United Way of Massachusetts Bay Inc
Boston, MA · EIN 04-2382233. Reported 1,810 grants totalling $132.9M to 742 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
742organizations funded
$31,250median reported grant
$132.9Mgranted, 2020-2023
71%of grantees funded again the next year
3%of dollars to its largest recipient
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. For United Way of Massachusetts Bay Inc, the IRS classifies it as a federated giving programme -- a United Way, Jewish federation, Community Chest or similar (NTEE T700).
- How spread out its giving is. 742 distinct organizations, with 3% 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. 71% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $31,250. Half of what it reported fell between $12,000 and $75,000; the smallest was $4,943 and the largest $2,022,797. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.
Every organization it funded
All 742 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this grantmaker actually has a relationship with.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neighborhood Housing Services of the South Shore Inc | Quincy, MA | $4,005,613 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Catholic Charitable Bureau of the Archdiocese of Boston Inc | South Boston, MA | $3,107,768 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| For Kids Only Afterschool Incorporated | Winthrop, MA | $2,662,350 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| United Way Worldwide | Alexandria, VA | $2,631,163 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Worcester Community Housing Resources Inc | Worcester, MA | $2,479,292 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| United Way of Central Massachusetts Inc | Worcester, MA | $1,859,040 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Community Teamwork Inc | Lowell, MA | $1,858,372 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Dm Renaissance Development LLC | Springfield | $1,848,434 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston Inc | Boston, MA | $1,795,482 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Neighborhood Developers Inc | Chelsea, MA | $1,768,034 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| City of Chelsea | Chelsea, MA | $1,443,285 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| La Colaborativa Inc | Chelsea, MA | $1,399,132 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Lynn Housing Authority Development Group Inc | Lynn, MA | $1,379,993 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Independent Housing Solutions Incorporated | Northampton, MA | $1,300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Granite United Way | Manchester, NH | $1,271,598 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Lawrence Community Works Inc | Lawrence, MA | $1,240,099 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc | Boston, MA | $1,239,495 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| South Shore Stars Inc | Weymouth, MA | $1,207,293 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Action Inc | Gloucester, MA | $1,189,153 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Nurtury Inc | Roxbury, MA | $1,180,945 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| Caritas Communities Inc | Braintree, MA | $1,042,119 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Boston Private Industry Council Inc the | Boston, MA | $980,316 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Quincy Community Action Programs Inc | Quincy, MA | $932,194 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| YMCA of the North Shore Inc | Beverly, MA | $911,135 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Attleboro | Attleboro, MA | $907,967 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Community Day Care Center of Lawrence Inc | Lawrence, MA | $894,350 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| United Way of New York City | New York, NY | $879,268 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Greater Lawrence Community Action Council Inc | Lawrence, MA | $871,316 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Project Hope Boston Inc | Roxbury, MA | $866,109 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Caribbean Youth Club Inc | Roxbury, MA | $852,515 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Father Bills & Mainspring Inc | Brockton, MA | $836,476 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Jewish Vocational Service Inc | Boston, MA | $834,468 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Neighborhood of Affordable Housing Inc | East Boston, MA | $784,868 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Fenway Community Development Corp | Boston, MA | $781,568 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Urban Edge Housing Corp | Roxbury, MA | $742,693 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Commonwealth Land Trust Property Bowdoin Manor | Roxbury, MA | $740,728 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Uncornered Inc | Dorchester, MA | $721,091 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Stoneham Inc | Stoneham, MA | $714,260 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Jewish Appeal Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Ny Inc | New York, NY | $700,334 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Groundwork Lawrence Inc | Lawrence, MA | $670,377 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Inquilinos Boricuas En Accion Inc | Boston, MA | $667,615 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Heading Home Inc | Boston, MA | $655,374 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Camp Fire USA North Shore Council | Lynn | $648,366 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Quaboag Valley Community Development Corporation | Ware, MA | $648,311 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Old Colony Young Mens Christian Association Inc | Brockton, MA | $642,680 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Boston After School & Beyond Inc | Boston, MA | $641,391 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Roca Inc | Chelsea, MA | $639,037 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Town of Clarksburg Co North Berkshire School Union | Clarksburg | $631,720 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Metro North Inc | Peabody, MA | $616,600 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester Inc | Dorchester, MA | $613,429 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| United Way of North Central Mass Inc | Fitchburg, MA | $607,654 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Project Adventure Inc | Beverly, MA | $600,950 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Nha Properties Inc | Nantucket, MA | $599,633 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| South Boston Neighborhood House Inc | South Boston, MA | $598,015 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporation | Boston, MA | $584,140 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mass Fd Inc for Expanding Healthcare Acces | Boston, MA | $579,329 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation | Dorchester, MA | $573,022 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| MASS211 Inc | Framingham, MA | $572,105 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Community Action Agency of Somerville Inc | Somerville, MA | $567,893 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Way Finders Inc | Springfield, MA | $561,364 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Aspire Developmental Services Inc | Lynn, MA | $554,896 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ministry of Truth Internatio | Auburndale, MA | $553,334 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boston Local Development Corp | Boston, MA | $544,427 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Girls Incorporated of Lynn | Lynn, MA | $539,961 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| South Middlesex Opportunity Council Inc | Framingham, MA | $533,196 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation | Jamaica Plain, MA | $530,266 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Community Development of South Berkshire Inc | Gt Barrington, MA | $530,201 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Asian Community Development Corp | Boston, MA | $529,879 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Pine Street Inn Inc | Boston, MA | $518,537 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Haitian Project Inc | Providence, RI | $513,051 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro South Inc | Taunton, MA | $502,520 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Main South Community Development Corporation | Worcester, MA | $495,114 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Revitalize Community Development Corporation | Springfield, MA | $474,695 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Immigrant Family Services Institute Inc | Mattapan, MA | $469,494 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hilltown Community Development | Chesterfield, MA | $463,474 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Boston Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | $461,650 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Boston Inc | Boston, MA | $456,029 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Housing Families Inc | Malden, MA | $455,842 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Our Lady of Perpetual Help - Mission Grammar School | Roxbury | $448,120 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Gregg Neighborhood House Association Inc | Lynn, MA | $440,328 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Allston Brighton Comm Dev Corp | Brighton, MA | $439,110 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Valley Community Development Corporation | Northampton, MA | $433,481 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Marshfield Inc | Marshfield, MA | $432,159 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Sociedad Latina Inc | Roxbury, MA | $429,100 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Franklin County Community | Greenfield, MA | $428,310 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Community Action Inc | Haverhill, MA | $423,105 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| East Boston Social Centers Inc | East Boston, MA | $414,785 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Familyaid Boston Inc | Boston, MA | $404,647 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| North Shore Community Development Coalition Inc | Salem, MA | $400,211 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Way Inc Dba United Way of Central & Northeastern Ct | Hartford, CT | $390,001 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Renewal Christian Church | Boston, MA | $387,203 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Coalition for a Better Acre Inc | Lowell, MA | $373,614 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Metrowest YMCA | Framingham, MA | $368,589 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Utec Inc | Lowell, MA | $368,078 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Madison Park Development Corporation | Roxbury, MA | $366,862 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless Inc | Lynn, MA | $361,224 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Waterfront Historic Area League of New Bedford Inc | New Bedford, MA | $355,508 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Youth Center Incorporated | Cheshire, MA | $354,460 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Oneholyoke Community Development Corporation | Holyoke, MA | $351,535 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Shaloh School Oholei Torah | Brighton, MA | $345,460 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership Inc | Boston, MA | $344,387 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Worcester Common Ground Inc | Worcester, MA | $340,727 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Nuestra Comunidad Development Corp | Roxbury, MA | $334,550 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Ellis Early Learning Inc | Boston, MA | $329,724 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Metro North Housing Corp | Malden, MA | $328,518 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Third Sector Capital Partners Inc | Boston, MA | $325,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Watch Inc | Waltham, MA | $318,015 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Community Counseling of Bristol County Inc | Taunton, MA | $317,578 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Homestart Inc | Boston, MA | $314,312 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Town of Southbridge | Southbridge | $307,055 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Wellspring Cooperative Corporation | Indian Orch, MA | $304,902 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Newvue Communities Inc | Fitchburg, MA | $303,852 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Fitchburg & Leominster-a Non Profit Educationa | Leominster, MA | $301,488 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Aarons Presents Inc | Andover, MA | $299,806 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boston Education Skills & Training Corp | Boston, MA | $296,868 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| New American Association of Massachusetts Inc | Lynn, MA | $291,603 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Girls Incorporated of Greater Lowell | Lowell, MA | $287,876 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| United Way of Hudson County | Jersey City, NJ | $287,744 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Big Sister Association of Greater Boston | Boston | $287,242 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Raw Art Works Inc | Lynn, MA | $287,093 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Lynn Business Education Foun | Lynn, MA | $283,856 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Leo Inc | Lynn, MA | $282,552 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Americas Charities | Chantilly, VA | $282,171 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| More Than Words Inc | Waltham, MA | $276,555 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Worcester East Side Community Development Corporation | Worcester, MA | $274,715 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Burgess Elementary School PTO | Sturbridge, MA | $274,300 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Way of Tri County Inc | Framingham, MA | $274,166 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Mystic Valley Young Mens Christian Association | Malden, MA | $273,782 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Childrens Services of Roxbury Inc | Roxbury, MA | $271,480 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Waltham Boys and Girls Club Inc | Waltham, MA | $266,568 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Eliot Community Human Services Inc | Lexington, MA | $264,064 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Young Womens Christian Association of Malden | Malden, MA | $261,397 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| YWCA Northeastern Massachusetts Inc | Lawrence, MA | $259,788 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Victory Programs Inc | Boston, MA | $259,223 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Community Art Center Inc | Cambridge, MA | $258,438 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Youthbuild Boston Inc | Roxbury, MA | $258,386 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children | Lexington, MA | $257,336 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc | Boston, MA | $256,125 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Somerville Community Corporation Inc | Somerville, MA | $254,569 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Horizons for Homeless Children Inc | Roxbury, MA | $253,003 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| East End House Inc | Cambridge, MA | $252,458 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Family & Childrens Service of Greater Lynn Inc | Lynn, MA | $249,548 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Latino Support Network | Lynn, MA | $248,010 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Nectar Community Investments Inc | Lowell, MA | $244,108 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Home for Little Wanderers Inc | Boston, MA | $241,594 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| United Way of Greater Plymouth County Inc | Brockton, MA | $239,324 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Emmaus Inc | Haverhill, MA | $233,129 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Southwest Boston Community Development Corporation | Hyde Park, MA | $231,442 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Community Action Programs Inter-City Inc | Chelsea, MA | $225,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Third Sector New England Inc | Boston, MA | $224,424 | 10 | 3 | 2022 |
| Mystic Learning Center Inc | Somerville, MA | $223,586 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Crossroads Rhode Island | Providence, RI | $221,161 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Leap for Education Inc | Salem, MA | $219,716 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers Inc | Cambridge, MA | $219,674 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| CASA Myrna Vasquez Inc | Boston, MA | $219,450 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Elizabeth Peabody House Association | Somerville, MA | $216,991 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Family Nurturing Center of Massachusetts Inc | Dorchester, MA | $215,834 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Roxbury Stone House Inc | Jamaica Plain, MA | $215,350 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Haitian Community Partners Foundation | Brockton, MA | $214,335 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation | Boston, MA | $213,997 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Greater Salem Inc | Salem, MA | $213,239 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Asian American Civic Association Inc | Boston, MA | $211,643 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts Inc | Waltham, MA | $211,632 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Town of Randolph | Randolph | $210,570 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Citizens Housing & Planning Association Inc | Boston, MA | $210,516 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Just a Start Inc | Cambridge, MA | $210,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Quincy After School Child Care Inc | Wollaston, MA | $208,095 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell Inc | Lowell, MA | $207,405 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Young Mens Christian Association Somerville | Somerville, MA | $206,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Meryls Safe Haven Inc | Worcester, MA | $204,966 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community United Way of Pioneer Valley Inc | Springfield, MA | $204,366 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Local Initiatives Support Corporation | New York, NY | $204,254 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Boston Medical Center Corporation | Boston, MA | $201,355 | 6 | 3 | 2022 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Boston, MA | $200,265 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Union Capital Boston Inc | Boston, MA | $199,014 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Clinical and Support Options Inc | Northampton, MA | $198,100 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Hyde Square Task Force Inc | Jamaica Plain, MA | $197,390 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Digital Ready Inc | Jamaica Plain, MA | $195,350 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| United Way of Greater New Bedford Inc | New Bedford, MA | $194,359 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay Inc | Boston, MA | $190,705 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Breakthrough Greater Boston Inc | Cambridge, MA | $188,863 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| African Community Economic Development of New England | Boston, MA | $187,980 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition Inc | Boston, MA | $187,812 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Community Economic Development Center of Southeastern Mass | New Bedford, MA | $187,440 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Brookline Community Mental Health Center Inc | Brookline, MA | $186,647 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Southern Berkshire Regional School | Sheffield | $185,700 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| West End House Inc | Allston, MA | $182,709 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Technical Assistance Collaborative Inc | Boston, MA | $181,267 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Beverly Childrens Learning Cent Inc | Beverly, MA | $180,348 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Eben-Ezer Family and Children's Services Inc | Everett | $180,109 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Commonwealth of Massachusetts | Malden | $180,044 | 6 | 3 | 2022 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Metrowest Inc | Marlborough, MA | $179,989 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| City of Holyokeholyoke Public Schools | Holyoke | $178,400 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Strategies for Children Inc | Boston, MA | $178,271 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| South Boston Community Housing Inc | S Boston, MA | $176,104 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Saint Francis House Inc | Boston, MA | $176,006 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Action for Boston Community Development | Boston, MA | $175,741 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Center for Teen Empowerment Inc | Boston, MA | $174,421 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Literacy Center Inc | Attleboro, MA | $172,312 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mental Health Association Inc | Chicopee, MA | $172,015 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Enroot Inc | Cambridge, MA | $171,840 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Family Services of the Merrimack Valley Inc | Lawrence, MA | $170,962 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Economic Mobility Pathways Inc | Boston, MA | $166,126 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Vietnamese American Initiative for Development Inc | Dorchester, MA | $165,884 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Playworks Education Energized | Oakland, CA | $160,503 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Valley Opportunity Council Inc | Chicopee, MA | $160,400 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Sportmens Tennis & Enrichment Center Inc | Dorchester, MA | $159,650 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| International Institute of New England Inc | Boston, MA | $158,351 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Springfield Boys & Girls Club Inc | Springfield, MA | $158,222 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wellspring House Inc | Gloucester, MA | $157,911 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Foley Hoag & Eliot Fdn | Wilmington, DE | $157,753 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Childrens Museum | Boston, MA | $157,625 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Midas Collaborative Inc | Boston, MA | $156,316 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Boston Education Development Foundation Inc | Roxbury, MA | $155,105 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Latino STEM Alliance Inc | Boston | $155,058 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| United Way of Greater Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | $153,955 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| New Hope Inc | Attleboro, MA | $152,944 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| United South End Settlements | Boston, MA | $152,205 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Greater Boston Legal Services Inc | Boston, MA | $151,239 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Community Workshops Inc | New York, NY | $151,207 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Lynn | Lynn, MA | $150,858 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Project Learn Inc | Lowell, MA | $149,822 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Philanthropy Massachusetts Inc | Boston, MA | $149,800 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Northeastern University | Boston, MA | $149,734 | 4 | 3 | 2022 |
| Girls Incorporated of Taunton | Taunton, MA | $148,042 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Early Learning New Hampshire | Concord, NH | $146,548 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Friends of St Stephens Youth Programs Inc | Boston, MA | $145,520 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| America Scores New England | East Boston, MA | $143,578 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| United Way of Cape Cod | Hyannis, MA | $142,756 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| City Year Inc | Boston, MA | $141,966 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence Inc | Boston, MA | $141,221 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Health Resources in Action Inc | Boston, MA | $140,760 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Act Lawrence Inc | Lawrence, MA | $139,750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Riverside Community Care Inc | Dedham, MA | $139,477 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| South Coastal Counties Legal Services Inc | Fall River, MA | $138,156 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hoops and Homework Inc | Framingham, MA | $138,084 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lena Park Community Development | Boston, MA | $137,798 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| United Way of Greater Fall River Inc | Fall River, MA | $136,739 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Building Audacity | Boston, MA | $136,150 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chinatown Community Land Trust Inc | Boston, MA | $135,945 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Boston Asian Youth Essential Service | Boston, MA | $134,759 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Merrimack Valley Young Mens Christian Association of Nh Inc | Lawrence, MA | $134,696 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Operation Able of Greater Boston Inc | Boston | $133,820 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Youth Development Organization Inc | Lawrence, MA | $133,333 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Crispus Attucks Childrens Center Inc | Dorchester, MA | $131,504 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Island Housing Trust Corporation | West Tisbury, MA | $130,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rian Immigrant Center Inc | Boston, MA | $130,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Community Against Substance Abuseinc | Winthrop, MA | $128,568 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mujeres Unidas Avanzando Inc | Dorchester, MA | $128,338 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| United Way of Rhode Island Inc | Providence, RI | $128,028 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
477 of 742 (64%) 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.
It also reported 1 group of grants to individuals -- scholarships, emergency assistance and similar. Schedule I reports these by category with a headcount and never by name, so there is nothing here we could publish about the recipients even if we wanted to.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 529 of 742 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 456 | $31.4M | $27,716 |
| 2021 | 511 | $36.2M | $29,589 |
| 2022 | 437 | $28.1M | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 406 | $37.2M | $50,400 |
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
91% 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 $31,250 -- 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 United Way of Massachusetts Bay Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 406 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 9 Channel Center Street 500, Boston, MA, 02210.
EIN 04-2382233 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
This is history, not an open call. Form 990 is published about a year after the tax year it covers. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this organization has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next.
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