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Spectrum Health Systems Inc

To provide the highest quality of services to individuals seeking treatment for substance abuse and/or mental health issues.

$431k
Granted FY2024still arriving
29
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20212024.

Health$178kFood & Nutrition$165kHuman Services$155kHousing & Shelter$75kCommunity Improvement$65kYouth Development$33kCrime & Legal$30kRecreation & Sports$30kOther$0
02FY2024 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 29 grants below total $295,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $430,613 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $135,613 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k25 grants · $265k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$203M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ABBY'S HOUSE$15,000
LATIN AMERICAN HEALTH ALLIANCE$15,000
FITLOT INC$15,000
GIRLS INCORPORATED OF WORCESTER$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
ST JOHN'S CHURCH$10,000
THE HAVEN PROJECT$10,000
BREAD OF LIFE$10,000
SOUTH SHORE HOSPITAL$10,000
FIT CLUB FOUNDATION INC$10,000
BRIDGING THE GAAP INC$10,000
MIRACLE MAMA'S$10,000
SMOC$10,000
MAIN SOUTH BUSINESS ASSOCIATION$10,000
UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER INC$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, $163k) 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%BERKSHIRE DREAM CENTER: $10k → 12%TEAM SHARING: $8k → 8%CHRISTIAN CENTER: $5k → 12%WEBSTER DUDLEY FOOD SHARE: $8k → 11%BERKSHIRE DREAM CENTER: $5k → 12%PROJECT JUST BECAUSE: $8k → 8%SOUTHBRIDGE FOOD SHARE INC: $10k → 11%JEREMIAH'S INN: $15k → 11%FRIENDLY HOUSE: $15k → 11%THE VILLAGE: $15k → 11%NET OF COMPASSION: $10k → 11%GINNY'S HELPING HANDS: $10k → 11%SPANISH AMERICAN CENTER: $10k → 11%THE MUSTARD SEED CATHOLIC WORKER: $10k → 11%MUSTARD SEED: $10k → 11%OPEN SKY: $15k → 11%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.

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.

8%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$63k · 4 repeat orgs$703k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +22% since the first grant, against +6% for the ones you funded once.

4 repeat relationships — 1 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 27 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
48

Total granted

$63k
$418k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+6%

Still filing today

100%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $285k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’23’24
Human ServicesHealthFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterCommunity ImprovementCrime & LegalOther

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

  • MS
    MUSTARD SEED CATHOLIC WORKER COMMUNITY INC
    2× · 2021–2023 · $20k · revenue +84%
  • PF
    PATHWAYS FOR CHANGE INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $15k · revenue -5%
  • BD
    BERKSHIRE DREAM CENTER INC
    2× · 2021–2023 · $15k · revenue -65%

Funded once

  • TM
    THE MOVEMENT FAMILY INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue -3% · 29% of their budget
  • FH
    FRIENDLY HOUSE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue +20%
  • JI
    JEREMIAH'S INN INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue +35%

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
Citizens Inn Inc

The organization's mission is to prevent and end hunger and homelessness by providing integrated services that promote long-term stability, health, and independence. (see schedule o for full description)

Housing & Shelter
2
The Brien Center for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

The brien center provides a continuum of care for children, adolescents, adults and families living with significant and persistent mental health and substance use disorders. we are guided by the belief that everyone in berkshire county…

Health
3
East Boston Community Soup Kitchen Inc

To feed, shelter and assist with recovery and self-care the hungry and homeless in our community, and to do so without judgement or exclusivity

Human Services
4
Second Street Second Chances Inc

Research and community leaders confirm that incarcerated individuals who receive support greatly increase their chances to continue on a path to responsible citizenship and positive engagement. second street second chances, inc. mission is…

Crime & Legal
5
Groundworks Collaborative Inc

Groundworks collaborative, inc. provides emergency shelter, housing assistance & a food shelf for homeless persons.

6
Mustard Seed of Worcester County Inc

Direct service for those in need of housing & meals as well as funding for other similar non-profit organizations.

7
Middlebury Transitional Care Coalition

Provide emergency shelter for individuals who have become homeless, and a community meal program 7 days per week and social services case management and referrals as requested.

Housing & Shelter
8
Veterans Inc

Veterans inc.'s mission is to end homelessness among veterans by helping veterans regain control of their lives. we believe that all veterans have earned respect and gratitude from our nation. this belief is translated into the philosophy…

Community Improvement
9
Sojourner House Inc

Sojourner house is a shelter of hope for families;providing a circle of support and empowering them towards independence.

Housing & Shelter
10
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fall River Massachusetts Inc

Anchored in faith our mission is to emvrace the dignity of evry individual by fostering empowerment resilience opportunity and hope

11
Lynn Shelter Association Inc

The lynn shelter association (lsa) believes every person deserves a place to call home. lsa's mission is to provide a safe environment for each individual to define and pursue their goals for independence and self-sufficiency and offers…

Housing & Shelter
12
Lowell House Inc

Lowell house inc. is a non profit, human services agency dedicated to providong both outpatient, residential, and case management addiction and hiv services in safe and supportive community based environments. lhi emobides a culture that…

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is North Star Family Services Inc and the most unlike its peers is M I R a C L E Mamas Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyAffordable Housing ProvidersSenior Living & Healthcare …Supportive Housing for Vuln…Evangelical ChurchesCommunity Food Pantries
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 26 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number21%11%<5yr14%21%5–10yr21%13%10–20yr18%20%20–35yr13%21%35–55yr14%13%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value21%5%<5yr14%16%5–10yr21%22%10–20yr18%21%20–35yr13%24%35–55yr14%12%55yr+

The field is 21% startups (under 5 years old) — 11% of your grantees by number, and just 5% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 1% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1%1/86
the rest of the field
11%
2,037/18,898

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.

04the grantee network

70 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. 70 of the 79 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
68/70
Grantees still filing
41/70
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

SMOC — $17,500 · OtherPATHWAYS FOR CHANGE INC — $15,000 · OtherFitLot — $15,000 · Other+37 more — $312,500 · Other+37 moreMUSTARD SEED CATHOLIC WORKER COMMUNITY INC — $20,000 · Human ServicesMUSTARD SEED CATHOLIC WO…FRIENDLY HOUSE INC — $15,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDLY HOUSE INCJEREMIAH'S INN INC — $15,000 · Human ServicesJEREMIAH'S INN INCOPEN SKY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — $15,000 · Human ServicesOPEN SKY COMMUNITY SERVI…THE VILLAGE AFROCENTRIC CULTURAL CENTER INC — $15,000 · Human ServicesTHE VILLAGE AFROCENTRIC …BERKSHIRE DREAM CENTER INC — $15,000 · Human ServicesBERKSHIRE DREAM CENTER I…NET OF COMPASSION CORP — $10,000 · Human ServicesNET OF COMPASSION CORPFOOD SHARE INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesFOOD SHARE INCGINNY'S HELPING HAND INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesGINNY'S HELPING HAND INCSPANISH AMERICAN CENTER INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesSPANISH AMERICAN CENTER …TEAM SHARING INC — $7,500 · Human ServicesProject Just Because Inc — $7,500 · Human ServicesWEBSTER DUDLEY FOOD SHARE INC — $7,500 · Human Services+1 more — $5,000 · Human ServicesPOWER FORWARD INC — $10,000 · HealthPOWER FORWAR…G A A P RECOVERY INC — $10,000 · HealthG A A P RECO…M I R A C L E MAMAS INC — $10,000 · HealthM I R A C L …THE MEGAN HOUSE FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 · HealthTHE MEGAN HO…SOUTH SHORE HOSPITAL INC — $10,000 · HealthSOUTH SHORE …AED FOUNDATION INC — $7,500 · HealthAED FOUNDATI…MONTACHUSETT RECOVERY FOUNDATION CORP — $7,500 · HealthMONTACHUSETT…Addiction Referral Center Inc — $5,000 · HealthAddiction Re…FRESH START WELLNESS CENTER INC — $5,000 · HealthFRESH START …HEALTHCARE INNOVATIONS FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 · HealthHEALTHCARE I…EDWARD M KENNEDY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC — $5,000 · HealthEDWARD M KEN…THE MOVEMENT FAMILY INCORPORATED — $15,000 · Housing & ShelterABBY KELLEY FOSTER HOUSE INC — $15,000 · Housing & ShelterMIDDLESEX HUMAN SERVICE AGENCY INC — $10,000 · Housing & ShelterLOUISON HOUSE INC — $10,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE PEOPLES PANTRY — $10,000 · Food & NutritionDANIEL'S TABLE INC — $10,000 · Food & NutritionWORCESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK INC — $10,000 · Food & NutritionBERKSHIRE FOOD PROJECT INC — $10,000 · Food & NutritionLATIN AMERICAN HEALTH ALLIANCE OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC — $15,000 · Crime & LegalDISMAS HOUSE OF MASSACHUSETTS INC — $10,000 · Crime & LegalJUSTICE RESOURCE INSTITUTE INC — $10,000 · Crime & LegalCommunity Action Inc — $12,500 · Community ImprovementLOVE YOUR LABELS INC — $10,000 · Community ImprovementMAIN SOUTH BUSINESS ASSOCIATION — $10,000 · Community Improvement
Other$360,000Human Services$162,500Health$85,000Housing & Shelter$50,000Food & Nutrition$40,000Crime & Legal$35,000Community Improvement$32,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetMUSTARD SEED CATHOLIC WORKER COMMUNITY INC — $20,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetTHE MOVEMENT FAMILY INCORPORATED — $15,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetABBY KELLEY FOSTER HOUSE INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDLY HOUSE INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJEREMIAH'S INN INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetOPEN SKY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPATHWAYS FOR CHANGE INC — $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLATIN AMERICAN HEALTH ALLIANCE OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE VILLAGE AFROCENTRIC CULTURAL CENTER INC — $15,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetBERKSHIRE DREAM CENTER INC — $15,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetFitLot — $15,000 over 1y, 97% of budgetCommunity Action Inc — $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPOWER FORWARD INC — $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetBay State Community Services Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOVE YOUR LABELS INC — $10,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF WORCESTER — $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE PEOPLES PANTRY — $10,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetG A A P RECOVERY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetDISMAS HOUSE OF MASSACHUSETTS INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetThe Haven Project Inc — $10,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WORCESTER INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetM I R A C L E MAMAS INC — $10,000 over 1y, 58% of budgetNET OF COMPASSION CORP — $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetDANIEL'S TABLE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE MEGAN HOUSE FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWORCESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJUSTICE RESOURCE INSTITUTE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDAILY BREAD FOOD PANTRY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetWestborough Food Pantry Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetBERKSHIRE FOOD PROJECT INC — $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetLYNN COMMUNITY HEALTH INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH SHORE HOSPITAL INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOUR FATHERS TABLE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetMIDDLESEX HUMAN SERVICE AGENCY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGINNY'S HELPING HAND INC — $10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetBREAD OF LIFE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSPANISH AMERICAN CENTER INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetLOUISON HOUSE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTEAM SHARING INC — $7,500 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetRAILROAD STREET YOUTH PROJECT INC — $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAED FOUNDATION INC — $7,500 over 1y, 18% of budgetProject Just Because Inc — $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWEBSTER DUDLEY FOOD SHARE INC — $7,500 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetMONTACHUSETT RECOVERY FOUNDATION CORP — $7,500 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY DAY CENTER OF WALTHAM INC — $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetLUK CRISIS CENTER INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAddiction Referral Center Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetBERKSHIRE HUMANE SOCIETY INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Greater Worcester Community Foundation IncMA60.9× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc · The Fred Harris Daniels Foundation · Reliant Foundation Inc · Webster Five Foundation Inc · Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc · The Health Foundation of Central Massach · Massachusetts Bankers Association Charitable Foundation Inc · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · Worcester County Food Bank Inc · Woosox Foundation Inc · Rize Massachusetts Foundation Inc · The George I Alden Trust

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 Spectrum Health Systems 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 · 200%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 13%
  • Luk Crisis Center Inc95% of income from government
  • Pathways for Change Inc86% of income from government
  • Bay State Community Services Inc76% of income from government
  • Community Action Inc52% of income from government
  • Justice Resource Institute Inc48% of income from government
  • Open Sky Community Services Inc48% of income from government
  • Railroad Street Youth Project Inc45% of income from government
  • Lynn Community Health Inc31% of income from government
  • Fresh Start Wellness Center Inc29% of income from government
  • Community Day Center of Waltham Inc18% of income from government
  • Middlesex Human Service Agency Inc17% of income from government
  • The Megan House Foundation Inc15% of income from government
  • Spanish American Center Inc13% of income from government
  • Edward M Kennedy Community Health Center Inc10% of income from government
  • Friendly House Inc8% of income from government
  • Berkshire Dream Center Inc7% of income from government
  • Bread of Life Inc6% of income from government
  • South Shore Hospital Inc5% of income from government
  • Rcap Solutions Inc Formerly Rural Housing Improvement Inc3% of income from government
  • Girls Incorporated of Worcester2% of income from government
  • Jeremiah's Inn Inc2% of income from government
  • Boys and Girls Club of Worcester Inc2% of income from government
  • The Village Afrocentric Cultural Center Inc1% of income from government
  • Louison House Inc1% of income from government
  • Worcester County Food Bank Inc1% of income from government
  • Project Just Because Inc0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
20get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
4rely 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.

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 79 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $593k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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