Top-Rated Nonprofits in Massachusetts 2026
Massachusetts has 69 nonprofits with $76.2B in combined revenue. The top-rated organization is Commonwealth Care Alliance Inc with an Efficiency Score of 93/100.
Massachusetts has 69 nonprofits in the IRS Form 990 dataset ranked here by efficiency score. The NonprofitTruth nonprofit efficiency rubric combines financial health / operating reserves (40%), revenue-growth consistency (35%), and officer compensation relative to revenue (25%) into a 0-100 composite.
Reading the ranking: top of the list typically combines healthy operating reserves (the highest-weighted factor) with stable multi-year revenue and reasonable officer compensation. Large hospital and university systems often appear near the top in any state — their scale gives them deep balance sheets and steady revenue. Each nonprofit links to its full Form 990 profile. For donors trying to choose between organizations, the efficiency grade is a useful triage — but the underlying reserve position, the multi-year revenue trend, and the officer-comp ratio matter more than the composite letter on any individual decision.
Top 20 of 69 Nonprofits in Massachusetts
| # | Organization | Category | Revenue | CEO Pay | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Commonwealth Care Alliance Inc | Health | $2.6B | $6.4M | A (93) |
| 2 | Boston Medical Center Corporation | Health | $2.4B | $4.2M | A (89) |
| 3 | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc | Health | $2.7B | $2.9M | A (88) |
| 4 | Merrimack College | Education | $291.2M | $4.0M | A (88) |
| 5 | Mass General Brigham Incorporated And Affiliates Group Rtn | Health | $22.7B | $105.2M | A (87) |
| 6 | Dana Farber Cancer Institute | Medical Research | $3.4B | $9.8M | A (85) |
| 7 | Umass Memorial Health Care Inc | Health | $3.7B | $21.2M | A (82) |
| 8 | Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation | Arts, Culture & Humanities | $319.0M | $3.6M | B (79) |
| 9 | Hult International Business School Inc | Education | $191.3M | $187K | B (79) |
| 10 | Boston Medical Center Health Plan Inc | Health | $4.1B | $5.4M | B (78) |
| 11 | Northeastern University | Education | $2.6B | $12.3M | B (78) |
| 12 | Wang Theatre Inc | Arts, Culture & Humanities | $33.5M | $534K | B (78) |
| 13 | Massachusetts Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals | Environment & Animals | $120.3M | $2.3M | B (77) |
| 14 | Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc | Health | $2.2B | $97K | B (76) |
| 15 | Berklee College Of Music Inc | Education | $422.1M | $1.9M | B (74) |
| 16 | Western New England University | Education | $169.8M | $1.2M | B (74) |
| 17 | New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission | Environment & Animals | $19.2M | $438K | B (74) |
| 18 | Bentley University | Education | $347.7M | $4.0M | B (71) |
| 19 | Year Up Inc | Education | $186.2M | $4.5M | B (71) |
| 20 | Ceres Inc | Environment & Animals | $43.5M | $2.4M | B (71) |
Nonprofit financial data for Massachusetts is sourced from IRS Form 990 filings, which all tax-exempt organizations must file annually.
Frequently Asked Questions
Commonwealth Care Alliance Inc is the top-rated nonprofit in Massachusetts with an Efficiency Score of 93/100 (Grade A) and $2.6B in annual revenue.
Massachusetts has 69 nonprofits in our database with a combined $76.2B in total revenue.
The Efficiency Score (0-100, A-F) measures a nonprofit's financial structure based on financial health / operating reserves (40%), revenue-growth consistency (35%), and current-officer compensation relative to revenue (25%), all from IRS Form 990 data. Higher scores indicate stronger financial structure. It does not include a program-spending ratio, which our data source does not provide.
Efficiency Score: financial health / operating reserves (40%), revenue-growth consistency (35%), current-officer compensation ratio (25%). No program-spending ratio is included — total program service expenses are not available from the ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer feed.