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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 FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$120k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$1.7MYouth Development$665kEducation$309kHealth$131kHousing & Shelter$126kCivil Rights$116kArts & Culture$86kCrime & Legal$66kOther$0
02FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 24 grants below total $654,357, the rows itemized in this filing. The $721,048 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $66,691 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.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $63k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $291k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $301k
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF WEBSTER-DUDLEY$120,000
YMCA OF CENTRAL MASS$70,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES WORCESTER COUNTY$60,000
SOUTHBRIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS$50,604
OLD STURBRIDGE VILLAGE$42,500
ST LUKE'S GUEST HOUSE$42,500
WORCESTER COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL$40,000
TRI-VALLEY INC$35,000
OUR BRIGHT FUTURE INC$27,500
OPEN SKY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC$26,500
NEW HOPE$25,000
CASA PROJECT WORCESTER COUNTY$20,000
COMMUNITY LEGAL AID INC$12,000
FAMILY SERVICES OF CENTRAL MA$10,000
LIERACY VOLUNTEERS OF THE TRI-COMMU$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $516k) 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%AMER RED CROSS OF C & W MA: $10k → 11%NEW HOPE: $25k → 11%NEW HOPE INC: $23k → 11%NEW HOPE INC: $16k → 11%NEW HOPE INC: $14k → 11%NEW HOPE INC: $14k → 11%FAMILY SERVICES OF CENTRAL MA: $20k → 11%FAMILY SERVICES OF CENTRAL MA: $11k → 11%FAMILY SERVICES OF CENTRAL MA: $10k → 11%WORCESTER COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL: $40k → 11%WORCESTER COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL: $77k → 11%WORCESTER COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL: $37k → 11%WORCESTER COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL: $9k → 11%WORCESTER COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL: $8k → 11%CENTER FOR HOPE FOUNDATION INC: $6k → 11%YMCA OF CENTRAL MASS: $70k → 11%OPEN SKY COMMUNITY SERVICES: $27k → 11%OPEN SKY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $27k → 11%OPEN SKY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $7k → 11%GUILD OF ST AGNES: $8k → 11%OPEN SKY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $7k → 11%GUILD OF ST AGNES OF WORCESTER INC: $8k → 11%OPEN SKY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $7k → 11%GUILD OF ST AGNES: $8k → 11%OPEN SKY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $6k → 11%GUILD OF ST AGNES: $7k → 11%OPEN SKY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $6k → 11%GUILD OF ST AGNES: $7k → 11%THE BRIDGE OF CENTRAL MA: $6k → 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.
$3.1M · 20 repeat orgs$191k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +46% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
4

Total granted

$3.1M
$61k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+46%

Still filing today

90%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $130k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthCivil RightsEducationCrime & LegalOther
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

  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF WORCESTER
    8× · 2017–2024 · $539k · revenue +65%
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WEBSTER-DUDLEY INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $475k · revenue +18%
  • TI
    TRI-VALLEY INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $181k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • DC
    DUDLEY CHARLTON REGIONAL SCHOOL DIS
    one grant, 2023 · $32k
  • BB
    BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL MASS /METROWEST INC
    one grant, 2023 · $12k · revenue -8%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branchesgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +46%
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
Northeast Center for Youth and Families Inc

Provide a range of high-quality, community-based, behavioral health services to empower individuals and families to live healthy and successful lives.

Human Services
2
Ywca Central Massachusetts Inc

The ywca central massachusetts is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all.

Human Services
3
Wayside Youth and Family Support Network Inc

Empowering children, young adults and families to achieve greater independence and emotional well-being.

Human Services
4
South Shore Mental Health Center Inc

Our mission is to make emotional well-being essential to overall health and building a supportive community for all, through effective, integrated care that is tailored to the way those we serve live. Aspire Health Alliance is helping to…

Health
5
Lifestream Inc

Lifestream, inc. (the organization") provides community-based services that support individuals in attaining greater independence, promising opportunities, and lives that are meaningful and fulfilling on their own terms.

Health
6
Aging Services of North Central Massachusetts Inc

Aging services of north central massachusetts provides comprehensive information and quality services so that older people, individuals with disabilities, and their families are empowered to make personalized choices to ensure a life of…

Human Services
7
Victory Human Services Inc

Provide specialized services to assist individuals and their families in overcoming the challenges of developmental disabilities, mental illness, and medical conditions.

Health
8
St Mary's Center for Women & Children Inc

St. Mary's Center for Women and Children (SMC), a multi-service organization supporting women, children, and families, believes shelter is not enough to erase the devastation of cyclical poverty and homelessness.Grounded in social justice,…

Unclassified
9
Triangle Inc

Through support, challenge and opportunity, triangle empowers people with disabilities and their families to enjoy rich, fulfilling lives. we are committed to helping the world recognize that we are all people with ability.

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10
Berkshire Medical Center Inc

The mission of berkshire medical center is to advance health and wellness for everyone in our community in a welcoming, inclusive, and personalized environment.

Health
11
Bridges Homeward Inc

Our mission is to provide high-quality support and advocacy for children, adults and families to develop and nurture safe, permanent relationships and maximize individual growth.

Human Services
12
Old Colony Young Men's Christian Association Inc

Old colony ymca helps children, families, and individuals develop to their fullest potential. we respond to ever-changing community needs and view our services through three lenses: youth development, healthy living, and social…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Worcester; the most unlike its peers is Reconciliation House 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

27 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. 27 of the 31 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
21/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Tri-Community Young Mens Christian Association of Southbridge Inc: $558,730 · OtherTri-Community Young Mens Christian Association of Sout…CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF WORCESTER: $539,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF WORCESTERSOUTHBRIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $120,988 · OtherSOUTHBRIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLSFAMILY HEALTH CENTER OF WORCESTERINC: $75,225 · OtherPATHWAYS FOR CHANGE INC: $56,000 · OtherOLD STURBRIDGE INC: $86,412 · OtherOLD STURBRIDGE INCCOMMUNITY LEGAL AID INC: $66,000 · Other+5 more: $71,464 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WEBSTER-DUDLEY INC: $475,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF…OUR BRIGHT FUTURE INC: $153,780 · Youth DevelopmentOUR BRIGHT FUTURE INC+2 more: $19,000 · Youth DevelopmentWORCESTER COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC: $170,841 · Human ServicesWORCESTER COMMUNI…NEW HOPE INC: $91,500 · Human ServicesNEW HOPE INCYMCA of Central Massachusetts (2909): $70,000 · Human ServicesYMCA of Central M…THE BRIDGE OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC: $63,000 · Human ServicesTHE BRIDGE OF CEN…GUILD OF SAINT AGNES OF WORCESTER: $47,500 · Human ServicesGUILD OF SAINT AG…SEVEN HILLS FOUNDATION: $31,000 · Human ServicesSEVEN HILLS FOUND…OPEN SKY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $26,500 · Human Services+2 more: $15,500 · Human ServicesTRI-VALLEY INC: $180,908 · HealthCare Central VNA & Hospice Inc: $18,000 · Health+1 more: $6,000 · HealthFRIENDS OF ST LUKE'S INC ST LUKE'S GUEST HOUSE: $126,000 · Housing & ShelterCASA PROJECT INC: $116,200 · Civil RightsLITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF THE TRI-COMMUNITY: $100,750 · Education
Other$1,573,819Youth Development$647,780Human Services$515,841Health$204,908Housing & Shelter$126,000Civil Rights$116,200Education$100,750

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTri-Community Young Mens Christian Association of Southbridge Inc: $558,730 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF WORCESTER: $539,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WEBSTER-DUDLEY INC: $475,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetTRI-VALLEY INC: $180,908 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWORCESTER COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC: $170,841 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetOUR BRIGHT FUTURE INC: $153,780 over 4y, 24% of budgetFRIENDS OF ST LUKE'S INC ST LUKE'S GUEST HOUSE: $126,000 over 7y, 30% of budgetCASA PROJECT INC: $116,200 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetLITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF THE TRI-COMMUNITY: $100,750 over 8y, 16% of budgetNEW HOPE INC: $91,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetOLD STURBRIDGE INC: $86,412 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetFAMILY HEALTH CENTER OF WORCESTERINC: $75,225 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetYMCA of Central Massachusetts (2909): $70,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY LEGAL AID INC: $66,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BRIDGE OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC: $63,000 over 7y, 45% of budgetPATHWAYS FOR CHANGE INC: $56,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetGUILD OF SAINT AGNES OF WORCESTER: $47,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSEVEN HILLS FOUNDATION: $31,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOPEN SKY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $26,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCare Central VNA & Hospice Inc: $18,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC: $17,283 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL MASS /METROWEST INC: $11,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUK CRISIS CENTER INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEART OF NEW ENGLAND COUNCIL BSA INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetReconciliation House Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetCENTER OF HOPE FOUNDATION INC: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Greater Worcester Com…Webster Five Foundati…Reliant Foundation IncUnited Way of Central…Community Foundation …George Wells Foundati…The Health Foundation…Fallon Community Heal…The Fred Harris Danie…Schwartz Charitable F…The Fletcher Foundati…The George I Alden Tr…
Greater Worcester Community Foundation IncMA44.6× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 South Central Massachusetts Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of South Central Massachusetts Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 60%
  • The Bridge of Central Massachusetts Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Luk Crisis Center Inc: 95% of income from government
  • Pathways for Change Inc: 86% of income from government
  • Center of Hope Foundation Inc: 74% of income from government
  • New Hope Inc: 73% of income from government
  • Tri-Valley Inc: 68% of income from government
  • Guild of Saint Agnes of Worcester: 60% of income from government
  • Open Sky Community Services Inc: 48% of income from government
  • Family Health Center of Worcesterinc: 39% of income from government
  • Worcester Community Action Council Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Care Central Vna & Hospice Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Community Legal Aid Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Old Sturbridge Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
7rely 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 31 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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