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Main Street Group Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$261k
Granted FY2024still arriving
35
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What you fund
0167% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY20172024.

Human Services$137kEducation$86kArts & Culture$65kPhilanthropy$40kHealth$36kYouth Development$34kHousing & Shelter$24kCommunity Improvement$18kPublic Benefit$10kOther$217k
02FY2024 · 35 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k18 grants · $71k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $190k
$8,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES$20,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR METROWEST$15,000
495METROWEST CORRIDOR PARTNERSHIP CHARITABLE TRUST$15,000
COOPERATIVE PRODUCTION (CO-OP)$10,293
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT$10,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY NCM$10,000
CLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS NEW ENGLAND INC$10,000
GROTON HILL MUSIC$10,000
BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION$10,000
RISE ABOVE FOUNDATION INC$10,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS$10,000
BOROS CARES 4 TROOPS (BC4T)$10,000
BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION$10,000
GIRLS ON THE RUN WORCESTER COUNTY$10,000
METROWEST BOYS & GIRLS CLUB$10,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY21–24, $137k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%LOAVES AND FISHES FOOD PANTRY: $5k → 8%COOPERATIVE PRODUCTION (CO-OP): $10k → 11%INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT PRACTICE (INP): $5k → 16%MAKING OPPORTUNITY COUNT: $10k → 11%CASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ INC: $5k → 16%RISE ABOVE FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 11%RISE ABOVE: $5k → 11%SOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $3k → 8%NORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES: $20k → 11%NORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES: $20k → 11%NORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES: $15k → 11%NORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 11%GINNY'S HELPING HAND: $4k → 11%KITS FOR KIDS: $6k → 8%BETTER DAY ADULT SOCIAL DAY PROGRAM: $3k → 8%METROWEST WOMEN'S FUND: $5k → 8%SPRINGWELL INC: $2k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

04

Where the work is directed

The same grants, placed two ways — where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose earmarks the money.

About 6% of Main Street Group Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked, by their stated purpose, for a different county than the recipient’s own address — money that lands at a nonprofit in one place but is meant to do its work in another. Read by recipient address, 100% of the giving stays in MA; read by stated purpose it is 96% — less of the work is directed home than the recipients' locations suggest.

Main Street Group Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address

Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the foundation’s own 990 grant descriptions.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

54%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$339k · 15 repeat orgs$293k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships — 13 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
28

Total granted

$339k
$153k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-6%
+53%

Still filing today

73%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $140k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureHealthHousing & ShelterOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • NS
    NORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $65k · revenue +131%
  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $30k · revenue +94%
  • AR
    Addiction Referral Center Inc
    4× · 2021–2024 · $21k · revenue +138%

Funded once

  • MP
    MARLBOROUGH PUBLIC LIBRARY
    one grant, 2021 · $27k
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE REUBEN HOAR LIBRARY INC
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -18%
  • MO
    MAKING OPPORTUNITY COUNT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +213%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities & Public Policy Inc

We create opportunities for the people of massachusetts to transform their lives and build a more equitable commonwealth through the humanities.

Arts & Culture
2
Merrimack Valley Food Bank Inc

The focus of the merrimack valley food bank is to help meet a person's most profound need - adequate nutrition and freedom from hunger. only through cooperative efforts can society initiate change, develop strategies to alleviate hunger,…

Food & Nutrition
3
New Bedford Women's Center Inc

To empower and support positive choices for all and to educate and take action in the community for the prevention of oppression and violence.

4
Massachusetts Fair Housing Center Inc

Mfhc is committed to ending systemic housing discrimination and creating inclusive communities through education, outreach, advocacy, housing counseling and enforcement.

Housing & Shelter
5
Building Futures Inc

Building Futures, Inc. provides safe, affordable, and quality housing opportunities in Worcester, MA for low-income individuals and families. It aims to transform the lives of public housing or rent subsidized residents with no cost to…

Human Services
6
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
7
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
8
Northern Berkshire Community Coalition Inc

Improvement in quality of life in northern berkshire county

Community Improvement
9
Goodwill Industries of the Berkshires and Southern Vermont Inc

The Organization's mission is to build pathways that help individuals pursue their goals through employment, career development, and community support programs.

10
Medway Village Food Pantry Inc

The medway village food pantry is a 100% choice pantry serving over 2,500 children, adults, and seniors in metrowest ma. each week clients may choose from a wide variety of items including fresh produce, eggs, cheese, shelf-stable foods,…

Food & Nutrition
11
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
12
Merrimack Valley Day Care Service

Daycare services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is South Middlesex Opportunity Council Inc and the most unlike its peers is Shirley Arts Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 23 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number21%4%<5yr14%15%5–10yr20%22%10–20yr18%28%20–35yr13%22%35–55yr14%9%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value21%3%<5yr14%7%5–10yr20%12%10–20yr18%46%20–35yr13%28%35–55yr14%5%55yr+

The field is 21% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 3% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 2% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%1/47
the rest of the field
11%
1,567/14,759

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

05the grantee network

42 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 42 of the 65 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/42
Grantees still filing
27/42
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC — $30,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSE…MARLBOROUGH PUBLIC LIBRARY — $27,000 · OtherMARLBOROUGH PUBLIC LIBRARYMETROWEST BOYS & GIRLS CLUB — $20,000 · OtherMETROWEST BOYS & GIRLS CLUB495METROWEST CORRIDOR PARTNERSHIP CHARITABLE TRUST — $15,000 · Other495METROWEST CORRIDOR PARTNERSHIP CHARITABLE …BOROS CARES 4 TROOPS INC — $10,000 · OtherFOUNDATION FOR METROWEST - WORKFORCE DEPT — $10,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF WORCESTER COUNTY — $10,000 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT — $10,000 · OtherNATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS (NAMI) METROWEST — $10,000 · OtherNEWVUE COMMUNITIES INC — $20,000 · OtherNEWVUE COMMUNITIES INCMETROWEST NONPROFIT NETWORK INC — $12,500 · OtherCLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS NEW ENGLAND INC — $10,000 · Other+21 more — $84,289 · Other+21 moreNORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES INC — $65,000 · Human ServicesNORTH STAR FAMILY SERVI…RISE ABOVE FOUNDATION INC — $15,000 · Human ServicesRISE ABOVE FOUNDATION I…COOPERATIVE PRODUCTION INC — $10,293 · Human ServicesCOOPERATIVE PRODUCTION …MAKING OPPORTUNITY COUNT INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesMAKING OPPORTUNITY COUN…KITS FOR KIDS INC — $6,000 · Human ServicesMETROWEST WOMEN'S FUND INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesCASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesINSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT PRACTICE INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesLOAVES & FISHES FOOD PANTRY INC — $5,000 · Human Services+4 more — $11,000 · Human Services+4 moreMARLBOROUGH PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC — $81,220 · EducationMARLBOROUGH PU…Ayer Shirley Education Foundation Inc — $3,000 · Education+2 more — $1,610 · EducationGROTON HILL MUSIC INC — $40,000 · Arts & CultureGROTON HILL…BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 · Arts & CultureBOSTON ARTS…METRO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $5,000 · Arts & CultureMETRO COMMU…+1 more — $250 · Arts & CultureCommunity Foundation for MetroWest Inc — $15,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH CENTRAL MA — $10,000 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF THE REUBEN HOAR LIBRARY INC — $10,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF NORTH CENTRAL MASS INC — $5,000 · PhilanthropyAddiction Referral Center Inc — $20,750 · HealthTHE METROWEST FREE MEDICAL PROGRAM INC — $10,000 · HealthSMILE MASS INC — $5,000 · HealthGIRLS ON THE RUN WORCESTER COUNTY INC — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF FITCHBURG AND LEOMINSTER - A NONPROFIT EDUCATIONAL — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METROWEST INC — $8,140 · Youth DevelopmentOUR BRIGHT FUTURE INC — $5,500 · Youth Development
Other$268,789Human Services$137,293Education$85,830Arts & Culture$65,250Philanthropy$40,000Health$35,750Youth Development$33,640

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetMARLBOROUGH PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC — $81,220 over 2y, 28% of budgetNORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES INC — $65,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetGROTON HILL MUSIC INC — $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC — $30,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetAddiction Referral Center Inc — $20,750 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetNEWVUE COMMUNITIES INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBOSTON ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetRISE ABOVE FOUNDATION INC — $15,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetCommunity Foundation for MetroWest Inc — $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMETROWEST NONPROFIT NETWORK INC — $12,500 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE PRODUCTION INC — $10,293 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH CENTRAL MA — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE REUBEN HOAR LIBRARY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN WORCESTER COUNTY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetMAKING OPPORTUNITY COUNT INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF FITCHBURG AND LEOMINSTER - A NONPROFIT EDUCATIONAL — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS NEW ENGLAND INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE METROWEST FREE MEDICAL PROGRAM INC — $10,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METROWEST INC — $8,140 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFRAMINGHAM STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $8,114 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE SECOND STEP INC — $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKITS FOR KIDS INC — $6,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetOUR BRIGHT FUTURE INC — $5,500 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetMETROWEST WOMEN'S FUND INC — $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetMETRO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $5,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetHudson Cultural Alliance Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetCASA MYRNA VAZQUEZ INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT PRACTICE INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSMILE MASS INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTH CENTRAL MASS INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBERNARDIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetLOAVES & FISHES FOOD PANTRY INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGINNY'S HELPING HAND INC — $4,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetWORCESTER COMMON GROUND INC — $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBETTER DAY ADULT SOCIAL DAY PROGRAM INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPRINGWELL INC — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUp With Books Inc — $1,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetFIRST CONCERN PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHUDSON HIGH SCHOOL HOME & SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INC — $610 over 1y, 12% of budgetSHIRLEY ARTS INC — $250 over 1y, 2.8% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Avidia Charitable Foundation IncMA51.3× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Avidia Charitable Foundation Inc · Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Rollstone Charitable Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for MetroWest Inc · Community Foundation of North Central Ma · Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc · Reliant Foundation Inc · Massachusetts Bankers Association Charitable Foundation Inc · George R Wallace Foundation · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · The Madigan Family Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Main Street Group Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 190%2%8%17%30%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 12%
  • Cooperative Production Inc93% of income from government
  • Springwell Inc68% of income from government
  • Clear Path for Veterans New England Inc62% of income from government
  • Newvue Communities Inc40% of income from government
  • Making Opportunity Count Inc28% of income from government
  • The Second Step Inc26% of income from government
  • South Middlesex Opportunity Council Inc18% of income from government
  • Rise Above Foundation Inc14% of income from government
  • North Star Family Services Inc12% of income from government
  • Casa Myrna Vazquez Inc5% of income from government
  • Metro Community Development Corporation5% of income from government
  • Community Foundation for MetroWest Inc4% of income from government
  • Boys and Girls Clubs of Metrowest Inc2% of income from government
  • Worcester Common Ground Inc1% of income from government
  • Better Day Adult Social Day Program Inc0% of income from government
  • Boston Arts Academy Foundation Inc0% of income from government
  • Groton Hill Music Inc0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
19get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
3rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Main Street Group Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Main Street Group Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 65 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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