Peoplesbank Charitable Foundation Inc
Holyoke, MA · EIN 82-0954751. Reported 187 grants totalling $1,685,600 to 153 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Peoplesbank Charitable Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $10,000; the smallest was $150 and the largest $100,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food Bank of Western Ma | Hatfield, MA | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Food Bank of Western Mass | Ware, MA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Behavioral Health Network | Springfield, MA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bay Path University | Longmeadow, MA | $51,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Westfield | Westfield, MA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Care Center | Holyoke, MA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Springfield Day Nursery Dba Square One | Springfield, MA | $39,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Spirit of Springfield | Springfield, MA | $38,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Christina's House | Springfield, MA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Friends of South Hadley Senior Center | South Hadley, MA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of the S Hadley Senior Center | South Hadley, MA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Girls Inc | Holyoke, MA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Common Capital | Springfield, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sisters of Providence | Holyoke, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Valley Health Systems | Holyoke, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hands on Hartford | Hartford, CT | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Chicopee Inc | Chicopee, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club Westfield | Westfield, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cooley Dickinson Hospital | Northhampton, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Educare Springfield | Springfield, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hampshire Regional YMCA | Northhampton, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Holyoke Community College | Holyoke, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Junior Achievement of Western Mass | Springfield, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ludlow 250TH Celebration | Ludlow, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ludlow Senior Center | Ludlow, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Springfield Library Foundation | Springfield, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Stcc Foundation | Springfield, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Western New England University | Springfield, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| YMCA Springfield | Springfield, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greater Holyoke | Holyoke, MA | $18,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bleeding Blue for Good | Trumbull, CT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Girls Inc | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Glenmeadow | Waltham, MA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Holyoke Boys & Girls Club | Holyoke, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Out Lady of Fatima Parish | Ludlow, MA | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Northampton Survival Center | Northampton, MA | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Justice Dance Performance Project Inc | Hartford, CT | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Children's Museum at Holyoke | Holyoke, MA | $10,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Berkshire Hills Music Academy | South Hadley, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Care Center of Holyoke | Holyoke, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Ecotechnology | Northampton, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Foundations of Western Ma Hadley Library | Springfield, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Fund Hadley Library | Springfield, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Connecticut Foodshare | Bloomfield, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Eforall Hoyoke | Holyoke, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Exit Seven Players Ltd | Ludlow, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Focus Center for Autism Inc | Canton, CT | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Fine Arts Center Umass | Amherst, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity North Central Connecticut | Hartford, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hadley Elementary School | Hadley, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Happier Valley Comedy | Hadley, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Harold Grinspoon Charitable Foundation | Agawam, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Homework House | Holyoke, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Federation of Hartford | West Hartford, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Libertas Academy Charter School | Springfield, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northampton Education Foundation | Springfield, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Our Lady of Fatima Parish | Ludlow, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Riverfront Recapture Inc | Hartford, CT | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Square One | Springfield, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tech Foundry Inc | Springfield, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Iquilt Partnership | Hartford, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trinity Health of New England | Hartford, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts | Springfield, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hitchcock Center for the Environment | Amherst, MA | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bob Parsons Memorial Outing | Newton Centre, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cisa Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture | South Deerfield, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture | South Deerfield, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity | West Springfield, MA | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Spark Eforall Holyoke | Holyoke, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Literacy Lab | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jimmy Fund Tom Cosenzi Driving for the Cure | Boston, MA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Safe Passage | New Gloucester, ME | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Safe Passage Inc | Rock Hill, SC | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Way of Pioneer Valley Inc | Springfield, MA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Breakthrough T1D | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Roots | Swampscott, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Connecticut Children's Medical Center Foundation Inc | Hartford, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Downtown Amherst Foundation | Amherst, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Families First | Holyoke, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Frank Newhall Look Memorial Park | Florence, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Hadley Council on Aging | Hadley, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hadley Council on Aging | Hadley, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hartford Stage Company | Hartford, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Look Memorial Park | Florence, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ludlow Boys and Girls Club | Ludlow, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Marc Inc of Manchester | Manchester, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Martin Luther King JR Family Services Inc | Springfield, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Midwest Food Bank New England | Manchester, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Music and Poetry Synchronized Inc | Northhampton, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nueva Esperanza of Holyoke | Holyoke, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nueva Esperaza of Holyoke | Holyoke, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Parent Villages Inc | Springfield, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pathlight Inc | Springfield, MA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Reset | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Ct and Western Massachusetts | Springfield, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Special Olympics Massachusetts | Marlborough, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Springfield Partners for Community Action | Springfield, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rotary Club of Suffield | Suffield, CT | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Grit & Gratitude Wrestling Academy | Springfield, MA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Connecticut Golf Foundation Dba First Tee - Connecticut | Cromwell, CT | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gentle Love Diaper Pantry | Manchester, CT | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hartsbrook School | Hadley, MA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame | Springfield, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Westernmass Eldercare | Holyoke, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampshire County | Amherst, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Connecticut Electric Railway Association Dba Connecticut Trolley Museum | East Windsor, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| For All Ages | Simsbury, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gandara Center | Boston, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hartford Public Library | Hartford, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Holyoke Community Media | Holyoke, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Community of Amherst | Amherst, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Junior League of Greater Springfield Ma Inc | Springfield, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kestrel Land Trust | Amherst, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Servicenet Inc | Northhampton, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trinity Academy | Boston, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bradley Regional Chamber of Commerce | East Granby, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cutchins Programs for Children and Families | Northampton, MA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| East Granby Volunteer Fire Department | East Granby, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lutz Children's Museum | Manchester, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Make-a-Wish Massachusetts and Rhode Island | Providence, RI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northampton Center for the Arts | Northhampton, MA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| RD26 Foundation | Newburyport, MA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rowley Spring and Stamping | Bristol, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St John the Baptist School | Peabody, MA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Suffield Elementary Parent Teacher Organization | Suffield, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| East Longmeadow Rotary Club | East Longmeadow, MA | $1,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club Inc of Springfield | Springfield, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Enlace De Familiasholyoke Family Network Inc | Holyoke, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rotary Club of West Springfield | West Springfield, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Horace Smith Fund | Westfield, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys Scouts of America Western Ma Council | Westfield, MA | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Helix Human Services | Springfield, MA | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Amherst Education Foundation Inc | Amherst, MA | $1,100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| All Out Adventures | Northampton, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bike West Hartford Inc | West Hartford, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bikes Fight Cancer | Easthampton, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Human Development | Springfield, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Downtown Northampton Association | Northampton, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friend to Friend | Carthage, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hampshire County Shelter Sunday | Lawrence, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Holyoke Art Inc | Holyoke, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lathrop Home | Northampton, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Latino Scholarship Fund of Western Mass | Holyoke, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity | Florence, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Suffield Cooperative Preschool | Suffield, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The H Clyde Taylor Scholarship | Westfield, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Lucas Rosati Scholarship | Feeding Hills, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Uconn Foundation Inc | Storrs, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Unity Hearts Foundation | Springfield, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Be Like Kat Inc | Springfield, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| YMCA of Western Massachusetts | Newton, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Springfield Ballers | Springfield, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Suffield Players | Suffield, CT | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
32 of 153 (21%) 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 38%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 83 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 12 | $300,000 | $17,500 |
| 2022 | 21 | $300,000 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 52 | $479,800 | $7,500 |
| 2024 | 102 | $605,800 | $3,750 |
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. Peoplesbank Charitable Foundation Inc has 58 of them, worth $1,164,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Bay Path University | Longmeadow, MA | $100,000 |
| Behavioral Health Network | Springfield, MA | $100,000 |
| Food Bank of Western Ma | Hatfield, MA | $100,000 |
| Care Center | Holyoke, MA | $60,000 |
| Food Bank of Western Ma | Hatfield, MA | $50,000 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Chicopee Inc | Chicopee, MA | $40,000 |
| Square One | Springfield, MA | $35,000 |
| Springfield Library Foundation | Springfield, MA | $30,000 |
| Hampshire Regional YMCA | Northhampton, MA | $30,000 |
| Libertas Academy Charter School | Springfield, MA | $30,000 |
| Town of West Springfield | West Springfield, MA | $30,000 |
| Bay Path University | Longmeadow, MA | $25,000 |
| Behavioral Health Network | Springfield, MA | $25,000 |
| Jewish Foundation of Hartford | West Hartford, CT | $25,000 |
| Bay Path University | Longmeadow, MA | $25,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 87% of this one's giving went to organizations in Massachusetts. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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 the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Massachusetts.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Peoplesbank Charitable Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 330 Whitney Avenue 740, Holyoke, MA, 01040. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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