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Women's Foundation of Massachusetts Inc

The women's foundation of massachusetts, inc.

$2.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
26
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$436k
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, FY2018 to 2025.

Youth Development$4.3MHuman Services$2.1MEducation$1.4MHealth$350kEmployment$325kRecreation & Sports$245kPhilanthropy$240kHousing & Shelter$85kOther$0
02FY2025 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $129k
  • $50k–250k21 grants · $2.0M
  • $250k+2 grants · $696k
$75,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$22M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WOMEN'S MONEY MATTERS$436,250
WOMEN'S FUND OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS$260,085
BOSTON WOMEN'S FUND$240,078
GIRLS ON THE RUN GREATER BOSTON$205,000
GIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN MA$130,000
GIRLS INC OF THE VALLEY$128,750
MOTHER CAROLINE ACADEMY AND ED CENTER$123,000
EMPATH$112,844
GIRLS INC OF LYNN$100,000
SCIENCE CLUB FOR GIRLS$100,000
ASIAN WOMEN FOR HEALTH INC$100,000
OUR SISTERS' SCHOOL$75,000
DREAM BIG$75,000
GIRLS ON THE RUN RHODE ISLAND$70,000
GIRLS ON THE RUN WORCESTER COUNTY INC$66,300
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 (FY18–25, $1.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 84% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%WE CAN CORPORATION: $121k → 8%WOMEN'S FUND OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS: $260k → 17%WE CAN CORPORATION: $50k → 8%WE CAN CORPORATION: $50k → 8%WE CAN CORPORATION: $25k → 8%STRONG WOMEN STRONG GIRLS: $125k → 16%STRONG WOMEN STRONG GIRLS: $100k → 16%STRONG WOMEN STRONG GIRLS: $100k → 16%THE CARE CENTER: $40k → 17%BUGDET BUDDIES INC: $65k → 8%YMCA CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC: $51k → 11%BUDGET BUDDIES INC: $45k → 8%YMCA CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC: $50k → 11%BUGDET BUDDIES INC: $35k → 8%DIGNITY MATTERS: $6k → 8%DRESS FOR SUCCESS BOSTON: $58k → 16%DRESS FOR SUCCESS BOSTON: $45k → 16%DRESS FOR SUCCESS BOSTON: $35k → 16%DRESS FOR SUCCESS BOSTON: $15k → 16%DRESS FOR SUCCESS BOSTON: $10k → 16%DRESS FOR SUCCESS BOSTON: $10k → 16%DRESS FOR SUCCESS: $10k → 16%STRONG WOMEN STRONG GIRLS: $50k → 16%STRONG WOMEN STRONG GIRLS: $35k → 16%PROJECT HOPE: $50k → 16%PROJECT HOPE BOSTON: $50k → 16%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE ASSUMPTION FAMILY HEALTH SERVICES OF MA-PROJECT HOPE: $50k → 16%PROJECT HOPE: $25k → 16%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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.2M · 28 repeat orgs$874k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
10

Total granted

$8.2M
$244k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+17%

Still filing today

96%
90%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $630k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Youth DevelopmentHuman ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsHealthEmploymentOther
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

  • SC
    SCIENCE CLUB FOR GIRLS INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $710k · revenue +568%
  • GIRLS ON THE RUN GREATER BOSTON
    8× · 2018–2025 · $689k · revenue +501%
  • EM
    ECONOMIC MOBILITY PATHWAYS INC
    5× · 2019–2025 · $413k · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • GI
    GIRLS INCORPORATED OF GREATER LOWELL
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue -25%
  • CA
    COMMUNITY ADOLESCENT RESOURCE AND EDUCATION CENTER INC
    one grant, 2024 · $40k · revenue +17%
  • RB
    Ron Burton Training Village Incgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $33k · revenue +427%
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
Girls in Stem
Human Services
2
Girls Incorporated of Greater Santa Barbara

The organizations mission is to inspire all girls to be strong,smart, and bold, through research-based, innovative, and educational programs and activities.

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3
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…

Philanthropy
4
Girls on the Run - Western Ma Council

To educate and prepare girls for a lifetime of self-respect and healthy living through an interactive learning program that combines training for a running event with life-changing, self-esteem-enhancing, confidence-building lessons and…

Youth Development
5
Girls Incorporated of Long Island

The mission of girls incorporated of long island, is to inspire girls to be strong, smart, and bold. the organization provides school and community based programming that serves the unique needs of girls, ages 5-18, living in the nassau…

Education
6
Dress for Success Worcester Inc

The mission of dress for success is to empower women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire, and the development tools to help women thrive in work and in life.

Employment
7
Girl Scouts of Suffolk County Inc

Provide a sure foundation for young girls growing up in our society and to help girls grow and develop as individuals with confidence in themselves and their future.

Youth Development
8
Girls Incorporated of Metro Denver

To inspire all girls to be strong, smart, and bold.

Youth Development
9
Girls Incorporated of Greater Houston

The mission of Girls Incorporated of Greater Houston is to inspire all girls to be strong, smart and bold.

Youth Development
10
Girls Incorporated of San Antonio

Girls Inc. inspires all girls to be strong, smart, and bold. Our comprehensive approach to whole girl development equips girls to navigate gender, economic, and social barriers and grow up healthy, educated, and independent.

Human Services
11
Girls Inc of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

Our mission is to inspire all girls to be strong, smart and bold through direct service and advocacy. in partnership with schools and at our girls inc. center, we focus on the development of the whole girl. she learns to value herself,…

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12
Female Strong

Female strong is a 501c3 non-profit organization and a community of committed individuals that offer hands-on programs, mentorship, and experiences that build confidence in middle and high school girls. we support the inclusion of all…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Girls Incorporated of Boston and Lynn; the most unlike its peers is Dress for Success of Western Massachusetts. 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

40 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. 40 of the 42 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/40
Grantees still filing
26/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SCIENCE CLUB FOR GIRLS INC: $710,100 · Youth DevelopmentSCIENCE CLUB FOR GIRLS INCGIRLS ON THE RUN GREATER BOSTON: $688,593 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS ON THE RUN GREATER BOSTONGIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC: $368,428 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSE…GIRLS ON THE RUN WORCESTER COUNTY INC: $313,543 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS ON THE RUN WORCESTER COUNTY…GIRLS INC OF THE VALLEY: $228,750 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS INC OF THE VALLEYGIRLS INCORPORATED OF BOSTON AND LYNN: $150,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS INCORPORATED OF BOSTON AND …GIRLS ON THE RUN INTERNATIONAL INC: $95,000 · Youth Development+3 more: $145,000 · Youth Development+3 moreWOMEN'S MONEY MATTERS: $858,470 · OtherWOMEN'S MONEY MATTERSMOTHER CAROLINE ACADEMY & EDUCATION CENTER: $480,875 · OtherMOTHER CAROLINE ACADEMY & EDUCA…GIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC: $355,000 · OtherGIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL AND WEST…BIG SISTER ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON INC: $310,000 · OtherBIG SISTER ASSOCIATION OF GREAT…GIRLS INCORPORATED OF WORCESTER: $295,000 · OtherGIRLS INCORPORATED OF WORCESTER+7 more: $252,500 · Other+7 moreGIRLS INC OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $410,000 · Human ServicesGIRLS INC OF GREATER…WOMEN'S FUND OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC: $260,085 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S FUND OF WEST…WE CAN CORPORATION: $246,000 · Human ServicesWE CAN CORPORATIONDRESS FOR SUCCESS BOSTON INC: $183,000 · Human ServicesDRESS FOR SUCCESS BO…PROJECT HOPE BOSTON INC: $175,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT HOPE BOSTON …WOMEN'S MONEY MATTERS INC: $145,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S MONEY MATTER…YMCA of Central Massachusetts (2909): $101,000 · Human ServicesYMCA of Central Mass…Dress For Success of Western Massachusetts: $87,377 · Human Services+2 more: $46,184 · Human ServicesOUR SISTERS SCHOOL: $354,248 · EducationOUR SISTERS…ESPERANZA ACADEMY INC: $251,875 · EducationESPERANZA A…MUJERES UNIDAS AVANZANDO INC: $180,000 · EducationMUJERES UNI…Girls With Impact Inc: $120,000 · EducationGirls With …+1 more: $5,000 · EducationECONOMIC MOBILITY PATHWAYS INC: $412,844 · HealthASIAN WOMEN FOR HEALTH INC: $200,000 · HealthDream Big Inc: $245,000 · Recreation & SportsGIRLSTART: $150,000 · Recreation & SportsBOSTON WOMEN'S FUND INC: $240,078 · Philanthropy
Youth Development$2,699,414Other$2,551,845Human Services$1,653,646Education$911,123Health$612,844Recreation & Sports$395,000Philanthropy$240,078

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 budgetSCIENCE CLUB FOR GIRLS INC: $710,100 over 8y, 15% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN GREATER BOSTON: $688,593 over 8y, 7.2% of budgetMOTHER CAROLINE ACADEMY & EDUCATION CENTER: $480,875 over 6y, 4.5% of budgetECONOMIC MOBILITY PATHWAYS INC: $412,844 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetGIRLS INC OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $410,000 over 5y, 9.3% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC: $368,428 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC: $355,000 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetOUR SISTERS SCHOOL: $354,248 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN WORCESTER COUNTY INC: $313,543 over 4y, 47% of budgetBIG SISTER ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON INC: $310,000 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF WORCESTER: $295,000 over 6y, 4.9% of budgetWOMEN'S FUND OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC: $260,085 over 1y, 12% of budgetESPERANZA ACADEMY INC: $251,875 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetWE CAN CORPORATION: $246,000 over 4y, 7.3% of budgetDream Big Inc: $245,000 over 4y, 9.1% of budgetBOSTON WOMEN'S FUND INC: $240,078 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetGIRLS INC OF THE VALLEY: $228,750 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetASIAN WOMEN FOR HEALTH INC: $200,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetDRESS FOR SUCCESS BOSTON INC: $183,000 over 7y, 11% of budgetMUJERES UNIDAS AVANZANDO INC: $180,000 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetPROJECT HOPE BOSTON INC: $175,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF BOSTON AND LYNN: $150,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetGIRLSTART: $150,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetWOMEN'S MONEY MATTERS INC: $145,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetGirls With Impact Inc: $120,000 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetYMCA of Central Massachusetts (2909): $101,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN INTERNATIONAL INC: $95,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetDress For Success of Western Massachusetts: $87,377 over 2y, 13% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION: $75,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetGirls on the Run Rhode Island: $70,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetROSIE'S PLACE INC: $60,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF GREATER LOWELL: $50,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY ADOLESCENT RESOURCE AND EDUCATION CENTER INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetRon Burton Training Village Inc: $32,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCENTER FOR WOMEN & ENTERPRISE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWOMEN'S LUNCH PLACE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSG UNITED FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetYWCA NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDignity Matters Inc: $6,184 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSIMMONS UNIVERSITY: $5,000 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.

Boston Foundation IncEastern Bank Foundati…Citizens Charitable F…Rockland Trust Charit…Td Charitable Foundat…Anna B Stearns Charit…Liberty Mutual Founda…Cummings Foundation G…American Tower Corpor…Amelia Peabody Founda…Combined Jewish Phila…Peoples United Commun…
Boston Foundation IncMA34.5× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Citizens Charitable Foundation · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Td Charitable Foundation · Anna B Stearns Charitable Foundation Inc · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc · Amelia Peabody Foundation · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Peoples United Community Foundation

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 Women's Foundation of Massachusetts Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Women's Foundation of Massachusetts Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Mujeres Unidas Avanzando Inc: 44% of income from government
  • Girls Inc of the Valley: 30% of income from government
  • Girls Incorporated of Boston and Lynn: 28% of income from government
  • Center for Women & Enterprise Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Project Hope Boston Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Women's Lunch Place Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Economic Mobility Pathways Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Ywca Northeastern Massachusetts Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Girls On the Run Greater Boston: 4% of income from government
  • Girls Incorporated of Greater Lowell: 3% of income from government
  • Girls Incorporated of Worcester: 2% of income from government
  • Simmons University: 1% of income from government
  • Women's Money Matters Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Community Adolescent Resource and Education Center Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Asian Women for Health Inc: 0% of income from government
  • We Can Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Our Sisters School: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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 42 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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