Massachusetts · Private foundation
Massachusetts Society for Aiding Discharged Prisoners
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $143k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2026
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 23%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $7,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $42,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 13
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
- Total assets, FY2026
- $332k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 23% of the organizations Massachusetts Society for Aiding Discharged Prisoners funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 13 | $143k | 15% |
| FY2025 | 13 | $100k | 23% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $85k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $122k | 36% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $116k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $99k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $99k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $88k | 25% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Straight Ahead Ministries INC | $257,500 | 10 | 2% |
| New England Aftercare Ministries Inc | $129,500 | 9 | 2% |
| Boston Rescue Mission Inc | $112,500 | 10 | 0% |
| Fathers Uplift Incorporated | $50,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Place of Promise Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Prison Prevention Ministries Inc | $33,500 | 4 | 3% |
| Boston Dream Center Corp | $20,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Partakers Inc | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Boston Collaborative Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 1% |
| The Life After Prison Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 2% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Straight Ahead Ministries INC | $257,500 | 10 | 2% |
| New England Aftercare Ministries Inc | $129,500 | 9 | 2% |
| Boston Rescue Mission Inc | $112,500 | 10 | 0% |
| Fathers Uplift Incorporated | $50,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Place of Promise Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Prison Prevention Ministries Inc | $33,500 | 4 | 3% |
| Boston Dream Center Corp | $20,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Partakers Inc | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Boston Collaborative Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 1% |
| The Life After Prison Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 2% |
| First Baptist Church of Dorchester | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Prisoners Inc | $1,200 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($328k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Massachusetts Society for Aiding Discharged Prisoners supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About Massachusetts Society for Aiding Discharged Prisoners
- How much does Massachusetts Society for Aiding Discharged Prisoners give?
- Massachusetts Society for Aiding Discharged Prisoners reported 13 grants totaling $142,500 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 13 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Massachusetts Society for Aiding Discharged Prisoners fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Human Services (35%), Crime & Legal (30%), Housing & Shelter (12%).
- Who are Massachusetts Society for Aiding Discharged Prisoners's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Straight Ahead Ministries INC ($258k), New England Aftercare Ministries Inc ($130k), Boston Rescue Mission Inc ($113k).
- Does Massachusetts Society for Aiding Discharged Prisoners fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Massachusetts Society for Aiding Discharged Prisoners accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Massachusetts Society for Aiding Discharged Prisoners?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Gardiner Howland Shaw Foundation, Eastern Bank Foundation.
- Where is Massachusetts Society for Aiding Discharged Prisoners based?
- Massachusetts Society for Aiding Discharged Prisoners is based in MA.
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