Massachusetts · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 91 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,901,105 to it, the largest being The Hanover Insurance Group Foundation Inc ($1,905,700). 55 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.0M
- Funders on record
- 91
- Grants received
- $16M
- Net assets
- $14M
What United Way of Central Massachusetts Inc does
Mission
United way of central ma connects people and resources to improve the community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Community impact program - the community impact program plays a critical role in improving our community. Our work is organized around education, improving family financial stability, advancing racial equity, and fostering healthy behaviors. In addition, this program helps to provide services to meet basic needs such as food, shelter, protective services, and crisis intervention. United way of central massachusetts' (uwcm) staff and volunteers, through a competitive process, evaluate funding proposals, select the highest quality agency programs to fund, and monitor program results to ensure maximum community impact.during fy 2025, 40 funded programs provided services in one or more of our focus areas.during fy25, uwcm in partnership with the united ways of north central and south central massachusetts received after school and out of school time subgrant funding from the massachusetts department of elementary and secondary education. The funding was made avaialable from the american rescue plan - elementary & secondary education emergency relief act. A total of $2,186,500 was provided for 122 agency programs to support youth programming for children in pre-k to 12th grade. This…
$4,785,047 spentof which $1,246,000 as grants61% of program spendingWomen's initiative community impact program - the women's initiative focuses on building, strengthening, and supporting the development of confident and safe adolescent girls, and has successfully brought about lasting change. Through educational events, grants for area programs, dollar $cholar financial literacy education, and sponsorship of a comprehensive local needs assessment, the women's initiative of the united way is a thriving vehicle of change for girls in central massachusetts. The women's initiative community impact program funded 11 community-based programs and sponsored 6 local educational events. The dollar $scholar prgram ran 16 sessions with 725 students and 208 mentors.
$309,200 spentof which $253,250 as grants4% of program spendingYouthconnect program - youthconnect worcester provides high quality, year-round, neighborhood-based youth development opportunities for recreation, education, and culture to isolated and under-served worcester youth aged 5-24. Focusing on the middle school-aged youth residing in worcester's most at risk neighborhoods, we do this through the establishment of a seamless, inclusive youth-serving consortium. Modeled on best practices and utilizing a common system of measures to drive efficient use of resources, the prgram is built on a framework that delivers positive outcomes in the areas of health, education, and family stability. Partners include: boys and girls club of worcester, friendly house, girls inc. Of worcester, ymca of central ma, y.o.u. Inc., ywca of central ma, and worcester youth center.
$752,561 spent10% of program spendingUnited way of central ma (uwcm) operates its community services and labor community services programs, supports the mass 211 state wide informaiton and referral hotline, and serves as fiscal sponsor for the worcester education collaborative, investing in girls alliance, worcester healthy babies collaborative, and amor para puerto rico. In addition, uwcm granted additional funds for saftey net programs through its community support campaign. 14 grants were awarded. The community services' wooserves program provided volunteer opportunities for youth aged 13 to 18. 55 students participated donating over 1,300 service hours for 51 projects at 12 nonprofit partners agencies.the community services' day of caring enlisted over 750 volunteers working on 40 project at 38 nonprofit partner agencies in 7 towns in central massachusetts.
$2,005,535 spentof which $622,319 as grants26% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,852,343.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $11M to $18M (+60%).
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: 2019 12% · 2020 11% · 2021 10% · 2022 35% · 2023 48% · 2024 32% · 2025 53%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 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
Aarti Madan
Chair of women's initiativ
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 44 funders, grant income rose $497k → $3.1M.
14 of 91 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $11M from 15 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Chicago Community Trust); $86k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest United Way of Central Massachusetts Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC raised.
From the IRS filings of UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 91 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
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 12% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
32% 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 UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 23% · 2018 14% · 2019 17% · 2020 30% · 2021 26% · 2022 34% · 2023 32% — growing more concentrated.
“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
62% of UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
88% of UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS 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. $3.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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.
Organizations like UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS 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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC?
- UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 91 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,901,105 to it, the largest being The Hanover Insurance Group Foundation Inc ($1,905,700). 55 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 91 organizations giving $15,901,105 in grants to UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC, 55 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC?
- The Hanover Insurance Group Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $1,905,700 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 91 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