Massachusetts · Nonprofit
MANNA SOUP KITCHEN
MANNA SOUP KITCHEN (Massachusetts) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $406,536 to it, the largest being THE ZOE FOUNDATION ($73,500). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
MANNA SOUP KITCHEN's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 7 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,964 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- United Way of the Franklin & Hampshire Regionshared funderslocal
- Three Squares New England Incportfolio match
- Boston Area Gleaners Incportfolio match
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $5k → $71k.
5 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 47% 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 MANNA SOUP KITCHEN’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
MANNA SOUP KITCHEN has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
64% 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 MANNA SOUP KITCHEN.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 67% · 2019 51% · 2020 70% · 2021 49% · 2022 33% · 2023 45% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
25% of MANNA SOUP KITCHEN's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
67% of MANNA SOUP KITCHEN's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $192k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 statesis 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.
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. Your 16 funders put you typical among the 400 organizations that share them.
- United Way of the Franklin & Hampshire Regionshared funderslocalMA · backs 41 organizations that share your funders · funds 29 organizations near you
- Three Squares New England Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Boston Area Gleaners Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Beth Israel Senior Citizens Housing Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Torrice Family Charitable Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Project Bread-The Walk for Hunger Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Vhf Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Worcester County Food Bank Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Connecticut Foodshare Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Sincere Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Frederick E Weber Charities Corpportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Savings Bank Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
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.
Government funding MANNA SOUP KITCHEN receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $225k on record.
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$225k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like MANNA SOUP KITCHEN
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
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MANNA SOUP KITCHEN: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds MANNA SOUP KITCHEN?
- MANNA SOUP KITCHEN (Massachusetts) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $406,536 to it, the largest being THE ZOE FOUNDATION ($73,500). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MANNA SOUP KITCHEN have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $406,536 in grants to MANNA SOUP KITCHEN, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MANNA SOUP KITCHEN?
- THE ZOE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $73,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MANNA SOUP KITCHEN 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 FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 16funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing