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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 FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$607k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% 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
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $304k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $774k
  • $250k+1 grant · $607k
$35,465
Median grant
2
States reached
$898k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ABCDINC$606,916
QUINCY COMM ACTION PROGRAM$246,260
CITIZENS FOR CITIZENS INC$103,553
CA PROGRAM- INTERCITY$101,261
SOUTH SHORE COMM ACTION$80,881
SELF HELP INC$73,334
VALLEY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL$64,139
GREATER LAWRENCE CAC$52,373
NE FARM WORKERS SPRINGFILED$51,784
COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF SOMERVIL$35,865
BERKSHIRE COMM ACTION COUNCIL$35,465
SPRINGFILED PARTNERS FOR COMM ACTIO$32,295
PACE$31,337
THE DIAPER BANK OF CT$30,389
COMMUNITY ACTION- PIONEER VALLEY$27,965
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $1.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%SOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $36k → 8%MOC MAKING OPPORTUNITY COUNT: $90k → 11%SELF HELP INC: $191k → 8%SOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $33k → 8%MOC MAKING OPPORTUNITY COUNT: $49k → 11%VALLEY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $132k → 17%SELF HELP INC: $179k → 8%SOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $5k → 8%MOC MAKING OPPORTUNITY COUNT: $47k → 11%VALLEY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $64k → 17%COMMUNITY TEAMWORK: $68k → 8%WORCESTER COMMUNITY ACTION: $108k → 11%VALLEY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $134k → 17%SELF HELP INC: $154k → 8%COMMUNITY TEAMWORK: $58k → 8%ACTION INC: $14k → 10%WORCESTER COMMUNITY ACTION: $68k → 11%VALLEY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $51k → 17%COMMUNITY TEAMWORK: $55k → 8%ACTION INC: $10k → 10%WORCESTER COMMUNITY ACTION: $42k → 11%COMMUNITY TEAMWORK: $28k → 8%LEO INC: $51k → 10%WORCESTER COMMUNITY ACTION: $28k → 11%SELF HELP INC: $73k → 8%CAMBRIDGE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COUN: $13k → 8%LEO INC: $50k → 10%LEO INC: $34k → 10%LEO INC: $27k → 10%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.
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$10M · 22 repeat orgs$76k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
1

Total granted

$10M
$13k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+26%

Still filing today

95%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $62k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesCommunity ImprovementEducationPhilanthropyFood & NutritionOther
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

  • QC
    QUINCY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +31%
  • CA
    COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INTER-CITY IN
    4× · 2022–2025 · $656k · revenue +20%
  • SH
    SELF HELP INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $597k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • CE
    CAMBRIDGE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COMMITTEE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $13k · revenue +26%
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
Community Action Partnership of Strafford County

To educate, advocate and assist people in strafford county to help meet their basic needs and promote self-sufficiency. we value: compassion, education, self-sufficiency, transparency, accountability, team work, client focus and…

Human Services
2
Housing Assistance Corporation

Hac's mission is to promote and implement the right of all people on cape cod and the islands to occupy safe and affordable housing. to achieve this goal, hac has concentrated its major programs around rental subsidies, shelter services,…

Housing & Shelter
3
Community Action for Improvement Inc

The mission of community action for improvement, inc. is to build sustainable communities with partners by providing services and resources utilizing the whole family approach with low-income households to help reduce the burdens of…

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4
Western Maine Community Action Inc

To advocate for, strengthen, and coordinate all resources private, local, state, and federal that will assist us in promoting the self-sufficiency of people. a belief in basic human dignity and the exercise of free choice motivates the…

Human Services
5
Community Action Agency Inc

To aid low income families with early education, energy assistance, nutrition help and other services.

Human Services
6
Kceoc Community Action Partnership Inc

Kceoc community action partnership is dedicated to recognizing human potential, improving communities, and creating opportunities for change.

Education
7
Midcoast Maine Community Action

To empower individuals and famalies to gain knowledge and skills to achieve self-sufficiency.

Human Services
8
Community Action of Northeast Indiana Inc

Community action of northeast indiana, inc. helps communities, families, and individuals remove the causes and conditions of poverty.the organization achieves their purpose through the: provision of a range of services and activities…

Community Improvement
9
New England Community Project Inc

Necp believes that social change happens when those most impacted by issues of systemic injustice, organize at the block level to address issues within their neighborhoods. through their involvement at a community level, residents engage…

Community Improvement
10
West Central Minnesota Communities Action Inc

Empowering people while providing services and resources that impact individuals and communities.

Community Improvement
11
Community Action of Southeast Iowa

The organization is dedicated to alleviating the conditions and causes of poverty by building partnerships and strengthening people through quality services. community action of southeast iowa administers programs funded or supported by…

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12
Community Action Partnership of Central Illinois Inc

It is the mission of capcil, in partnership with our communities, to empower all vulnerable populations through poverty fighting initiatives for those who seek a life of lasting independence.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is South Shore Community Action Council Inc; the most unlike its peers is Neighbors in Need Inc. 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

25 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. 25 of the 26 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
16/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ABCDINC: $4,162,560 · OtherABCDINCQUINCY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INC: $1,188,537 · OtherQUINCY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INCCOMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INTER-CITY IN: $656,102 · OtherCOMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INTER-CITY INCOMMUNITY ACTION PIONEER VALLEY: $266,609 · OtherBERKSHIRE COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC: $249,313 · Other+6 more: $904,116 · Other+6 moreSELF HELP INC: $597,254 · Human ServicesSELF HELP INCVALLEY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC: $381,253 · Human ServicesVALLEY OPPORTUNITY C…WORCESTER COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC: $245,884 · Human ServicesWORCESTER COMMUNITY …Community Teamwork Inc: $208,557 · Human ServicesCommunity Teamwork I…MAKING OPPORTUNITY COUNT INC: $185,603 · Human ServicesMAKING OPPORTUNITY C…LEO INC: $161,689 · Human ServicesLEO INCSOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC: $73,708 · Human Services+2 more: $37,102 · Human ServicesSOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC: $561,814 · Community ImprovementSOUTH SHORE…CITIZENS FOR CITIZENS INC: $336,398 · Community ImprovementCITIZENS FO…COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE OF CAPE COD & ISLANDS INC: $136,702 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY A…SPRINGFIELD PARTNERS FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $166,108 · EducationUNITED WAY OF THE FRANKLIN & HAMPSHIRE REGION: $5,323 · PhilanthropyNEIGHBORS IN NEED INC: $5,188 · Food & Nutrition
Other$7,427,237Human Services$1,891,050Community Improvement$1,034,914Education$166,108Philanthropy$5,323Food & Nutrition$5,188

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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
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.

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Massachusetts Association for Community Action Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Massachusetts Association for Community Action Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 18%
  • Community Action Pioneer Valley: 62% of income from government
  • The Diaper Bank of Connecticut Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Community Action Agency of Somerville: 49% of income from government
  • Citizens for Citizens Inc: 41% of income from government
  • Making Opportunity Count Inc: 28% of income from government
  • Self Help Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Valley Opportunity Council Inc: 25% of income from government
  • Community Teamwork Inc: 23% of income from government
  • New England Farm Workers Council Inc: 23% of income from government
  • South Shore Community Action Council Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Community Action Programs Inter-City in: 18% of income from government
  • South Middlesex Opportunity Council Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Greater Lawrence Community Action Council Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Quincy Community Action Programs Inc: 14% of income from government
  • North Shore Community Action Programs Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Worcester Community Action Council Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Neighbors in Need Inc: 3% of income from government
  • People Acting in Community Endeavors Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Action Inc: 3% of income from government
  • United Way of the Franklin & Hampshire Region: 2% of income from government
  • Springfield Partners for Community Action Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.

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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