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Senior Connections Inc

The organization's mission is to provide leadership, resources, coordination of services, and advocacy for elderly people and their families/caregivers throughout central massachusetts.

$2.5M
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$828k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Food & Nutrition$14MHuman Services$6.6MHealth$2.1MCrime & Legal$1.3MHousing & Shelter$395kEducation$92kArts & Culture$37kInternational$30kOther$0
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $206k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $597k
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.6M
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ELDER SERVICES OF WORCESTER$827,934
TRI VALLEY INC$416,031
MAKING OPPORTUNITY COUNT$399,292
ELDER SERVICES OF WORCESTER$163,988
COMMUNITY LEGAL AID$134,060
TRI VALLEY INC$97,772
ELDER SERVICES OF WORCESTER$81,889
MAKING OPPORTUNITY COUNT$65,332
TRI VALLEY INC$53,564
AGING SERVICES OF NORTH CENTRAL MA$49,749
AGING SERVICES OF NORTH CENTRAL MA$25,000
TRI VALLEY INC$25,000
ELDER SERVICES OF WORCESTER$25,000
TRI VALLEY INC$21,900
LEOMINSTER SPANISH AMERICAN CENTER$18,750
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 (FY17–25, $6.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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%YWCA OF CENTRAL MA: $43k → 11%CENTRO LAS AMERICAS: $36k → 11%CENTER FOR LIVING AND WORKING: $26k → 11%YWCA OF CENTRAL MA: $24k → 11%MONTACHUSETT HOME CARE CORP: $193k → 11%MONTACHUSETT HOME CARE CORP: $189k → 11%MONTACHUSETT HOME CARE CORP: $188k → 11%MONTACHUSETT HOME CARE CORP: $163k → 11%AGING SERVICES OF NORTH CENTRAL MA: $156k → 11%AGING SERVICES OF NORTH CENTRAL MA: $122k → 11%MONTACHUSETT HOME CARE CORP: $104k → 11%AGING SERVICES OF NORTH CENTRAL MA: $103k → 11%MONTACHUSETT HOME CARE CORP: $78k → 11%MONTACHUSETT HOME CARE CORP: $75k → 11%MONTACHUSETT HOME CARE CORP: $75k → 11%MONTACHUSETT HOME CARE CORP: $65k → 11%AGING SERVICES OF NORTH CENTRAL MA: $50k → 11%LEOMINSTER SPANISH AMERICAN CENTER: $40k → 11%LEOMINSTER SPANISH AMERICAN CENTER: $38k → 11%MONTACHUSETT HOME CARE CORP: $31k → 11%LEOMINSTER SPANISH AMERICAN CENTER: $30k → 11%LEOMINSTER SPANISH AMERICAN CENTER: $30k → 11%LEOMINSTER SPANISH AMERICAN CENTER: $30k → 11%LEOMINSTER SPANISH AMERICAN CENTER: $30k → 11%LEOMINSTER SPANISH AMERICAN CENTER: $30k → 11%MONTACHUSETT HOME CARE CORP: $27k → 11%AGING SERVICES OF NORTH CENTRAL MA: $25k → 11%AGING SERVICES OF NORTH CENTRAL MA: $25k → 11%AGING SERVICES OF NORTH CENTRAL MA: $25k → 11%AGING SERVICES OF NORTH CENTRAL MA: $25k → 11%LEOMINSTER SPANISH AMERICAN CENTER: $25k → 11%CENTRO LAS AMERICAS: $33k → 11%MONTACHUSETT OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $690k → 11%MONTACHUSETT OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $549k → 11%MONTACHUSETT OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $448k → 11%MONTACHUSETT OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $430k → 11%MAKING OPPORTUNITY COUNT: $399k → 11%MAKING OPPORTUNITY COUNT: $399k → 11%MONTACHUSETT OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $368k → 11%MONTACHUSETT OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $322k → 11%MONTACHUSETT OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $321k → 11%MONTACHUSETT OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $79k → 11%MAKING OPPORTUNITY COUNT: $78k → 11%MONTACHUSETT OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $74k → 11%MAKING OPPORTUNITY COUNT: $65k → 11%MONTACHUSETT OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $59k → 11%MONTACHUSETT OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $56k → 11%MONTACHUSETT OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $45k → 11%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.
$25M · 18 repeat orgs$48k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
3

Total granted

$25M
$48k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+149%

Still filing today

89%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationCrime & LegalArts & CultureInternationalOther
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

  • ES
    ELDER SERVICES OF WORCESTER AREA INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $9.5M · revenue +60%
  • TI
    TRI-VALLEY INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $6.2M · revenue +49%
  • MO
    MAKING OPPORTUNITY COUNT INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $4.4M · revenue +425%

Funded once

  • WS
    WORCESTER STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2020 · $27k
  • MC
    MAB COMMUNITY SERVICES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $11k · revenue +149%
  • YO
    YMCA of Central Massachusetts (2909)graduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +61%
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
Lowell Area Housing Inc Dba Schneider Manor
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2
Massachusetts Council of Human Services Providers Inc

To advance the interests of the human services sector and providers through advocacy, education, and engagement of diverse stakeholders for collective impact.

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3
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
4
Access Care Partners Inc

Westmass eldercare, inc. is an aging services access point and designated area agency on aging that provides services which include in-home support, informational services, nursing home advocacy, legal assistance, meal site transportation…

Human Services
5
Central Massachusetts Area Health Education Center

The mission of the organization is to enhance access to quality health care, promote workforce development, and eliminate health inequities.

Human Services
6
Housing Assistance Corporation

Hac's mission is to promote and implement the right of all people on cape cod and the islands to occupy safe and affordable housing. to achieve this goal, hac has concentrated its major programs around rental subsidies, shelter services,…

Housing & Shelter
7
Jewish Healthcare Center Inc

The center owns and operates a 141 bed skilled nursing facility that provides inpatient long-term care and recuperative services for its patients.

Health
8
The Cambridge Homes
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9
Central Boston Elder Services Inc

To provide home care services, referrals and advocacy to the elderly population located in the boston area.

Human Services
10
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
11
Worcester Common Ground Inc

To establish and maintain housing for low and moderate income families in the Worcester area. Worcester Common Ground also provides income eligible individuals the opportunity to be homeowners.

Housing & Shelter
12
Worcester Community Cable Access Inc
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Elder Services of Worcester Area Inc; the most unlike its peers is Uhai for Health 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

18 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. 18 of the 21 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
16/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ELDER SERVICES OF WORCESTER AREA INC: $9,455,667 · HealthELDER SERVICES OF WORCESTER AREA INCTRI-VALLEY INC: $6,223,335 · HealthTRI-VALLEY INC+1 more: $10,672 · HealthMAKING OPPORTUNITY COUNT INC: $4,381,342 · Human ServicesMAKING OPPORTUNITY COUNT INCAGING SERVICES OF NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC: $1,886,068 · Human ServicesAGING SERVICES OF NORTH CENTRA…SPANISH AMERICAN CENTER INC: $272,345 · Human Services+4 more: $238,154 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY LEGAL AID INC: $1,253,975 · Crime & LegalCENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS HOUSING ALLIANCE INC: $374,510 · OtherJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $347,704 · OtherNew England Homes for the Deaf Inc: $36,401 · OtherWORCESTER PUBLIC LIBRARY: $32,125 · Other+2 more: $47,350 · OtherMCPHS UNIVERSITY: $132,622 · EducationQuinsigamond Community College Foundation Inc: $73,104 · EducationINDIA SOCIETY OF WORCESTER: $36,513 · Arts & CultureUHAI FOR HEALTH INC: $30,000 · International
Health$15,689,674Human Services$6,777,909Crime & Legal$1,253,975Other$838,090Education$205,726Arts & Culture$36,513International$30,000

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 budgetELDER SERVICES OF WORCESTER AREA INC: $9,455,667 over 9y, 4.1% of budgetTRI-VALLEY INC: $6,223,335 over 9y, 3.6% of budgetMAKING OPPORTUNITY COUNT INC: $4,381,342 over 9y, 2.6% of budgetAGING SERVICES OF NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC: $1,886,068 over 9y, 1.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY LEGAL AID INC: $1,253,975 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetCENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS HOUSING ALLIANCE INC: $374,510 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetSPANISH AMERICAN CENTER INC: $272,345 over 9y, 7.1% of budgetMCPHS UNIVERSITY: $132,622 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRO LAS AMERICAS INC: $91,104 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetYWCA CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC: $90,777 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetQuinsigamond Community College Foundation Inc: $73,104 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetCENTER FOR LIVING & WORKING INC: $46,763 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetINDIA SOCIETY OF WORCESTER: $36,513 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetNew England Homes for the Deaf Inc: $36,401 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUHAI FOR HEALTH INC: $30,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMAB COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $10,672 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYMCA of Central Massachusetts (2909): $9,510 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.

  • Who funds ELDER SERVICES OF WORCESTER AREA INC ↗
  • Who funds TRI-VALLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds MAKING OPPORTUNITY COUNT INC ↗
  • Who funds AGING SERVICES OF NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY LEGAL AID INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS HOUSING ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds SPANISH AMERICAN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MCPHS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CENTRO LAS AMERICAS INC ↗
  • Who funds YWCA CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
  • Who funds Quinsigamond Community College Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR LIVING & WORKING INC ↗
  • Who funds INDIA SOCIETY OF WORCESTER ↗
  • Who funds New England Homes for the Deaf Inc ↗
  • Who funds UHAI FOR HEALTH INC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
  • Who funds MAB COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds YMCA of Central Massachusetts (2909) ↗

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.

Greater Worcester Com…Community Foundation …United Way of Central…Health Resources in A…Fallon Community Heal…United Way of North C…Webster Five Foundati…The Nypro Foundation …Reliant Foundation IncThe Health Foundation…Hometown Bank Communi…Harvard Pilgrim Healt…
Greater Worcester Community Foundation IncMA32.3× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of North Central Ma · United Way of Central Massachusetts Inc · Health Resources in Action Inc · Fallon Community Health Plan Inc · United Way of North Central Mass Inc · Webster Five Foundation Inc · The Nypro Foundation Inc co Nypro Inc · Reliant Foundation Inc · The Health Foundation of Central Massach · Hometown Bank Community Foundation Inc · Harvard Pilgrim Health Care 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 Senior Connections Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Senior Connections Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 28%
  • Centro Las Americas Inc: 91% of income from government
  • Mab Community Services Inc: 69% of income from government
  • Tri-Valley Inc: 68% of income from government
  • New England Homes for the Deaf Inc: 36% of income from government
  • Making Opportunity Count Inc: 28% of income from government
  • Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Spanish American Center Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Community Legal Aid Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Mcphs University: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
5report 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, 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 21 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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