Massachusetts · Nonprofit
SEWPPORTIVE FRIENDS INC
SEWPPORTIVE FRIENDS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $92,994 to it, the largest being HURDLE HILL FOUNDATION ($33,800). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2021
- $23k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $93k
- Net assets
- $53k
What Sewpportive Friends Inc does
Mission
To teach girls and women in impoverished, rural communities in africa and other areas, how to sew healthy, washable, reusable feminine pads. Many families do not have money or access to affordable feminine hygiene products. We provide fabric, all the needed sewing supplies, and in some cases sewing machines. We also deliver washable sanitary pad kits that are produced in the usa by volunteers. Providing the sewing skill and reusable pads, allows the girls to continue their education without disruption and participate in activities. Women will be able to continue their daily life with healthy feminine protection; work, home, family responsibilities, church, etc. We continue to work with local african vendors and volunteers, and grow our sewpportive friends team members.
As stated on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ.
Program
During the first few months of 2021, volunteers assisted in cutting, tracing, sewing and preparing kits for the next scheduled trip, august 2021. Over 100 unsewn kits for future sewing classes were organized and finished (sewn) kits as well. We continued communicating with the existing communities we work with and provided the pattern to new individuals and groups. In august, we delivered finished kits and fabric (hemp fleece and pul fabric), thread, sewing needles, velcro, binder clips, snaps and snapping tools, and additional patterns to the communities we have been working with in zimbabwe (chisuma, sianyanga, victoria falls, matopos). Due to the pandemic, our group delivered the supplies to individuals from each community/school/group as schools were not in session and followed the local covid-19 restrictions.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $4k → $27k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 SEWPPORTIVE FRIENDS 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
SEWPPORTIVE FRIENDS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
27% 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 SEWPPORTIVE FRIENDS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 73% · 2018 69% · 2019 50% · 2020 69% · 2021 64% · 2022 53% · 2023 52% — 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
56% of SEWPPORTIVE FRIENDS 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. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
SEWPPORTIVE FRIENDS INC's funding base is broadening — from 3 funders to 6 as grant income climbed.
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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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SEWPPORTIVE FRIENDS INC?
- SEWPPORTIVE FRIENDS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $92,994 to it, the largest being HURDLE HILL FOUNDATION ($33,800). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SEWPPORTIVE FRIENDS INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $92,994 in grants to SEWPPORTIVE FRIENDS INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SEWPPORTIVE FRIENDS INC?
- HURDLE HILL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $33,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SEWPPORTIVE FRIENDS 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 2021–2021), 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