Massachusetts · Nonprofit
FIGHTING CHANCE INC
FIGHTING CHANCE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,150 to it, the largest being SALEM FIVE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2021
- $3k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $1k
- Net assets
- $-4498
What Fighting Chance Inc does
Mission
To offer a non-profit youth programming to our projected areas of salem, lynn, marblehead, peaboady and swampscott. By providing an after-school program at a much more affordable rate than the current alternative.
As stated on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Provide an after-school program at a much more affordable rate for salem, lynn, marblehead, peabody and swampscott children.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $150 → $1k.
From the IRS filings of FIGHTING CHANCE 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
FIGHTING CHANCE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2022 100% — broadly stable.
“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
87% of FIGHTING CHANCE INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Against its field
FIGHTING CHANCE INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 20,681 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2021
Organizations like FIGHTING CHANCE 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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FIGHTING CHANCE 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 FIGHTING CHANCE INC?
- FIGHTING CHANCE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,150 to it, the largest being SALEM FIVE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FIGHTING CHANCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,150 in grants to FIGHTING CHANCE INC.
- Who is the largest funder of FIGHTING CHANCE INC?
- SALEM FIVE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FIGHTING CHANCE 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.
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These figures are 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 2 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