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Southcoast Community Foundation Inc

Uniting people, organizations, and resources to strengthen our communities.

$3.8M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
92
Itemized grants FY2024
51
Organizations funded FY2023
12%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$2.5M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$12,600
Largest grant, FY2024
$190,000
Organizations funded a year
51 to 144
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
4
Total assets, FY2024
$62M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 12% of the organizations Southcoast Community Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $81k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving89$2.5M16%
FY202351$1.1M12%
FY2022105$4.4M37%
FY202192$5.3M23%
FY2020144$7.8M54%
FY201968$2.8M40%
FY201873$2.8M38%
FY201758$1.4Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$6.5MHuman Services$5.2MArts & Culture$3.9MYouth Development$2.2MHealth$2.1MFood & Nutrition$1.6MPhilanthropy$1.1MCommunity Improvement$1.1MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
New Bedford Public Schools$2,006,9747n/a
Northstar Learning Centers Inc$1,500,703714%
Old Dartmouth Historical Society$1,315,87386%
United Way of Greater New Bedford Inc$807,07085%
Immigrants' Assistance Center Inc$751,214832%
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Foundation$620,500412%
Global Learning Charter Public School$612,7525n/a
Young Men's Christian Association Southcoast Inc$516,45082%
Hockomock Young Men's Christian Association Inc$513,15132%
People Acting in Community Endeavors Inc$509,82150%
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All grantees of Southcoast Community Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
New Bedford Public Schools$2,006,9747n/a
Northstar Learning Centers Inc$1,500,703714%
Old Dartmouth Historical Society$1,315,87386%
United Way of Greater New Bedford Inc$807,07085%
Immigrants' Assistance Center Inc$751,214832%
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Foundation$620,500412%
Global Learning Charter Public School$612,7525n/a
Young Men's Christian Association Southcoast Inc$516,45082%
Hockomock Young Men's Christian Association Inc$513,15132%
People Acting in Community Endeavors Inc$509,82150%
United Way of Greater Fall River Inc$472,937213%
Community Economic Development Center of Se$434,0105n/a
Boys & Girls Club of Greater New Bedford Inc$431,131812%
New Bedford Symphony Orchestra Association Inc$427,26586%
The Salvation Army$402,7863n/a
Southcoast Health System Inc$401,49572%
Bristol County Chamber Foundation Inc$398,500529%
Pace Community Housing Corporation$380,746339%
YWCA of Southeastern Massachusetts Inc$370,470810%
Citizens for Citizens Inc$349,30031%
Dennison Memorial Community Center Inc$331,000818%
South Coast Lgbtq Network Inc$327,689631%
Brockton Area Multi-Services Inc$317,02520%
Stanley Street Treatment and Resources Inc$300,00021%
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fall River Massachusetts Inc$285,83741%
Centro Comunitario de Trabajadores Incorporated$280,000621%
Casa Dos Acores Da Nova Inglaterra Inc$265,500782%
University of Massachusetts$264,0463n/a
Health Imperatives Inc$261,62531%
Bristol Community College Foundation Inc$257,690218%
Our Sisters School$244,04482%
Coastal Foodshed$229,733618%
Salvation Army$222,9533n/a
Art Museum New Bedford Inc$214,970712%
Attleboro Young Mens Christian Association$214,22022%
Global Learning Charter Public School$200,5003n/a
Old Colony Young Men's Christian Association Inc$189,23620%
Buzzards Bay Coalition$188,75071%
Alma del Mar Foundation Inc$181,50082%
Buttonwood Park Zoological Society Inc$180,82544%
Attleboro Area Council of Churches Inc$178,5003n/a
The Marion Institute Inc$172,51854%
Brockton Interfaith Community Inc$172,002211%
Zeiterion Theatre Inc$165,50042%
Brockton Neighborhood Health Center Inc$165,00020%
New Bedford Women's Center Inc$157,88924%
Children's Museum of Greater Fall River Inc$155,000328%
Junior Achievement of Southern Ma$151,300811%
Teach for America Inc$151,00080%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$150,00010%
Child and Family Services Inc$147,25480%
New Bedford Light$144,750312%
Plymouth Taskforce to End Homelessness I$139,800249%
The Literacy Center$134,700210%
United Interfaith Action of Se Ma$133,500863%
Town of Gosnold$130,5005n/a
Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey Association Inc$129,000465%
Browning the Green Space Inc$126,000114%
Dream Out Loud Center Inc$123,262637%
Community Economic Development Center of Southeastern Mass$117,500310%
MASS Design Art & Technology Institute Inc$115,960527%
3rd Eye Youth Empowerment Inc$112,233461%
Ser-Jobs for Progress Inc$109,50051%
Greater New Bedford Community Health Center Inc$109,00020%
Nativity Preparatory School New Bedford Inc$108,00082%
The Arc of Bristol County Inc$103,61760%
Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen Foundation Inc$103,421338%
The Trustees of Reservations$100,00020%
Upper Valley Haven$100,00021%
Amegoinc$98,00020%
Coastline Elderly Services Inc$95,00020%
Westport Education Foundation Inc$93,0321n/a
Reach Out and Read Inc$90,00070%
New Bedford Historical Society Inc$88,800522%
Alzheimer's Association$87,1911n/a
School on Wheels of Massachusetts Inc$86,10073%
University of Massachusetts Amherst Foundation Inc$86,06512%
Groundwork Lawrence Inc$84,21641%
Seven Hills Foundation Inc$82,1022n/a
Childrens Advocacy Center of BC$80,75041%
Community Boating Center Inc$80,12562%
Youth Opportunities Unlimited$80,00030%
Kennedy-Donovan Center Inc$79,20020%
New Bedford Economic Development Council Inc$77,05022%
Healthfirst Family Care Center Inc$75,00011%
South Shore Community Action Council Inc$74,10020%
Dartmouth Public Schools$72,8655n/a
Youth Opportunities Unlimited Inc$71,85333%
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro South Inc$70,49130%
Father Bill's & Mainspring Inc$70,00030%
Womens Fund Southcoast Inc$69,12029%
Brockton Day Nursery Inc$68,27331%
The Family Pantry- Damien's Place$65,45423%
Molife Inc$65,07822%
Thomas Chew Memorial Boys & Girls Club Inc$64,49712%
Meeting Street Massachusetts Inc$63,69531%
Town of Marion$62,7627n/a
My Brothers Keeper Inc$61,70021%
Whale$61,5003n/a
Veterans Association of Bristol County Inc$61,50025%
Watuppa Rowing Center Inc$61,00039%
Harpswell Heritage Land Trust$60,0002n/a
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Plymouth$60,00016%
Narrows Center for the Arts Inc$59,00043%
Southeastern Mass Veterans Housing Program Inc$58,60041%
Inland Seas Education Association$58,32715%
Holy Union Sisters$57,9133n/a
Coaching for Change Inc$57,62052%
Yeah Corps$57,000423%
Westport Community Schools$55,3342n/a
Family Service Association of Greater Fall River Inc$55,00020%
Associacao Caboverdiana De Brockton Inc$50,00016%
Round the Bend Farm Inc$50,00017%
Philanthropy Massachusetts Inc$50,00021%
Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital$50,00010%
Montshire Museum of Science Inc$50,00012%
Westport Historical Society Inc$47,013111%
People Incorporated$47,00030%
Family and Community Resources Inc$46,86921%
Cape Verdean Association in New Bedford Inc$45,5002n/a
The Women's Center$45,47311%
New Bedford Assn for Advancement of Colored People$45,340224%
Hopehealth Community Vna Inc$45,00010%
Cambodian American Rescue Organization Inc$40,0001n/a
LEADS Inc$40,00016%
Spirit of Somerset Inc$39,960418%
The Livestock Institute of Southern New England Inc$39,40532%
The May Institute Inc$38,00010%
Gnome Inc$37,83733%
Santa Cecilia Band$37,5003n/a
Inter-Church Council of Greater New Bedfordinc$35,00016%
Wareham Area Committee for the Homeless Inc$35,000139%
Friends of the Lakeville Council on Aging Inc$35,0003n/a
Discovery Language Academy Inc$33,50044%
Farm and Community Collaborative Inc$33,333138%
St Peters Episcopal Church$33,000213%
Boys & Girls Club of Plymouth$32,50013%
Old Rochester Regional School District$32,2594n/a
Diabetes Association Inc$30,54657%
Centro de Ayuda y Esperanza Latina Inc$30,00025%
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology$30,00030%
New Bedford Ballet Foundation Inc$29,50036%
Greater New Bedford Youth Development Inc$29,4251n/a
Greater New Bedford Voc Tech Hall O F Fame$29,0003n/a
Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership Inc$27,000210%
Community Nurse Inc$26,50030%
Greater Fall River Community Food Pantry Inc$26,000216%
Community Action for Better Housing Inc$26,00012%
Cape Cod Collaborative$25,2002n/a
Friends of the Cuttyhunk Public Librar$25,100213%
Argosy Collegiate Charter School Foundation Incorporated$25,00016%
Massachusetts Military Support Foundation Inc$25,00011%
River to Recovery Inc$25,00014%
Greater Fall River Art Association$24,000288%
New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center Inc$24,00025%
New Bedford Star Kids Scholarship Program$23,76041%
Marilyn Snow House Foundation Inc$22,50029%
House of Possibilities Inc$22,50011%
Martha Briggs Educational Club Inc$22,128281%
Westport Food Pantry$21,5002n/a
Positive Action Against Chemical Addiction Inc$21,00021%
On Stage Theatrical Productions Inc$21,000224%
Southcoast Mentoring Initiative for Learning Education and Service Inc$20,55227%
Saint Vincent's Services Inc$20,40020%
The Fall River Rotary Club Charitable Foundation Trust$20,1861n/a
City on a Hill Foundation Inc$20,00021%
Friends of Rochester Senior Center$20,000173%
Samaritans of Fall River New Bedford MA Inc$20,000110%
Swansea Council on Aging$20,0002n/a
Pioneer Institute Inc$20,0002n/a
Friends of the Somerset Council on Aging Inc$20,0002n/a
The Arc of Greater Plymouth Inc$20,00010%
Cardinal Cushing Centers Inc$20,00010%
Escuela Agricola Panamericana$20,00020%
Plymouth Guild Inc$20,00014%
Friends of Westport Council on Aging Inc$19,000215%
Westport Community Schools$18,0401n/a
West Side Benevolent Circle Inc$18,00018%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$17,95610%
New York University$17,93010%
Justice Resource Institute Inc$16,80020%
Katie Brown Educational Program Inc$16,50032%
Gnome Surf$16,5002n/a
Your Theatre Inc$16,000125%
Angels Anonymous Inc$15,000121%
Greater Fall River Re-Creation Committee$15,00011%
New Bedford Port Society$15,00016%
All Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc$15,00020%
Sippican Historical Society$15,00012%
Joe Andruzzi Foundation Inc$14,50011%
Entrepreneurship for All Inc$14,00020%
Hebron Food Pantry Inc$14,00016%
Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum Inc$14,00012%
Spinner Publications Inc$13,150216%
Greater Fall River Symphony Society Inc$13,0001n/a
The Literacy Center Inc$13,00012%
St Anthonys Band Club Inc$12,50019%
Salve Regina University$12,39810%
Hofstra University$12,23210%
Metta Rising$12,0002n/a
Friends of Jack Foundation Inc$12,00019%
Saint Annes Food Pantry Inc$12,0001n/a
Cape Verdean Recognition Committee Inc$11,500211%
Gallery X Inc$11,45019%
Fellowship Health Resources Inc$11,20010%
Town of Carver's Public Schools$10,8501n/a
New Bedford Chamber Foundation Inc$10,391111%
Massachusetts Maritime Academy Foundation Inc$10,01010%
Serve Home$10,0001n/a
Interlace Commons Inc$10,00012%
Freetown Council on Aging$10,0001n/a
The Max Warburg Courage Curriculum Inc$10,00013%
Day of Portugal Fall River$10,0001n/a
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Massachusetts Inc$10,00020%
Steppingstone Inc$10,00010%
Trustees of Boston College$10,00010%
New England Grassroots Environment Fund Inc$10,00021%
Bristol Aging & Wellness Inc$10,00010%
Donorschooseorg$10,00010%
Balanced Learning Center$10,0001n/a
City of Fall River$9,5201n/a
Wheaton College$8,75010%
Trustees of Tufts College$8,59010%
Friends of Buttonwood Park Inc$8,000116%
The Millicent Library$7,70211%
Fall River Deaconess Home$7,50010%
The Prasad Project Inc$7,50011%
American Heart Association Inc$7,50010%
Seaglass Theater Company Inc$7,500143%
Our Lady of Light Symphonic Band Inc$7,5001n/a
Leadership SouthCoast Inc$7,2861n/a
Simmons University$7,07510%
Lloyd Center for the Environment Inc$6,50011%
The Bridge A Center For Hope And Healing$6,2501n/a
New England Press Educational Foundation Inc$6,096126%
Southcoast Childrens Chorus$6,0001n/a
Waterfront Historic Area League of New Bedford Inc$6,00011%
Little Compton Food Bank$6,00015%
Dharma Voyage Inc$6,0001n/a
Mercy Meals and More$6,00014%
Westport Food Pantry Inc$6,00012%
Attleboro Museum Inc$5,63512%
Washington University$5,17010%
New Bedford Festival Theatre Inc$5,00013%
Triumph Inc$5,00010%
Center for International Media Action Inc$5,00014%
Shepherds Pantry Inc$5,0001n/a
University of Rhode Island Foundation & Alumni Engagement$5,00010%
Apostolic Faith Ministries Inc$5,0001n/a
Dartmouth Cultural Center Inc$5,000113%
Cuttyhunk Yacht Club Inc$5,00016%
Community Autism Resources Inc$5,00011%
Massachusetts Aquaculture Association$5,00017%
Fractured Atlas Inc$5,00010%
Associates for Human Services Inc$5,00010%
Community Connections Inc$5,00010%
Friends of Marion Coa Inc$5,00015%
Mmas Inc$5,00011%
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra$5,00010%
Team Noah Foundation Inc$5,00013%
Merrow Incubator$5,0001n/a
Coalition for Social Justice Action Fund Inc$5,00016%
Sea Research Foundation Inc$5,00010%

Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($185k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Southcoast Community Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 21 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNorthstar Learning Centers Inc: $1,500,703 over 7y, 14% of budgetOld Dartmouth Historical Society: $1,315,873 over 8y, 5.6% of budgetUnited Way of Greater New Bedford Inc: $807,070 over 8y, 5.4% of budgetImmigrants' Assistance Center Inc: $751,214 over 8y, 32% of budgetUniversity of Massachusetts Dartmouth Foundation: $620,500 over 4y, 12% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association Southcoast Inc: $516,450 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetHockomock Young Men's Christian Association Inc: $513,151 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetPeople Acting in Community Endeavors Inc: $509,821 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Fall River Inc: $472,937 over 2y, 13% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Greater New Bedford Inc: $431,131 over 8y, 12% of budgetNew Bedford Symphony Orchestra Association Inc: $427,265 over 8y, 5.7% of budgetSouthcoast Health System Inc: $401,495 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetBristol County Chamber Foundation Inc: $398,500 over 5y, 29% of budgetPace Community Housing Corporation: $380,746 over 3y, 39% of budgetYWCA of Southeastern Massachusetts Inc: $370,470 over 8y, 10% of budgetCitizens for Citizens Inc: $349,300 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetDennison Memorial Community Center Inc: $331,000 over 8y, 18% of budgetSouth Coast Lgbtq Network Inc: $327,689 over 6y, 31% of budgetBrockton Area Multi-Services Inc: $317,025 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetStanley Street Treatment and Resources Inc: $300,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCatholic Charities of the Diocese of Fall River Massachusetts Inc: $285,837 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetCentro Comunitario de Trabajadores Incorporated: $280,000 over 6y, 21% of budgetCasa Dos Acores Da Nova Inglaterra Inc: $265,500 over 7y, 82% of budgetHealth Imperatives Inc: $261,625 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetBristol Community College Foundation Inc: $257,690 over 2y, 18% of budgetOur Sisters School: $244,044 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetCoastal Foodshed: $229,733 over 6y, 18% of budgetArt Museum New Bedford Inc: $214,970 over 7y, 12% of budgetAttleboro Young Mens Christian Association: $214,220 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetOld Colony Young Men's Christian Association Inc: $189,236 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBuzzards Bay Coalition: $188,750 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetAlma del Mar Foundation Inc: $181,500 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetButtonwood Park Zoological Society Inc: $180,825 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetThe Marion Institute Inc: $172,518 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetBrockton Interfaith Community Inc: $172,002 over 2y, 11% of budgetZeiterion Theatre Inc: $165,500 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetBrockton Neighborhood Health Center Inc: $165,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNew Bedford Women's Center Inc: $157,889 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetChildren's Museum of Greater Fall River Inc: $155,000 over 3y, 28% of budgetJunior Achievement of Southern Ma: $151,300 over 8y, 11% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $151,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPartners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChild and Family Services Inc: $147,254 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNew Bedford Light: $144,750 over 3y, 12% of budgetPlymouth Taskforce to End Homelessness I: $139,800 over 2y, 49% of budgetThe Literacy Center: $134,700 over 2y, 9.6% of budgetUnited Interfaith Action of Se Ma: $133,500 over 8y, 63% of budgetSchooner Ernestina-Morrissey Association Inc: $129,000 over 4y, 65% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation IncMA189.8× affinity104 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · The Carney Family Charitable Foundation · Island Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater New Bedford Inc · First Citizens Charitable Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Fall River Inc · Fall River Women's Union · Eastern Bank Foundation · Southcoast Hospitals Group Inc · Arbella Insurance Foundation · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay 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.

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About Southcoast Community Foundation Inc

How much does Southcoast Community Foundation Inc give?
Southcoast Community Foundation Inc reported 92 itemized grants totaling $2,515,004, out of $3,805,056 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 51 and 144 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Southcoast Community Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (23%), Human Services (18%), Arts & Culture (14%).
Who are Southcoast Community Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: New Bedford Public Schools ($2.0M), Northstar Learning Centers Inc ($1.5M), Old Dartmouth Historical Society ($1.3M).
Does Southcoast Community Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Southcoast Community Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation Inc, Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc, The Carney Family Charitable Foundation.
Where is Southcoast Community Foundation Inc based?
Southcoast Community Foundation Inc is based in MA.

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 273 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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