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The Hanover Insurance Group Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
36
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$354k
Largest
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Philanthropy$3.4MEducation$1.3MHuman Services$769kYouth Development$641kMembership Benefit$354kCommunity Improvement$302kArts & Culture$280kHealth$247kOther$0
02FY2025 · 36 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k31 grants · $539k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $443k
  • $250k+1 grant · $354k
$15,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$5.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Info Available in Taxpayer office Contributions less than 10000$353,791
United Way of Central MA$170,700
Boys & Girls Club Of Worcester$129,000
Scholarship America$77,893
Regional Environment Council$65,000
Boys & Girls Club of Southeastern Michigan$33,000
Rise Above Foundation$30,000
YMCA of Central MA$27,500
Worcester RISE for Health$25,000
Worcester State Foundation$25,000
Nativity School Of Worcester$25,000
Community Legal Aid$25,000
City of Worcester DYO$25,000
Worcester Community Action Council$25,000
Advocates Inc$24,700
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $610k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Horace Mann Educational Associates: $10k → 7%Wave Project: $10k → 10%Hospice Of Michigan: $10k → 14%Shoes That Fit: $55k → 14%Revive and Thrive Project: $10k → 11%Caleb's Kids: $15k → 21%American Red Cross: $10k → 8%Wide Horizons for Children: $13k → 8%YWCA Central Massachusetts: $31k → 11%Worcester Community Action Council: $30k → 11%Worcester Community Action Council: $25k → 11%Worcester Community Action Council: $20k → 11%YWCA of Central MA: $14k → 11%Southeast Asian Coalition: $13k → 11%Southeast Asian Coalition: $11k → 11%Rise Above Foundation: $50k → 11%Rise Above Foundation: $35k → 11%Rise Above Foundation: $35k → 11%Rise Above Foundation: $30k → 11%Rise Above Foundation: $25k → 11%Rise Above Foundation: $6k → 11%Friendly House: $20k → 11%Friendly House: $10k → 11%Friendly House: $3k → 11%Guild Of St Agnes: $65k → 11%Guild of St Agnes: $35k → 11%Open Sky Community Service: $15k → 11%Open Sky Community Services: $5k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
MN
MI
NY
MA
PA
CA
MO
VA
MD
TN
DC
GA
TX
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.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.0M · 39 repeat orgs$3.1M to everyone else

39 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

39
93

Total granted

$6.0M
$2.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+16%

Still filing today

67%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $716k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $1.9M · revenue +14%
  • RISE ABOVE FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $181k · revenue +96%
  • WC
    WORCESTER CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC
    3× · 2020–2025 · $155k · revenue +51%

Funded once

  • CL
    Contributions Less Than 10000
    one grant, 2022 · $451k
  • CL
    Contribution Less Than 10000
    one grant, 2021 · $425k
  • BL
    Bottom Line & Other Small Contributions
    one grant, 2020 · $226k
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
Worcester Youth and Family Counseling Services Inc

Worcester youth and family services empowers all people, of all ages, toward leading capable, purposeful, responsible, fulfilled lives in healthy families and communities.

Human Services
2
Dress for Success Worcester Inc

The mission of dress for success is to empower women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire, and the development tools to help women thrive in work and in life.

Employment
3
Greater New Bedford Workforce Investment Board Inc

Meet the workforce needs of employers and support economic development in greater new bedford.

Community Improvement
4
Women's Money Matters Inc

Women's money matters, inc. empowers low-income women through financial literacy. the organization's comprehensive programming combines one-to-one coaching with a series of workshops that develop core money management skills and…

Human Services
5
Massachusetts Regional Employment Board Association

The massachusetts workforce association (mwa) is a statewide membership association that leads, advocates and convenes on behalf of the massachusetts workforce development system.

Employment
6
Aids Project Worcester Inc

Aids project worcester is a nonprofit organization in central massachusetts dedicated to ending the hiv/aids pandemic and fostering wellness through service, advocacy, prevention, education, and collaborative initiatives. we empower and…

Health
7
Center for Living & Working Inc

We work to ensure that individuals with disabilities can live independently as equal members of society.

Human Services
8
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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9
Wayside Youth and Family Support Network Inc

Empowering children, young adults and families to achieve greater independence and emotional well-being.

Human Services
10
Massachusetts Education & Career Opportunities Inc

Massachusetts education and career opportunities, inc. (massedco, inc.) is a statewide network of service sites that provides education and career advising to over 12,000 low-income, first generation individuals each year. massedco…

Education
11
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
12
United Way of Greater New Bedford Inc

Our mission is to mobilize people, partnerships and resources to catalyze change that strengthens the communities served.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is 2GETHER We Eat. 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

96 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. 96 of the 150 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)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
93/96
Grantees still filing
59/96
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC: $1,905,700 · OtherUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INCOther - Information Available in Taxpayer's Office: $1,095,754 · OtherOther - Information Available in Taxpayer's OfficeContributions Less Than 10000: $451,219 · OtherContributions Less Than 10000Contribution Less Than 10000: $425,254 · OtherContribution Less Than 10000SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC: $411,853 · OtherSCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INCUnited Way Of Livingston County: $278,500 · Other+99 more: $2,738,186 · Other+99 moreRISE ABOVE FOUNDATION INC: $180,750 · Human ServicesGUILD OF SAINT AGNES OF WORCESTER: $100,000 · Human ServicesWORCESTER COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesSHOES THAT FIT: $55,000 · Human ServicesYWCA CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC: $44,755 · Human ServicesFRIENDLY HOUSE INC: $33,000 · Human ServicesSOUTHEAST ASIAN COALITION OF CENTRAL MA: $23,500 · Human Services+8 more: $97,535 · Human ServicesTUFTS MEDICAL CENTER RETIREMENT MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNT PLAN EMPLOYEE AFTER-TAX: $353,791 · Membership BenefitWORCESTER CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC: $155,000 · Arts & CultureWORCESTER HISTORICAL MUSEUM: $50,000 · Arts & CultureWORCESTER ART MUSEUM: $16,500 · Arts & CultureCROCODILE RIVER MUSIC INC: $16,000 · Arts & CultureANGELS NET FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $2,500 · Arts & CultureWORCESTER REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT SUPPORT AND EMPOWERMENT (RISE) FOR HEALTH INC: $50,000 · HealthSTUDENT LEADERSHIP SERVICES INC: $45,000 · HealthEDWARD M KENNEDY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC: $30,000 · HealthADVOCATES INC: $24,700 · HealthPERNET FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE INC: $10,000 · HealthGENESIS CLUB HOUSE INC: $10,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $7,758 · Health+2 more: $9,000 · HealthWESTRAN INSURANCE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $52,300 · EducationSCIENCE FROM SCIENTISTS INC: $50,000 · EducationWORCESTER STATE FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · EducationINTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN INSTITUTE: $11,850 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS: $6,430 · Education+3 more: $14,071 · EducationYES WE CARE: $64,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $43,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER FLINT: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentBRILLIANT DETROIT: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentDETROIT HORSE POWER: $10,000 · Youth Development2GETHER WE EAT: $10,000 · Youth Development
Other$7,306,466Human Services$609,540Membership Benefit$353,791Arts & Culture$250,000Health$186,458Education$184,651Youth Development$157,000

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 budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC: $1,905,700 over 6y, 6.8% of budgetLACASA: $183,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetRISE ABOVE FOUNDATION INC: $180,750 over 6y, 6.9% of budgetWORCESTER CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC: $155,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WORCESTER INC: $129,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetREGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL INC: $102,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetGUILD OF SAINT AGNES OF WORCESTER: $100,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWORCESTER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $81,000 over 4y, 7.5% of budgetWORCESTER COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetYES WE CARE: $64,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetSHOES THAT FIT: $55,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY LEGAL AID INC: $54,265 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWORCESTER REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $53,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetWESTRAN INSURANCE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $52,300 over 4y, 23% of budgetSCIENCE FROM SCIENTISTS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR ALL INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWORCESTER HISTORICAL MUSEUM: $50,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetWORCESTER REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT SUPPORT AND EMPOWERMENT (RISE) FOR HEALTH INC: $50,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetWORCESTER STATE FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSTUDENT LEADERSHIP SERVICES INC: $45,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetYWCA CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC: $44,755 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $43,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS LGBT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $40,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetFOUR BLOCK FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetWORKING FOR WORCESTER INC: $35,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetFRIENDLY HOUSE INC: $33,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetEDWARD M KENNEDY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEDWARD STREET CHILD SERVICES INC: $27,500 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetSENIOR CONNECTIONS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTRANSFORMATION CENTER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNATIVITY SCHOOL OF WORCESTER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetADVOCATES INC: $24,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHEAST ASIAN COALITION OF CENTRAL MA: $23,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetOPEN SKY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS WOMEN OF COLOR COALITION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetCENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS HOUSING ALLIANCE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPRIDE PRODUCTIONS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetAGUA PARA LA VIDA: $20,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS YOUTH COMMONWEALTH INC: $17,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWORCESTER ART MUSEUM: $16,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCROCODILE RIVER MUSIC INC: $16,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER FLINT: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBRILLIANT DETROIT: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMERYLS SAFE HAVEN INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCalebs Kids: $15,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetPROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSWEET INSPIRATIONS LLC: $15,000 over 1y, 10% 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 UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
  • Who funds TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER RETIREMENT MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNT PLAN EMPLOYEE AFTER-TAX ↗
  • Who funds LACASA ↗
  • Who funds RISE ABOVE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WORCESTER CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WORCESTER INC ↗
  • Who funds REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds GUILD OF SAINT AGNES OF WORCESTER ↗
  • Who funds WORCESTER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WORCESTER COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds YES WE CARE ↗
  • Who funds SHOES THAT FIT ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY LEGAL AID INC ↗
  • Who funds WORCESTER REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ↗
  • Who funds WESTRAN INSURANCE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SCIENCE FROM SCIENTISTS INC ↗
  • Who funds ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR ALL INC ↗
  • Who funds WORCESTER HISTORICAL MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds WORCESTER REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT SUPPORT AND EMPOWERMENT (RISE) FOR HEALTH INC ↗
  • Who funds WORCESTER STATE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds STUDENT LEADERSHIP SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds YWCA CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN ↗

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 Community Foundation IncMA71× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc · Webster Five Foundation Inc · United Way of Central Massachusetts Inc · The Fletcher Foundation · Fallon Community Health Plan Inc · Stoddard Charitable Trust · Ruth H & Warren a Ellsworth Foundation · The Fred Harris Daniels Foundation · The George I Alden Trust · Coghlin Services Fund · Reliant Foundation Inc · DCU for Kids

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 The Hanover Insurance Group Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Hanover Insurance Group Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 190%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Transformation Center Inc: 99% of income from government
  • Advocates Inc: 66% of income from government
  • Guild of Saint Agnes of Worcester: 60% of income from government
  • Genesis Club House Inc: 53% of income from government
  • Senior Connections Inc: 52% of income from government
  • Pernet Family Health Service Inc: 52% of income from government
  • Open Sky Community Services Inc: 48% of income from government
  • Family Health Center of Worcesterinc: 39% of income from government
  • Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Community Harvest Project Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Rise Above Foundation Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Edward Street Child Services Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Edward M Kennedy Community Health Center Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Worcester Community Action Council Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Friendly House Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Regional Environmental Council Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Community Legal Aid Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Worcester Historical Museum: 5% of income from government
  • University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Discovery Museum Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Worcester State Foundation Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Worcester Center for Performing Arts Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Entrepreneurship for All Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The United Way of Central Maryland Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Boys and Girls Club of Worcester Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Western New England University: 1% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Worcester Art Museum: 1% of income from government
  • Worcester County Food Bank Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Crocodile River Music Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
19get no government money at all
23report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
6rely 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.
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Find your warmest path to The Hanover Insurance Group Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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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-PF 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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