Massachusetts · Public charity
Philanthropy Massachusetts Inc
To promote the practice and expansion of effective and responsible philanthropy to improve the health and vitality of the region.
- $1.8M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 87
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 74
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 28%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.4M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $81,100
- Organizations funded a year
- 37 to 90
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $6.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 28% of the organizations Philanthropy Massachusetts Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $190k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 84 | $1.4M | 18% |
| FY2023 | 74 | $1.4M | 28% |
| FY2022 | 69 | $1.4M | 29% |
| FY2021 | 90 | $2.0M | 50% |
| FY2020 | 65 | $1.3M | 62% |
| FY2019 | 37 | $822k | 11% |
| FY2017 | 51 | $892k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Boston Inc | $524,600 | 7 | 0% |
| The Baseball Inc | $510,100 | 5 | 3% |
| Foundation for Boston Centers for Youth & Families Inc | $495,875 | 5 | 14% |
| Agassiz Village Founded by Mr & Mrs Harry E Burroughs | $254,593 | 7 | 5% |
| Cambridge Camping Association Inc | $233,305 | 7 | 4% |
| Friends of St Stephen's Youth Programs Inc | $231,858 | 7 | 11% |
| Crossroads for Kids Inc | $221,125 | 7 | 1% |
| Brookline Teen Center | $216,000 | 5 | 15% |
| South Boston Neighborhood House Inc | $201,500 | 7 | 2% |
| West End House Inc | $187,000 | 7 | 1% |
Show all 196 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Philanthropy Massachusetts Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 159 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: Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Boston Foundation Inc · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Boston After School & Beyond Inc · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund · Children's Hospital Corporation · Barr Foundation · Health Resources in Action Inc · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Amelia Peabody Foundation
How this is measured
About Philanthropy Massachusetts Inc
- How much does Philanthropy Massachusetts Inc give?
- Philanthropy Massachusetts Inc reported 87 itemized grants totaling $1,443,173, out of $1,815,725 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 37 and 90 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Philanthropy Massachusetts Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Youth Development (43%), Human Services (20%), Education (8%).
- Who are Philanthropy Massachusetts Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Boston Inc ($525k), The Baseball Inc ($510k), Foundation for Boston Centers for Youth & Families Inc ($496k).
- Does Philanthropy Massachusetts Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Philanthropy Massachusetts Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc), Boston Foundation Inc, United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc.
- Where is Philanthropy Massachusetts Inc based?
- Philanthropy Massachusetts Inc is based in MA.
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