Massachusetts · Public charity
The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts Inc
The food bank of western massachusetts' mission is to feed our neighbors in need and lead the community to end hunger. The food bank provides food both directly and through its member food pantries, meal sites, shelters and other social service programs,to an estimated 120,750 individuals monthly who are at risk of hunger and/or food…
- $26M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 34
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 43
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $123k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $8,942
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 43
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $58M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 58% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 33 | $123k | 36% |
| FY2024 | 43 | $344k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $159k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $1.2M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Food Bank Support Corporation | $1,232,740 | 1 | 99% |
| Northampton Survival Center Inc | $46,045 | 9 | 1% |
| Franklin County Community Meals Program Inc | $43,042 | 9 | 8% |
| Clinical & Support Options Inc | $32,720 | 9 | 0% |
| Martin Luther King Jr Family Services Inc | $32,500 | 9 | 1% |
| United Way of Pioneer Valley Inc | $31,548 | 5 | 1% |
| Community Action Pioneer Valley | $25,349 | 9 | 0% |
| The Gray House Inc | $24,085 | 9 | 2% |
| One Call Away Inc | $23,223 | 5 | 26% |
| The Christian Center of Pittsfield | $22,500 | 9 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Food Bank Support Corporation | $1,232,740 | 1 | 99% |
| Northampton Survival Center Inc | $46,045 | 9 | 1% |
| Franklin County Community Meals Program Inc | $43,042 | 9 | 8% |
| Clinical & Support Options Inc | $32,720 | 9 | 0% |
| Martin Luther King Jr Family Services Inc | $32,500 | 9 | 1% |
| United Way of Pioneer Valley Inc | $31,548 | 5 | 1% |
| Community Action Pioneer Valley | $25,349 | 9 | 0% |
| The Gray House Inc | $24,085 | 9 | 2% |
| One Call Away Inc | $23,223 | 5 | 26% |
| The Christian Center of Pittsfield | $22,500 | 9 | 2% |
| The Friends of East Longmeadow Council on Aging Inc | $21,006 | 9 | 69% |
| Salvation Army & Its Components | $20,757 | 9 | n/a |
| The United Church of Christ | $16,002 | 9 | n/a |
| Church of God in Christ Inc | $15,861 | 9 | n/a |
| Berkshire Food Project Inc | $14,432 | 9 | 3% |
| Providence Ministries for the Needy Inc | $13,631 | 9 | 0% |
| Survival Centers Inc | $13,138 | 9 | 0% |
| Our Community Food Pantry Inc | $11,540 | 9 | 2% |
| Greater Westfield Mass Committee for the Homeless Inc | $10,281 | 9 | 3% |
| Christian Pentecostal Church of Holyoke Inc | $10,000 | 9 | n/a |
| The Community Builders Inc | $9,726 | 9 | 0% |
| McKnight Community Development Corporation | $9,099 | 2 | n/a |
| Manna Soup Kitchen | $8,802 | 7 | 1% |
| Community Health Programs Incorporated | $8,697 | 5 | 0% |
| Casa de Oracion Emmanuel | $8,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Berkshire Dream Center Inc | $8,336 | 9 | 2% |
| South Middlesex Opportunity Council Inc | $8,331 | 8 | 0% |
| Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church | $8,124 | 1 | n/a |
| Macedonia Church of God in Christ | $7,883 | 2 | n/a |
| Wales Community Pantry | $7,781 | 9 | 20% |
| The Freedom House of God Church Inc | $7,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Deeper Life Bible Church New Britain District | $7,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Tabernaculo Cristiano Misionero Inc | $7,396 | 2 | n/a |
| Project New Hope Inc | $6,562 | 5 | 0% |
| Stone Soup Cafe Inc | $6,507 | 4 | 1% |
| Rivera & Rivera Act Against Foreclosure Inc | $6,270 | 4 | n/a |
| Springfield Technical Community College | $5,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Peoples Pantry | $5,367 | 8 | 1% |
| Springfield College | $4,457 | 2 | 0% |
| Bethlehem Baptist Community Church | $4,253 | 1 | n/a |
| Unitarian Universalist Association | $4,119 | 6 | n/a |
| Lorraine's Soup Kitchen and Pantry Inc | $4,099 | 9 | n/a |
| Wendell Good Neighbors Inc | $4,098 | 9 | 37% |
| Greater Westfield Emergency | $4,000 | 9 | 1% |
| National Council of the US Society of St Vincent de Paul Inc | $3,914 | 9 | 0% |
| Pittsfield Community Food Pantry Inc | $3,718 | 2 | 0% |
| The General Council of the Assemblies of God | $3,537 | 9 | n/a |
| All Nation Church of God Pentecostal | $3,354 | 9 | n/a |
| First Pioneer Valley Dream Center | $2,414 | 2 | n/a |
| Franklin Area Survival Center Inc | $1,766 | 9 | n/a |
| Greenfield Community College | $1,746 | 1 | n/a |
| The Community Survival Center | $1,534 | 9 | 0% |
| Sand Lake Baptist Church | $1,530 | 9 | n/a |
| General Council on Finance & Admins of the United | $1,313 | 9 | n/a |
| Neighbors Helping Neighbors Inc | $1,195 | 9 | n/a |
| Holyoke Community College | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Parish Cupboard Inc | $1,000 | 9 | 0% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Blessed Trinity Parish | $1,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Brick House Community Resource Center Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Independent Housing I Inc | $959 | 1 | 0% |
| Monson Community Cupboard Inc | $954 | 1 | n/a |
| Baystate Medical Center Inc | $899 | 7 | 0% |
| Tapestry Health Systems Inc | $650 | 2 | 0% |
| Iglesia de Dios Levantando Al Caido Inc | $480 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 36 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts · The Beveridge Family Foundation · Arbella Insurance Foundation · Health New England Inc · United Way of the Franklin & Hampshire Region · Easthampton Savings Bank Foundation Inc · United Way of Pioneer Valley Inc · Berkshire United Way Inc · The Irene E and George A Davis Foundation · Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · Marguerite Jossel Charitable Foundation · Florence Savings Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts Inc
- How much does The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts Inc give?
- The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts Inc reported 34 itemized grants totaling $122,638, out of $26,299,224 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 43 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (99%), Housing & Shelter (1%), Human Services (0%).
- Who are The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: The Food Bank Support Corporation ($1.2M), Northampton Survival Center Inc ($46k), Franklin County Community Meals Program Inc ($43k).
- Does The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts, The Beveridge Family Foundation, Arbella Insurance Foundation.
- Where is The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts Inc based?
- The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts Inc is based in MA.
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