GrantmakersMassachusetts

Fallon Community Health Plan Inc

Worcester, MA · EIN 23-7442369. Reported 154 grants totalling $3,148,477 to 95 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.

95organizations funded
$11,000median reported grant
$3,148,477granted, 2021-2024
52%of grantees funded again the next year
9%of dollars to its largest recipient

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:

  1. What kind of organization it is. For Fallon Community Health Plan Inc, the IRS classifies it under health care rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE E800) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
  2. How spread out its giving is. 95 distinct organizations, with 9% 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.
  3. How much its list changes. 52% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.

How big are its grants?

The median reported grant is $11,000. Half of what it reported fell between $9,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $5,170 and the largest $200,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.

Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.
$5,000 - $10,000
43 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
78 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
23 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
5 grants
$100,000 - $250,000
5 grants

8 of those grants were non-cash -- goods, property or services worth $100,931 in total. In-kind giving is real support but it is not a cheque.

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Worcester Railers Hc Charitable Foundation IncBeverly, MA$275,000332024
City of WorcesterWorcester, MA$243,333332024
Worcester County Food Bank IncShrewsbury, MA$224,500442024
Pawtucket Red Sox James J Skeffington Charitable FoundationWorcester, MA$165,000112024
Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce IncWorcester, MA$152,955442024
Greater Worcester Community Foundation IncWorcester, MA$150,000112023
Ron Burton Training Village IncHubbardston, MA$101,600442024
Open Sky Community Services IncWorcester, MA$95,500112022
Boys and Girls Club of WorcesterWorcester, MA$88,619332024
Worcester Regional Tourism and Visitors CorporationWorcester, MA$85,000332024
United Way of Central Massachusetts IncWorcester, MA$73,331332023
Henry Heywood Memorial HospitalGardner, MA$55,000222022
Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts IncWorcester, MA$50,000222022
Southeast Asian Coalition of Central Mass IncWorcester, MA$47,293222023
Veterans IncWorcester, MA$47,283442024
Merrimack Valley Food Bank IncLowell, MA$47,000442024
Umass Memorial Health Care IncWorcester, MA$46,000332024
Community Harvest Project IncNorth Grafton, MA$44,500332023
Worcester Area Business Education Foundation IncWorcester, MA$40,000222024
Saint Paul's Elder OutreachWorcester, MA$39,249332024
Boston Area Gleaners IncActon, MA$35,000332024
New England Council IncBoston, MA$35,000332024
El Buen Samaritano Food Program IncWorcester, MA$33,000222024
Catholic Charities Diocese of Worcester IncWest Boylston, MA$31,547112022
Worcester Center for Performing Arts IncWorcester, MA$30,925432024
Worcester Regional Research Bureau IncWorcester, MA$29,500442024
Food Link IncArlington, MA$27,500332024
United Way of Central MassWorcester, MA$27,500112024
Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance IncWorcester, MA$27,000222022
Berkshires Bounty IncGt Barrington, MA$26,000222024
Spoonfuls IncNewton, MA$25,000222023
University of Massachusetts Amherst Foundation IncAmherst, MA$25,000112024
Worcester Hibernian Cultural Foundation IncWorcester, MA$24,000222022
Growing Places Garden Project IncLeominster, MA$22,500222024
Mill City Grows IncLowell, MA$22,500222023
Pernet Family Health Service IncWorcester, MA$21,500222022
Rachels Table of Western Massachusetts IncSpringfield, MA$21,500112024
Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation IncBoston, MA$21,000332024
Community Access to the Arts IncGt Barrington, MA$20,000222024
Elder Services of Berkshire County IncPittsfield, MA$20,000222022
United Way of Tri County IncFramingham, MA$20,000112022
Nativity School of Worcester IncWorcester, MA$19,902112022
Worcester Rise for HealthWorcester, MA$19,165112024
Making Opportunity Count IncFitchburg, MA$17,611112023
Edward M Kennedy Community Health Center IncWorcester, MA$16,450112022
Digger Foods IncSharon, MA$15,000112023
Neighbors in Need IncLawrence, MA$15,000112023
YWCA Central Massachusetts IncWorcester, MA$15,000112021
Why Me IncWorcester, MA$14,416112022
Coastline Elderly Services IncNew Bedford, MA$12,760112022
Doc Wayne Youth Services IncBoston, MA$12,500112024
The Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell IncLowell, MA$11,000112023
Family Health Center of Worcester IncWorcester, MA$10,500112022
FoundantBozeman, MT$10,500112023
Adolescent Consultation Services IncCambridge, MA$10,000112024
American Heart Association IncDallas, TX$10,000112021
Berkshire Medical Center IncPittsfield, MA$10,000112021
Brockton Area Multi-Services IncBrockton, MA$10,000112024
CASA Project IncWorcester, MA$10,000112024
Central Ma Housing AllianceWorcester, MA$10,000112023
Community Servings IncJamaica Plain, MA$10,000112024
Elder Services of Worcester Area IncWorcester, MA$10,000112023
Friendly House IncWorcester, MA$10,000112022
La Alianza Hispana IncBoston, MA$10,000112024
Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers IncBoston, MA$10,000112023
Old Sturbridge IncSturbridge, MA$10,000112024
Rise Above FoundationNorthbridge, MA$10,000112021
The Salvation ArmyWest Nyack, NY$10,000112023
The United Church of ChristCleveland, OH$10,000112021
The Urban Farming Institute of Boston IncMattapan, MA$10,000112024
Yes We CareWorcester, MA$10,000112022
Worcester Community Action Council IncWorcester, MA$9,748112022
Nutrition Center IncGt Barrington, MA$9,500112022
Journey Community ChurchWorcester, MA$9,000112022
Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro South IncTaunton, MA$8,500112024
Merrimack Valley Young Mens Christian Association of Nh IncLawrence, MA$8,500112024
Open Pantry of Greater Lowell IncLowell, MA$8,500112022
Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester IncDorchester, MA$7,500112024
Genesis Club House IncWorcester, MA$7,500112024
Lorraines Soup Kitchen & Pantry IncChicopee, MA$7,500112022
Regional Environmental Council IncWorcester, MA$7,500112021
Senior Connection IncWorcester, MA$7,500112021
The Greater Boston Food Bank IncBoston, MA$7,500112024
Cheshire PantryCheshire, MA$7,000112022
Latin American Business Organization IncWorcester, MA$7,000112022
Mustard Seed Catholic Worker Community IncWorcester, MA$7,000112022
Woosox FoundationWorcester, MA$7,000112022
Be Like Brit Foundation IncWorcester, MA$6,000112022
Town of ClintonClinton, MA$6,000112021
Pakachoag Music School of Greater WorcesterWorcester, MA$5,850112022
Boy Scouts of AmericaRutland, MA$5,520112024
Restorer of Broken Bridges ChurchMillbury, MA$5,500112022
Worcester County Senior Athletic AssociationOakham, MA$5,500112022
Dyouville Senior Care Foundation IncLowell, MA$5,250112022
Massachusetts Association of Health Plans IncBoston, MA$5,170112023

33 of 95 (35%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 68 of 95 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.

Human Services
18 orgs
Food & Nutrition
13 orgs
Health Care
7 orgs
Arts & Culture
5 orgs
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
4 orgs
Community Improvement
4 orgs
Youth Development
4 orgs
Public & Societal Benefit
2 orgs

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants reportedTotalMedian grant
202128$621,500$10,000
202251$869,593$10,000
202334$760,786$15,000
202441$896,598$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.

Massachusetts
$3.1M
Montana
$10K
Texas
$10K
New York
$10K
Ohio
$10K

Down to the city

Worcester, MA
$1.7M
Beverly, MA
$275K
Shrewsbury, MA
$224K
Hubbardston, MA
$102K
Boston, MA
$101K
Lowell, MA
$94K

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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 the strongest signal available 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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund51 shared recipientsGreater Worcester Community Foundation38 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc37 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc32 shared recipientsUnited Way of Central Massachusetts Inc28 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program25 shared recipients

How to approach this grantmaker

  1. 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.
  2. Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $11,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
  3. Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Massachusetts.
  4. 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 Fallon Community Health Plan Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.

On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 39 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 2 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: One Mercantile Street, Worcester, MA, 01608.

EIN 23-7442369 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Form 990 is published about a year after the tax year it covers. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this organization has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next.

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