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Metrowest Women's Fund Inc at a glanceMostly funded, not a grantmaker: see who funds it →

· Public charity

Metrowest Women's Fund Inc

To invest in women and girls in the metrowest through community building, education, and grant making.

$204k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$68k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Education$309kCrime & Legal$122kHuman Services$49kHousing & Shelter$23kYouth Development$10k
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 10 grants below total $162,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $204,250 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $41,750 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $73k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $68k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MASS BAY FOUNDATION$67,500
METROWEST LEGAL SERVICES$19,250
ONE FAMILY INC$14,000
WALTHAM BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC$10,000
WOMEN'S BAR FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTS$10,000
WOMEN'S MONEY MATTERS$10,000
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES NETWORK$10,000
RIA INC$9,250
REACH BEYOND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE$6,500
JUSTICE RESOURCE INSTITUTE -MY LIFE MY CHOICE$6,000
02The need
03

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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Its human-services grants (FY23–25, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%LIVING IN FREEDOM TOGETHER INC (LIFT): $6k → 11%VOICES AGAINST VIOLENCE: $10k → 8%ONE FAMILY INC: $14k → 16%WOMEN'S MONEY MATTERS: $10k → 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.
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$447k · 6 repeat orgs$65k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
2

Total granted

$447k
$16k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+24%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $49k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesCrime & LegalEducationHousing & ShelterOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • MB
    Massachusetts Bay Community College Foundation Inc
    4× · 2022–2025 · $259k · revenue +2%
  • ML
    METROWEST LEGAL SERVICES INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $59k · revenue +71%
  • WC
    Wellesley College
    2× · 2023–2024 · $50k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • SM
    SOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +24%
  • SE
    SAFE EXIT INITIATIVE (SEI) INC
    one grant, 2023 · $6k · revenue +0%
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.

04Its 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
Womens Fund Southcoast Inc

The womens fund southcoast advances gender, racial and economic justice through research, grantmaking and advocacy.

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2
Women's Foundation of Massachusetts Inc

The women's foundation of massachusetts, inc. economically empowers women and girls in greater boston and across the commonwealth through creating and funding high impact leadership and economic programs in partnership with women's and…

Philanthropy
3
Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership Inc D/B/a Metro Housing Boston

Metro housing boston mobilizes wide-ranging resources to provide innovative and personalized services that lead families and individuals to housing stability, economic security, and an improved quality of life.

Housing & Shelter
4
Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association Inc

The mission of the volunteer lawyers project of the boston bar association is to increase access to justice by delivering high quality pro bono civil legal services to eligible clients in the greater boston area.

Crime & Legal
5
Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance Inc

Maha breaks down barriers facing first-time and first-generation home buyers and owners through education, counseling, advocacy, and grassroots organizing.

Housing & Shelter
6
Woman Inc

W.O.M.A.N., Inc. supports survivors of domestic violence and their loved ones along their healing journeys, bridging value rich networks designed to address intersections of violence. In all our work, we strive to continually increase our…

Health
7
Women Employed

To improve the economic status of women and remove barriers to economic equity.

Employment
8
Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corp

The massachusetts legal assistance corporation provides leadership and support to improve civil legal services to low-income people in massachusetts through collaboration with the legal services community, the legislature, the public, the…

Crime & Legal
9
League of Women Voters of Massachusetts

Lwvma, a nonpartisan organization, encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.

Civil Rights
10
Massachusetts Nonprofit Network

The mission of the massachusetts nonprofit network is to unite and strengthen the nonprofit sector in the commonwealth through public policy, public awareness, and capacity building services.

Education
11
Boston Area Rape Crisis Center Inc

The boston area rape crisis center (barcc) works to end sexual violence through healing and social change. as the only rape crisis center in greater boston and one of the nation's oldest, barcc provides free, inclusive, empowerment-based…

Health
12
Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts

The wba encourages the professional interaction and exchange of ideas among its members through events, leadership development, networking opportunities and advocacy.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Women's Money Matters Inc; the most unlike its peers is Safe Exit Initiative (Sei) Inc. 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

13 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.

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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
7/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Massachusetts Bay Community College Foundation Inc: $259,055 · EducationMassachusetts Bay Community College Foundation IncWellesley College: $50,000 · EducationWellesley CollegeMETROWEST LEGAL SERVICES INC: $59,250 · OtherMETROWEST LEGAL…WALTHAM BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC: $10,000 · OtherWALTHAM BOYS & …REACH BEYOND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INC: $26,500 · Human ServicesREACH BEYOND D…ONE FAMILY INC: $14,000 · Human ServicesONE FAMILY INCWOMEN'S MONEY MATTERS INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S MONEY …SOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesSOUTH MIDDLESE…SAFE EXIT INITIATIVE (SEI) INC: $6,000 · Human ServicesSAFE EXIT INIT…WOMEN'S BAR FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTS: $30,000 · Crime & LegalWOMEN'S BAR …Domestic Violence Services Network Inc: $22,500 · Crime & LegalDomestic Vio…JUSTICE RESOURCE INSTITUTE INC: $6,000 · Crime & LegalJUSTICE RESO…RIA Inc: $9,250 · Housing & Shelter
Education$309,055Other$69,250Human Services$66,500Crime & Legal$58,500Housing & Shelter$9,250

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMassachusetts Bay Community College Foundation Inc: $259,055 over 4y, 5.8% of budgetMETROWEST LEGAL SERVICES INC: $59,250 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetWellesley College: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S BAR FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTS: $30,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetREACH BEYOND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INC: $26,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetONE FAMILY INC: $14,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWALTHAM BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWOMEN'S MONEY MATTERS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRIA Inc: $9,250 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetJUSTICE RESOURCE INSTITUTE INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAFE EXIT INITIATIVE (SEI) INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Community Foundation …Eastern Bank Foundati…Boston Foundation IncCummings Foundation G…Middlesex Savings Cha…Rockland Trust Charit…Massachusetts Bankers…Avidia Charitable Fou…George H & Jane a Mif…Eastern Cambridge Fou…Cambridge Savings Cha…Vanguard Charitable E…
Community Foundation for MetroWest IncMA24.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for MetroWest Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Massachusetts Bankers Association Charitable Foundation Inc · Avidia Charitable Foundation Inc · George H & Jane a Mifflin Memorial Fund · Eastern Cambridge Foundation · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Metrowest Women's Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Metrowest Women's Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 18%
  • Reach Beyond Domestic Violence Inc: 53% of income from government
  • Justice Resource Institute Inc: 48% of income from government
  • Waltham Boys & Girls Club Inc: 29% of income from government
  • South Middlesex Opportunity Council Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Metrowest Legal Services Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Wellesley College: 1% of income from government
  • Women's Money Matters Inc: 1% of income from government
  • One Family Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get 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 · 0–60%
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.

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 13 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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