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CANTON AREA HELPLINE INC co STEVEN V ROTELLA CPA PC

CANTON AREA HELPLINE INC co STEVEN V ROTELLA CPA PC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $269,396 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($174,538). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$227k
Funders on record
10
Grants received
$269k
Net assets
$199k
5/10 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 42%
01What it does

What CANTON AREA HELPLINE INC co STEVEN V ROTELLA CPA PC does

Mission

To provide referral services, food, utilities, travel and housing payment assistance to the needy.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. To provide referral services, food, utilities, transportation and housing assistance to those in need. Not included in this amount is $46,000.00 of estimated food donations received by various sources for the food pantry which where distributed to individuals and families in need, as well. Also not included is an estimated $12,000.00 for rents and utilities paid for and/or donated by the landlord, which were used to operate the facility which houses the Food Pantry which distributes food and household items in stock, as well as referral services.

    $198,186 spentof which $8,200 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $198,186.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($103k) Expenses 100 ($71k) Net assets 100 ($146k)2018 Revenue 70 ($72k) Expenses 136 ($97k) Net assets 82 ($120k)2019 Revenue 111 ($113k) Expenses 150 ($107k) Net assets 87 ($127k)2020 Revenue 178 ($182k) Expenses 177 ($126k) Net assets 125 ($182k)2021 Revenue 107 ($110k) Expenses 148 ($106k) Net assets 128 ($186k)2022 Revenue 136 ($140k) Expenses 179 ($128k) Net assets 136 ($198k)2023 Revenue 147 ($151k) Expenses 300 ($214k) Net assets 92 ($134k)2024 Revenue 184 ($189k) Expenses 284 ($203k) Net assets 82 ($120k)2025 Revenue 222 ($227k) Expenses 208 ($149k) Net assets 136 ($199k)
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Revenue (222)Expenses (208)Net assets (136)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $120k to $199k (+66%).

$146k
$120k
$127k
$182k
$186k
$198k
$134k
$120k
$199k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$31k
’17
−$26k
’18
$6k
’19
$56k
’20
$4k
’21
$12k
’22
−$64k
’23
−$14k
’24
$79k
’25
16
months of
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.

20242025
Listed2114
Joined·+4
No longer listed·11
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $15k → $11k.

4 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 85% 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 CANTON AREA HELPLINE INC co STEVEN V ROTELLA CPA PC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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

CANTON AREA HELPLINE INC co STEVEN V ROTELLA CPA PC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

93% 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 CANTON AREA HELPLINE INC co STEVEN V ROTELLA CPA PC.

65%
largest funder
84%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2018 46% · 2019 94% · 2020 70% · 2021 86% · 2022 53% · 2023 72% — 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

60% of CANTON AREA HELPLINE INC co STEVEN V ROTELLA CPA PC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

85% of CANTON AREA HELPLINE INC co STEVEN V ROTELLA CPA PC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $42k that is directly attributable, 85% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.

MA
NJ
CT

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $228k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Government funding CANTON AREA HELPLINE INC co STEVEN V ROTELLA CPA PC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $30k on record.

State$30k
22
25
Top programs
  • (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$30k

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.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

95% of spending goes to programs.

Program 95%Management 5%Fundraising 0%

Governance

14
board members
0%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds CANTON AREA HELPLINE INC co STEVEN V ROTELLA CPA PC?
CANTON AREA HELPLINE INC co STEVEN V ROTELLA CPA PC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $269,396 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($174,538). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does CANTON AREA HELPLINE INC co STEVEN V ROTELLA CPA PC have?
IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $269,396 in grants to CANTON AREA HELPLINE INC co STEVEN V ROTELLA CPA PC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CANTON AREA HELPLINE INC co STEVEN V ROTELLA CPA PC?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $174,538 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CANTON AREA HELPLINE INC co STEVEN V ROTELLA CPA PC 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 10 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