How many funders does BETTER FUTURE ACTION have?

IRS filings report 3 grantmakers giving $305,000 in grants to BETTER FUTURE ACTION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.

Who is the largest funder of BETTER FUTURE ACTION?

WORKING FAMILIES ORGANIZATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $260,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.

How can an organization like BETTER FUTURE ACTION 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.

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Massachusetts · Nonprofit

BETTER FUTURE ACTION

BETTER FUTURE ACTION (Massachusetts) is funded by 3 grantmakers whose IRS filings report $305,000 in grants to it, the largest being WORKING FAMILIES ORGANIZATION INC ($260,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

$56k

Revenue FY2021

Funders on record

$305k

Grants received

$117k

Net assets

1/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 373%

Against its field

BETTER FUTURE ACTION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,965 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin80% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,965 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2021

01The organization over time

02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant income rose $95k → $210k on a roughly flat funder count — a concentrated base.

'20

'21

total

Working Families Organization Inc

$260k

Renew New England Alliance

$25k

Renew New England

$20k

funders

From the IRS filings of BETTER FUTURE ACTION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation.

How concentrated its funding is

BETTER FUTURE ACTION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

85%

largest funder

100%

top three

effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 53% · 2021 100% — growing more concentrated.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration.

Where its funders are

BETTER FUTURE ACTION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts — its reputation reaches beyond the state, across 2 states in all.

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20

’21

Massachusetts out of state home

03Its place in the field

Funders to approach

Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.

From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.

Organizations like BETTER FUTURE ACTION

Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Massachusetts

Massachusetts Climate Action83%Better Future Project Inc81%E4thefuture Inc78%Foundation for a Green Future Inc77%Climate Jobs Massachusetts Action Fund77%Eastie Farm Inc77%Organization of Clean Energy and Climate76%Groundwork Action Fund76%

Nationally

Massachusetts Climate Action83%Better Future Project Inc81%Better Future Michigan81%Securing America's Future Energy81%Climate Hawks Vote Civic Action80%Future Earth80%Building a Better America80%Big Initiatives Incorporated80%

04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Questions and answers

Who funds BETTER FUTURE ACTION?: BETTER FUTURE ACTION (Massachusetts) is funded by 3 grantmakers whose IRS filings report $305,000 in grants to it, the largest being WORKING FAMILIES ORGANIZATION INC ($260,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BETTER FUTURE ACTION have?: IRS filings report 3 grantmakers giving $305,000 in grants to BETTER FUTURE ACTION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BETTER FUTURE ACTION?: WORKING FAMILIES ORGANIZATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $260,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BETTER FUTURE ACTION 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.

Every figure is read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML — this organization’s own return for FY2021 (financials across 2021–2021), and the filings of 3funders 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. view filing

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