Massachusetts · Nonprofit
THE MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC
THE MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,644,975 to it, the largest being THE HEALTH FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC ($1,033,200). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC has grown faster than half of the 363 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 363 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Mass General Brigham Incorporatedshared funderslocalportfolio match
- Herman and Frieda L Miller Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
- Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Returnshared funderslocalportfolio match
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.
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.
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).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
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 63% 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.
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.
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
72% of THE MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ACTION 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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 8 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- Mass General Brigham Incorporatedshared funderslocalportfolio matchMA · backs 50 organizations that share your funders · funds 141 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Herman and Frieda L Miller Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchMA · backs 22 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Returnshared funderslocalportfolio matchMA · backs 67 organizations that share your funders · funds 221 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Franklin Square House Foundation Incshared fundersMA · backs 34 organizations that share your funders
- Tufts Associated Health Maintenance Organization Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Commonwealth Care Alliance Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Atrius Health Equity Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Senior Connections Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Kuehn Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Reliant Foundation Incshared fundersMA · backs 25 organizations that share your funders
- Children's Hospital Corporationshared funderslocalMA · backs 47 organizations that share your funders · funds 166 organizations near you
- DCU for Kidsshared fundersMA · backs 43 organizations that share your funders
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
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.
- Department of Health and Human Services$2.0M
- Department of the Treasury$1.8M
- (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.
Organizations like THE MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of 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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY ACTION 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
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 $1,644,975 to it, the largest being THE HEALTH FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC ($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 $1,644,975 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 MASSACHUSETTS INC 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 8funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing