United Way of the Franklin & Hampshire
Northampton, MA · EIN 04-2104792. Reported 187 grants totalling $3,634,939 to 57 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. 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. 57 distinct organizations, with 7% 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. 82% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and above 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 $16,400. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 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 | $272,174 | 7 | 5 | 2024 |
| Northampton Survival Center Inc | Northampton, MA | $150,529 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Western Massachusetts Training Consortium Inc | Holyoke, MA | $150,285 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Survival Centers Inc | North Amherst, MA | $150,258 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Community Legal Aid Inc | Worcester, MA | $148,641 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Brick House Community Resource Center Inc | Turners Falls, MA | $140,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hilltown Community Development | Chesterfield, MA | $125,370 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Community Health Center of Franklin County Incorporated | Greenfield, MA | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hilltown Village | Huntington, MA | $113,482 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Hilltown Youth Performing Arts Program Inc | Charlemont, MA | $102,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of Children Inc | Northampton, MA | $101,472 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| 18 Degrees Inc | Pittsfield, MA | $98,394 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Craigs Doors Inc | Amherst, MA | $91,241 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Franklin County Community Meals Program Inc | Greenfield, MA | $81,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Childrens Advocacy Center of Hampshire County Inc | Northampton, MA | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Community Young Mens Christian Association of Greenfield Mass | Greenfield, MA | $77,815 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| North Quabbin Citizen Advocacy Inc | Orange, MA | $76,248 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cutchins Programs for Children and Families Inc | Northampton, MA | $73,976 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Resilience Center of Franklin County Inc | Greenfield, MA | $73,852 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Servicenet Inc | Northampton, MA | $73,482 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Behavioral Health Network Inc | Springfield, MA | $73,267 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Center for New Americans | Northampton, MA | $65,641 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Easthampton Community Center Inc | Easthampton, MA | $65,641 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Learning Knoll Inc | Greenfield, MA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Salvation Army Massachusetts Division | Greenfield, MA | $57,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Center for Human Development | Amherst, MA | $56,729 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Treehouse Foundation Inc | Easthampton, MA | $53,976 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| The Literacy Project Inc | Greenfield, MA | $52,900 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Valley Community Development Corporation | Northampton, MA | $47,741 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Hilltown Community Health Centers Inc | Worthington, MA | $47,567 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Heartwing Center Inc | Turners Falls, MA | $46,493 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mary Lyon Foundation Inc | Shelburne Fls, MA | $45,855 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tapestry Health Systems Inc | Springfield, MA | $44,877 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Collaborative for Educational Services Inc | Northampton, MA | $43,414 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Franklin County Dial Self Inc | Greenfield, MA | $37,545 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Center for Human Development Inc | Springfield, MA | $37,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Stone Soup Cafe Inc | Greenfield, MA | $36,426 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Franklin County | Greenfield, MA | $32,734 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Life Path Inc | Greenfield, MA | $29,141 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Just Roots Inc | Greenfield, MA | $28,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Northampton Parents Center Inc | Northampton, MA | $27,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Childrens Advocacy Center of Franklin and North Quabbin Inc | Greenfield, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| United Arc Inc | Turners Falls, MA | $18,642 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Way Finders Inc | Springfield, MA | $18,600 | 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 |
| Pathlight Inc | Springfield, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rachels Table of Western Massachusetts Inc | Springfield, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 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 |
50 of 57 (88%) 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 35 of 57 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 | 31 | $541,170 | $16,988 |
| 2021 | 41 | $915,879 | $20,753 |
| 2022 | 42 | $822,100 | $16,950 |
| 2023 | 39 | $725,112 | $12,900 |
| 2024 | 34 | $630,678 | $10,000 |
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
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.
Down to the city
Foundations that fund only organizations they pick gave to this one
4 private foundations that told the IRS they contribute only to organizations they select themselves reported 11 grants totalling $198,168 to United Way of the Franklin & Hampshire. That is 20% of the 20 funders we can see giving to it. Those 4 foundations do not take unsolicited requests -- their own returns say so. The IRS classifies this organization as a federated giving programme.
3 of them gave in more than one tax year, which is the only durability signal the filings carry.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application here reaches that money. A grant from a closed foundation is often a designated gift or a donor-advised fund earmarked by whoever gave it, and has nothing to do with any open programme this organization runs. Neither tax return says which, so neither do we. The list below is who put money in. It is not a route to it.
| Foundation | State | Reported | Grants | Years | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L3HARRIS Foundation Inc | Florida | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| De La Cour Family Foundation | New York | $95,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Select Equity Group Foundation | New York | $3,150 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Washington | $18 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
A linked name has a page of its own. We publish one for a foundation that takes no unsolicited requests only when a real share of its giving goes to organizations that make grants themselves, and that page opens by saying it does not take requests.
Both the count and the total are floors. A foundation appears here only where its return named this organization clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows. There are more; we cannot name them.
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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 $16,400 -- 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 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.
Address of record on the latest return: 71 King Street Po Box 123, Northampton, MA, 01061.
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