The Health Foundation of Central Massach
Worcester, MA · EIN 04-2633274. Reported 77 grants totalling $11.4M to 61 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. The IRS has no activity classification on file for this one, so we cannot tell you whether it is a community foundation or a single-institution support fund. The recipient list below is the better guide.
- How spread out its giving is. 61 distinct organizations, with 16% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 14% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $90,000. Half of what it reported fell between $50,000 and $125,000; the smallest was $8,913 and the largest $1,011,264. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children | Lexington, MA | $1,875,755 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Quaboag Valley Community Development Corporation | Ware, MA | $1,700,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rcap Solutions Inc | Worcester, MA | $1,575,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Massachusetts Association for Community Action Inc | Boston, MA | $817,700 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts Inc | Fitchburg, MA | $255,773 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Seven Hills Foundation Inc | Worcester, MA | $254,908 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Servings Inc | Jamaica Plain, MA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Worcester Area Business Education Foundation Inc | Worcester, MA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Clark University | Worcester, MA | $249,994 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Guild of St Agnes of Worcester Inc | Worcester, MA | $208,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Gaamha Inc | Gardner, MA | $191,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Building Futures Inc | Worcester, MA | $164,463 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Health Care for All Inc | Boston, MA | $145,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Southeast Asian Coalition of Central Mass Inc | Worcester, MA | $130,403 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| African Community Education Program | Worcester, MA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center of Hope Foundation Incorporated | Southbridge, MA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Worcester Rise for Health | Worcester, MA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Quinsigamond Community College | Worcester, MA | $124,254 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Abby Kelley Foster House Inc | Worcester, MA | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Making Opportunity Count Inc | Fitchburg, MA | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Project Just Because Inc | Hopkinton, MA | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| World Farmers Inc | Lancaster, MA | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Umass Memorial Health Care Inc | Worcester, MA | $118,824 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Way of Tri County Inc | Framingham, MA | $115,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gardner Community Action Committee | Gardner, MA | $115,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Camp Starfish Inc | Ashby, MA | $110,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Montachusett Veterans Outreach Center Inc | Gardner, MA | $110,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Growing Places Garden Project Inc | Leominster, MA | $109,041 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Health Connections Inc | Fitchburg, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Health Law Advocates Inc | Boston, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Regional Environmental Council Inc | Worcester, MA | $95,400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Health Center of Franklin County Incorporated | Greenfield, MA | $88,340 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Childrens Advocacy Center of Franklin and North Quabbin Inc | Greenfield, MA | $86,900 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boston Area Gleaners Inc | Acton, MA | $81,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Choices Inc | Worcester, MA | $80,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities Diocese of Worcester Inc | West Boylston, MA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Entrepreneurship for All Inc | Lowell, MA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Spoonfuls Inc | Newton, MA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mount Wachusett Community College Foundation Inc | Gardner, MA | $73,903 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Employment Options Inc | Marlborough, MA | $70,935 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Western Massachusetts Training Consortium Inc | Holyoke, MA | $67,627 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Youth Villages Inc | Bartlett, TN | $67,573 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Worcester Department of Health & Human Services | Worcester, MA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| You Inc | Southbridge, MA | $56,795 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southbridge Public Schools | Southbridge, MA | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Thrive Support & Advocacy Inc | Marlborough, MA | $50,998 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ascentria Care Alliance Inc | Worcester, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| South Middlesex Opportunity Council Inc | Framingham, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Girls Incorporated of Worcester | Worcester, MA | $41,882 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Restoration Recovery Center Inc | Fitchburg, MA | $33,562 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Preservation Worcester Inc | Worcester, MA | $26,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Organization for Nonprofit Excellence Inc | Worcester, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| CASA Project Inc | Worcester, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Health Foundation Fund Inc | Worcester, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Riverside Community Care Inc | Dedham, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Diocese of Worcester | Worcester, MA | $18,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Viability Inc | Springfield, MA | $15,350 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Project Bread - the Walk for Hunger Inc | East Boston, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Charlene Ann Foundation Inc | Boylston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dismas House of Massachusetts Inc | Worcester, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts Public Health Association | Boston, MA | $8,913 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
11 of 61 (18%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (mspcc)
ENCOMPASS: ENHANCED FOSTER PARENT SUPPORTS IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS - Rcap Solutions
PRIVATE WELL PROGRAM TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH - Massachusetts Association for Community Action (masscap)
READYING EDUCATORS AND DEVELOPING YOUNG CHILDREN FOR GREAT OUTCOMES (READYGO) - Quaboag Valley Community Development Corporation
QUABOAG CONNECTOR: DEVELOPING A MODEL FOR RURAL TRANSPORTATION; CENTER FOR STATE POLICY ANALYSIS (CSPA) - Quaboag Valley Community Development
QUABOAG CONNECTOR: SOLUTIONS FOR RURAL TRANSPORTATION - Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
ENCOMPASS: COMMUNITY AND COLLABORATION FOR FOSTER FAMILIES
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 50 of 61 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 17 | $2,507,759 | $73,903 |
| 2022 | 21 | $3,394,962 | $75,000 |
| 2023 | 16 | $2,747,452 | $110,000 |
| 2024 | 23 | $2,797,120 | $109,041 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
99% of its giving went to organizations in Massachusetts. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $90,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Massachusetts.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Health Foundation of Central Massach's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 446 Main Street 20TH Floor, Worcester, MA, 01608.
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