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United Way of Greater New Bedford Inc

Our mission is to mobilize people, partnerships and resources to catalyze change that strengthens the communities served.

$388k
Granted FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$1.1MYouth Development$791kHealth$679kEducation$277kHousing & Shelter$205kCommunity Improvement$195kFood & Nutrition$176kCrime & Legal$90kOther$0
02FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 22 grants below total $380,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $388,250 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $8,250 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$20,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$4.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COASTLINE ELDERLY SERVICES$25,000
COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CENTER OF SOUTHEASTER MA$25,000
YWCA OF SOUTHEASTERN MA INC$25,000
CARITAS COMMUNITIES$25,000
CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER$25,000
PEOPLE ACTING IN COMMUNITY ENDEAVORS INC$25,000
SOUTHCOAST LGBTQ NETWORK$20,000
THE HERREN PROJECT$20,000
HEALTH IMPERATIVES$20,000
CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES INC$20,000
IMMIGRANTS ASSISTANCE CENTER$20,000
OUR SISTERS SCHOOL$15,000
WAREHAM AREA COMMITTEE FOR THE HOMELESS INCTURNING POINT$15,000
NATIVITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL$15,000
STEPPINGSTONE INCORPORATED$15,000
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 (FY17–25, $877k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%WAREHAM AREA COMMITTEE FOR THE HOMELESS INCTURNING POINT: $25k → 8%WAREHAM AREA COMMITTEE FOR THE HOMELESS INCTURNING POINT: $25k → 8%WAREHAM AREA COMMITTEE FOR THE HOMELESS INCTURNING POINT: $20k → 8%WAREHAM AREA COMMITTEE FOR THE HOMELESS INCTURNING POINT: $15k → 8%WAREHAM AREA COMMITTEE FOR THE HOMELESS INCTURNING POINT: $15k → 8%WAREHAM AREA COMMITTEE FOR THE HOMELESS INCTURNING POINT: $10k → 8%COASTLINE ELDERLY SERVICES: $25k → 11%COASTLINE ELDERLY SERVICES: $25k → 11%COASTLINE ELDERLY SERVICES: $15k → 11%THE FAMILY PANTRY - DAMIEN'S PLACE CORP: $25k → 11%THE FAMILY PANTRY DAMIEN'S PLACE CORP: $25k → 11%THE FAMILY PANTRY - DAMIEN'S PLACE CORP: $25k → 11%THE FAMILY PANTRY - DAMIEN'S PLACE CORP: $25k → 11%THE FAMILY PANTRY - DAMIEN'S PLACE CORP: $25k → 11%THE FAMILY PANTRY - DAMIEN'S PLACE CORP: $18k → 11%THE FAMILY PANTRY - DAMIEN'S PLACE CORP: $18k → 11%THE FAMILY PANTRY DAMIEN'S PLACE CORP: $15k → 11%NORTH STAR LEARNING CENTERS INC: $85k → 11%IMMIGRANTS ASSISTANCE CENTER: $30k → 11%DENNISON MEMORIAL COMMUNITY CTR INC: $28k → 11%IMMIGRANTS ASSISTANCE CENTER: $28k → 11%COASTLINE ELDERLY SERVICES INC: $26k → 11%IMMIGRANTS ASSISTANCE CENTER: $25k → 11%DENNISON MEMORIAL COMMUNITY CTR INC: $25k → 11%DENNISON MEMORIAL COMMUNITY CTR INC: $25k → 11%DENNISON MEMORIAL COMMUNITY CTR INC: $25k → 11%NORTH STAR LEARNING CENTERS INC: $23k → 11%NORTH STAR LEARNING CENTERS INC: $22k → 11%NORTH STAR LEARNING CENTERS INC: $21k → 11%DENNISON MEMORIAL COMMUNITY CENTER: $20k → 11%IMMIGRANTS ASSISTANCE CENTER: $20k → 11%IMMIGRANTS ASSISTANCE CENTER: $17k → 11%IMMIGRANTS ASSISTANCE CENTER: $15k → 11%DENNISON MEMORIAL COMMUNITY CENTER: $15k → 11%IMMIGRANTS ASSISTANCE CENTER: $15k → 11%IMMIGRANTS ASSISTANCE CENTER: $12k → 11%INTER-CHURCH COUNCIL OF GREATER NEW BEDFORD INC: $10k → 11%COASTLINE ELDERLY SERVICES INC: $10k → 11%DENNISON MEMORIAL COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 11%DENNISON MEMORIAL COMMUNITY CTR INC: $7k → 11%NORTH STAR LEARNING CENTERS INC: $7k → 11%DENNISON MEMORIAL COMMUNITY CTR INC: $5k → 11%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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.4M · 33 repeat orgs$212k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +64% since the first grant, against +47% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
14

Total granted

$3.4M
$192k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+64%
+47%

Still filing today

85%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • YO
    YWCA OF SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $314k · revenue +39%
  • PA
    PEOPLE ACTING IN COMMUNITY ENDEAVORS INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $285k · revenue +148%
  • CA
    CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $213k · revenue +65%

Funded once

  • CN
    Community Nurse Inc
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +13%
  • DA
    DIABETES ASSOCIATION INC
    one grant, 2018 · $20k · revenue +13%
  • HP
    HIGH POINT TREATMENT CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +47%
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
United Way of Greater New Bedford Inc

Our mission is to mobilize people, partnerships and resources to catalyze change that strengthens the communities served.

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2
Massachusetts Council of Human Services Providers Inc

To advance the interests of the human services sector and providers through advocacy, education, and engagement of diverse stakeholders for collective impact.

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3
Greater New Bedford Workforce Investment Board Inc

Meet the workforce needs of employers and support economic development in greater new bedford.

Community Improvement
4
Southeastern Massachusetts Home Health Aides Inc

Homecare services and home health aide services.

Human Services
5
Massachusetts Education & Career Opportunities Inc

Massachusetts education and career opportunities, inc. (massedco, inc.) is a statewide network of service sites that provides education and career advising to over 12,000 low-income, first generation individuals each year. massedco…

Education
6
Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance Inc

Maha breaks down barriers facing first-time and first-generation home buyers and owners through education, counseling, advocacy, and grassroots organizing.

Housing & Shelter
7
Southeast Center for Independent Living Inc

The philosophy of independent living, maintains that individuals with disabilities have the right to choose services and make decisions for themselves. this belief is the foundation and guiding principle in all of the policies and…

Housing & Shelter
8
Community Counseling of Bristol County Inc

The purpose and mission of community counseling of bristol county, inc. (ccbc) is to develop and deliver compassionate, responsive, culturally competent, and quality mental health and substance abuse services to meet the…

Health
9
Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center Inc

Harvard street neighborhood health center serves as the primary health resource to our community, through the delivery of comprehensive patient-centered medical care.

Health
10
New England Resident Service Coordinators Inc

Resident Service Coordinators are professionals who serve elders, youth and families in their housing communities. NERSC provides training & professional development, including on-line courses for Resident Service Coordinators and housing…

Housing & Shelter
11
Newton Community Service Centers Inc

Family access empowers and strengthens families and the community by providing programs that nurture child development, prevent trauma, promote effective parenting skills, and support working parents. for more than 117 years, family access…

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12
Community Health Center of Cape Cod Inc

To improve the health of our community through the provision of equitable, patient centered, high quality, compassionate care to all, regardless of ability to pay.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is People Acting in Community Endeavors Inc; the most unlike its peers is Global Learning Charter Public School Foundation 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

43 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. 43 of the 49 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)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/43
Grantees still filing
35/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YWCA OF SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC: $314,434 · OtherYWCA OF SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INCPEOPLE ACTING IN COMMUNITY ENDEAVORS INC: $285,105 · OtherPEOPLE ACTING IN COMMUNITY ENDEAVORS INCCHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $213,382 · OtherCHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES INCYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION SOUTHCOAST INC: $170,736 · OtherYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION SOUTHCOAST INCNEW BEDFORD WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $138,158 · OtherNEW BEDFORD WOMEN'S CENTER INCMeeting Street Massachusetts Inc: $95,091 · OtherGREATER NEW BEDFORD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC: $93,073 · OtherChildrens Advocacy Center of BC: $90,000 · OtherSEMCOA INC DBA SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS COUNCIL ON ADVOCACY: $88,017 · OtherSOUTHCOAST LGBTQ NETWORK INC: $65,000 · Other+13 more: $244,330 · Other+13 moreTHE FAMILY PANTRY- DAMIEN'S PLACE: $176,261 · Human ServicesTHE FAMILY PANTRY- DAMIEN'S…IMMIGRANTS' ASSISTANCE CENTER INC: $161,543 · Human ServicesIMMIGRANTS' ASSISTANCE CENT…Dennison Memorial Community Center Inc: $160,123 · Human ServicesDennison Memorial Community…NORTHSTAR LEARNING CENTERS INC: $157,881 · Human ServicesNORTHSTAR LEARNING CENTERS …Wareham Area Committee for the Homeless Inc: $110,000 · Human ServicesWareham Area Committee for …COASTLINE ELDERLY SERVICES INC: $101,313 · Human ServicesCOASTLINE ELDERLY SERVICES …+1 more: $10,000 · Human ServicesHEALTH IMPERATIVES INC: $145,000 · HealthHEALTH IMP…STEPPINGSTONE INC: $65,000 · HealthSTEPPINGST…THE HERREN PROJECT: $45,000 · HealthTHE HERREN…Community Nurse Inc: $25,105 · HealthCommunity …DIABETES ASSOCIATION INC: $20,000 · HealthDIABETES A…HIGH POINT TREATMENT CENTER INC: $20,000 · HealthHIGH POINT…+1 more: $10,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CENTER OF SOUTHEASTERN MASS: $180,000 · Community ImprovementTHE CAPITAL GOOD FUND: $15,000 · Community ImprovementOUR SISTERS SCHOOL: $65,000 · EducationNATIVITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL NEW BEDFORD INC: $35,000 · EducationCOACHING FOR CHANGE INC: $35,000 · EducationGLOBAL LEARNING CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $29,250 · EducationSCHOOL ON WHEELS OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $10,000 · EducationBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER NEW BEDFORD INC: $95,676 · Youth DevelopmentYouth Opportunities Unlimited Inc: $49,500 · Youth DevelopmentCOMMUNITY BOATING CENTER INC: $16,653 · Youth DevelopmentCARITAS COMMUNITIES INC: $70,000 · Housing & ShelterHOUSING SOLUTIONS FOR SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS: $15,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$1,797,326Human Services$877,121Health$330,105Community Improvement$195,000Education$174,250Youth Development$161,829Housing & Shelter$85,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYWCA OF SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC: $314,434 over 9y, 7.8% of budgetPEOPLE ACTING IN COMMUNITY ENDEAVORS INC: $285,105 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $213,382 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CENTER OF SOUTHEASTERN MASS: $180,000 over 7y, 4.5% of budgetTHE FAMILY PANTRY- DAMIEN'S PLACE: $176,261 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION SOUTHCOAST INC: $170,736 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetIMMIGRANTS' ASSISTANCE CENTER INC: $161,543 over 8y, 3.9% of budgetDennison Memorial Community Center Inc: $160,123 over 9y, 6.7% of budgetNORTHSTAR LEARNING CENTERS INC: $157,881 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetHEALTH IMPERATIVES INC: $145,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetNEW BEDFORD WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $138,158 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetWareham Area Committee for the Homeless Inc: $110,000 over 6y, 16% of budgetCOASTLINE ELDERLY SERVICES INC: $101,313 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER NEW BEDFORD INC: $95,676 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetMeeting Street Massachusetts Inc: $95,091 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetGREATER NEW BEDFORD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC: $93,073 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSEMCOA INC DBA SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS COUNCIL ON ADVOCACY: $88,017 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetCARITAS COMMUNITIES INC: $70,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetOUR SISTERS SCHOOL: $65,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetSTEPPINGSTONE INC: $65,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDiscovery Language Academy Inc: $50,000 over 3y, 6.1% of budgetYouth Opportunities Unlimited Inc: $49,500 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetTHE HERREN PROJECT: $45,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetNATIVITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL NEW BEDFORD INC: $35,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetCOACHING FOR CHANGE INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTHE MARION INSTITUTE INC: $33,105 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetCommunity Nurse Inc: $25,105 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDIABETES ASSOCIATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetHIGH POINT TREATMENT CENTER INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY BOATING CENTER INC: $16,653 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetHOUSING SOLUTIONS FOR SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CAPITAL GOOD FUND: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBUTTONWOOD PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetINTER-CHURCH COUNCIL OF GREATER NEW BEDFORDINC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetSCHOOL ON WHEELS OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSOUTHCOAST HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOld Dartmouth Historical Society: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCentro de Ayuda y Esperanza Latina Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetArt Museum New Bedford Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetSamaritans of Fall River New Bedford MA Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 11% 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.

Southcoast Community Foundation IncMA75.6× affinity34 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Southcoast Community Foundation Inc · Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · The Carney Family Charitable Foundation · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Island Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Southcoast Hospitals Group Inc · First Citizens Charitable Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Fall River Inc · The Harborone Foundation · Arbella Insurance Foundation · New Bedford Day Nursery 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 United Way of Greater New Bedford Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Greater New Bedford Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 20%
  • New Bedford Women's Center Inc: 84% of income from government
  • Health Imperatives Inc: 79% of income from government
  • Northstar Learning Centers Inc: 63% of income from government
  • Coastline Elderly Services Inc: 58% of income from government
  • The Family Pantry- Damien's Place: 36% of income from government
  • Steppingstone Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Semcoa Inc Dba Southeast Massachusetts Council On Advocacy: 30% of income from government
  • Ywca of Southeastern Massachusetts Inc: 28% of income from government
  • Child and Family Services Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Meeting Street Massachusetts Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Dennison Memorial Community Center Inc: 21% of income from government
  • High Point Treatment Center Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Discovery Language Academy Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Immigrants' Assistance Center Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Greater New Bedford Community Health Center Inc: 13% of income from government
  • School On Wheels of Massachusetts Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Coaching for Change Inc: 5% of income from government
  • People Acting in Community Endeavors Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Greater New Bedford Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Old Dartmouth Historical Society: 2% of income from government
  • The Marion Institute Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Community Boating Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Our Sisters School: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
4rely on government for over half their income
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 49 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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