Funding · Massachusetts · Employment
Who funds employment in Massachusetts
Funding is concentrated: Year Up Inc alone draws 41% of every employment grant dollar in Massachusetts. Massachusetts's employment organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 4 funders each.
The short version
- 1,574 funders gave $1.1B to 393 employment organizations in Massachusetts across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
- 35% of that came from funders also based in Massachusetts; the rest reached in from out of state.
- The largest funder of employment in Massachusetts is Blue Meridian Partners Inc, at $62M.
- The employment organization drawing the most is Year Up Inc, at $468M.
Largest funders of employment in Massachusetts
The funders giving the most to employment organizations in Massachusetts, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.
Employment organizations in Massachusetts that draw the most
Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.
How to find employment funders in Massachusetts
- 1Start with the funders already active in Massachusetts
The funders giving the most to employment in Massachusetts are Blue Meridian Partners Inc, National Philanthropic Trust, Masshire Hampden County Workforce Board Inc. A funder already writing employment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
- 2See who funds organizations like yours
Open the employment organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
- 3Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
65% of employment money in Massachusetts comes from funders elsewhere, so national employment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Massachusetts.
Questions and answers
- How do I find funders for a employment nonprofit in Massachusetts?
- Start with the funders already giving to employment in Massachusetts, currently Blue Meridian Partners Inc, National Philanthropic Trust, Masshire Hampden County Workforce Board Inc. Then look at who funds the employment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Massachusetts from out of state.
- Who is the largest employment funder in Massachusetts?
- Blue Meridian Partners Inc gives the most to employment organizations in Massachusetts, $62M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
- How much grant money goes to employment in Massachusetts?
- $1.1B reached 393 employment organizations in Massachusetts, from 1,574 funders. 35% came from funders also based in Massachusetts.
- How recent is this data?
- It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.
More from the funding graph
Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.