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THE MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC

THE MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,704,975 to it, the largest being THE HEALTH FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL MASSACH ($1,033,200). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$3.3M
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$1.7M
Net assets
$559k
4/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 19%
01What it does

What The Massachusetts Association for Community Action Inc does

Mission

To strengthen and connect the statewide network of community action agencies and collectively advocate for an end to poverty.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. To promote the goals of community action relative to issues concerning low income people through educational and charitable activities.

    $2,933,546 spentof which $1,701,219 as grants$36,664 earned by the program
    99% of program spending
  2. Other program

    $27,149 spent
    1% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,960,695.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($625k) Expenses 100 ($621k) Net assets 100 ($101k)2018 Revenue 128 ($800k) Expenses 127 ($787k) Net assets 113 ($114k)2019 Revenue 289 ($1.8M) Expenses 289 ($1.8M) Net assets 129 ($130k)2020 Revenue 270 ($1.7M) Expenses 251 ($1.6M) Net assets 257 ($258k)2021 Revenue 277 ($1.7M) Expenses 252 ($1.6M) Net assets 423 ($425k)2022 Revenue 505 ($3.2M) Expenses 478 ($3.0M) Net assets 613 ($617k)2023 Revenue 884 ($5.5M) Expenses 910 ($5.7M) Net assets 490 ($493k)2024 Revenue 749 ($4.7M) Expenses 749 ($4.7M) Net assets 521 ($524k)2025 Revenue 522 ($3.3M) Expenses 520 ($3.2M) Net assets 556 ($559k)
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Revenue (522)Expenses (520)Net assets (556)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $555k to $1.5M (+166%).

$128k
$134k
$160k
$398k
$555k
$1.5M
$1.5M
$1.4M
$898k
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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.

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2018
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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 72% · 2018 75% · 2019 89% · 2020 90% · 2021 89% · 2022 90% · 2023 80% · 2024 95% · 2025 94%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

99% of THE MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,024 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$5k
’17
$13k
’18
$16k
’19
$128k
’20
$167k
’21
$192k
’22
−$123k
’23
$31k
’24
$35k
’25
1.8
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.

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Listed252524242424242424
Joined·+1+4+1+1+5+0+0+4
No longer listed·15115004
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $60k → $162k.

From the IRS filings of THE MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ACTION 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

THE MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

100% 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 THE MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC.

61%
largest funder
95%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 83% · 2019 100% · 2020 80% · 2021 94% · 2022 86% · 2023 63% — 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

20% of THE MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

69% of THE MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.

NY
MA
CT
DC
FL

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

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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

Against its field

THE MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC has grown faster than half of the 431 civil rights nonprofits its size.

Operating margin1% · below the median
Months of reserve1.8mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)23% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 431 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Government funding THE MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $17.3M on record — $3.8M federal, $13.5M state.

Federal$3.8M
grants $3.8Mcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • Department of Health and Human Services$2.0M
  • Department of the Treasury$1.8M
State$13.5M
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Top programs
  • (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$13.4M
  • (EE) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES$23k

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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

92% of spending goes to programs.

Program 92%Management 4%Fundraising 4%

Governance

24
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

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

MA

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC?
THE MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,704,975 to it, the largest being THE HEALTH FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL MASSACH ($1,033,200). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $1,704,975 in grants to THE MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC?
THE HEALTH FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL MASSACH is the largest funder on record, with $1,033,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ACTION 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 8 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