Massachusetts · Nonprofit
WOMEN'S FUND OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC
WOMEN'S FUND OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,610,642 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($734,695). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.2M
- Funders on record
- 35
- Grants received
- $4.6M
- Net assets
- $5.1M
What Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts Inc does
Mission
The women's fund of western massachusetts mission is to raise funds to advance gender and racial equity and acknowledge, confront and dismantle systems of oppression in western massachusetts.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Economic security hub - a formal collaboration focused on marginalized and economically disadvantaged women and gender expansive people to better understand and address all the related and interconnected determinants that create obstacles to economic security.
$280,277 spentof which $133,060 as grants33% of program spendingGrantmaking - the organization strives to create a climate of economic empowerment and does so by making grants to women, girls and gender margnizalized people-serving organizations in the four counties of western massachusetts.
$291,163 spentof which $141,400 as grants$7,220 earned by the program34% of program spendingYoung women's initiative - this is a social justice and leadership program for young women of color and gender expansive youth from springfield in which participants, aged 16-24, identify barriers to their own success, explore solutions, and make recommendations for change in their community through movement building and philanthropy.
$283,659 spentof which $150,000 as grants33% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $855,099.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $3.8M to $5.2M (+36%).
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: 2018 11% · 2019 3% · 2020 3% · 2021 10% · 2023 31% · 2024 25% · 2025 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of WOMEN'S FUND OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Vanessa Pabon-Hernandez
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $94k → $925k.
11 of 35 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 46% 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 WOMEN'S FUND OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 35 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
WOMEN'S FUND OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
60% 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 WOMEN'S FUND OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 74% · 2019 58% · 2020 39% · 2021 34% · 2022 27% · 2023 30% — 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
53% of WOMEN'S FUND OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% 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
56% of WOMEN'S FUND OF WESTERN 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. $2.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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.
Against its field
WOMEN'S FUND OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like WOMEN'S FUND OF WESTERN 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
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 WOMEN'S FUND OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS 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 WOMEN'S FUND OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC?
- WOMEN'S FUND OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,610,642 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($734,695). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WOMEN'S FUND OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 35 organizations giving $4,610,642 in grants to WOMEN'S FUND OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WOMEN'S FUND OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $734,695 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WOMEN'S FUND OF WESTERN 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 35 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