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MASSACHUSETTS WOMEN'S POLITICAL CAUCUS INC

MASSACHUSETTS WOMEN'S POLITICAL CAUCUS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $79,500 to it, the largest being EASTERN BANK FOUNDATION ($48,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2021
$4k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$80k
Net assets
$569
2/3 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus Inc does

Mission

The massachusetts women's political caucus is a multipartisan organization founded in 1971 to maximize the participation of women of all ages in the political process and to increase the number of women appointed and elected to public office and public policy positions.

As stated on its FY2021 Form 990.

Program

Facilitating meetings and providing materials on the electoral process so that more women become involved in the political process.

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 ($28k) Expenses 100 ($24k) Net assets 100 ($23k)2018 Revenue 28 ($8k) Expenses 61 ($14k) Net assets 72 ($17k)2019 Revenue 21 ($6k) Expenses 67 ($16k) Net assets 29 ($7k)2020 Revenue 11 ($3k) Expenses 39 ($9k) Net assets 1 ($237)2021 Revenue 16 ($4k) Expenses 18 ($4k) Net assets 2 ($569)
20172018201920202021
Revenue (16)Expenses (18)Net assets (2)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $27k to $19k (−30%).

$32k
$27k
$19k
$20k
$14k
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

Surplus & reserves

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

$4k
’17
−$6k
’18
−$10k
’19
−$6k
’20
$333
’21
41
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
Listed1716122020
Joined·+3+0+8+1
No longer listed·4401
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $15k → $11k.

From the IRS filings of MASSACHUSETTS WOMEN'S POLITICAL CAUCUS 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 WOMEN'S POLITICAL CAUCUS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

61%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 67% · 2021 83% · 2022 100% · 2023 91% — growing more concentrated.

“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 MASSACHUSETTS WOMEN'S POLITICAL CAUCUS INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.

MA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20
’21
’22
’23
Massachusetts out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like MASSACHUSETTS WOMEN'S POLITICAL CAUCUS INC

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In Massachusetts

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

64% of spending goes to programs.

Program 64%Management 36%Fundraising 0%

Governance

20
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Mass Women's Political Caucus Leadership Dev Educ and Research Fund · exempt

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MASSACHUSETTS WOMEN'S POLITICAL CAUCUS 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 WOMEN'S POLITICAL CAUCUS INC?
MASSACHUSETTS WOMEN'S POLITICAL CAUCUS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $79,500 to it, the largest being EASTERN BANK FOUNDATION ($48,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MASSACHUSETTS WOMEN'S POLITICAL CAUCUS INC have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $79,500 in grants to MASSACHUSETTS WOMEN'S POLITICAL CAUCUS INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MASSACHUSETTS WOMEN'S POLITICAL CAUCUS INC?
EASTERN BANK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $48,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MASSACHUSETTS WOMEN'S POLITICAL CAUCUS 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 3 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