Massachusetts · Nonprofit
PAL OF MASSACHUSETTS INC
PAL OF MASSACHUSETTS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,236,216 to it, the largest being BOSTON AFTER SCHOOL & BEYOND INC ($413,222). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $470k
- Funders on record
- 37
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $65k
What Pal of Massachusetts Inc does
Mission
Pal of massachusetts seeks to foster a culture of trust and respect between the community and law enforcement through programs that promote character development, improve educational outcomes, and reduce crime.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The police activities league (pal) of massachusetts supports a broad array of programs and activities that create opportunities for positive and constructive interaction between youth and law enforcement officers. These programs are designed to cultivate relationships built on trust, respect, and mutual understanding, with the goal of strengthening communities and creating safe environments where youth can thrive. In 2025, pal supported programming in 53 communities across the commonwealth of massachusetts, engaging more than 4,400 youth and hundreds of law enforcement officers through a variety of sports-based, mentoring, and youth development programs designed to foster positive relationships between young people and law enforcement. Featured programs included the boston strong invitational, shop with a cop/heroes & helpers in four locations, and youth engagement programs delivered in partnership with local police departments in communities including everett, brockton, leominster, and fall river. Pal also supported youth enrichment opportunities through partnerships with community organizations, including programs associated with the corey c. Griffin foundation, which provide…
$226,399 spentof which $155,244 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $226,399.
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 2020 to 2021, from $126k to $247k (+96%).
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: 2022 11% · 2023 9% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
104% of PAL OF MASSACHUSETTS INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (83% 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
Kimberly Gleason
CEO
Board chair
Charles E Batchelder
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 9 funders, grant income fell $524k → $313k.
7 of 37 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 PAL OF MASSACHUSETTS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 37 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
PAL OF MASSACHUSETTS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% 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
84% 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 PAL OF MASSACHUSETTS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 76% · 2018 31% · 2019 41% · 2020 37% · 2021 36% · 2022 42% · 2023 35% — 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
29% of PAL OF MASSACHUSETTS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% 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
89% of PAL OF MASSACHUSETTS 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. $674k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
PAL OF MASSACHUSETTS INC's revenue grew 92% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,734 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like PAL OF MASSACHUSETTS 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
50% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PAL OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PAL OF MASSACHUSETTS INC?
- PAL OF MASSACHUSETTS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,236,216 to it, the largest being BOSTON AFTER SCHOOL & BEYOND INC ($413,222). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PAL OF MASSACHUSETTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 37 organizations giving $2,236,216 in grants to PAL OF MASSACHUSETTS INC, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PAL OF MASSACHUSETTS INC?
- BOSTON AFTER SCHOOL & BEYOND INC is the largest funder on record, with $413,222 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PAL OF MASSACHUSETTS 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.
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 37 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