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Massmutual Foundation Inc

Springfield, MA · EIN 47-4967720. Reported 280 grants totalling $55.8M to 198 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.

Notold the IRS it takes no unsolicited requests
$13,000median grant
$55.8Mgranted, 2021-2024
198recipients, as named on its returns
41%of grantees funded again the next year
$34.3Massets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". Massmutual Foundation Inc checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement. A foundation can give a different answer on a later return, and this page is rebuilt when one is published. The rest of the page is its giving record: who it chose, and which of those make grants themselves.

Organizations it funds that make grants of their own

6 of the organizations Massmutual Foundation Inc funded make grants themselves, and it reported 11 grants totalling $27.3M to them. That is 50% of the $54.3M of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.

All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.

What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.

GrantmakerKindStateReceivedGrantsYearsLastOnly funds organizations it picks?
American Online Giving Foundation Incgrantmaking organizationDelaware$24.2M222024Its form does not ask
Community Foundation of Westerncommunity foundationMassachusetts$1,466,000222024Its form does not ask
The Red Sox Foundation Incgrantmaking organizationMassachusetts$794,000222023Its form does not ask
Boston Foundation Inccommunity foundationMassachusetts$610,000332023Its form does not ask
United Way of North Central Mass Incfederated giving programmeMassachusetts$250,000112023Its form does not ask
Rally Foundation Incgrantmaking organizationGeorgia$5,000112023Its form does not ask

A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $13,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $90,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $21.8M.

$1,000 - $5,000
36 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
52 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
56 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
21 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
48 grants
$100,000 and Up
67 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
American Online Giving FoundationNewark, DE$24.2M222024
University of Massachusetts Amherst Foundation IncAmherst, MA$6,000,000442024
Way Finders IncSpringfield, MA$2,771,000332023
The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts IncHatfield, MA$1,785,000332023
New North Citizens' CouncilSpringfield, MA$1,637,671332023
Boston Medical Center CorporationBoston, MA$1,594,028332023
Community Foundation of Western MassachusettsSpringfield, MA$1,466,000222024
Baystate Medical Center IncSpringfield, MA$1,050,000112023
Springfield Public SchoolsSpringfield, MA$1,050,000222022
Western New England UniversitySpringfield, MA$1,013,380332023
Vibrant Memphis IncMemphis, TN$850,453332023
The Red Sox Foundation IncBoston, MA$794,000222023
Revitalize Community Development CorporationSpringfield, MA$700,000222023
Frayser Community Development CorporationMemphis, TN$690,648332023
Boston Foundation IncBoston, MA$610,000332023
Girls Inc of the ValleyHolyoke, MA$500,000112023
Teach Western Mass IncSpringfield, MA$500,000332023
Union Capital Boston IncRoxbury, MA$440,000332023
Neighborshare IncRedding, CT$375,000112023
Rise Foundation IncMemphis, TN$342,838332023
Junior Achievement of ArizonaTempe, AZ$324,000222022
Healing Racism Institute of the Pioneer Valley IncSpringfield, MA$300,000332023
Springfield Cultural Partnership IncorporatedSpringfield, MA$300,000332023
Women's Fund of Western MassachusettsSpringfield, MA$300,000222023
Team RubiconLos Angeles, CA$275,000332023
Entrepreneurship for All IncLowell, MA$260,000332023
Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center Foundation IncHartford, CT$250,000112024
United Way of North Central Mass IncFitchburg, MA$250,000112023
Roca IncChelsea, MA$225,000332023
YMCA of Greater SpringfieldSpringfield, MA$225,000332023
Friends of Libertas Academy Charter School IncSpringfield, MA$200,000112023
Martin Luther King JR Family Services IncSpringfield, MA$200,000112023
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame IncSpringfield, MA$200,000112021
American National Red CrossWashington, DC$175,000222022
Community United Way of Pioneer Valley IncSpringfield, MA$172,658442024
Breaktime United IncBoston, MA$150,000222023
Initiative for a Competitive Inner City IncRoxbury, MA$150,000222023
Springfield CollegeSpringfield, MA$150,000332023
Teach for America IncNew York, NY$150,000222022
Neighborhood Villages IncJamaica Plain, MA$130,000222023
Social Innovation Forum IncBoston, MA$125,000222023
Tech Foundry IncSpringfield, MA$125,000222023
Wellspring Cooperative CorporationSpringfield, MA$120,000332023
American Red CrossWashington, DC$100,000112023
Urban League of Springfield IncSpringfield, MA$100,000332023
Womens Fund of Western MassachusettsSpringfield, MA$100,000112021
Boys & Girls Club Family Center IncSpringfield, MA$85,000112022
Big Brothers-Big SistersWest Springfield, MA$80,000222022
Circle of Care for Families With CancerWilton, CT$80,000222023
Make-It Springfield IncSpringfield, MA$80,000112021
Genunity IncDorchester, MA$77,500112023
Daily TableDorchester, MA$75,000112023
Feeding AmericaChicago, IL$75,000112023
Prosperity NowWashington, DC$75,000112023
Teach for America IncBoston, MA$75,000112023
Dress for Success of Western Massachusetts IncSpringfield, MA$60,000222023
Pioneer Valley Regional Ventures Center IncSpringfield, MA$51,500222023
Asian Community Development CorpBoston, MA$50,000112023
Baystate Health IncSpringfield, MA$50,000112022
Community Music School of Springfield IncSpringfield, MA$50,000112021
Easter Seals MassachusettsWorcester, MA$50,000112023
Fenway Community Health CenterBoston, MA$50,000112023
Fisher House of Boston IncSouth Walpole, MA$50,000112023
Living Wage for US IncLilburn, NY$50,000112023
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampden CountyWest Springfield, MA$40,000112023
New York CaresNew York, NY$40,000112022
Center for Effective Philanthropy IncCambridge, MA$30,375112021
Corazon IncSanta Ana, CA$25,000112023
Cost of Freedom IncMaineville, OH$25,000112021
Full Frame Initiative IncGreenfield, MA$25,000112022
Gnome IncFall River, MA$25,000112023
Good Neighbor Village IncRichmond, VA$25,000112023
The Baseball IncRoxbury, MA$25,000112022
YMCA of Metropolitan DallasDallas, TX$25,000112022
YMCA of the North Shore IncBeverly, MA$25,000112021
American Heart AssociationDallas, TX$22,000332023
Making Memories That Last Forever IncAmherst, NY$20,000332023
Rise 2 Thrive Family Resource CenterHarrisburg, NC$20,000222022
Solomons Temple Foundation IncAtlanta, GA$20,000222023
Beyond BasicsSouthfield, MI$16,000222023
Fleece & Thank YouFarmington Hills, MI$15,000112022
Grace Foundation of New YorkStaten Island, NY$15,000222023
Martha Obryan Center IncNashville, TN$15,000112022
Rancho Los Amigos Foundation IncDowney, CA$15,000222023
Baystate Financial Charitable Foundation IncBoston, MA$11,000222023
Feeding South Florida IncPembroke Park, FL$11,000222023
Baps Charities IncWindsor, NJ$10,000112023
Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone StarIrving, TX$10,000112023
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Massachusetts IncBoston, MA$10,000112022
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget SoundSeattle, WA$10,000112022
Bikes for Kids FoundationPoway, CA$10,000112023
Borough Park Volunteers of Hatzolah IncBrooklyn, NY$10,000112022
Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeast VirginiaVirginia Beach, VA$10,000112021
Broadway Cares-Equity Fights AIDS IncNew York, NY$10,000112022
Central Arizona Shelter Services IncPhoenix, AZ$10,000112021
Chance 2 Dance IncMaitland, FL$10,000112022
Cheyenne Symphony OrchestraCheyenne, WY$10,000112023
Child Crisis ArizonaMesa, AZ$10,000222023
Chinese American Planning Council IncNew York, NY$10,000112021
Covenant HouseNew York, NY$10,000112023
Du Page Senior Citizens CouncilLombard, IL$10,000112022
Dyslexia Tutoring Program IncBaltimore, MD$10,000112021
Family Promise of Southern Chester CountyKennett Square, PA$10,000112021
Foundation for Inclusive Religious Education IncKansas City, MO$10,000112021
Guild IncorporatedSaint Paul, MN$10,000112021
Hole in the Wall Gang Fund IncNew Haven, CT$10,000112022
Horsham HoopsHorsham, PA$10,000112023
InspireincFairfield, CT$10,000112023
Jewish Family Home Care IncDavie, FL$10,000112023
Logan James Herr Foundation IncMadison, WI$10,000112023
Make-a-Wish Foundation of MichiganBrighton, MI$10,000112021
National Pediatric Cancer Foundation IncTampa, FL$10,000112023
PhilabundancePhiladelphia, PA$10,000112022
Racing for Orphans With Down Syndrome IncLehi Ut, UT$10,000112021
Sean Locke 24 FoundationNewark, DE$10,000112022
South Florida Council Boy Scouts of AmericaMiami Lakes, FL$10,000112022
South Huntington Educational FoundationHuntingtn Sta, NY$10,000112021
Special Olympics Massachusetts IncMarlborough, MA$10,000112023
Special Olympics New HampshireConcord, NH$10,000112021
Special Olympics Texas IncSan Antonio, TX$10,000112022
Star Track Cycling IncNew York, NY$10,000112022
StolenyouthSeattle, WA$10,000112021
The Union League Legacy FoundationPhiladelphia, PA$10,000112022
Unicorn Village Academy IncBoca Raton, FL$10,000112022
United Way of Central MassachusettsWorcester, MA$10,000112021
Urban Impact of Black Rock IncorporatedBridgeport, CT$10,000112023
Wildflower IncLexington, MA$10,000112022
Young Mens Christian Association of FlintFlint, MI$10,000112021
Skylight FoundationCleveland, OH$6,000222022
100 Club of ArizonaPhoenix, AZ$5,000112022
Abington Memorial Hospital FoundationAbington, PA$5,000112021
American Cancer Society IncKennesaw, GA$5,000112021
Barnum Foundation for Life IncShelton, CT$5,000112021
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central ArizonaPhoenix, AZ$5,000112022
Birthday Giving ProgramPlainfield, IL$5,000112022
Boys and Girls Clubs of BostonBoston, MA$5,000112022
Classroom Central IncCharlotte, NC$5,000112023
Commonwealth Zoological CorporationBoston, MA$5,000112021
Cure Sanfilippo FoundationColumbia, SC$5,000112021
Diversion IncBrownsburg, IN$5,000112023
Evans Scholars FoundationGlenview, IL$5,000112023
Family Promise of Brevard IncRockledge, FL$5,000112023
Fathers Club IncOverland Park, KS$5,000112023
Floc for Love of ChildrenSe Washington, DC$5,000112021
Fotc - Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA$5,000112021
Free Meals on WheelsFresno, CA$5,000112022
Gnome IncLittle Compton, RI$5,000112022
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Foundation IncTampa, FL$5,000112023
Habitat for Humanity of MinnesotaSaint Paul, MN$5,000112021
Hatzolah Emergency Medical Services IncLakewood, NJ$5,000112022
India Association of Central Connecticut IncRocky Hill, CT$5,000112022
Korean American Community Foundation of San FranciscoOakland, CA$5,000112021
Legacy LeadersNaperville, IL$5,000112022
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Utah IncMurray, UT$5,000112021
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterNew York, NY$5,000112023
Mid Valley Youth SoccerOlyphant, PA$5,000112021
New Jersey Symphony OrchestraNewark, NJ$5,000112021
Parkgate Health Services IncRd Tupelo, MS$5,000112023
Pennsylvania State University Philanthropic FundState College, PA$5,000112022
Project ElectTupelo, MS$5,000112022
Rally Foundation IncAtlanta, GA$5,000112023
Sisters of St Francis of PhiladelphiaChester, PA$5,000112021
Sky High for St Judes IncHouston, TX$5,000112021
Tejano Center for Community Concerns IncHouston, TX$5,000112023
Tri-County Scholarship FundParsippany, NJ$5,000112023
Triangle IncMalden, MA$5,000112022
Vbcc Youth Leadership Ambassador Program IncBrooklyn, NY$5,000112023
We Defy FoundationMckinney, TX$5,000112022
We Finish Together IncFt Lauderdale, FL$5,000112021
Westport Library AssocWestport, CT$5,000112023
Why Me IncWorcester, MA$5,000112023
Folds of Honor Foundation - Minnesota IncWayzata, MN$3,000332023
Yellow Tulip ProjectFalmouth, ME$3,000112022
Flavor ContinuesMalden, MA$2,500112023
Midas Collaborative IncBoston, MA$2,500112023
Worcester Community Action Council IncWorcester, MA$2,500112023
Friends of Kids With Cancer IncSaint Louis, MO$2,000222023
Lovelane Special Needs Horseback Riding Program IncLincoln, MA$2,000112022
Northwest Housing Alternatives IncMilwaukie, OR$2,000222023
The Armory FoundationNew York, NY$2,000222022
Willpower Foundation IncNorthampton, MA$2,000112022
Aspiring Youth AcademyScottsdale, AZ$1,000112022
Breakthrough Bike ChallengePhiladelphia, PA$1,000112021
Camp Kudzu IncSmyrna, GA$1,000112021
Charleston Junior Golf FoundationMt Pleasant, SC$1,000112023
Circle of Friends for Hydas IncBelmar, NJ$1,000112023
Current InitiativesTampa, FL$1,000112021
Freedom Jam USA IncCape Girardeau, MO$1,000112022
Junior Achievement of New JerseyEdison, NJ$1,000112021
Placer Food BankRoseville, CA$1,000112023
Special Olympics VermontS Burlington, VT$1,000112021
St Marys Food Bank AlliancePhoenix, AZ$1,000112023
Technology for Families in NeedBrooklyn, NY$1,000112023
Therayouth FoundationElizabeth, NJ$1,000112023
Tomche Shabbos of Boro Park and Flatbush IncBrooklyn, NY$1,000112022
Volunteers of America IncCamden, NJ$1,000112023
Yellow Ribbon FundBethesda, MD$1,000112022
Young Womens Breast Cancer Awareness FoundationVenetia, PA$1,000112023

55 of 198 (28%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 41%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 227 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Human Services
47 grants
Education
34 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
22 grants
Health Care
17 grants
Housing & Shelter
16 grants
Community Improvement
16 grants
Youth Development
13 grants
Diseases & Disorders
10 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202181$9,606,484$10,000
202290$9,640,034$10,000
2023104$12.1M$25,000
20245$24.4M$896,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Already committed for future years

Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Massmutual Foundation Inc has 46 of them, worth $57.5M. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.

OrganizationLocationApproved
Opportunity Finance Network (ofn)Philadephia, PA$20.1M
University of MassachusettsAmherst, MA$6,000,000
University of MassachusettsAmherst, MA$4,500,000
Baystate Medical Center IncSpringfield, MA$4,000,000
University of Massachusetts Amherst Foundation IncAmherst, MA$3,000,000
Baystate Medical CenterSpringfield, MA$3,000,000
Boston Medical Center CorporationBoston, MA$2,274,303
University of Massachusetts Amherst Foundation IncMemorial Hall, MA$1,500,000
Boston Medical CenterBoston, MA$1,190,736
Boys & Girls Club Family CenterSpringfield, MA$1,000,000
New North Citizens' CouncilSpringfield, MA$1,000,000
The Food Bank of Western Mass IncHatfield, MA$1,000,000
Boston FoundationBoston, MA$800,000
Union Capital Boston IncRoxbury, MA$600,000
Boston FoundationBoston, MA$600,000

Where its money goes

48% of its giving went to organizations in Massachusetts.

Massachusetts
$26.8M
Delaware
$24.2M
Tennessee
$1.9M
Connecticut
$750K
Arizona
$356K
District of Columbia
$355K
New York
$349K
California
$341K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.

American Online Giving Foundation Inc164 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund125 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc102 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust76 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program73 shared recipientsCharities Aid Foundation America62 shared recipients

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Massmutual Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: 1295 State Street, Springfield, MA, 01111. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.

EIN 47-4967720 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded.

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