Massachusetts · Nonprofit
BE THE CHANGE INC
BE THE CHANGE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,102,596 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($690,585). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2017
- $5.4M
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $264k
What Be the Change Inc does
Mission
Be the change, inc. Is a charitable organization that creates national issue based campaigns driven by broad cross-partisan coalitions that inspire culture change and accelerate public policy development to bring about positive change in our society.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Program
Opportunity nation - a bipartisan, cross-sector national campaign made up of more than 250 non-prrofits, businesses, educational institutions, faith-based organizations, community organizations, and individuals all working together to expand economic opportunity and close the opportunity gap in america. Opportunity nation envisions a day when no matter what zip code you are born into you can reach your full potential and achieve the american dream.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2019: the base narrowed from 13 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $1.7M → $10k.
6 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 70% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BE THE CHANGE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BE THE CHANGE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
92% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BE THE CHANGE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 30% · 2018 45% · 2019 100% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
70% of BE THE CHANGE INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $624k that is directly attributable, 98% of it comes from funders outside Massachusetts, across 8 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like BE THE CHANGE INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
60%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 38 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Be the Change Action Fund Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BE THE CHANGE INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BE THE CHANGE INC?
- BE THE CHANGE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,102,596 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($690,585). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BE THE CHANGE INC have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $2,102,596 in grants to BE THE CHANGE INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BE THE CHANGE INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $690,585 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BE THE CHANGE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 16 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing