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Women's Foundation of Massachusetts Inc
The women's foundation of massachusetts, inc. Economically empowers women and girls in greater boston and across the commonwealth through creating and funding high impact leadership and economic programs in partnership with women's and girl's nonprofits.
- $2.8M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2025
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 28%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $436,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 25
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $22M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 28% of the organizations Women's Foundation of Massachusetts Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $428k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 26 | $2.8M | 15% |
| FY2024 | 25 | $2.0M | 28% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $1.2M | 10% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $1.3M | 36% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $678k | 7% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $551k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $458k | 70% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $120k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's Money Matters | $858,470 | 4 | n/a |
| Science Club for Girls Inc | $710,100 | 8 | 15% |
| Girls on the Run Greater Boston | $688,593 | 8 | 7% |
| Mother Caroline Academy & Education Center | $480,875 | 6 | 5% |
| Economic Mobility Pathways Inc | $412,844 | 5 | 1% |
| Girls Inc of Greater Pittsburgh | $410,000 | 5 | 9% |
| Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts Inc | $368,428 | 4 | 1% |
| Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts Inc | $355,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Our Sisters School | $354,248 | 6 | 3% |
| Girls on the Run Worcester County Inc | $313,543 | 4 | 47% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Women's Foundation of Massachusetts Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 40 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.
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How this is measured
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About Women's Foundation of Massachusetts Inc
- How much does Women's Foundation of Massachusetts Inc give?
- Women's Foundation of Massachusetts Inc reported 26 grants totaling $2,782,729 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Women's Foundation of Massachusetts Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (47%), Human Services (23%), Education (15%).
- Who are Women's Foundation of Massachusetts Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Women's Money Matters ($858k), Science Club for Girls Inc ($710k), Girls on the Run Greater Boston ($689k).
- Does Women's Foundation of Massachusetts Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Women's Foundation of Massachusetts Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation, Citizens Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Women's Foundation of Massachusetts Inc based?
- Women's Foundation of Massachusetts Inc is based in MA.
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