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VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLESEX- EAST INC

VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLESEX- EAST INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $24,534 to it, the largest being Boston Foundation Inc ($7,352). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 77% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2017
$4.7M
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$25k
Net assets
$0
0/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Visiting Nurse Association of Middlesex- East Inc does

Mission

To provide comprehensive home health and hospice care. We foster and promote the health of individual, family and community through education and compassionate, high quality services.

As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.

Program

Provide comprehensive home health and hospice care, and foster and promote the health of individuals, family and community through education and compassionate high quality services. In addition to home health and hospice services, we have telehealth services and offer support services to alzheimers caregivers. From october 1, 2016 through december 31, 2016, vname provided 5,208 home health visits and 6,499 days of hospice care.

The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.

02The organization over time
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2019: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $19k → $6k.

3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 77% 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 VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLESEX- EAST 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

VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLESEX- EAST INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLESEX- EAST INC.

30%
largest funder
77%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 40% · 2019 100% — 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.

Where its funders are

77% of VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLESEX- EAST INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $6k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.

MA

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

’17
’19
Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $19k 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

Organizations like VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLESEX- EAST 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

76% of spending goes to programs.

Program 76%Management 24%Fundraising 0%

Governance

4
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

98%

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

Part of a family of 30 related entities

  • Community Care Inc · exempt
  • Lahey Health System Inc · exempt
  • Northeast Health System Inc · exempt
  • Northeast Behavioral Health Corporation · exempt
  • Health and Education Housing Services Inc · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLESEX- EAST INC?
VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLESEX- EAST INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $24,534 to it, the largest being Boston Foundation Inc ($7,352). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 77% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLESEX- EAST INC have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $24,534 in grants to VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLESEX- EAST INC.
Who is the largest funder of VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLESEX- EAST INC?
Boston Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $7,352 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLESEX- EAST 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 5 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