Skip to content
Salem Community Benefit Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

Salem Community Benefit Inc

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$18k
Granted FY2026still arriving
5
Grants FY2026still arriving
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Food & Nutrition$235kHousing & Shelter$228kHuman Services$148kEducation$58kYouth Development$52kReligion$33kHealth$25kArts & Culture$5kOther$0
02FY2026 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k4 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$2,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$94k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Catholic Charities New Hampshire (dba NH Food Bank)$10,000
The Upper Room$2,500
Bread and Roses$2,500
Neighbors in Need$2,000
Merrimack Valley Dream Center$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–26, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 69% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 6%Merrimack Valley Dream Center: $5k → 10%Salem Family ResourcesSuccess by 6: $5k → 5%Merrimack Valley Dream Center: $1k → 10%Emmaus Inc: $5k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$697k · 14 repeat orgs$121k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2026, 10 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
12

Total granted

$697k
$119k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+18%

Still filing today

86%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionHealthEducationHousing & ShelterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • LAZARUS HOUSE INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $142k · revenue +14%
  • BREAD & ROSES INC
    6× · 2019–2026 · $55k · revenue +324%
  • TU
    THE UPPER ROOM A FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER
    5× · 2017–2026 · $51k · revenue +67%

Funded once

  • DF
    DERRY FRIENDSHIP CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +35%
  • NE
    NORTHERN ESSEX COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +18%
  • LAWRENCE COMMUNITYWORKS INC
    one grant, 2024 · $20k · revenue 0%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
New England Resident Service Coordinators Inc

Resident Service Coordinators are professionals who serve elders, youth and families in their housing communities. NERSC provides training & professional development, including on-line courses for Resident Service Coordinators and housing…

Housing & Shelter
2
Lowell Area Housing Inc Dba Schneider Manor
—
3
Leander House Inc

Assist people with disabilities

Health
4
Merrimack Valley Day Care Service

Daycare services

—
5
Southern New Hampshire Rescue Mission

We exist to share the hope of the Gospel of Jesus Christ as well as provide shelter, food, and clothing to the poor and needy in obedience to Him.

Religion
6
Helping Hands Outreach Ministries Inc

Transitional and permanent supportive housing - provides shelter in the greater Manchester NH area. Services include housing, counseling (including substance abuse counseling), job search assistance, etc.

Housing & Shelter
7
Massachusetts Fair Housing Center Inc

Mfhc is committed to ending systemic housing discrimination and creating inclusive communities through education, outreach, advocacy, housing counseling and enforcement.

Housing & Shelter
8
Merrimack Valley Food Bank Inc

The focus of the merrimack valley food bank is to help meet a person's most profound need - adequate nutrition and freedom from hunger. only through cooperative efforts can society initiate change, develop strategies to alleviate hunger,…

Food & Nutrition
9
Addiction Recovery Coalition of New Hampshire

ARCNH community recovery center is a Peer-to-Peer recovery coaching program that is designed to provide those on the path to recovery with individualized care and support from those with personal experiences with SUDS

Health
10
Merrimack Valley Housing Partnership Inc

To promote responsible and sustainable home ownership opportunities for low and moderate income earners by producing comprehensive training and counseling, as well as promoting the use of special mortgage products and down payment…

Housing & Shelter
11
Melrose Affordable Housing Corporation

Affordable housing rental rates for individuals with low income.

Housing & Shelter
12
Our Place Nh

The mission of our place is to provide residential options, services and support designed to meet the needs of adults with developmental disabilities. we are dedicated to fostering growth and independence through vocational, social, and…

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lazarus House Inc; the most unlike its peers is Salem Historical Society. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

21 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 27 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
13/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Catholic Charities New Hampshire dba NH Food Bank: $190,000 · OtherCatholic Charities New Hampshire dba NH Food BankTHE UPPER ROOM A FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $51,084 · OtherTHE UPPER ROOM A FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERSt Joseph Melkite Catholic Church: $33,000 · OtherSt Joseph Melkite Catholic ChurchBRIGID'S HOUSE OF HOPE: $30,000 · OtherBRIGID'S HOUSE OF HOPENORTHERN ESSEX COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · OtherNORTHERN ESSEX COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCLAWRENCE COMMUNITYWORKS INC: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · Other+5 more: $22,500 · Other+5 moreLAZARUS HOUSE INC: $142,000 · Housing & ShelterLAZARUS HOUSE INCMERRIMACK VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentMERRIMACK VAL…BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER SALEM INC: $43,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS …LAWRENCE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC: $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentLAWRENCE BOYS…BREAD & ROSES INC: $55,000 · Food & NutritionNEIGHBORS IN NEED INC: $2,000 · Food & NutritionMERRIMAC HEIGHTS ACADEMY INC: $30,000 · EducationDERRY FRIENDSHIP CENTER INC: $25,000 · EducationFamily Promise of Southern New Hampshire: $31,000 · Human ServicesMERRIMACK VALLEY DREAM CENTER INC: $6,000 · Human ServicesEMMAUS INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesSALEM FAMILY RESOURCES SUCCESS BY 6: $5,000 · Human ServicesMERRIMACK VALLEY IMMIGRANT & EDUCATION CENTER INC: $22,000 · Public BenefitGERMAN OLD FOLKS HOME INC: $7,500 · HealthFRIENDS OF NH DRUG COURTS: $1,000 · Health
Other$386,584Housing & Shelter$142,000Youth Development$99,000Food & Nutrition$57,000Education$55,000Human Services$47,000Public Benefit$22,000Health$8,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLAZARUS HOUSE INC: $142,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetBREAD & ROSES INC: $55,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetTHE UPPER ROOM A FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $51,084 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetMERRIMACK VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $50,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER SALEM INC: $43,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetFamily Promise of Southern New Hampshire: $31,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetBRIGID'S HOUSE OF HOPE: $30,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetMERRIMAC HEIGHTS ACADEMY INC: $30,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetDERRY FRIENDSHIP CENTER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetNORTHERN ESSEX COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetMERRIMACK VALLEY IMMIGRANT & EDUCATION CENTER INC: $22,000 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetLAWRENCE COMMUNITYWORKS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGERMAN OLD FOLKS HOME INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLAWRENCE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMERRIMACK VALLEY DREAM CENTER INC: $6,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetEMMAUS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSalem Historical Society: $5,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetSALEM FAMILY RESOURCES SUCCESS BY 6: $5,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetSi Se Puede Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF NH DRUG COURTS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Eastern Bank Foundati…Essex County Communit…The Saab Family Found…Agnes M Lindsay TrustCummings Foundation G…Josephine G Russell T…Rogers Family Foundat…Salem Five Charitable…New Hampshire Charita…The Savings Bank Char…Artemas W Stearns Tru…Pentucket Bank Charit…
Eastern Bank FoundationMA26× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eastern Bank Foundation · Essex County Community Foundation Inc · The Saab Family Foundation · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Josephine G Russell Trust · Rogers Family Foundation · Salem Five Charitable Foundation Inc · New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · The Savings Bank Charitable Foundation · Artemas W Stearns Trust · Pentucket Bank Charitable Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Salem Community Benefit Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Salem Community Benefit Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • German Old Folks Home Inc: 47% of income from government
  • Emmaus Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Lawrence Communityworks Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Lazarus House Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Salem Community Benefit Inc?

Find your warmest path to Salem Community Benefit Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 27 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on Salem Community Benefit’s filings →

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home