Provision Ministry Inc
Westborough, MA · EIN 81-5481524. Reported 137 grants totalling $115.4M to 63 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, 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 Provision Ministry Inc, the IRS classifies it as a public foundation -- a grantmaker that raises its money from many sources rather than from one donor (NTEE T30).
- How spread out its giving is. 63 distinct organizations, with 22% 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. 70% 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 $198,347. Half of what it reported fell between $62,400 and $653,601; the smallest was $6,170 and the largest $14.4M. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
137 of those grants were non-cash -- goods, property or services worth $115.4M 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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midwest Food Bank Nfp Inc | Normal, IL | $25.2M | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| World Vision | Federal Way, WA | $21.0M | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Liams Foundation International Inc | Bronx, NY | $18.0M | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| True North Community Church | Bohemia, NY | $9,152,269 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Compassion Coalition Inc | Frankfort, NY | $6,682,895 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Project Just Because Inc | Hopkinton, MA | $4,239,647 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Springfield Rescue Mission Inc | Springfield, MA | $3,612,792 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hope for Worcester Inc | Worcester, MA | $3,307,936 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Yes We Care | Worcester, MA | $2,431,589 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Central Food Ministry Inc | Lowell, MA | $1,944,590 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| House of Refuge International | Chicopee, MA | $1,830,115 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greater Lowell Health Alliance of Chna 10 Inc | Lowell, MA | $1,437,224 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| We Heart Lives Inc | Smithfield, RI | $1,251,300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ccf Ministries Inc | Lowell, MA | $1,232,316 | 5 | 2 | 2022 |
| Living Word Church of Worcester | Worcester, MA | $1,095,464 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Restorer of Broken Bridges Church | Millbury, MA | $1,071,106 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Life Connection Center | Lowell, MA | $1,043,537 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Saint Francis House Inc | Boston, MA | $1,034,741 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Dwelling House of Hope Inc | Lowell, MA | $964,958 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Iglesia Pentecostal Guardianes De La Fe Inc | Worcester, MA | $915,086 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Merrimack Valley Food Bank Inc | Lowell, MA | $838,392 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Send Relief Inc | Alpharetta, GA | $689,726 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Saint John Xxiii Parish Corporation | West Haven, CT | $630,501 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| World Royal City Ministries | Newton, MA | $619,662 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Adult & Teen Challenge Northeast Inc | Brockton, MA | $566,007 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Farmlink Project | Los Angeles, CA | $451,892 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pedal Thru Youth Inc | Chicopee, MA | $393,775 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New Life South Coast Inc | New Bedford, MA | $386,831 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts Military Support Foundation Inc | Sandwich, MA | $378,643 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vox Church Inc | Branford, CT | $316,636 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pine Street Inn Inc | Boston, MA | $284,061 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chelsea Public School | Chelsea, MA | $234,380 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Project New Hope Inc | Worcester, MA | $233,563 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Walpole Community Food Pantry Inc | Walpole, MA | $217,215 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pine Street Inn | Boston, MA | $187,023 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Burncoat High School | Worcester, MA | $162,128 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Deals & Steals Giving Back | So Deerfield, MA | $161,751 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Faith Community Church of Hopkinton Ma | Hopkinton, MA | $149,079 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| United States Catholic Conference | Washington, DC | $127,451 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Corporate Inc | Charlotte, NC | $125,996 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bridge of Central Massachusetts Inc | Worcester, MA | $106,605 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Horizon Christian Fellowship Inc | Fitchburg, MA | $106,470 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| His Providence Community Group | Swansea, MA | $89,691 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| United Way | Boston, MA | $86,338 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Springfield School Volunteers Inc | Springfield, MA | $65,781 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Mass Metrowest Inc | Worcester, MA | $50,510 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | Boston, MA | $42,433 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Criminal Justice Organization of the Hampden County Sheriffs Dept | Ludlow, MA | $31,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New England Center for Children Inc | Southborough, MA | $27,979 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chapel of the Cross | Westborough, MA | $26,865 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arlington Eats Inc | Arlington, MA | $20,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lowell House Inc | Lowell, MA | $20,652 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hometown Foundation Inc | Cheshire, CT | $14,625 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Springfield Boys & Girls Club Inc | Springfield, MA | $13,864 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hope and Comfort Inc | Needham, MA | $13,578 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Springfield College | Springfield, MA | $13,359 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Sound Concerts Inc | Merrimac, MA | $12,227 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| For the Girls | Silver Spring, MD | $11,772 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Restoration Recovery Center Inc | Fitchburg, MA | $10,400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Worcester Animal Rescue League | Worcester, MA | $8,052 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Clearway Clinic Inc | Worcester, MA | $7,656 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell | Lowell, MA | $7,313 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boston Chinese Evangelical Church | Boston, MA | $6,240 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
37 of 63 (59%) 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 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.
- Liams Foundation International
EQUIP NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WITH RESOURCES THEY NEED TO MAXIMIZE THEIR IMPACT ON THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 44 of 63 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.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 33 | $11.3M | $145,530 |
| 2022 | 28 | $18.2M | $193,914 |
| 2023 | 37 | $39.4M | $304,998 |
| 2024 | 39 | $46.5M | $237,541 |
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
29% of its giving went to organizations in New York. 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 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.
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 $198,347 -- 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 New York.
- 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 Provision Ministry 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.
Address of record on the latest return: 7 Thomas Newton Drive, Westborough, MA, 01581.
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