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Massachusetts · Public charity

The Massachusetts Association for Community Action Inc

To strengthen and connect the statewide network of community action agencies and collectively advocate for an end to poverty.

$1.7M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
21
Grants FY2025
21
Organizations funded FY2024
5%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$35,465
Largest grant, FY2025
$606,916
Organizations funded a year
21 to 22
FY2022 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$898k

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 5% of the organizations The Massachusetts Association for Community Action Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time
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
FY2025still arriving21$1.7M14%
FY202421$3.0M5%
FY202321$4.3M0%
FY202222$1.5Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Employment$4.6MHuman Services$3.3MCommunity Improvement$1.7MInternational$669kEducation$166kPhilanthropy$5kFood & Nutrition$5k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Abcdinc$4,162,5604n/a
Quincy Community Action Programs Inc$1,188,53741%
Community Action Programs Inter-City In$656,10241%
Self Help Inc$597,25440%
South Shore Community Action Council Inc$561,81441%
Valley Opportunity Council Inc$381,25340%
Citizens for Citizens Inc$336,39840%
Community Action Pioneer Valley$266,60940%
Berkshire Community Action Council Inc$249,31340%
Worcester Community Action Council Inc$245,88440%
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All grantees of The Massachusetts Association for Community Action Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Abcdinc$4,162,5604n/a
Quincy Community Action Programs Inc$1,188,53741%
Community Action Programs Inter-City In$656,10241%
Self Help Inc$597,25440%
South Shore Community Action Council Inc$561,81441%
Valley Opportunity Council Inc$381,25340%
Citizens for Citizens Inc$336,39840%
Community Action Pioneer Valley$266,60940%
Berkshire Community Action Council Inc$249,31340%
Worcester Community Action Council Inc$245,88440%
Greater Lawrence Community Action Council Inc$243,81240%
Community Teamwork Inc$208,55740%
People Acting in Community Endeavors Inc$206,52740%
Making Opportunity Count Inc$185,60330%
North Shore Community Action Programs Inc$169,13731%
Springfield Partners for Community Action Inc$166,10841%
Community Action Agency of Somerville$162,85641%
Leo Inc$161,68940%
Community Action Committee of Cape Cod & Islands Inc$136,70241%
South Middlesex Opportunity Council Inc$73,70830%
The Diaper Bank of Connecticut Inc$70,00022%
New England Farm Workers Council Inc$51,7841n/a
Action Inc$23,76920%
Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee Inc$13,33311%
United Way of the Franklin & Hampshire Region$5,32310%
Neighbors in Need Inc$5,1881n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Massachusetts Association for Community Action Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetQuincy Community Action Programs Inc: $1,188,537 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetCommunity Action Programs Inter-City In: $656,102 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetSelf Help Inc: $597,254 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSouth Shore Community Action Council Inc: $561,814 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetValley Opportunity Council Inc: $381,253 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCitizens for Citizens Inc: $336,398 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCommunity Action Pioneer Valley: $266,609 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBerkshire Community Action Council Inc: $249,313 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetWorcester Community Action Council Inc: $245,884 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetGreater Lawrence Community Action Council Inc: $243,812 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCommunity Teamwork Inc: $208,557 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPeople Acting in Community Endeavors Inc: $206,527 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMaking Opportunity Count Inc: $185,603 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNorth Shore Community Action Programs Inc: $169,137 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetSpringfield Partners for Community Action Inc: $166,108 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCommunity Action Agency of Somerville: $162,856 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetLeo Inc: $161,689 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCommunity Action Committee of Cape Cod & Islands Inc: $136,702 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetSouth Middlesex Opportunity Council Inc: $73,708 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Diaper Bank of Connecticut Inc: $70,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetAction Inc: $23,769 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCambridge Economic Opportunity Committee Inc: $13,333 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUnited Way of the Franklin & Hampshire Region: $5,323 over 1y, 0.4% 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 23.

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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.

Eastern Bank Foundati…United Way Of Massach…Health Resources in A…Boston Foundation IncMassachusetts Bankers…Rockland Trust Charit…Project Bread-The Wal…Salem Five Charitable…Essex County Communit…Arbella Insurance Fou…Cummings Foundation G…Children's Investment…
Eastern Bank FoundationMA30.8× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eastern Bank Foundation · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Health Resources in Action Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Massachusetts Bankers Association Charitable Foundation Inc · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Project Bread-The Walk for Hunger Inc · Salem Five Charitable Foundation Inc · Essex County Community Foundation Inc · Arbella Insurance Foundation · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Children's Investment Fund 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 Massachusetts Association for Community Action Inc

How much does The Massachusetts Association for Community Action Inc give?
The Massachusetts Association for Community Action Inc reported 21 grants totaling $1,701,219 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 22 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
What does The Massachusetts Association for Community Action Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Employment (44%), Human Services (32%), Community Improvement (17%).
Who are The Massachusetts Association for Community Action Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Abcdinc ($4.2M), Quincy Community Action Programs Inc ($1.2M), Community Action Programs Inter-City In ($656k).
Does The Massachusetts Association for Community Action Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Massachusetts Association for Community Action Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eastern Bank Foundation, United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc, Health Resources in Action Inc.
Where is The Massachusetts Association for Community Action Inc based?
The Massachusetts Association for Community Action Inc 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 26 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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