Efficiency Ranking · Massachusetts

Most Efficient Charities in Massachusetts

50 nonprofits ranked by Efficiency Score. 7 earn an A grade for excellent financial stewardship.

Below: Massachusetts's most efficient nonprofits, ranked by the NonprofitTruth nonprofit efficiency rubric. The rubric combines financial health / operating reserves (40%), revenue-growth consistency (35%), and officer compensation relative to revenue (25%).

Efficiency rankings do not necessarily favor large or small organizations — the rubric rewards organizations that hold healthy reserves, run on stable funding, and pay officers in line with sector norms regardless of scale. Efficiency scores are recomputed each time we ingest new Form 990 filings; small movements year-to-year are normal as filing data updates.

#	Organization	Category	Score	Revenue	Officer Pay	Grade
1	Commonwealth Care Alliance Inc Health	Health	93	$2.6B	$6.4M	A
2	Boston Medical Center Corporation Health	Health	89	$2.4B	$4.2M	A
3	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc Health	Health	88	$2.7B	$2.9M	A
4	Merrimack College Education	Education	88	$291.2M	$4.0M	A
5	Mass General Brigham Incorporated And Affiliates Group Rtn Health	Health	87	$22.7B	$105.2M	A
6	Dana Farber Cancer Institute Medical Research	Medical Research	85	$3.4B	$9.8M	A
7	Umass Memorial Health Care Inc Health	Health	82	$3.7B	$21.2M	A
8	Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation Arts, Culture & Humanities	Arts, Culture & Humanities	79	$319.0M	$3.6M	B
9	Hult International Business School Inc Education	Education	79	$191.3M	$187K	B
10	Boston Medical Center Health Plan Inc Health	Health	78	$4.1B	$5.4M	B
11	Northeastern University Education	Education	78	$2.6B	$12.3M	B
12	Wang Theatre Inc Arts, Culture & Humanities	Arts, Culture & Humanities	78	$33.5M	$534K	B
13	Massachusetts Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals Environment & Animals	Environment & Animals	77	$120.3M	$2.3M	B
14	Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc Health	Health	76	$2.2B	$97K	B
15	Berklee College Of Music Inc Education	Education	74	$422.1M	$1.9M	B
16	Western New England University Education	Education	74	$169.8M	$1.2M	B
17	New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission Environment & Animals	Environment & Animals	74	$19.2M	$438K	B
18	Bentley University Education	Education	71	$347.7M	$4.0M	B
19	Year Up Inc Education	Education	71	$186.2M	$4.5M	B
20	Ceres Inc Environment & Animals	Environment & Animals	71	$43.5M	$2.4M	B
21	Commonwealth Zoological Corporation Environment & Animals	Environment & Animals	70	$31.5M	$1.1M	B
22	Childrens Hospital Corporation Health	Health	68	$2.7B	$19.4M	B
23	Boston Ballet Inc Arts, Culture & Humanities	Arts, Culture & Humanities	68	$43.1M	$1.4M	B
24	New England Aquarium Corporation Environment & Animals	Environment & Animals	67	$65.4M	$3.6M	B
25	Suffolk University Education	Education	66	$339.0M	$4.7M	B
26	Iso New England Inc Environment & Animals	Environment & Animals	66	$235.6M	$16.9M	B
27	Wentworth Institute Of Technology Education	Education	66	$193.5M	$3.6M	B
28	Stonehill College Inc Education	Education	66	$180.1M	$1.6M	B
29	Springfield College Education	Education	65	$154.9M	$2.8M	B
30	Wheaton College Education	Education	65	$154.3M	$2.3M	B
31	Endicott College Education	Education	64	$195.9M	$1.9M	C
32	Simmons University Education	Education	63	$225.0M	$1.4M	C
33	International Fund For Animal Welfare Inc Environment & Animals	Environment & Animals	63	$35.2M	$611K	C
34	Conservation Law Foundation Inc Environment & Animals	Environment & Animals	62	$16.5M	$568K	C
35	Prx Incorporated Arts, Culture & Humanities	Arts, Culture & Humanities	60	$30.6M	$1.3M	C
36	Holocaust Legacy Foundation Inc Arts, Culture & Humanities	Arts, Culture & Humanities	59	$8.2M	$102K	C
37	Trustees Of Tufts College Education	Education	58	$1.3B	$10.3M	C
38	Trustees Of The Smith College Education	Education	58	$587.5M	$7.3M	C
39	Emerson College Education	Education	58	$331.8M	$1.8M	C
40	Tempus Unlimited Inc Diseases & Disorders	Diseases & Disorders	57	$2.0B	$749K	C
41	Trustees Of Mount Holyoke College Education	Education	57	$283.9M	$3.3M	C
42	Clark University Education	Education	57	$226.9M	$4.2M	C
43	Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc Environment & Animals	Environment & Animals	57	$73.7M	$1.2M	C
44	Wellesley College Education	Education	56	$385.6M	$3.8M	C
45	Babson College Education	Education	56	$344.0M	$2.8M	C
46	Clean Air Task Force Inc Environment & Animals	Environment & Animals	56	$46.3M	$5.2M	C
47	President And Fellows Of Harvard College Education	Education	55	$6.1B	$14.7M	C
48	Boston College Trustees Education	Education	55	$1.3B	$7.5M	C
49	Trustees Of The College Of The Holy Cross Education	Education	55	$308.2M	$3.6M	C
50	Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Education	Education	54	$5.0B	$13.5M	C

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The most efficient charities in Massachusetts are ranked above by our Efficiency Score. The top-ranked organization scores 93/100.

The Efficiency Score weighs three factors from IRS Form 990 data: financial health / operating reserves (40%), revenue-growth consistency (35%), and current-officer compensation relative to revenue (25%). It does not include a program-spending ratio, which our data source does not provide. Scores range from 0 to 100.