Massachusetts · Nonprofit
BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC
BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 135 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,289,967 to it, the largest being Children's Hospital Corporation ($1,540,021). 84 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 135
- Grants received
- $14M
- Net assets
- $15M
What Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center Inc does
Mission
To provide services that help the children, youth and families they serve to attain greater economic stability and social well-being. Bcnc serves the greater boston area at a primary services site in boston's chinatown, and a satellite service site in the neighboring city of quincy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The child care program includes the acorn center for early education and care, the red oak after school program and the family child care program.the acorn center for early education and care provides bilingual cantonese/english full day child care for toddlers and preschoolers. Acorn program hours are year-round, monday through friday from 7:30 a.m. To 5:30 p.m. And the program is accredited by the national association for the education of young children (naeyc) and licensed by the state's department of early education and care (eec). Acorn offers children a safe and nurturing environment and an educational curriculum that is inclusive of the heritage of all children.the red oak after school program, licensed by eec, provides year-round after school care, education and enrichment services for school age children, and expands to full-day programming during school vacations and the summer months, red oak has a multicultural and arts focus and provides homework instruction, recreational and enrichment activities, and acculturation support for children of all backgrounds.family child care recruits, trains, and licenses chinese speaking asian americans interested in opening family…
$3,202,903 spent$514,047 earned by the program40% of program spendingThe family services program helps immigrant families, including families with children with special needs, cope with challenging issues and adjust to their new lives in the united states by providing parent education, case management, counseling and support services, and community engagement. The program works closely with other bcnc programs and external partners to provide comprehensive support for children and families.
$1,513,150 spentof which $4,000 as grants19% of program spendingIn boston and quincy, the adult education and workforce initiatives program offers beginning to advanced english for speakers of other languages ("esol") courses, instruction in digital/technical literacy, academic and career counseling, job search skills, placement and employment retention support, and other related topics to prepare participants to enter the american workforce and post-secondary education.
$1,366,510 spent17% of program spendingThrough arts, culture and education, the pao arts center brings together community members across generations to reclaim a critical piece of chinatown history to create healthy families and a vibrant community. In partnership with bunker hill community college, bcnc opened the pao arts center in 2017 to be chinatown's first community-based arts center and boston's newly dedicated asian american and asian immigrant cultural space.
$1,867,611 spent23% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,950,174.
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 2022 to 2023, from $12M to $14M (+25%).
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 30% · 2018 34% · 2020 49% · 2021 53% · 2022 52% · 2023 49% · 2024 60% · 2025 65%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Board chair
Theresa Mock
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 18 funders to 62 funders, grant income rose $438k → $2.4M.
19 of 135 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 135 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
BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 11% of grant income, and it takes 11 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 11 funders to its left
62% 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 BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 14% · 2018 13% · 2019 18% · 2020 15% · 2021 11% · 2022 14% · 2023 12% — broadly stable.
“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
53% of BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
90% of BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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
BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,396 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,396 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $20.9M on record — $484k federal, $20.4M state.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$425k
- National Endowment for the Arts$59k
- (MM) PURCHASED CLIENT/PROGRAM SVCS$14.9M
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$5.5M
- (EE) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES$600
- (HH) CONSULTANT SVCS (TO DEPTS)$450
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC?
- BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 135 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,289,967 to it, the largest being Children's Hospital Corporation ($1,540,021). 84 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 135 organizations giving $14,289,967 in grants to BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC, 84 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC?
- Children's Hospital Corporation is the largest funder on record, with $1,540,021 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BOSTON CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 135 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing