United Way of the Franklin & Hampshire
Northampton, MA · EIN 04-2104792. Reported 153 grants totalling $3,004,261 to 56 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, 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. For United Way of the Franklin & Hampshire, the IRS classifies it as a federated giving programme -- a United Way, Jewish federation, Community Chest or similar (NTEE T70Z).
- How spread out its giving is. 56 distinct organizations, with 8% 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. 81% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% private foundations manage. This list is close to settled, so a newcomer has to displace someone rather than fill a gap.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $16,988. Half of what it reported fell between $10,193 and $25,482; the smallest was $2,124 and the largest $81,364. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Action Pioneer Valley Inc | Greenfield, MA | $253,957 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Western Massachusetts Training Consortium Inc | Holyoke, MA | $143,476 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Community Legal Aid Inc | Worcester, MA | $136,902 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Northampton Survival Center Inc | Northampton, MA | $115,529 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Survival Centers Inc | North Amherst, MA | $115,258 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| 18 Degrees Inc | Pittsfield, MA | $98,394 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Friends of Children Inc | Northampton, MA | $91,472 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Hilltown Village | Huntington, MA | $89,569 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Hilltown Community Development | Chesterfield, MA | $85,370 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Craigs Doors Inc | Amherst, MA | $81,241 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Behavioral Health Network Inc | Springfield, MA | $73,267 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| The Community Young Mens Christian Association of Greenfield Mass | Greenfield, MA | $71,554 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Franklin County Community Meals Program Inc | Greenfield, MA | $71,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cutchins Programs for Children and Families Inc | Northampton, MA | $63,976 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Servicenet Inc | Northampton, MA | $63,482 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Hilltown Youth Performing Arts Program Inc | Charlemont, MA | $62,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Brick House Community Resource Center Inc | Turners Falls, MA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Community Health Center of Franklin County Incorporated | Greenfield, MA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Learning Knoll Inc | Greenfield, MA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| North Quabbin Citizen Advocacy Inc | Orange, MA | $59,813 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Resilience Center of Franklin County Inc | Greenfield, MA | $58,200 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Salvation Army Massachusetts Division | Greenfield, MA | $57,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Center for New Americans | Northampton, MA | $55,641 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Easthampton Community Center Inc | Easthampton, MA | $55,641 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Treehouse Foundation Inc | Easthampton, MA | $53,976 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Western Massachusetts Inc | W Springfield, MA | $50,964 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Highland-Valley Elder Services Inc | Florence, MA | $50,964 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Safe Passage Inc | Northampton, MA | $50,964 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Center for Human Development | Amherst, MA | $50,468 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Valley Community Development Corporation | Northampton, MA | $47,741 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Heartwing Center Inc | Turners Falls, MA | $46,493 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Literacy Project Inc | Greenfield, MA | $42,900 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Childrens Advocacy Center of Hampshire County Inc | Northampton, MA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Franklin County Dial Self Inc | Greenfield, MA | $37,545 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Mary Lyon Foundation Inc | Shelburne Fls, MA | $35,855 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Collaborative for Educational Services Inc | Northampton, MA | $35,588 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Tapestry Health Systems Inc | Springfield, MA | $35,486 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hilltown Community Health Centers Inc | Worthington, MA | $33,480 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Franklin County | Greenfield, MA | $32,734 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Center for Human Development Inc | Springfield, MA | $27,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts Inc | Chicopee, MA | $26,692 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Salvation Army | West Nyack, NY | $23,220 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Life Path Inc | Greenfield, MA | $22,880 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Arc Inc | Turners Falls, MA | $18,642 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Stone Soup Cafe Inc | Greenfield, MA | $18,600 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Way Finders Inc | Springfield, MA | $18,600 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Just Roots Inc | Greenfield, MA | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Northampton Parents Center Inc | Northampton, MA | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| International Language Institute of Ma Inc | Northampton, MA | $16,988 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Greenfield Health Camp Inc | Greenfield, MA | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Transhealth Inc | Florence, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Amherst Community Connections | Amherst, MA | $11,160 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Childrens Advocacy Center of Franklin and North Quabbin Inc | Greenfield, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pathlight Inc | Springfield, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stavros Center for Independent Living Inc | Amherst, MA | $5,455 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Quaboag Hills Community Coalition Inc | Hudson, MA | $2,124 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
47 of 56 (84%) 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 kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 34 of 56 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 | 31 | $541,170 | $16,988 |
| 2021 | 41 | $915,879 | $20,753 |
| 2022 | 42 | $822,100 | $16,950 |
| 2023 | 39 | $725,112 | $12,900 |
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 $16,988 -- 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 the Franklin & Hampshire'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.
Address of record on the latest return: 71 King Street Po Box 123, Northampton, MA, 01061.
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