Massachusetts · Nonprofit
MASSACHUSETTS ALLIANCE OF PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS INC
MASSACHUSETTS ALLIANCE OF PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,083,205 to it, the largest being United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc ($317,761). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.9M
- Funders on record
- 35
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $4.5M
What Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers Inc does
Mission
Our mission is to improve the lives of portuguese speakers in massachusetts and help them become contributing, active participants in american society while maintaining a strong ethnic identity and a sense of community.we work with and for the brazilian, cabo verdean, portuguese and other portuguese-speaking communities to increase access and remove barriers to health, education and social services through direct services, advocacy, leadership, and community development.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Dv/sa programs: the organization provides services, support and advocacy services to victims and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.grant funds of $24,920, reflect client emergency assistance provided to clients to address immediate needs including rent, food, and utilities.
$1,310,711 spentof which $24,920 as grants36% of program spendingHiv/aids programs: the organization provides testing, education and resources to portuguese speakers of all backgrounds and others; as well as provides support to those living with hiv/aids.grant funds of $13,500, reflect client emergency assistance provided to clients to address immediate needs including rent, food, and utilities.
$1,001,238 spentof which $13,500 as grants28% of program spendingSocial services for children and familys, including in-home therapy for abused and neglected children and their familis and behavioral health counseling services.
$895,652 spentof which $22,902 as grants25% of program spendingImmigrant integration services, citizenship assistance, elder services including senior centers, employement and career assistance, and court referred services, as well as a variety of other services to portuguese speakers of all backgrounds and others. Includes program service fee revenue of $86,852 and third-party billing revenue of $14,342 for a total of $101,194.
$427,227 spentof which $6 as grants$101,194 earned by the program12% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,634,828.
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 $4.4M to $6.1M (+38%).
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: 2017 86% · 2018 83% · 2019 80% · 2020 83% · 2021 79% · 2022 82% · 2023 85% · 2024 84% · 2025 89%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of MASSACHUSETTS ALLIANCE OF PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 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
Paulo Pinto
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $183k → $224k.
9 of 35 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 40% 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 ALLIANCE OF PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 35 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 ALLIANCE OF PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
75% 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 ALLIANCE OF PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 33% · 2019 33% · 2020 25% · 2021 20% · 2022 29% · 2023 24% — 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
60% of MASSACHUSETTS ALLIANCE OF PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
84% of MASSACHUSETTS ALLIANCE OF PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS 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. $834k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 ALLIANCE OF PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding MASSACHUSETTS ALLIANCE OF PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.0M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$3.3M
- Department of Justice$783k
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 ALLIANCE OF PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS 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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 ALLIANCE OF PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS 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 ALLIANCE OF PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS INC?
- MASSACHUSETTS ALLIANCE OF PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,083,205 to it, the largest being United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc ($317,761). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MASSACHUSETTS ALLIANCE OF PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS INC have?
- IRS filings report 35 organizations giving $2,083,205 in grants to MASSACHUSETTS ALLIANCE OF PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS INC, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MASSACHUSETTS ALLIANCE OF PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS INC?
- United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc is the largest funder on record, with $317,761 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MASSACHUSETTS ALLIANCE OF PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 35 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