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THE METROWEST FREE MEDICAL PROGRAM INC

THE METROWEST FREE MEDICAL PROGRAM INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,116,032 to it, the largest being METROWEST HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ($343,820). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$205k
Funders on record
27
Grants received
$1.1M
Net assets
$190k
16/27 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 82%
01What it does

What The Metrowest Free Medical Program Inc does

Mission

Metrowest free medical program serves as an entry point of the health care system for those who are uninsured or insufficiently insured by providing immediate helath related care and connections to other health resources.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. The organization offered general medicine, women's health, and vision care for patients including physical exams, prescriptions for medications and glasses, consultation and treatment, and referrals.

    $229,562 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $229,562.

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 ($175k) Expenses 100 ($177k) Net assets 100 ($56k)2020 Revenue 125 ($219k) Expenses 120 ($212k) Net assets 305 ($172k)2021 Revenue 120 ($211k) Expenses 118 ($208k) Net assets 312 ($175k)2022 Revenue 245 ($431k) Expenses 147 ($259k) Net assets 617 ($347k)2023 Revenue 125 ($219k) Expenses 159 ($281k) Net assets 506 ($285k)2024 Revenue 117 ($205k) Expenses 170 ($299k) Net assets 338 ($190k)
201720202021202220232024
Revenue (117)Expenses (170)Net assets (338)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 $176k to $390k (+122%).

$56k
$185k
$176k
$390k
$312k
$244k
201720202021202220232024
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
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 7% · 2021 12% · 2022 23%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

99% of THE METROWEST FREE MEDICAL PROGRAM INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 14,932 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

−$1k
’17
$7k
’20
$4k
’21
$172k
’22
−$63k
’23
−$95k
’24
7.5
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.

Chief executive

Leslie Scales

Executive director

Board chair

Thomas Daniells

Board chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021, and between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.

20202021202220232024
Listed1413182113
Joined·+5+10+7+4
No longer listed·65412
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $57k → $179k.

5 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 THE METROWEST FREE MEDICAL PROGRAM INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 26 of 27 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

THE METROWEST FREE MEDICAL PROGRAM INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 61%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

31%
largest funder
61%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 40% · 2019 51% · 2020 54% · 2021 50% · 2022 33% · 2023 36% — 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

45% of THE METROWEST FREE MEDICAL PROGRAM INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

93% of THE METROWEST FREE MEDICAL PROGRAM INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.

NY
MA
TX

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

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $116k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE METROWEST FREE MEDICAL PROGRAM INC is better cushioned than half of the 13,769 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−46% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve7.5mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)2% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,769 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Government funding THE METROWEST FREE MEDICAL PROGRAM INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $175k on record.

State$175k
18
22
Top programs
  • (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$100k
  • (MM) PURCHASED CLIENT/PROGRAM SVCS$75k

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 METROWEST FREE MEDICAL PROGRAM INC

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

77% of spending goes to programs.

Program 77%Management 13%Fundraising 11%

Governance

11
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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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE METROWEST FREE MEDICAL PROGRAM 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 THE METROWEST FREE MEDICAL PROGRAM INC?
THE METROWEST FREE MEDICAL PROGRAM INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,116,032 to it, the largest being METROWEST HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ($343,820). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE METROWEST FREE MEDICAL PROGRAM INC have?
IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $1,116,032 in grants to THE METROWEST FREE MEDICAL PROGRAM INC, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE METROWEST FREE MEDICAL PROGRAM INC?
METROWEST HEALTH FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $343,820 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE METROWEST FREE MEDICAL PROGRAM 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 27 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing