Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Ma
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $406k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 44
- Grants FY2026
- 37
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 92%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $228,007
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 50
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 3
- Total assets, FY2026
- $4.6M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 92% of the organizations The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Ma funded were first-time grantees, receiving 80% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 20% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $212k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 43 | $406k | 88% |
| FY2025 | 37 | $266k | 92% |
| FY2024 | 46 | $205k | 89% |
| FY2023 | 50 | $322k | 90% |
| FY2022 | 49 | $189k | 94% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $68k | 71% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $30k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $29k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New England Life Flight Inc | $128,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Samaritans Inc | $60,329 | 5 | 0% |
| Community Boating Inc | $56,619 | 4 | 1% |
| Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative Inc | $36,330 | 2 | 2% |
| Hull Lifesaving Museum Inc | $33,775 | 4 | 3% |
| Coast Guard Auxiliary Association Inc | $26,775 | 3 | 1% |
| Trayser Museum Group Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 56% |
| Thacher & Straitsmouth Islands Association | $20,000 | 2 | 4% |
| South Shore Young Men's Christian Association | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Vietnam Veterans Workshop Inc Dba New England Center and Home for Veterans | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 198 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Ma supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 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.
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How this is measured
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About The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Ma
- How much does The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Ma give?
- The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Ma reported 44 grants totaling $405,579 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 50 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Ma fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (28%), Philanthropy (26%), Health (17%).
- Who are The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Ma's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: New England Life Flight Inc ($128k), Samaritans Inc ($60k), Community Boating Inc ($57k).
- Does The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Ma fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 92% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Ma accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Ma?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, King Spruce Company, Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Ma based?
- The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Ma is based in MA.
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