Massachusetts · Nonprofit
ALLSTON BRIGHTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
ALLSTON BRIGHTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (Massachusetts) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,582,033 to it, the largest being President and Fellows of Harvard College ($960,220). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $6.9M
- Funders on record
- 41
- Grants received
- $4.6M
- Net assets
- $-1132772
What Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation does
Mission
The Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation (the cdc) builds a stronger and more stable community by representing and supporting the expressed interests, positive engagement and leadership of allston brighton's diverse local communities, institutions, individuals and families of all incomes.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Community engagement. Encouraged a healthy, affordable, equitable and engaged allston brighton by strengthening our work with low- and moderate-income residents so that they can continue to have the opportunity to reside in and become leaders in the allston brighton community. Coordinated outreach efforts of community ambassadors and staff to inform residents about and involve them in the multi-month allston brighton needs assessment funded by the boston planning and development authority (bpda). The ambassadors and staff attended 53 events throughout the neighborhood where they engaged with residents, encouraging them to express their diverse perspectives. We worked closely with residents of faneuil gardens and commonwealth housing, the two boston housing authority (bha) developments in brighton, to ensure they were able to engage in the needs assessment process. Provided a workshop for residents of faneuil gardens regarding the article 80 development review process to prepare them to participate in the impact advisory group (iag) being set up for the redesign of their development. Developed and facilitated an after-school and summer program for youth at commonwealth apartments…
$1,197,287 spent$68,918 earned by the program33% of program spendingHousing development and management and resident services.began construction in august on the deep energy retrofit of a 33-unit property, switching to all electric heating, cooling and domestic hot water. This project is funded by 4% low income housing tax credits (lihtc), $4 million in state and city funds, and the preliminary approval in 2023 of $529,550 in utility incentives from the low-income energy assistance network (lean). A 2023 grant of $110,000 from the department of environmental protection will support on-site renewable energy in the form of rooftop solar panels. This rehab is projected to reduce energy usage by 54%. Rehabilitated a 15-unit licensed lodging house to serve individuals in the advanced stages of addiction recovery. This rehab was funded by $4.6 million in public funds, plus additional grants of $175,000 awarded in 2023.secured $5 million through 2023 to conduct a deep energy retrofit at a 20-unit property. The retrofit is projected to reduce energy usage by 69% through energy efficiency and electrification, completely eliminating fossil fuels. Installed photovoltaic rooftop solar panels at a property on commonwealth avenue that is projected to save…
$1,110,374 spent$622,542 earned by the program31% of program spendingHomebuying education and counseling.prepared first-time homebuyers for affordable and sustainable homeownership: taught sixteen 9-hour homebuying 101 classes, four of them in spanish, graduating 945 households; provided one-on-one pre-purchase counseling to 115 graduates of the homebuying 101 classes; and graduated 87 individuals from framework, an online homebuyer education course. Homebuying 101 classes and pre-purchase counseling were provided online.educated 243 prospective first-time homebuyers through one of our three educational workshops: homebuying 100: introduction to homebuying; homebuying 102: homebuying assistance; and homebuying 202: condo purchase and ownership. These workshops were offered a combined 21 times throughout 2023. One of the team's two hud-certified housing counselors is fluent in both spanish and english and provides education and guidance to spanish-speaking prospective homebuyers.
$298,644 spent$77,400 earned by the program8% of program spendingCarol avenue property - 33 affordable housing units
$431,374 spent$515,681 earned by the program12% of program spending6 quint avenue property - 15 affordable housing units
$98,262 spent$35,190 earned by the program3% of program spendingHano homes limited partnership - 20 affordable housing units
$490,226 spent$497,702 earned by the program14% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,626,167.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $21M to $52M (+151%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 3% · 2018 0% · 2019 3% · 2020 3% · 2021 40% · 2022 10% · 2023 71% · 2024 25%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
52% of ALLSTON BRIGHTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
John Woods
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 19 funders, grant income rose $166k → $581k.
6 of 41 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ALLSTON BRIGHTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 41 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ALLSTON BRIGHTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
79% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ALLSTON BRIGHTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 92% · 2018 84% · 2019 49% · 2020 41% · 2021 38% · 2022 33% · 2023 18% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
62% of ALLSTON BRIGHTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
94% of ALLSTON BRIGHTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ALLSTON BRIGHTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,203 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like ALLSTON BRIGHTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
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In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 28 related entities
- Everett Street Crossing LLC · disregarded
- Allston Esplanade LLC · disregarded
- Carol Ave Apartments LLC · disregarded
- Hano Homes III LLC · disregarded
- 6 Quint Ave LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ALLSTON BRIGHTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION?
- ALLSTON BRIGHTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (Massachusetts) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,582,033 to it, the largest being President and Fellows of Harvard College ($960,220). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ALLSTON BRIGHTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 41 organizations giving $4,582,033 in grants to ALLSTON BRIGHTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ALLSTON BRIGHTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION?
- President and Fellows of Harvard College is the largest funder on record, with $960,220 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ALLSTON BRIGHTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 41 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing