· Public charity
Massachusetts State Labor Council Afl-Cio
To empower and support workers in their effort to promote justice, educate the public about the value of unions, and improve the economic stability and security of working families and communities throughout the commonwealth of massachusetts.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2023
- Under $10k1 grant · $6k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $14k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MA NOT FOR SALE | $50,000 |
| MASS AFL-CIO WORKING PEOPLES FUND | $14,000 |
| RESIST INC | $6,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 82% of its 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.
3 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2023, 1 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CTCOALITION TO PROTECT WORKERS RIGHTS3× · 2021–2023 · $205k
- RURAISE UP MASSACHUSETTS5× · 2017–2022 · $145k
- MAMASS AFL-CIO WORKING PEOPLES FUND7× · 2017–2023 · $95k
Funded once
- VYVote Yes on Work and Family Mobilityone grant, 2022 · $50k
- PVPIONEER VALLEY CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL2× · 2019–2020 · $30k · revenue 0%
- IAI A T S E LOCAL #11graduated2× · 2020–2021 · $15k · revenue +238%
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.
Labor organization
Labor union
To represent and advocate for its member physicians.
MCOFU is the state recognized collective bargaining representative for all employees of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Corrections Unit 4.
The mission statement of the organizatin includes, but is not limited to, on behalf of its members, collective bargaining, greivance procedures, arbitration, strike benefits, education, and to improve the working conditions of its members.
The Mission Statement of the Organization Includes, but is not limited to, on Behalf of its Members Collective Bargaining, Grievance Procedures, Arbitration, Strike Benefits, Education, and to Improve the Working Conditions of its Members.
State labor organization
The mission statement of the Organization includes, but is not limited to on behalf of its Members Collective Barganing, Grievance procedures, Arbitration, Strike Benefits, Education, and to improve the working conditions of its Members.
Member, affiliate, and community education for worker's issues - union and non-union
Labor organization to organize all paid professional fire fightes within Brookline
To organize all workers for the economic, moral and social advancement of their condition and status.
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 10 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.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Massachusetts State Labor Council Afl-Cio funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Massachusetts State Labor Council Afl-Cio. Bigger dots raise more.
- Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health Inc: 11% of income from government
- Resist Inc: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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