· Private foundation
The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Ma
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k39 grants · $120k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $58k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $228k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CHARLES SCHWAB DONOR ADVISED FUND | $228,007 |
| HULL LIFESAVING MUSEUM | $20,000 |
| THE SAMARITANS INC | $15,000 |
| SCITUATE MARITIME AND IRISH MOSSING MUSEUM | $12,500 |
| COAST GUARD HERITAGE MUSEUM | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| NEW BEDFORD ROWING CENTER INC | $5,000 |
| DINA HARTSGROVE | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 75% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 20% of The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Ma’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 67% of the giving stays in MA; by stated purpose, 65%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2026, 11 since wound down; 38 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $129k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NENEW ENGLAND LIFE FLIGHT INC3× · 2023–2025 · $128k · revenue +22%
SAMARITANS INC5× · 2017–2026 · $60k · revenue +210%- PAPOLICE ASSISTED ADDICTION AND RECOVERY INITIATIVE INC2× · 2022–2023 · $36k · revenue +57%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2025 · $25k
- TMTRAYSER MUSEUM GROUP INCone grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +20% · 56% of their budget
- HSHISTORIC SOCIETY OF OLD YARMOUTHone grant, 2023 · $25k
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.
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.
To protect, preserve and interpret the martime heritage of the lower Merrimack Valley region and how it relates to American History
Battleship cove is a non-profit war memorial and historic military museum with an emphasis on naval heritage and a dedication to honoring those who served in defense of their country.
Our mission is to ensure that the people of greater boston benefit from a vibrant, resilient, and inclusive waterfront, harbor, and islands; these spaces are equitable, accessible, and adapted to climate change; and to ensure our public,…
The uss constitution museum engages all ages in the story of "old ironsides" to spark excitement about maritime heritage, naval service, and the american experience.
To connect people to the past, present, and future of Maine's waterways and their global reach.
The new england air museum's mission is to preserve and present the story of aviation and aerospace, with an emphasis on new england's role, and the genius and inspiration that made it possible. the museum also seeks to inspire young…
Brighton marine, inc. provides military and veteran families with comprehensive campus-based quality health care, as well as affordable and supportive housing for at-risk veterans and their families.
New england museum association's mission is to connect a community engaged in learning, collaboration, and action to cultivate a better museum world.
How this is measured
21 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. 21 of the 220 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ↗
- Who funds NEW ENGLAND LIFE FLIGHT INC ↗
- Who funds SAMARITANS INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY BOATING INC ↗
- Who funds POLICE ASSISTED ADDICTION AND RECOVERY INITIATIVE INC ↗
- Who funds HULL LIFESAVING MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds COAST GUARD AUXILIARY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds TRAYSER MUSEUM GROUP INC ↗
- Who funds THACHER & STRAITSMOUTH ISLANDS ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds South Shore Young Men's Christian Association ↗
- Who funds VIETNAM VETERANS WORKSHOP INC DBA NEW ENGLAND CENTER AND HOME FOR VETERANS ↗
- Who funds YMCA OF THE NORTH SHORE INC ↗
- Who funds CATHLEEN STONE ISLAND OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY BOATING CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY ROWING INC ↗
- Who funds CAPE COD MARITIME MUSEUMINC ↗
- Who funds RECOVERY WITHOUT WALLS INC ↗
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: Boston Foundation Inc · King Spruce Company · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Ma funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Ma. Bigger dots raise more.
- Vietnam Veterans Workshop Inc Dba New England Center and Home for Veterans: 66% of income from government
- Samaritans Inc: 31% of income from government
- Massachusetts Historical Society: 22% of income from government
- Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative Inc: 16% of income from government
- Hull Lifesaving Museum Inc: 13% of income from government
- Ymca of the North Shore Inc: 6% of income from government
- New England Life Flight Inc: 5% of income from government
- Community Rowing Inc: 2% of income from government
- Community Boating Center Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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