United Way of Greater Fall River Inc
Fall River, MA · EIN 04-2104026. Reported 152 grants totalling $4,588,674 to 55 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, 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. 55 distinct organizations, with 12% 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 4 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 56% median for grantmaking charities -- lower than the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $18,514. Half of what it reported fell between $8,500 and $45,150; the smallest was $5,183 and the largest $126,212. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| People Incorporated | Fall River, MA | $555,712 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Southeastern Massachusetts Ser-Jobs for Progress Inc | Fall River, MA | $430,462 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Family Service Association of Greater Fall River Inc | Fall River, MA | $419,117 | 10 | 5 | 2024 |
| Thomas Chew Memorial Boys Club Inc | Fall River, MA | $393,994 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Arc of Bristol County Inc | Attleboro, MA | $296,173 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Diabetes Association Inc | Fall River, MA | $276,147 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Greater Fall River Re-Creation Committee Inc | Fall River, MA | $238,426 | 8 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Samaritans of Fall River New Bedford Incorporated | Fall River, MA | $185,114 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| American National Red Cross | Washington, DC | $156,386 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Teach for America Inc | New York, NY | $145,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Citizens for Citizens Inc | Fall River, MA | $144,203 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Steppingstone Inc | Fall River, MA | $142,301 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Balanced Learning Center Inc | Fall River, MA | $129,467 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Ninth Street Day Nursery Inc | Fall River, MA | $110,409 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Young Mens Christian Association Southcoast Incorporated | New Bedford, MA | $110,278 | 9 | 5 | 2024 |
| Steppingstone Inc | Fall River, MA | $110,262 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Stanley Street Treatment and Resources | Fall River, MA | $105,527 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Coaching for Change Inc | Taunton, MA | $98,315 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Source Hub | Portsmouth, RI | $52,600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Watuppa Rowing Center | Fall River, MA | $43,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Southeast Center for Independent Living Inc | Fall River, MA | $37,350 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Children's Advocacy Center of Bristol County | Fall River, MA | $31,121 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| YWCA of Southeastern Massachuetts | New Bedford, MA | $23,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Veterans Association of Bristol County Inc | Fall River, MA | $22,072 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fall River Deaconess Home | Fall River, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Healthfirst Family Care Center Inc | Fall River, MA | $19,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Medicine Horse | Tiverton, RI | $19,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Uaspire Inc | Boston, MA | $17,600 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Argosy Collegiate Charter School Foundation | Fall River, MA | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Katie Brown Educational Program Inc | Fall River, MA | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sand Lake Baptist Church | Kng of Prussa, PA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Stanislaus School | Fall River, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Greater Fall River Community Food Pantry Inc | Fall River, MA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Gnome Inc | Fall River, MA | $11,385 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fall River Massachusetts Inc | Fall River, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Childrens Museum of Greater Fall River Inc | Fall River, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| My Brothers Keeper Inc | North Easton, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| School on Wheels | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| School on Wheels of Massachusetts Inc | E Bridgewtr, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Mary's Cathedral Food Pantry | Fall River, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| River to Recovery Inc | Fall River, MA | $9,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| First Baptist Church | Fall River, MA | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gnome Surf | Tiverton, RI | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Connections Inc | S Yarmouth, MA | $7,570 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bristol Aging & Wellness Inc | Fall River, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Core Organization | Tiverton, RI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| East Bay Community Action Program | Riverside, RI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Little Compton Assistance Assoc | Little Compton, RI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Marion Institute Inc | Marion, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southeast Family Services | New Bedford, MA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Firefighters Wives Association | Somerset, MA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pope Francis Outreach Center | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Pope Francis Outreach Center | Fall River, MA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Greater New Bedford Inc | New Bedford, MA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Partnership for a Healthier Community Inc | Fall River, MA | $5,183 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
30 of 55 (55%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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.
- Ser-Jobs for Progress
JOB PLACEMENT; CONTINUING EDUCATION; COVID RELIEF - People Inc (community Supports)
PRESCHOOL BEHAVIORAL SUPPORT; COMMUNITY WRAP AROUND SUPPORT; FOOD GRANT - Citizens for Citizens
RENT AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE; CHILDCARE; FOOD AND BASIC NEEDS - People Inc - Community Supports
WRAP AROUND SUPPORT; COVID RELIEF; FOOD GRANT - Thomas Chew Boys & Girls Club
ALLOCATION AND COMMUNITY IMPACT GRANT - Thomas Chew Memorial Boys & Girls Club
PROVIDING A SECURE PLACE FOR CHILDREN; COVID RELIEF
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 30 of 55 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- 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 | 35 | $1,027,646 | $15,000 |
| 2021 | 25 | $801,384 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 30 | $899,376 | $16,250 |
| 2023 | 33 | $958,145 | $16,000 |
| 2024 | 29 | $902,123 | $16,000 |
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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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
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 $18,514 -- 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 Greater Fall River Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 43 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 43 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: 30 Bedford Street Po Box 2550, Fall River, MA, 02722.
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