Massachusetts · Nonprofit
MASSACHUSETTS ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN INC
MASSACHUSETTS ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 45 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,647,308 to it, the largest being MASSACHUSETTS LEGAL ASSISTANCE CORP ($2,617,859). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.4M
- Funders on record
- 45
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $3.3M
What Massachusetts Advocates for Children Inc does
Mission
Massachusetts advocates for children, inc. ("mac") is a non-profit organization dedicated to removing barriers to educational and life opportunities for children and youth. We do so by advocating for and partnering with students and families; and creating systemic change so all children and youth can learn, reach their potential, and thrive. We focus our advocacy on children and youth who face significant barriers, inequities, and/or discrimination because of their economic status, disability, race, ethnicity/culture, immigration status, or english learner status.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The organization provided support and technical legal guidance to over 2,000 parents and caregivers of children who contacted our helpline about barriers to education.
$217,198 spent$15,000 earned by the program19% of program spendingThe organization provided direct legal representation to children experiencing barriers to education and used what we learned to advocate on the state, district, and local level to make systemic changes to education.
$328,842 spent30% of program spendingThe organization trained over 3,000 parents and caregivers of children and service providers about their rights in education law.
$568,306 spent51% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,114,346.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $1.6M to $3.3M (+106%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of MASSACHUSETTS ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Chief executive
Anna Krieger
Executive director
Board chair
Eileen M Hagerty
Chair/director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 24 funders, grant income rose $430k → $1.3M.
8 of 45 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 MASSACHUSETTS ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 45 funders by total. 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
MASSACHUSETTS ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
58% 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 MASSACHUSETTS ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 35% · 2018 39% · 2019 36% · 2020 17% · 2021 17% · 2022 22% · 2023 33% — 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.
How long its funders stay
61% of MASSACHUSETTS ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 82% 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
82% of MASSACHUSETTS ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN 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. $2.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.
Against its field
MASSACHUSETTS ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 976 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 976 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding MASSACHUSETTS ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $48 on record.
- Educational Supplies$48
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 MASSACHUSETTS ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN 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
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
75%
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 MASSACHUSETTS ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN 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 MASSACHUSETTS ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN INC?
- MASSACHUSETTS ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 45 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,647,308 to it, the largest being MASSACHUSETTS LEGAL ASSISTANCE CORP ($2,617,859). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MASSACHUSETTS ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN INC have?
- IRS filings report 45 organizations giving $10,647,308 in grants to MASSACHUSETTS ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN INC, 37 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MASSACHUSETTS ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN INC?
- MASSACHUSETTS LEGAL ASSISTANCE CORP is the largest funder on record, with $2,617,859 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MASSACHUSETTS ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 45 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