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Planned Lifetime Assistance Network of Massachusetts and Rhode Islandinc at a glance

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Planned Lifetime Assistance Network of Massachusetts and Rhode Islandinc

Planned lifetime assistance network of massachusetts and rhode island (plan of ma and ri) is a non-profit organization that provides planning and trust management services to individuals with special needs throughout massachusetts and rhode island.

$696k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$175k
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, FY2018 to 2025.

Health$920kInternational$525kRecreation & Sports$450kHuman Services$175kYouth Development$15k
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 12 grants below total $605,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $695,670 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $90,670 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

  • $10k–50k8 grants · $180k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $425k
$30,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$44M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BEST BUDDIES OF MA AND RI$175,000
NORTHEAST ARC$100,000
SPECIAL OLYMPICS MASSACHUSETTS$100,000
NAMI MASS$50,000
ASSOCIATION FOR AUTISM AND NEURODIVERSITY$40,000
THE CARROLL CENTER FOR THE BLIND$30,000
ROAD TO RESPONSIBILITY$25,000
THE ARC OF RHODE ISLAND$25,000
BOSTON SENIOR HOME CARE$15,000
BOY AND GIRLS CLUB OF DORCHESTER$15,000
THE ARC OF THE SOUTH SHORE$15,000
SENIOR CONNECTION$15,000
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, $125k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 20% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%THE ARC OF THE SOUTH SHORE: $25k → 8%THE ARC OF RHODE ISLAND: $25k → 14%THE ARC OF THE SOUTH SHORE: $15k → 8%THE ARC OF THE SOUTH SHORE: $10k → 8%ROAD TO RESPONSIBILITY: $25k → 8%ROAD TO RESPONSIBILITY: $25k → 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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 10 repeat orgs$135k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
3

Total granted

$1.9M
$65k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+155%

Still filing today

100%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesInternationalRecreation & SportsSocial ScienceYouth 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

  • Best Buddies International Inc
    5× · 2021–2025 · $525k · revenue +17%
  • SO
    SPECIAL OLYMPICS MASSACHUSETTS INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $450k · revenue +57%
  • AF
    ASSOCIATION FOR AUTISM AND NEURODIVERSITY INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $125k · revenue +65%

Funded once

  • TC
    THE CARROLL CENTER FOR THE BLIND
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • AM
    ARC MASSACHUSETTS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +155%
  • TA
    THE ARC OF MASSACHUSETTS
    one grant, 2020 · $15k
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
Brockton Area Arc Inc

Brockton area arc inc will work in partnership with and for the community to provide advocacy, information and direct services that offer new opportunities and choice for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and…

Human Services
2
Nysarc Inc New York City Chapter

We are committed to helping people with intellectual (cont. on schedule o) and developmental disabilities to live full lives.

Human Services
3
Viability Inc

Viability's mission is to build a world in which individuals with disabilities and other disadvantages realize acceptance, inclusion, and access.

Employment
4
The Arc of Essex County Inc

The arc of essex county provides advocacy and services empowering individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families to realize a lifetime of personal achievement and full partnership in the community.

Human Services
5
Barc Developmental Services Inc

To serve and advocate for people with intellectual disabilities and autism.

—
6
The Arc of Union County Inc

To empower and support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families. this organization will utilize all its resources to ensure that our individuals served, their families and all people with intellectual and…

—
7
Center for Developmental Disabilities

The center's mission is to help children and adults with differing abilities achieve their dreams by overcoming barriers to living, working, learning & enjoying recreational opportunities in the community of their choice.

Human Services
8
Maine Behavioral Health Organization

The mission of maine behavioral health organization is to provide evidence based services leading to increased quality of life; through research, advocacy, education, operated services, and participation in public mental health policy…

Health
9
North Suffolk Community Services Inc

North suffolk community services supports individuals and families across the lifespan in their pursuit of independence and stability by providing a comprehensive array of treatment and recovery services. our approach is to intervene as…

—
10
Spectrum Support Inc

To form relationships which support people to achieve their life goals in the areas of residential, employment, meaningful community engagement and personal services.

Employment
11
Mab Community Services Inc

Mission empowering people with disabilities to live meaningful, self-directed lives through innovative programs that foster independence, resilience, and community. vision building on our legacy of advocacy, innovation and service, we seek…

Health
12
The Arc of the Glades

In Partnership for Full Equality for People with Developmental Disabilities To PARTNER with people living with developmental disabilities for equal participation and inclusion.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Arc of the South Shore Inc; the most unlike its peers is Best Buddies International 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

14 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. 14 of the 17 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
9/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NORTHEAST ARC INC: $375,000 · OtherNORTHEAST ARC INCCARDINAL CUSHING CENTERS INC: $75,000 · OtherCARDINAL CUSHING CENTERS INCTHE CARROLL CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $25,000 · OtherARC MASSACHUSETTS INC: $25,000 · Other+3 more: $45,000 · Other+3 moreBest Buddies International Inc: $525,000 · InternationalBest Buddies International I…SPECIAL OLYMPICS MASSACHUSETTS INC: $450,000 · Recreation & SportsSPECIAL OLYMPICS MASSACH…NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $150,000 · HealthNATIONAL ALLIANCE ON …ASSOCIATION FOR AUTISM AND NEURODIVERSITY INC: $125,000 · HealthASSOCIATION FOR AUTIS…THE CARROLL CENTER FOR THE BLIND INC: $115,000 · HealthTHE CARROLL CENTER FO…THE ARC OF THE SOUTH SHORE INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesROAD TO RESPONSIBILITY INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesTHE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES: $25,000 · Human ServicesSENIOR CONNECTIONS INC: $35,000 · Social ScienceBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DORCHESTER INC: $15,000 · Youth Development
Other$545,000International$525,000Recreation & Sports$450,000Health$390,000Human Services$125,000Social Science$35,000Youth Development$15,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $525,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MASSACHUSETTS INC: $450,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetNORTHEAST ARC INC: $375,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $150,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR AUTISM AND NEURODIVERSITY INC: $125,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetTHE CARROLL CENTER FOR THE BLIND INC: $115,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCARDINAL CUSHING CENTERS INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARC OF THE SOUTH SHORE INC: $50,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetROAD TO RESPONSIBILITY INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSENIOR CONNECTIONS INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetARC MASSACHUSETTS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DORCHESTER INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOSTON SENIOR HOME CARE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Boston Foundation IncThe Doug Flutie Jr Fo…Harvard Pilgrim Healt…Eastern Bank Foundati…Rockland Trust Charit…Imagine IncCambridge Savings Cha…Point32health Foundat…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…American Online Givin…
Boston Foundation IncMA18.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · The Doug Flutie Jr Foundation for Autism Inc · Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Imagine Inc · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Point32health Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 Planned Lifetime Assistance Network of Massachusetts and Rhode Islandinc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Planned Lifetime Assistance Network of Massachusetts and Rhode Islandinc. 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 43%
  • Arc Massachusetts Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Road to Responsibility Inc: 92% of income from government
  • The Arc of the South Shore Inc: 78% of income from government
  • Northeast Arc Inc: 73% of income from government
  • Senior Connections Inc: 52% of income from government
  • Boston Senior Home Care Inc: 43% of income from government
  • Cardinal Cushing Centers Inc: 40% of income from government
  • Association for Autism and Neurodiversity Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
  • The Carroll Center for the Blind Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Special Olympics Massachusetts Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
5rely 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 17 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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