Funding search · EIN 042138900 · Bedford, MA

Massachusetts Society for Aiding

Name: Massachusetts Society for Aiding grants, 2021–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

40
grants reported: $423,225
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $7,900
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

community based faith recovery religious counseling health homeless

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Straight Ahead Ministries4 grants · $115,000
Future Hope Apprenticeship4 grants · $50,600
Fathers' Uplift4 grants · $45,000
New England Aftercare Ministries3 grants · $43,000
Boston Rescue Mission4 grants · $42,500
The Salvation Army2 grants · $30,000
Place of Promise3 grants · $25,000
Vision New England2 grants · $19,125
United Baptist Church3 grants · $14,500
Prison Prevention Ministries1 grant · $11,000

Giving over time

$116,000

2021

$121,925

2022

$85,300

2023

$100,000

2024

Grant history

All 40 reported grants, largest first.

$30,000
Straight Ahead Ministries · Lynn, MA · 2024
Faith-based community support
$30,000
Straight Ahead Ministries · Lynn, MA · 2023
Faith-based community support
$30,000
Straight Ahead Ministries · Lynn, MA · 2022
Faith-based community support
$25,000
Fathers' Uplift · Dorchester, MA · 2022
Mental health support and counseling
$25,000
Straight Ahead Ministries · Lynn, MA · 2021
Support
$20,000
New England Aftercare Ministries · Framingham, MA · 2021
Support
$20,000
The Salvation Army · Canton, MA · 2021
Support
$15,300
Future Hope Apprenticeship · Dorchester, MA · 2023
Recovery program and support
$15,000
Future Hope Apprenticeship · Dorchester, MA · 2024
Recovery program and support
$15,000
Place of Promise · Lowell, MA · 2024
Support
$15,000
New England Aftercare Ministries · Framingham, MA · 2022
Faith-based recovery support
$15,000
Boston Rescue Mission · Boston, MA · 2021
Support
$12,500
Boston Rescue Mission · Boston, MA · 2022
Support for homeless and other peiople in need
$12,500
Fathers' Uplift · Dorchester, MA · 2021
Support
$12,500
Future Hope Apprenticeship · Dorchester, MA · 2021
Support
$11,625
Vision New England · Stratham, NH · 2022
Support
$11,000
Prison Prevention Ministries · Chattanooga, TN · 2021
Support
$10,000
Boston Rescue Mission · Boston, MA · 2023
Support for homeless and other peiople in need
$10,000
The Salvation Army · Canton, MA · 2022
Support
$8,000
New England Aftercare Ministries · Framingham, MA · 2024
Faith-based recovery support
$7,800
Future Hope Apprenticeship · Dorchester, MA · 2022
Recovery program and support
$7,500
Place of Promise · Lowell, MA · 2023
Support
$7,500
Vision New England · Stratham, NH · 2023
Support
$7,000
United Baptist Church · Boston, MA · 2024
Religious
$5,000
Boston Collaborative · Hyde Park, MA · 2024
Community and religion related support
$5,000
Boston Rescue Mission · Boston, MA · 2024
Support for homeless and other peiople in need
$5,000
Fathers' Uplift · Dorchester, MA · 2023
Mental health support and counseling
$5,000
United Baptist Church · Boston, MA · 2023
Religious
$2,500
Fathers' Uplift · Dorchester, MA · 2024
Mental health support and counseling
$2,500
Highrock Church · Needham, MA · 2024
Religious
$2,500
Life After Prison · Taunton, MA · 2024
Support
$2,500
Partakers · Auburndale, MA · 2024
Support
$2,500
People Affecting Community Change (Pacc Global) · Brockton, MA · 2024
Community support
$2,500
Thrive Communities · Lowell, MA · 2024
Empower communities to welcome and support individueals transitioning from incarceration
$2,500
People Affecting Community Change (Pacc Global) · Brockton, MA · 2023
Community support
$2,500
Thrive Communities · Lowell, MA · 2023
Empower communities to welcome and support individueals transitioning from incarceration
$2,500
Boston Collaborative · Hyde Park, MA · 2022
Community and religion related support
$2,500
People Affecting Community Change (Pacc Global) · Brockton, MA · 2022
Community support
$2,500
Place of Promise · Lowell, MA · 2022
Support
$2,500
United Baptist Church · Boston, MA · 2022
Religious

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