and Social Services Consortium Inc$1,50010%
The Young People's Project Inc$1,50010%
Caritas Communities Inc$1,50010%
Associates for Human Services Inc$1,50010%
Housing Families Inc$1,50010%
Homeless Prevention Council Inc$1,50010%
Casa Project Inc$1,50010%
Second Chance Animal Services Inc$1,50010%
Northeast Arc Inc$1,50010%
Portal to Hope$1,50010%
Waltham Boys & Girls Club Inc$1,50010%
Grow Food Northampton Inc$1,20010%
Emmaus Inc$1,15010%
The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts Inc$1,15020%
Habitat for Humanity - Central Berkshire$1,00010%
The Genesis Center$1,00010%
Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation$1,00010%
Gateways Academy Inc$1,00010%
Inquilinos Boricuas En Accion Inc$1,00010%
Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation$1,00010%
Volunteers in Public Schools of Westfield Inc$1,0001n/a
Dedham Food Pantry Charitable Trust$90010%
Friends of Boston's Homeless Inc$70010%
Worcester County Food Bank Inc$55010%
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc$55010%
Connecticut Foodshare Inc$10010%
Cape Cod Maritime Museuminc$10010%
Massachusetts Fallen Heroes Inc$10010%
North & South Rivers Watershed Association Inc$10010%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$10010%
American Diabetes Association$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 75 recipients with no EIN on record ($416k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Massachusetts Bankers Association Charitable Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMassachusetts Bankers Association Scholarship Foundation: $28,700 over 2y, 100% of budgetNorth Star Family Services Inc: $15,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetAgespan Inc: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWomen's Money Matters Inc: $12,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThe Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro South Inc: $10,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWe Can Corporation: $10,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Metrowest Inc: $10,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLower Cape Outreach Councilinc: $10,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMystic Valley Aging Services Inc: $10,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJunior Achievement of Southern Ma: $10,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetCasa Myrna Vazquez Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Advocacy Center of Franklin and North Quabbin Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetNorthern Essex Community College Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSpringwell Inc: $8,950 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMore Than Words Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetElizabeth Freeman Center Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGillys House Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetMerrimack Valley Food Bank Inc: $6,400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBoston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc: $5,550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Bankers Foundation: $5,500 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetLeo Inc: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFollow My Steps Foundation Inc: $5,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHousing Assistance Corporation: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHomeless Not Hopeless Inc: $5,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetApplewild School Incorporated: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetItalian Home for Children Inc: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fly Initiative: $5,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSpringfield Partners for Community Action Inc: $5,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBerkshire Food Project Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetMy Brothers Keeper Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRoot Ns Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Carroll Center for the Blind Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBread & Roses Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSoutheastern Mass Veterans Housing Program Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOperation Able of Greater Boston Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBerkshire Humane Society Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCircle of Hope Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHousing Corporation of Arlington: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFresh Start Furniture Bank Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetPernet Family Health Service Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMartin Luther King Jr Family Services Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Plymouth: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSoutheast Center for Independent Living Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWorcester Community Action Council Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget18 Degrees Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHillcrest Educational Centers Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Gray House Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetJust-A-Start Corporation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation IncMA153.2× affinity90 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Arbella Insurance Foundation · Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Cambridge Foundation · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · Salem Five Charitable Foundation Inc · Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund

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.

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About Massachusetts Bankers Association Charitable Foundation Inc

How much does Massachusetts Bankers Association Charitable Foundation Inc give?
Massachusetts Bankers Association Charitable Foundation Inc reported 31 grants totaling $194,850 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 45 and 69 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does Massachusetts Bankers Association Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (23%), Education (16%), Housing & Shelter (13%).
Who are Massachusetts Bankers Association Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Massachusetts Bankers Association Scholarship Foundation ($29k), North Star Family Services Inc ($16k), Agespan Inc ($13k).
Does Massachusetts Bankers Association Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 81% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Massachusetts Bankers Association Charitable Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Massachusetts Bankers Association Charitable Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation, United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc.
Where is Massachusetts Bankers Association Charitable Foundation Inc based?
Massachusetts Bankers Association Charitable Foundation Inc is based in MA.

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 323 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-PF 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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