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Massachusetts Service Alliance Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Boston, MA EIN: 04-3088234 Website

Massachusetts Service Alliance (MSA) is a Boston-based public charity that serves as Massachusetts’ official State Service Commission. It supports service and volunteerism through funding, training, and resources for nonprofits, schools, public agencies, and other organizations, with work centered on AmeriCorps, Commonwealth Corps, and volunteerism initiatives.

Key facts about Massachusetts Service Alliance Inc

In short: Massachusetts Service Alliance Inc gave $16.0M across 45 grants in 2025 (avg $356K), mostly in Massachusetts. 20% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

EIN
04-3088234
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025
Annual giving (2025)
$16,008,611
Grants made (2025)
45
Average grant
$355,747
Median grant
$216,629
New grantees (estimate)
20% first-time grantees (9 of 45, 2025)
Total assets
$6,480,886
Primary geography
Massachusetts (91% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing

Total Assets

$6.5M

+5.6% YoY

Annual Giving

$16.0M

+3.5% YoY

Grant Count

45

-2.2% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$356K

+5.8% YoY

Is Massachusetts Service Alliance Inc open to new grantees?

20%

first-time grantees, 2025

In 2025, 9 of 45 grantees (20%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $13K; repeat grants $441K. How we count

Medians: $10K first-time, $315K repeat.

  • 76% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+5%). Method

Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.

Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.

Mission & Focus Areas

MSA’s stated mission is “to catalyze the innovation and growth of service and volunteerism by creating partnerships that maximize resources, expertise, capacity, and impact.”

Its grantmaking includes AmeriCorps awards to organizations that recruit, train, and manage service members, as well as volunteerism funding and capacity-building support. In 2024–25, MSA reported supporting 31 AmeriCorps programs and two planning grants. It also reported 24 Commonwealth Corps members serving at 12 host-site partners that year. Volunteerism support includes training, technical assistance, and grants to help organizations engage volunteers.

Examples of 2024 grantees illustrate the range of organizations supported. Jumpstart for Young Children described its work as providing early language, literacy, and social-emotional programming for preschool children from underserved communities; it received $1,963,072. Franklin County DIAL/SELF said it connects young people with housing, income, education, and civic opportunities; it received $622,992. TerraCorps described its mission as preparing emerging leaders to help communities conserve land; it received $747,702. These are the grantees’ descriptions of their own work.

Grantmaking

MSA’s 2025 filing lists 45 grants totaling **$16,008,611**. Grant amounts ranged from **$5,140 to $2,942,312**, with a median of **$216,629**. The stated purpose for the largest listed awards was sub-grants of Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) federal funding.

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

MSA describes its work as serving Massachusetts. In 2025, 91% of grant dollars went to recipients in Massachusetts, 7% to New Hampshire, 2% to California, and a rounded 0% to the District of Columbia.

Grant Distribution by State

9states

Share of all 45 itemized 2025 grant dollars.

Cities

BostonSpringfieldLowellRoxburyWorcesterGreenfieldLawrenceFall RiverNew BedfordBarnstablePittsfieldWashingtonWoburnCharlestownOaklandFraminghamFitchburgLeominsterPortlandBrockton

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$5M$10M$15M$20M42 grants201933 grants202041 grants202140 grants202241 grants202346 grants202445 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $12.2M (2019) to $16.0M (2025). In 2025 it made 45 grants totaling $16.0M.

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 10 recipients in 2025

City Year Boston: $2.9MCity Year Boston$2.9MJumpstart for Young Children: $1.7MJumpstart for Young Children$1.7MSouth Coastal County Legal Services Inc: $775KSouth Coastal County LegalServices Inc$775KBpe (Boston Plan for Excellence): $762KBpe (Boston Plan forExcellence)$762KBoston University: $760KBoston University$760KFranklin County Dialself Inc: $734KFranklin County Dialself Inc$734KTerracorps Inc: $656KTerracorps Inc$656KFramingham State University: $632KFramingham State University$632KNortheastern University-Masspromise Fell: $578KNortheasternUniversity-Masspromise Fell$578KSocial Capital Inc: $549KSocial Capital Inc$549K

The largest 2025 recipient was City Year Boston ($2.9M). Together the top 10 received $10.1M.

Grant Size Distribution

213 grants across all recorded years

73<$50K11$50–100K32$100–250K55$250–500K32$500K–1M9$1–5M1$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 73 grants of 213 (34%).

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
City Year Boston Boston, MASub-Grant of CNCS Federal Funding Award$2,942,312
Jumpstart for Young Children Boston, MASub-Grant of CNCS Federal Funding Award$1,686,000
South Coastal County Legal Services Inc Fall River, MASub-Grant of CNCS Federal Funding Award$775,482
Bpe (Boston Plan for Excellence) Roxbury, MASub-Grant of CNCS Federal Funding Award$762,157
Boston University Boston, MASub-Grant of CNCS Federal Funding Award$759,910
Franklin County Dialself Inc Greenfield, MASub-Grant of CNCS Federal Funding Award$733,560
Terracorps Inc Windham, NHSub-Grant of CNCS Federal Funding Award$655,781
Framingham State University Framingham, MASub-Grant of CNCS Federal Funding Award$631,666
Northeastern University-Masspromise Fell Boston, MASub-Grant of CNCS Federal Funding Award$577,564
Social Capital Inc Woburn, MASub-Grant of CNCS Federal Funding Award$549,048

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Filing year Assets Revenue Expenses Grants
2025 $6,480,886 $19,317,819 $19,339,272 $16,008,611
2024 $6,138,077 $18,930,876 $18,942,972 $15,473,439
2023 $5,508,110 $17,499,712 $17,478,392 $14,126,500
Revenue
Expenses
Net Investment Income
$0$10M$20M$30M2019202020212022202320242025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$6,480,886$6,138,077$5,508,110
Revenue$19,317,819$18,930,876$17,499,712
Expenses$19,339,272$18,942,972$17,478,392
Net Investment Income$31,942$32,081$74,428

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 8, 2020)
  2. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 5, 2026)
  3. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

Leadership & Key People

Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings

The 2025 filing lists Louise Keogh Weed as chair, Janelle Fouche as vice chair, Jose Oliveira as treasurer, and Charla Hixson as secretary. Directors listed were Lindsay Bennett-Jacobs, Candace Burns, Ayanna Crawford, Susie Flug-Silva, Osin Ghimire, and Ralph Hogan.

Massachusetts Service Alliance Inc is led by Elizabeth McGuinness, CEO since 2024 (on filings since 2021); 3 of 20 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Elizabeth McGuinness

    CEO

    Deputy Director → CEO, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    35 hrs/week

    $101K (2021) → $167K (2025)

  • Louise Keogh Weed

    Chair

    Board Member → Secretary, 2020

    Secretary → Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lindsay Rooney

    Director of Operations & External Affairs

    New on the 2025 filing

    35 hrs/week

    $103K (2025)

  • Kristen McKinnon

    Director

    Vice Chair → Board Member, 2020

    Board Member → Director, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Simone Lawrence

    Director

    Board Member → Director, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Candace Burns

    Director

    Board Member → Director, 2021

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Grace Lichaa

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tyissha Jones-Horner

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ayanna Crawford

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • James Lin

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Midori Morikawa

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Osin Ghimire

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cecilio Orta

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lindsay Bennett-Jacobs

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ralph Hogan

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Susie Flug-Silva

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sarah Louise Adamczyk

    Controller

    On filings since 2024

    35 hrs/week

    $111K (2024) → $118K (2025)

  • Janelle Fouche

    Vice Chair

    Director → Vice Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Charla Hixson

    Secretary

    Director → Secretary, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jose Oliveira

    Treasurer

    Director → Treasurer, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (22)
  • Former: Emily Haber (2019–2024) — CEO
  • Former: Eric Solem (2019–2024) — Treasurer
  • Former: Helene Horan Winn (2019–2024) — Secretary
  • Former: Larry Bailis (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Hallie Zenga-Josephson (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Barbara Moffat (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: David Roach (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Jill Griffin (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Jim Bourdon (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Kimberly Jones (2019–2023) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Bowen Lee (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Daphne Griffin (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Larry Mayes (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Talia Gee (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Louise Keogh Wood (2021–2023) — Chair
  • Former: Emily Shea (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: William Chrysanthos (2019–2021) — Chair
  • Former: Anne Ostberg (2020–2021) — Ex-Officio
  • Former: Alice Jelin Isenberg (2019–2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Sally Fuller (2019–2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Sherry McClintock (2019–2020) — Ex-Officio
  • Former: Will Chrysanthos (2020) — Chair

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Elizabeth McGuinness — CEO: $167KElizabeth McGuinnessCEO$167KSarah Louise Adamczyk — Controller: $118KSarah Louise AdamczykController$118KLindsay Rooney — Dir. of Operations & External Affairs: $103KLindsay RooneyDir. of Operations & External…$103K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $167K, to Elizabeth McGuinness (CEO). 3 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Contact

Mailing address: 98 N Washington St 400, Boston, MA 02114
Phone: (617) 542-2544
Website: https://mass-service.org

Frequently asked questions about Massachusetts Service Alliance Inc

How much does Massachusetts Service Alliance Inc give each year?

Massachusetts Service Alliance Inc gave $16.0M across 45 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $15.5M across 46 grants.

What is Massachusetts Service Alliance Inc's typical grant size?

Massachusetts Service Alliance Inc's median grant in 2025 was $216,629, and its average grant was $355,747, across 45 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from Massachusetts Service Alliance Inc that year got $13K on average.

Where does Massachusetts Service Alliance Inc give grants?

Massachusetts Service Alliance Inc gives mostly in Massachusetts: 91% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The next largest state was New Hampshire (7%). The most frequent recipient cities were Boston, MA (14 grants), Springfield, MA (4 grants), Roxbury, MA (2 grants) and Fall River, MA (2 grants).

Does Massachusetts Service Alliance Inc give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 45 grants with a stated purpose on Massachusetts Service Alliance Inc's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Sub-Grant of CNCS Federal Funding Award" (45 grants).

Who are Massachusetts Service Alliance Inc's largest grantees?

Massachusetts Service Alliance Inc's largest 2025 grantees include City Year Boston ($2,942,312), Jumpstart for Young Children ($1,686,000) and South Coastal County Legal Services Inc ($775,482), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 34% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.

How large is Massachusetts Service Alliance Inc?

Massachusetts Service Alliance Inc reported $6.5M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $19.3M.

What does Massachusetts Service Alliance Inc fund?

MSA’s stated mission is “to catalyze the innovation and growth of service and volunteerism by creating partnerships that maximize resources, expertise, capacity, and impact.” See mission & focus areas ↑

How do I apply for a grant from Massachusetts Service Alliance Inc?

MSA’s 2025 filing lists 45 grants totaling $16,008,611. Grant amounts ranged from $5,140 to $2,942,312, with a median of $216,629. The stated purpose for the largest listed awards was sub-grants of Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) federal funding.

What is Massachusetts Service Alliance Inc's EIN?

Massachusetts Service Alliance Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 04-3088234. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.

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