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HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC

HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $293,328 to it, the largest being Boston Foundation Inc ($269,404). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2021
$209k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$293k
Net assets
$375k
1/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What Hospice and Palliative Care Federation of Massachusetts Inc does

Mission

To advance and promote excellence in end of life care by: advocating for its members, patients, families and the end-of-life care giving community; providing education and enhancing awareness and fostering innovation in end-of-life services.

As stated on its FY2021 Form 990.

Program

Hpcfm is dedicated to advancing and promoting excellence in end-of-life care by:- advocating for members, patients, families and the end of life caregiving communit y by promoting public policy in the legislature and with regulatory agencies that support improvements in end-of-life care- sponsoring educational programs that build knowledge and skills of hospice and palliative care professionals and volunteers- enhancing awareness of end of life care by providing information and referrals to the public as well as health and human service professionalsfostering innovation to improve end-of-life care through collaboration, information and networkinglast year, hospice and palliative care member programs provided care to more than 21,000 terminally ill patients and their families. In addition to its hospice and palliative care members, organizations, businesses and individuals who support its mission are welcome as hpcfm members.

The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($300k) Expenses 100 ($297k) Net assets 100 ($295k)2018 Revenue 179 ($538k) Expenses 93 ($275k) Net assets 189 ($557k)2019 Revenue 85 ($254k) Expenses 106 ($313k) Net assets 169 ($498k)2020 Revenue 83 ($248k) Expenses 102 ($303k) Net assets 150 ($442k)2021 Revenue 70 ($209k) Expenses 93 ($277k) Net assets 127 ($375k)
20172018201920202021
Revenue (70)Expenses (93)Net assets (127)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $371k to $667k (+80%).

$371k
$667k
$605k
$532k
$472k
20172018201920202021
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$3k
’17
$262k
’18
−$59k
’19
−$56k
’20
−$67k
’21
19
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

20172018201920202021
Listed1614161414
Joined·+0+3+1+0
No longer listed·2130
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $11 → $26.

5 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS 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

HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

100% 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 HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC.

92%
largest funder
98%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 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

100% of HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS 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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $293k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS 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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

80% of spending goes to programs.

Program 80%Management 20%Fundraising 0%

Governance

13
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

81%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

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Questions and answers

Who funds HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC?
HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $293,328 to it, the largest being Boston Foundation Inc ($269,404). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $293,328 in grants to HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC?
Boston Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $269,404 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS 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 2017–2021), and the filings of 5 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