Massachusetts · Public charity
United Way of South Central Massachusetts Inc
A volunteer driven organization that supports local health and human service agency programs that profoundly affect the lives of those who live and work in the communities they serve of southbridge, sturbridge, charlton, webster, and dudley.
- $721k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 24
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $654k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $120,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 10% of the organizations United Way of South Central Massachusetts Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 23 | $654k | 30% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $725k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $550k | 21% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $404k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $297k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $219k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $219k | 20% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $218k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tri-Community Young Mens Christian Association of Southbridge Inc | $558,730 | 7 | 2% |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Worcester | $539,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Webster-Dudley Inc | $475,000 | 4 | 10% |
| Tri-Valley Inc | $180,908 | 8 | 0% |
| Worcester Community Action Council Inc | $170,841 | 5 | 0% |
| Our Bright Future Inc | $153,780 | 4 | 24% |
| Friends of St Luke's Inc St Luke's Guest House | $126,000 | 7 | 30% |
| Southbridge Public Schools | $120,988 | 3 | n/a |
| Casa Project Inc | $116,200 | 8 | 2% |
| Literacy Volunteers of the Tri-Community | $100,750 | 8 | 16% |
Show all 28 grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($47k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of South Central Massachusetts Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 27 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.
Open a dossier: Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc · Webster Five Foundation Inc · Reliant Foundation Inc · United Way of Central Massachusetts Inc · Community Foundation of North Central Ma · George Wells Foundation Ui · The Health Foundation of Central Massach · Fallon Community Health Plan Inc · The Fred Harris Daniels Foundation · Schwartz Charitable Foundation · The Fletcher Foundation · The George I Alden Trust
How this is measured
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About United Way of South Central Massachusetts Inc
- How much does United Way of South Central Massachusetts Inc give?
- United Way of South Central Massachusetts Inc reported 24 itemized grants totaling $654,357, out of $721,048 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does United Way of South Central Massachusetts Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (52%), Youth Development (20%), Education (9%).
- Who are United Way of South Central Massachusetts Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Tri-Community Young Mens Christian Association of Southbridge Inc ($559k), Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Worcester ($539k), Boys and Girls Club of Webster-Dudley Inc ($475k).
- Does United Way of South Central Massachusetts Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of South Central Massachusetts Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc, Webster Five Foundation Inc, Reliant Foundation Inc.
- Where is United Way of South Central Massachusetts Inc based?
- United Way of South Central Massachusetts Inc is based in MA.
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