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The Health Foundation of Central Massach

To improve the health status of those who live or work in central massachusetts.

$2.8M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
23
Grants FY2024
15
Organizations funded FY2023
47%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$109,041
Largest grant, FY2024
$375,000
Organizations funded a year
15 to 40
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$90M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 47% of the organizations The Health Foundation of Central Massach funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $756k 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
Human ServicesHealthEmploymentCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionCrime & 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving22$2.5M64%
FY202315$2.7M47%
FY202221$3.4M43%
FY202117$2.5M41%
FY202040$2.5M48%
FY201917$2.1M59%
FY201819$2.4M74%
FY201722$2.4Mn/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.

Health$4.3MHuman Services$4.0MFood & Nutrition$2.9MEducation$2.7MCommunity Improvement$2.6MHousing & Shelter$1.4MCivil Rights$1.1MArts & Culture$494kOther$0

Top grantees

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

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All grantees of The Health Foundation of Central Massach by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children$2,108,67547%
Quaboag Valley Community Development Corporation$1,969,263745%
Rcap Solutions Inc Formerly Rural Housing Improvement Inc$1,779,15041%
Worcester Public Schools$1,234,4304n/a
The Massachusetts Association for Community Action Inc$1,033,200318%
Cape Cod Community College$935,5943n/a
Worcester Regional Strategic Opportunities Foundation$718,000265%
Worcester County Food Bank Inc$575,83324%
Third Sector New England Inc$542,70421%
Making Opportunity Count Inc$514,73422%
Regional Environmental Council Central Mass$500,0751n/a
Gaamha Inc$339,56352%
Worcester Housing Authority$305,0001n/a
Abby Kelley Foster House Inc$293,01244%
Family Service Organization of Worcester Inc$254,9081n/a
Community Servings Inc$250,00011%
Trustees of Clark University$249,99410%
Quinsigamond Community College$245,8533n/a
World Farmers Inc$229,805330%
Health Care for All Inc$225,00052%
Building Futures Inc$214,46137%
Guild of Saint Agnes of Worcester$208,00020%
Community Health Connections Inc$200,00020%
South Middlesex Opportunity Council Inc$199,00030%
Luk Crisis Center Inc$185,64820%
Ascentria Community Services Inc$179,60040%
Seven Hills Foundation Inc$174,5232n/a
Southbridge Public Schools$155,0002n/a
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Worcester$150,00021%
Southeast Asian Coalition of Central Ma$130,40325%
Riverside Community Care Inc$130,00030%
Worcester Refugee and Immigrant Support and Empowerment (Rise) for Health Inc$125,000150%
African Community Education Program Inc$125,00015%
Center of Hope Foundation Inc$125,00011%
Project Just Because Inc$120,00012%
UMass Memorial Health Care Inc (Parent)$118,82410%
Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts Education Fund Inc$116,30027%
United Way of Tri County Inc$115,25011%
Gardner Community Action Committee Inc$115,0001n/a
Neads Inc$110,54421%
Montachusett Veterans Outreach Center I$110,00016%
Camp Starfish Inc$110,00016%
Health Law Advocates Inc$110,00023%
Growing Places Garden Project Inc$109,04115%
YWCA Central Massachusetts Inc$107,50031%
Henry Heywood Memorial Hospital$105,47620%
Employment Options Inc$100,93522%
Jeramiah's Inn$100,0001n/a
Worcester Common Ground Inc$100,00016%
Community Legal Aid Inc$96,48221%
Regional Environmental Council Inc$95,40014%
Genesis Club House Inc$90,00022%
Community Health Center of Franklin County Incorporated$88,34011%
Children's Advocacy Center of Franklin and North Quabbin Inc$86,90019%
Boston Area Gleaners Inc$81,50012%
Choices Inc$80,2501n/a
Entrepreneurship for All Inc$75,00021%
Spoonfuls$75,00011%
Mount Wachusett Community College Foundation Inc$73,903112%
Umass Memorial Health Care Inc$70,0002n/a
Athol Area YMCA$68,0001n/a
Western Massachusetts Training Consortium Inc$67,62710%
Youth Villages Inc$67,57310%
The Barton Center for Diabetes Education$67,0001n/a
Casa Project Inc$65,60025%
Horace Mann Educational Associates Inc$65,00010%
Worcester Community Action Council Inc$62,00010%
Worcester Public Library$60,0002n/a
Edward M Kennedy Community Health Center Inc$60,00010%
Advocates Inc$57,36510%
Youth Opportunities Upheld Inc$56,7951n/a
Veterans Inc$55,80010%
Forge Foundation Inc$55,500135%
Thrive Support and Advocacy Inc$50,99811%
Centro Las Americas Inc$50,00011%
Friendly House Inc$49,16021%
The Bridge of Central Massachusetts Inc$45,777180%
Girls Incorporated of Worcester$41,88211%
Worcester State Foundation Inc$40,00011%
Christopher House Inc$39,08210%
Restoration Recovery Center Inc$33,56219%
Habitat for Humanity Metrowest- Greater Worcester Inc$30,00011%
Preservation Worcester Inc$26,00012%
Organization for Nonprofit Excellence Inc$25,0001n/a
Jefferys House$23,7721n/a
North Star Family Services Inc$20,0001n/a
Safe Exit Initiative (Sei) Inc$19,00011%
Massachusetts Public Health Association$18,91321%
Diocese of Worcester$18,5001n/a
Viability Inc$15,35010%
Project Bread-The Walk for Hunger Inc$12,50010%
Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce$10,00010%
Jeremiah's Inn Inc$10,00010%
Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center Inc$10,00011%
Charlene Ann Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
Boys and Girls Club of Worcester Inc$10,00020%
Dismas House of Massachusetts Inc$10,00011%
Massachusetts Housing & Shelter Alliance$10,00010%
Easter Seals Massachusetts Inc$8,00010%
Care Central VNA & Hospice Inc$7,50020%
City to Saddle$5,0001n/a
AIDS Project Worcester Inc$5,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

The Health Foundation of Central Massach supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 80 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMassachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children: $2,108,675 over 4y, 6.7% of budgetQuaboag Valley Community Development Corporation: $1,969,263 over 7y, 45% of budgetRcap Solutions Inc Formerly Rural Housing Improvement Inc: $1,779,150 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetThe Massachusetts Association for Community Action Inc: $1,033,200 over 3y, 18% of budgetWorcester Regional Strategic Opportunities Foundation: $718,000 over 2y, 65% of budgetWorcester County Food Bank Inc: $575,833 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetThird Sector New England Inc: $542,704 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMaking Opportunity Count Inc: $514,734 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetGaamha Inc: $339,563 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetAbby Kelley Foster House Inc: $293,012 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetCommunity Servings Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTrustees of Clark University: $249,994 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Farmers Inc: $229,805 over 3y, 30% of budgetHealth Care for All Inc: $225,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetBuilding Futures Inc: $214,461 over 3y, 7.5% of budgetGuild of Saint Agnes of Worcester: $208,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCommunity Health Connections Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSouth Middlesex Opportunity Council Inc: $199,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLuk Crisis Center Inc: $185,648 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAscentria Community Services Inc: $179,600 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCatholic Charities of the Diocese of Worcester: $150,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSoutheast Asian Coalition of Central Ma: $130,403 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetRiverside Community Care Inc: $130,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWorcester Refugee and Immigrant Support and Empowerment (Rise) for Health Inc: $125,000 over 1y, 50% of budgetAfrican Community Education Program Inc: $125,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetCenter of Hope Foundation Inc: $125,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetProject Just Because Inc: $120,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetUMass Memorial Health Care Inc (Parent): $118,824 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNeighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts Education Fund Inc: $116,300 over 2y, 7.2% of budgetUnited Way of Tri County Inc: $115,250 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNeads Inc: $110,544 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetMontachusett Veterans Outreach Center I: $110,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetCamp Starfish Inc: $110,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetHealth Law Advocates Inc: $110,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetGrowing Places Garden Project Inc: $109,041 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetYWCA Central Massachusetts Inc: $107,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetHenry Heywood Memorial Hospital: $105,476 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEmployment Options Inc: $100,935 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetWorcester Common Ground Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetCommunity Legal Aid Inc: $96,482 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetRegional Environmental Council Inc: $95,400 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetGenesis Club House Inc: $90,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetCommunity Health Center of Franklin County Incorporated: $88,340 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetChildren's Advocacy Center of Franklin and North Quabbin Inc: $86,900 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetBoston Area Gleaners Inc: $81,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetEntrepreneurship for All Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSpoonfuls: $75,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMount Wachusett Community College Foundation Inc: $73,903 over 1y, 12% 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 80.

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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.

Greater Worcester Community Foundation IncMA98.2× affinity47 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc · Reliant Foundation Inc · Webster Five Foundation Inc · Fallon Community Health Plan Inc · United Way of Central Massachusetts Inc · Community Foundation of North Central Ma · The Fred Harris Daniels Foundation · The Fletcher Foundation · Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Ruth H & Warren a Ellsworth Foundation · Health Resources in Action 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 The Health Foundation of Central Massach

How much does The Health Foundation of Central Massach give?
The Health Foundation of Central Massach reported 23 grants totaling $2,811,213 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 40 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Health Foundation of Central Massach fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (20%), Human Services (19%), Food & Nutrition (14%).
Who are The Health Foundation of Central Massach's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children ($2.1M), Quaboag Valley Community Development Corporation ($2.0M), Rcap Solutions Inc Formerly Rural Housing Improvement Inc ($1.8M).
Does The Health Foundation of Central Massach fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Health Foundation of Central Massach?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc, Reliant Foundation Inc, Webster Five Foundation Inc.
Where is The Health Foundation of Central Massach based?
The Health Foundation of Central Massach 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 104 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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