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Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center Inc

MassBudget is a leading think tank advancing equitable policy solutions that create an inclusive, thriving Commonwealth.

$389k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
18
Itemized grants FY2025
20
Organizations funded FY2024
35%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$369k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
3 to 22
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$2.6M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 35% of the organizations Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesCommunity ImprovementCivil RightsHousing & ShelterPublic BenefitReligionOther
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 arriving18$369k11%
FY202420$791k35%
FY20235$693k40%
FY202222$904k86%
FY20213$114k33%
FY20204$103kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Community Improvement$1.9MCivil Rights$368kHuman Services$239kPublic Benefit$215kHealth$189kHousing & Shelter$43kReligion$40k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Massachusetts Communities Action Network Inc$1,299,000532%
Third Sector New England Inc$597,00060%
Boston Medical Center Corporation$189,30060%
The Massachusetts Association for Community Action Inc$133,52522%
Worcester Interfaith Inc$59,700310%
Resist Inc$57,0003n/a
Boston Black Covid-19 Coalition Co Massvote$45,0001n/a
Pioneer Valley Project Inc$45,00035%
Coalition for Social Justice Education Fund Inc$44,50033%
Brockton Interfaith Community Inc$40,00031%
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All grantees of Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Massachusetts Communities Action Network Inc$1,299,000532%
Third Sector New England Inc$597,00060%
Boston Medical Center Corporation$189,30060%
The Massachusetts Association for Community Action Inc$133,52522%
Worcester Interfaith Inc$59,700310%
Resist Inc$57,0003n/a
Boston Black Covid-19 Coalition Co Massvote$45,0001n/a
Pioneer Valley Project Inc$45,00035%
Coalition for Social Justice Education Fund Inc$44,50033%
Brockton Interfaith Community Inc$40,00031%
Essex County Community Organization$33,00033%
Brazilian Worker Center Inc$32,50012%
Ayni Institute Inc$30,00021%
Asian American Resource Workshop Inc$30,00021%
United Interfaith Action of Se Ma$25,00025%
Alternatives for Community and Environment Inc$25,00011%
Brockton Workers Alliance Inc$25,00023%
La Colaborativa Inc$25,00010%
Berkshire Interfaith Organizing Inc$25,000229%
Community Labor United Inc$22,0001n/a
Young Women's Christian Association of L$20,00021%
Massachusetts Voter Education Network Inc$20,00024%
Coalition for a Better Acre Inc$19,50020%
True Alliance Center Inc$19,00022%
Madison Park Development Corporation$17,50020%
Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts Education Fund Inc$15,80011%
Boston Affordable Housing Coalition Inc$15,00015%
United Interfaith Action of Southeast Massachusetts (UIA)$12,4001n/a
Merrimack Valley Project Inc$10,00012%
Prophetic Resistance Inc$10,0001n/a
Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action Inc$10,00011%
Lawrence Communityworks Inc$8,00010%
YMCA of LowellLowell Alliance$7,0001n/a
Quincy Asian Resources Inc$5,76010%
Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell Inc$1,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 29 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMassachusetts Communities Action Network Inc: $1,299,000 over 5y, 32% of budgetThird Sector New England Inc: $597,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBoston Medical Center Corporation: $189,300 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Massachusetts Association for Community Action Inc: $133,525 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetWorcester Interfaith Inc: $59,700 over 3y, 10% of budgetPioneer Valley Project Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetCoalition for Social Justice Education Fund Inc: $44,500 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetBrockton Interfaith Community Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetEssex County Community Organization: $33,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetBrazilian Worker Center Inc: $32,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetAyni Institute Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetAsian American Resource Workshop Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetUnited Interfaith Action of Se Ma: $25,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetAlternatives for Community and Environment Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBrockton Workers Alliance Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetLa Colaborativa Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBerkshire Interfaith Organizing Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 29% of budgetYoung Women's Christian Association of L: $20,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetMassachusetts Voter Education Network Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetCoalition for a Better Acre Inc: $19,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTrue Alliance Center Inc: $19,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetMadison Park Development Corporation: $17,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNeighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts Education Fund Inc: $15,800 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBoston Affordable Housing Coalition Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetMerrimack Valley Project Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetJewish Alliance for Law and Social Action Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetLawrence Communityworks Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetQuincy Asian Resources Inc: $5,760 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell Inc: $1,000 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 29.

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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.

Third Sector New Engl…Boston Foundation IncThe Hyams Foundation …Philanthropy Massachu…Herman and Frieda L M…Amalgamated Charitabl…Eastern Bank Foundati…Health Resources in A…Haymarket People's Fu…Barr FoundationUnited Way Of Massach…Combined Jewish Phila…
Third Sector New England IncMA50.7× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Third Sector New England Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · The Hyams Foundation Inc · Philanthropy Massachusetts Inc · Herman and Frieda L Miller Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Health Resources in Action Inc · Haymarket People's Fund Inc · Barr Foundation · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston 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.

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About Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center Inc

How much does Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center Inc give?
Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center Inc reported 18 itemized grants totaling $369,000, out of $389,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 22 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (63%), Civil Rights (12%), Human Services (8%).
Who are Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Massachusetts Communities Action Network Inc ($1.3M), Third Sector New England Inc ($597k), Boston Medical Center Corporation ($189k).
Does Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Third Sector New England Inc, Boston Foundation Inc, The Hyams Foundation Inc.
Where is Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center Inc based?
Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center 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 35 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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