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Massachusetts Health Decisions Inc at a glance

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Massachusetts Health Decisions Inc

Massachusetts health decisions (mhd) is a nonprofit, non-partisan organization that provides both public and professional education on ethical issues in health care.

$24k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
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.

Health$118kCrime & Legal$31kEducation$16kHousing & Shelter$10kHuman Services$10k
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$7,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$448k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOPE HOUSE BOSTON$10,485
US PAIN FOUNDATION$7,500
LATHAM CENTERS$5,000
Individual grant recipient$750
02The need
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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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 60% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LATHAM CENTERS: $5k → 8%CENTER FOR PUBLIC REPRESENTATION: $20k → 8%BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER: $5k → 16%CENTER FOR HEARING & DEAF SERVICES: $8k → 11%THE MYLAGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ACTION NETWORK: $10k → 14%TELEHEALTH ACCESS FOR SENIORS: $3k → 11%US PAIN FOUNDATION: $8k → 11%ASIAN FOCUS: $5k → 8%THE MIRIAM HOSPITAL: $15k → 14%VERMONT ETHICS NETWORK: $15k → 9%GREATER LOWELL HEALTH ALLIANCE: $17k → 8%CITIZENS FOR SAFETY INC: $10k → 16%ME ACTION NETWORK: $750 → 14%VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE: $5k → 16%CITIZENS FOR SAFETY: $660 → 16%HOPE HOUSE BOSTON: $10k → 16%FRANCISCAN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $20k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
MA
PA
CT
RI
CA
NC
FL
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 E-Health Collaborative
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2
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
3
MaineHealth

MaineHealth is a voluntary, not-for-profit community and referral system of hospitals, dedicated to providing high quality health care services to all persons who seek care regardless of their sex, race, religion, age, color, sexual…

Health
4
Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return

Mass general brigham incorporated is developing an integrated health care delivery system throughout the region that offers patients a continuum of coordinated, high-quality care.

Health
5
MaineGeneral Health

To enhance, every day, the health of our patients, our families and our communities. We do that through a range of health care services for people of all ages, in a variety of care settings.

Health
6
Central Maine Medical Center

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustfulenvironment through the expertise, commitment and compassion of ourfamily of caregivers.

Health
7
Northeast Hospital Corporation

Centering on a concept and continuum of care that embraces the health, well-being and dignity of each patient, regardless of their ability to pay, northeast hospital corporation (nhc) has four facilities, beverly hospital, addison gilbert…

Health
8
LincolnHealth Group

LincolnHealth Group (LHG) was established to promote and support integrated & cost-effective health care services for the residents and visitors of Lincoln County, Maine.

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9
Medical Care of Boston Management Corp

Medical care of boston management corp d/b/a beth israel lahey health primary care a/k/a affiliated physicians group (bilhpc) is a network of community based physicians affiliated with beth israel lahey health (bilh) and its hospitals…

Health
10
Bridgton Hospital

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustfulenvironment through the expertise, commitment, and compassion ofour family of caregivers.

Health
11
Lincolnhealth

LincolnHealth is dedicated to maintaining and improving the health of our communities by assuring: the very best, highest quality, and compassionate health care services from highly trained professionals; our services are cost-effective…

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12
Dartmouth Health Home Care Inc

We are dedicated to delivering outstanding home health and hospice services that enrich the lives of the people we serve.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Latham Centers Inc; the most unlike its peers is Telehealth Access for Seniors. 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

15 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. 15 of the 17 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
10/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Franciscan Hospital for Children: $20,000 · HealthFranciscan Hospital for ChildrenGREATER LOWELL HEALTH ALLIANCE CHNA 10 INC: $17,300 · HealthGREATER LOWELL HEALTH ALLIANCE CHNA 10 INCThe Miriam Hospital: $15,000 · HealthThe Miriam HospitalTHE MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ACTION NETWORK: $10,000 · HealthTHE MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ACTION NETWORKUS PAIN FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 · HealthUS PAIN FOUNDATION INCBOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION: $5,002 · HealthBOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATIONVOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE-BERKSHIRES INC: $5,000 · HealthVOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE-BERKSHIRES INCTELEHEALTH ACCESS FOR SENIORS: $3,000 · HealthCITIZENS FOR SAFETY INC: $10,660 · OtherCITIZENS FOR SAFETY I…HOPE HOUSE BOSTON: $10,485 · OtherHOPE HOUSE BOSTONCENTER FOR HEARING & DEAF SERVICES INC: $8,000 · OtherCENTER FOR HEARING & …LATHAM CENTERS INC: $5,000 · OtherLATHAM CENTERS INC+1 more: $750 · OtherNorth Carolina Health News Inc: $27,000 · Arts & CultureNorth Carolina Heal…ASIAN FOCUS CORPORATION: $5,000 · Arts & CultureASIAN FOCUS CORPORA…CENTER FOR PUBLIC REPRESENTATION INC: $20,000 · Crime & LegalCENTER FOR P…Vermont Ethics Network Inc: $15,000 · EducationVermont E…
Health$82,802Other$34,895Arts & Culture$32,000Crime & Legal$20,000Education$15,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNorth Carolina Health News Inc: $27,000 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetFranciscan Hospital for Children: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR PUBLIC REPRESENTATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGREATER LOWELL HEALTH ALLIANCE CHNA 10 INC: $17,300 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetVermont Ethics Network Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetThe Miriam Hospital: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITIZENS FOR SAFETY INC: $10,660 over 2y, 11% of budgetTHE MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ACTION NETWORK: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCENTER FOR HEARING & DEAF SERVICES INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUS PAIN FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION: $5,002 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLATHAM CENTERS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASIAN FOCUS CORPORATION: $5,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetTELEHEALTH ACCESS FOR SENIORS: $3,000 over 1y, 3.9% 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.

The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Massachusetts Health Decisions Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Massachusetts Health Decisions Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 40%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 23%
  • Vermont Ethics Network Inc: 84% of income from government
  • Latham Centers Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Boston Medical Center Corporation: 23% of income from government
  • Volunteers in Medicine-Berkshires Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Franciscan Hospital for Children: 0% 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)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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.
04Through Plinth

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How do I get to Massachusetts Health Decisions Inc?

Find your warmest path to Massachusetts Health Decisions Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 17 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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