Massachusetts · Nonprofit
MASSACHUSETTS CITIZENS FOR LIFE INC
MASSACHUSETTS CITIZENS FOR LIFE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,995 to it, the largest being WELD FOUNDATION ($23,545). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $28k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $29k
- Net assets
- $113k
What Massachusetts Citizens for Life Inc does
Mission
To foster respect for human life and to defend the right to life of all human beings, born and unborn.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
In recognition of the fact that each human life is a continuum from conception to natural death, the objective of mcfl inc. Is to foster respect for human life and to defend the right to life of all human beings born and unborn through educational and other forms of activities.
$84,428 spent95% of program spendingAn average of four volumes per year of magazines are mailed to 1,000 members and non-members.
$4,500 spent5% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $88,928.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $198k to $371k (+87%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 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.
Board chair
J David Franks Phd
Chairman of board/director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $650 → $1k.
From the IRS filings of MASSACHUSETTS CITIZENS FOR LIFE 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
MASSACHUSETTS CITIZENS FOR LIFE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% of grant income and the top three 92%; 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: 2017 54% · 2018 75% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 85% · 2022 96% · 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.
Where its funders are
93% of MASSACHUSETTS CITIZENS FOR LIFE 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.
Organizations like MASSACHUSETTS CITIZENS FOR LIFE 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
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Massachusetts Citizens for Life Charitable Trust · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MASSACHUSETTS CITIZENS FOR LIFE 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 CITIZENS FOR LIFE INC?
- MASSACHUSETTS CITIZENS FOR LIFE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,995 to it, the largest being WELD FOUNDATION ($23,545). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MASSACHUSETTS CITIZENS FOR LIFE INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $28,995 in grants to MASSACHUSETTS CITIZENS FOR LIFE INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MASSACHUSETTS CITIZENS FOR LIFE INC?
- WELD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $23,545 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MASSACHUSETTS CITIZENS FOR LIFE 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 2019–2024), and the filings of 7 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