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Mystic Valley Aging Services Inc

Mystic valley aging services is an organization that is set up to assist eligible older residents and adults living with disabilities with a range of services that will enhance their quality of life and allow them to live with dignity and respect.

$207k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$68k
Largest
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.

Crime & Legal$362kHuman Services$247kArts & Culture$35kHealth$31kEnvironment$31kYouth Development$24kEducation$21kRecreation & Sports$12k
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 10 grants below total $197,183, the rows itemized in this filing. The $207,053 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $9,870 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 $10k2 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $110k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $68k
$14,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$49M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GREATER BOSTON LEGAL SERVICES$68,000
GREATER BOSTON CHINESE GOLDEN AGE CENTER$28,989
MGH HEALTH ASSOCIATES$15,974
HOUSING FAMILIES$15,630
MASSACHUSETTS ALLIANCE OF PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS$14,000
MELROSE COUNCIL ON AGING$13,884
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF STONEHAM AND WAKEFIELD$11,330
IMMIGRANT LEARNING CENTER INC$10,000
CHINESE CULTURE CONNECTION$9,942
GREEN ROOTS$9,434
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 (FY22–25, $174k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%GREATER BOSTON CHINESE GOLDEN AGE C: $33k → 16%GREATER BOSTON CHINESE GOLDEN AGE C: $33k → 16%GREATER BOSTON CHINESE GOLDEN AGE CENTER: $29k → 16%GREATER BOSTON CHINESE GOLDEN AGE CENTER: $29k → 16%MA ALLIANCE OF PORTUGESE SPEAKERS: $15k → 8%MASSACHUSETTS ALLIANCE OF PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS: $14k → 8%MA ALLIANCE OF PORTUGESE SPEAKERS: $11k → 8%MA ALLIANCE OF PORTUGESE SPEAKERS: $10k → 8%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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$764k · 11 repeat orgs$0 to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
0

Total granted

$764k
$0

Still filing today

64%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • GB
    GREATER BOSTON LEGAL SERVICES INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $338k · revenue +120%
  • GB
    GREATER BOSTON CHINESE GOLDEN AGE CENTER
    4× · 2022–2025 · $124k · revenue +18%
  • MA
    MASSACHUSETTS ALLIANCE OF PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $50k · revenue +19%

Funded once

    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
    Greater Boston Council On Alcoholism Inc
    Philanthropy
    2
    Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc

    Boys & girls clubs of boston (bgcb) stands as a transformative force in boston and chelsea, where high expectations unlock greatness. we believe that every young person who walks through our doors carries limitless potential. through our…

    Youth Development
    3
    Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Association Inc

    To promote public awareness of chinese culture and heritage. to enhance the well-being and social standing of chinese americans. to provide an environment for people to learn chinese culture, language and arts.

    —
    4
    Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester Inc

    Our mission is to always welcome and connect young people and families to opportunities that embrace diversity, nurture growth, and inspire success.

    Youth Development
    5
    Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Boston Inc

    The ymca of greater boston is dedicated to improving the health of mind, body, and spirit of individuals and families in our communities. we promote welcoming, belonging, and opportunity for all.

    Human Services
    6
    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
    7
    Mass General Brigham Incorporated

    Patient care, teaching, research and serving the community.

    Health
    8
    Lowell Community Health Center Inc

    Lowell community health center's mission is to provide caring, quality, and culturally competent health services to the people of greater lowell, regardless of their financial status; to reduce health disparities and enhance the health of…

    Health
    9
    Chinatown Community Land Trust Inc

    The chinatown community land trust (chinatown clt) works to stabilize the future of chinatown as a neighborhood for working class families and a regional hub for the chinese community. we work for community control of the land, development…

    Arts & Culture
    10
    Visiting Nurse & Community Health Inc

    We are committed to providing the highest quality, compassionate home care to the patients entrusted to us. We are also steadfast in our pledge to be a responsive and innovative advocate for the communities we serve, focusing on health…

    —
    11
    Boston Banglaaid Inc

    charitable, educational, and social welfare services.

    Arts & Culture
    12
    National Association of Asian American Professionals Boston Inc

    NAAAP Boston is a non-profit, 501(c)(3), all-volunteer, Pan-Asian American professional organization that promotes the career advancement andleadership development of Asian American professionals in all fields through networking, Asian…

    Environment
    How this is measured
    The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Boston Chinese Golden Age Center; the most unlike its peers is Candid. 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

    7 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. 7 of the 11 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.

    0
    Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
    1
    Early backer (in before they grew)
    7/7
    Grantees still filing
    5/7
    Grew since first funded

    Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

    GREATER BOSTON LEGAL SERVICES INC: $338,257 · OtherGREATER BOSTON LEGAL SERVICES INCIMMIGRANT LEARNING CENTER: $40,173 · OtherIMMIGRANT LEARNING CENTERCITY OF MELROSE: $37,971 · OtherCITY OF MELROSEMGH COMMUNITY HEALTH INC: $30,899 · OtherMGH COMMUNITY HEALTH INCMALDEN YMCA: $28,522 · OtherMALDEN YMCAGREATER BOSTON CHINESE GOLDEN AGE CENTER: $124,494 · Human ServicesGREATER BOSTON CHINESE GO…MASSACHUSETTS ALLIANCE OF PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS INC: $49,594 · Human ServicesMASSACHUSETTS ALLIANCE OF…CHINESE CULTURE CONNECTION INC: $35,086 · Arts & CultureGREENROOTS INC: $30,759 · EnvironmentCANDID: $23,944 · PhilanthropyBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF STONEHAM INC: $23,908 · Youth Development
    Other$475,822Human Services$174,088Arts & Culture$35,086Environment$30,759Philanthropy$23,944Youth Development$23,908

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

    25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGREATER BOSTON LEGAL SERVICES INC: $338,257 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetGREATER BOSTON CHINESE GOLDEN AGE CENTER: $124,494 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS ALLIANCE OF PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS INC: $49,594 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCHINESE CULTURE CONNECTION INC: $35,086 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetGREENROOTS INC: $30,759 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCANDID: $23,944 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF STONEHAM INC: $23,908 over 2y, 0.2% 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.

    • Who funds GREATER BOSTON LEGAL SERVICES INC ↗
    • Who funds GREATER BOSTON CHINESE GOLDEN AGE CENTER ↗
    • Who funds MASSACHUSETTS ALLIANCE OF PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS INC ↗
    • Who funds CHINESE CULTURE CONNECTION INC ↗
    • Who funds GREENROOTS INC ↗
    • Who funds CANDID ↗
    • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF STONEHAM INC ↗

    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.

    Eastern Bank FoundationMA15.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

    Open a dossier: Eastern Bank Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Health Resources in Action 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 Mystic Valley Aging Services Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mystic Valley Aging Services Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

    2024
    ’20’21’22’23’24’25
    no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
    • Boys and Girls Club of Stoneham Inc: 10% of income from government
    • Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers Inc: 4% of income from government
    • Greater Boston Legal Services Inc: 3% of income from government
    • Chinese Culture Connection Inc: 2% of income from government
    • Greenroots Inc: 1% of income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 11 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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