Massachusetts · Public charity
Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts Inc
The women's fund of western massachusetts mission is to raise funds to advance gender and racial equity and acknowledge, confront and dismantle systems of oppression in western massachusetts.
- $495k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 27
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 39%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $462k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $11,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 39% of the organizations Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 47% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $194k 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 | $462k | 46% |
| FY2024 | 23 | $411k | 39% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $360k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $217k | 80% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $151k | 88% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $15k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $152k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Massachusetts | $306,060 | 4 | n/a |
| Elizabeth Freeman Center Inc | $112,500 | 4 | 4% |
| The Heartwing Center Inc | $105,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Arise for Social Justice | $105,000 | 2 | n/a |
| 18 Degrees Inc | $94,167 | 3 | 0% |
| Community Legal Aid Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pioneer Valley Workers Center Inc | $46,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Community Action Enterprises Inc | $45,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Alianza Dv Services Inc | $40,800 | 3 | 1% |
| Safe Passage Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 60 grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($20k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts Inc supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts · The Beveridge Family Foundation · United Way of the Franklin & Hampshire Region · Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · Health New England Inc · Berkshire United Way Inc · Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · Arbella Insurance Foundation · Lee Bank Foundation Inc · The Irene E and George A Davis Foundation · The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts Inc
How this is measured
Compare Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts Inc with peer funders
About Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts Inc
- How much does Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts Inc give?
- Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts Inc reported 27 itemized grants totaling $462,000, out of $494,760 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (24%), Human Services (23%), Crime & Legal (9%).
- Who are Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Massachusetts ($306k), Elizabeth Freeman Center Inc ($113k), The Heartwing Center Inc ($105k).
- Does Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts, The Beveridge Family Foundation, United Way of the Franklin & Hampshire Region.
- Where is Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts Inc based?
- Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts Inc is based in MA.
Play a game based on Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts’ filings →