Massachusetts · Nonprofit
SOCIAL INNOVATION FORUM INC
SOCIAL INNOVATION FORUM INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 58 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,491,278 to it, the largest being Boston Foundation Inc ($1,942,250). 39 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.1M
- Funders on record
- 58
- Grants received
- $12M
- Net assets
- $2.7M
What Social Innovation Forum Inc does
Mission
The social innovation forum (sif) accelerates positive social change by connecting small- to medium-sized community-led nonprofits with the resources, networks, and knowledge they need to achieve greater social impact. By providing capacity-building support, we equip nonprofits to fulfill their critical missions.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Social innovator accelerator - sif's signature two-year program offers capacity building support to impactful grassroots nonprofit organizations through consulting, coaching, presentation training, opportunities to expand their networks and build new relationships, and access to financial support as well as in-kind resources and services.
$1,661,191 spent76% of program spendingAlumni and nonprofit network program - sif has always been committed to supporting its innovator alumni, who are considered to be part of its "forever portfolio." in 2020, sif launched its alumni and nonprofit network program, offering ongoing leadership development, skill-building, and network-building to these organizations. Sif's nonprofit network also encompasses organizations that are members of its co-working space, those that have graduated from the capacity camp program, and finalists in the accelerator selection process.
$253,269 spent12% of program spendingFunder learning program - sif provides numerous opportunities for philanthropists, funders, community leaders, and others to come together with nonprofit leaders to work toward positive social change in eastern massachusetts. Sif engages with funders to learn about social justice philanthropy, strategize about and implement more equitable practices, and build meaningful, long-lasting relationships with nonprofits. Our community of supporters learn from leading practitioners, discuss current and emergent social issues, participate in dialogues with peers, and engage with and support impactful organizations addressing challenging social issues within their communities.
$189,145 spent9% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$93,179 spent4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,196,784.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $4.0M to $2.7M (−33%).
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.
96% of SOCIAL INNOVATION FORUM 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. 1 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.
Board chair
Julia Satti Cosentino
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024, and between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 32 funders, grant income rose $576k → $2.4M.
9 of 58 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% 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 SOCIAL INNOVATION FORUM INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 58 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
SOCIAL INNOVATION FORUM INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
45% 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 SOCIAL INNOVATION FORUM INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 16% · 2018 29% · 2019 16% · 2020 12% · 2021 15% · 2022 13% · 2023 13% — 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
55% of SOCIAL INNOVATION FORUM INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
91% of SOCIAL INNOVATION FORUM 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. $4.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
SOCIAL INNOVATION FORUM 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
Organizations like SOCIAL INNOVATION FORUM 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
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 SOCIAL INNOVATION FORUM 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 SOCIAL INNOVATION FORUM INC?
- SOCIAL INNOVATION FORUM INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 58 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,491,278 to it, the largest being Boston Foundation Inc ($1,942,250). 39 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOCIAL INNOVATION FORUM INC have?
- IRS filings report 58 organizations giving $12,491,278 in grants to SOCIAL INNOVATION FORUM INC, 39 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOCIAL INNOVATION FORUM INC?
- Boston Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $1,942,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOCIAL INNOVATION FORUM 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 58 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