Massachusetts · Nonprofit
WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $198,212 to it, the largest being GLOBAL TIES US ($191,712). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $76k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $198k
- Net assets
- $33k
What World Affairs Council of Western Massachusetts does
Mission
To provide forums for discussion of contemporary international issues, expertise in global commerce and culture through people to people connections worldwide.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Community events - instant issues luncheons and other speaker events
$7,676 spentof which $7,676 as grants$6,424 earned by the program58% of program spendingPublic relations - access to and distribution of newsletters for members about upcoming events and international news topics. Publications include constant contact and the global post.
$5,247 spentof which $5,247 as grants39% of program spendingPublic relations - annual fee for website that gives members and the wider community access to international news sources, and updates on world affairs council activities and events
$410 spentof which $410 as grants3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $13,333.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2023 to 2024, from $35k to $24k (−32%).
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: 2021 9% · 2022 60% · 2023 64%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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
Cynthia Melcher
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $7k → $48k.
From the IRS filings of WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS’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
WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 66% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,793 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,793 international nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
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
20% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS: 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 WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS?
- WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $198,212 to it, the largest being GLOBAL TIES US ($191,712). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $198,212 in grants to WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS?
- GLOBAL TIES US is the largest funder on record, with $191,712 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS 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 FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 2 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