Massachusetts · Public charity
Mds Foundation Inc
The mds foundation is dedicated to directing its charitable resources to improve the oral health of massachusetts residents.
- $219k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $191k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Mds Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $185k | 71% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $113k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $95k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $48k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $66k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $99k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $76k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $100k | 80% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volunteers in Medicine-Berkshires Inc | $152,566 | 7 | 3% |
| ADA Forsyth Institute Inc | $85,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Dental Lifeline Network | $70,250 | 5 | 3% |
| Trustees of Tufts College | $55,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hillcrest Dental Care Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Florida Dental Association Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Community Health Connections Inc | $32,155 | 2 | 0% |
| Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Boston Medical Center Corporation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lowell Community Health Center Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 28 grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($78k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Mds Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
Open a dossier: President and Fellows of Harvard College · Health Resources in Action Inc · Reach Out and Read Inc · Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers Inc · Upstream USA Inc · Patterson Foundation · Direct Relief · Community Care Cooperative Inc · Massdevelopment Hefa Trust · Henry Schein Cares Foundation Inc · Boston Medical Center Corporation · Project Bread-The Walk for Hunger Inc
How this is measured
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About Mds Foundation Inc
- How much does Mds Foundation Inc give?
- Mds Foundation Inc reported 15 itemized grants totaling $191,294, out of $219,477 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Mds Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (84%), Public Safety & Disaster (14%), Human Services (1%).
- Who are Mds Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Volunteers in Medicine-Berkshires Inc ($153k), ADA Forsyth Institute Inc ($85k), Dental Lifeline Network ($70k).
- Does Mds Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Mds Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include President and Fellows of Harvard College, Health Resources in Action Inc, Reach Out and Read Inc.
- Where is Mds Foundation Inc based?
- Mds Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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