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· Public charity

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 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, FY2021 to 2024.

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 29 grants below total $295,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $430,613 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $135,613 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k25 grants · $265k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$203M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FITLOT INC$15,000
LATIN AMERICAN HEALTH ALLIANCE$15,000
ABBY'S HOUSE$15,000
GIRLS INCORPORATED OF WORCESTER$10,000
THE HAVEN PROJECT$10,000
ST JOHN'S CHURCH$10,000
UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER INC$10,000
BREAD OF LIFE$10,000
JUSTICE RESOURCES INSTITUTE INC$10,000
FIT CLUB FOUNDATION INC$10,000
PATHWAYS FOR CHANGE1$10,000
SMOC$10,000
POWER FORWARD INC$10,000
LYNN COMMUNITY HEALTH$10,000
SOUTH SHORE HOSPITAL$10,000
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 (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 its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%BERKSHIRE DREAM CENTER: $10k → 12%BERKSHIRE DREAM CENTER: $5k → 12%TEAM SHARING: $8k → 8%WEBSTER DUDLEY FOOD SHARE: $8k → 11%CHRISTIAN 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%SPANISH AMERICAN CENTER: $10k → 11%GINNY'S HELPING HANDS: $10k → 11%MUSTARD SEED: $10k → 11%THE MUSTARD SEED CATHOLIC WORKER: $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
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.

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

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against +6% for those 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
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

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

Funded once

  • FH
    FRIENDLY HOUSE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue +20%
  • TM
    THE MOVEMENT FAMILY INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue -3% · 29% of their budget
  • OS
    OPEN SKY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue -29%
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
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.

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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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is North Star Family Services Inc; 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.
04the grantee network

70 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
68/70
Grantees still filing
42/70
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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…BERKSHIRE DREAM CENTER INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesBERKSHIRE DREAM CENTER I…FRIENDLY HOUSE INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDLY HOUSE INCOPEN SKY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesOPEN SKY COMMUNITY SERVI…JEREMIAH'S INN INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesJEREMIAH'S INN INCTHE VILLAGE AFROCENTRIC CULTURAL CENTER INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesTHE VILLAGE AFROCENTRIC …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 …WEBSTER DUDLEY FOOD SHARE INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesProject Just Because Inc: $7,500 · Human ServicesTEAM SHARING INC: $7,500 · Human Services+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE MEGAN HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · HealthTHE MEGAN HO…SOUTH SHORE HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 · HealthSOUTH SHORE …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 …POWER FORWARD INC: $10,000 · HealthPOWER FORWAR…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…ABBY KELLEY FOSTER HOUSE INC: $15,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE MOVEMENT FAMILY INCORPORATED: $15,000 · Housing & ShelterLOUISON HOUSE INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterMIDDLESEX HUMAN SERVICE AGENCY INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE PEOPLES PANTRY: $10,000 · Food & NutritionBERKSHIRE FOOD PROJECT INC: $10,000 · Food & NutritionDANIEL'S TABLE INC: $10,000 · Food & NutritionWORCESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK 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 grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMUSTARD SEED CATHOLIC WORKER COMMUNITY INC: $20,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetBERKSHIRE DREAM CENTER INC: $15,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetFRIENDLY HOUSE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetABBY KELLEY FOSTER HOUSE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFitLot: $15,000 over 1y, 97% of budgetPATHWAYS FOR CHANGE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE MOVEMENT FAMILY INCORPORATED: $15,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetOPEN SKY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLATIN AMERICAN HEALTH ALLIANCE OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetJEREMIAH'S INN INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE VILLAGE AFROCENTRIC CULTURAL CENTER INC: $15,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetCommunity Action Inc: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PEOPLES PANTRY: $10,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetBERKSHIRE FOOD PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF WORCESTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE MEGAN HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetOUR FATHERS TABLE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetDISMAS HOUSE OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSOUTH SHORE HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDAILY BREAD FOOD PANTRY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetG A A P RECOVERY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 19% 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 budgetLYNN COMMUNITY HEALTH INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUSTICE RESOURCE INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWestborough Food Pantry Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetThe Haven Project Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetLOVE YOUR LABELS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetWORCESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBay State Community Services Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOWER FORWARD INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetLOUISON HOUSE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGINNY'S HELPING HAND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetMIDDLESEX HUMAN SERVICE AGENCY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBREAD OF LIFE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSPANISH AMERICAN CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWEBSTER DUDLEY FOOD SHARE INC: $7,500 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetProject Just Because Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAED FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 1y, 18% of budgetMONTACHUSETT RECOVERY FOUNDATION CORP: $7,500 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetTEAM SHARING INC: $7,500 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetRAILROAD STREET YOUTH PROJECT INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY DAY CENTER OF WALTHAM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetAddiction Referral Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetFRESH START WELLNESS CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetHEALTHCARE INNOVATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 30% 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.

Greater Worcester Com…The Fred Harris Danie…Reliant Foundation IncWebster Five Foundati…Berkshire Bank Founda…The Health Foundation…Massachusetts Bankers…Agnes M Lindsay TrustWorcester County Food…Woosox Foundation IncRize Massachusetts Fo…The George I Alden Tr…
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

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 Spectrum Health Systems Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Spectrum Health Systems Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 200%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Luk Crisis Center Inc: 95% of income from government
  • Pathways for Change Inc: 86% of income from government
  • Bay State Community Services Inc: 76% of income from government
  • Community Action Inc: 52% of income from government
  • Justice Resource Institute Inc: 48% of income from government
  • Open Sky Community Services Inc: 48% of income from government
  • Railroad Street Youth Project Inc: 45% of income from government
  • Lynn Community Health Inc: 31% of income from government
  • Fresh Start Wellness Center Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Community Day Center of Waltham Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Middlesex Human Service Agency Inc: 17% of income from government
  • The Megan House Foundation Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Spanish American Center Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Edward M Kennedy Community Health Center Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Friendly House Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Berkshire Dream Center Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Bread of Life Inc: 6% of income from government
  • South Shore Hospital Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Rcap Solutions Inc Formerly Rural Housing Improvement Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Girls Incorporated of Worcester: 2% of income from government
  • Jeremiah's Inn Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Boys and Girls Club of Worcester Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Village Afrocentric Cultural Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Louison House Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Worcester County Food Bank Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Project Just Because Inc: 0% 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, 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 79 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.

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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