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THE VILLAGE AFROCENTRIC CULTURAL CENTER INC

THE VILLAGE AFROCENTRIC CULTURAL CENTER INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $305,800 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$304k
Funders on record
7
Grants received
$306k
Net assets
$675k
1/7 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 44%
01What it does

What The Village Afrocentric Cultural Center Inc does

Mission

The mission of the village afrocentric cultural center is to build grassroots power by connecting and enriching groups and individuals in our communities who are working for social justice in worcester, ma. We are building community and economies based in cooperation and creativity while resisting oppression and gentrification.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Providing community space for activist organizations.

    $148,419 spent
    72% of program spending
  2. Cultural learning institute that teaches black history through the fusion of education and entertainment by using music, poetry, dance, documentaries, spoken word and life experiences.

    $58,006 spent
    28% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $206,425.

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 ($70k) Expenses 100 ($75k) Net assets 100 ($444k)2018 Revenue 120 ($84k) Expenses 129 ($97k) Net assets 97 ($431k)2019 Revenue 170 ($119k) Expenses 124 ($93k) Net assets 103 ($457k)2020 Revenue 100 ($70k) Expenses 128 ($97k) Net assets 97 ($430k)2021 Revenue 125 ($87k) Expenses 129 ($97k) Net assets 95 ($420k)2022 Revenue 283 ($197k) Expenses 178 ($134k) Net assets 109 ($484k)2023 Revenue 420 ($294k) Expenses 243 ($182k) Net assets 134 ($595k)2024 Revenue 435 ($304k) Expenses 298 ($224k) Net assets 152 ($675k)
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Revenue (435)Expenses (298)Net assets (152)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 2022 to 2023, from $827k to $926k (+12%).

$814k
$793k
$803k
$810k
$770k
$827k
$926k
$998k
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

100% of THE VILLAGE AFROCENTRIC CULTURAL CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 23,870 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$5k
’17
−$13k
’18
$26k
’19
−$27k
’20
−$10k
’21
$64k
’22
$111k
’23
$80k
’24
11
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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Listed118948888
Joined·+0+3+0+7+0+0+0
No longer listed·3253000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $20k → $128k.

1 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% 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 VILLAGE AFROCENTRIC CULTURAL CENTER 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 VILLAGE AFROCENTRIC CULTURAL CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

82% 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 VILLAGE AFROCENTRIC CULTURAL CENTER INC.

33%
largest funder
80%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 75% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 39% — 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

100% of THE VILLAGE AFROCENTRIC CULTURAL CENTER INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.

MA

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

’20
’23
Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $95k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 VILLAGE AFROCENTRIC CULTURAL CENTER INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin26% · top quartile
Months of reserve11.2mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)23% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Government funding THE VILLAGE AFROCENTRIC CULTURAL CENTER INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $15k on record.

State$15k
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24
Top programs
  • (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$15k

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 VILLAGE AFROCENTRIC CULTURAL CENTER 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

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 8%Fundraising 0%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

74%

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 VILLAGE AFROCENTRIC CULTURAL CENTER INC?
THE VILLAGE AFROCENTRIC CULTURAL CENTER INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $305,800 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE VILLAGE AFROCENTRIC CULTURAL CENTER INC have?
IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $305,800 in grants to THE VILLAGE AFROCENTRIC CULTURAL CENTER INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE VILLAGE AFROCENTRIC CULTURAL CENTER INC?
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE VILLAGE AFROCENTRIC CULTURAL CENTER 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 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