Massachusetts · Nonprofit
CARDINAL CUSHING CENTERS INC
CARDINAL CUSHING CENTERS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 71 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,660,798 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,929,453). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $48M
- Funders on record
- 71
- Grants received
- $9.7M
- Net assets
- $44M
What Cardinal Cushing Centers Inc does
Mission
Cardinal cushing centers, a not-for-profit organization founded in 1947, provides individuals with intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum disorders, from school age through adult and elder years, educational, employment and employment training, social relationships, recreation, and enhanced independent living opportunities in caring and engaging settings. Together with typical individuals, all experience better lives together than they would alone. Families, as well as individuals through our communities, share in the journey, gaining strength and insight as a vital part of the mix.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Day and residential schools - cardinal cushing centers provides an individualized life skills program designed to prepare students for living and working in the greater community. Students are offered a continuum of learning experiences including educational, prevocational, vocational, day and residential programs adapted to meet the needs of each student. Cardinal cushing is a day and residential school specializing in helping students with autism and mild, moderate, and severe intellectual disabilities, many of whom have additional secondary disabilities. Both day and residential programs provide a full compliment of supportive services including educational testing, physical, speech and occupational therapies, adaptive physical education, art, music, computer educational and recreation. In addition to off-campus vocational training opportunities in local community, cardinal cushing offers on-site vocational programs including an industrial arts center, greenhouse, culinary arts and several retail sites.
$19,778,509 spent$23,393,494 earned by the program57% of program spendingAdult community residences - provides home supports to individuals with developmental disabilities over the age of twenty-two. Currently, the program has fourteen homes located in the community that were cooperatively chosen with individuals and families we support. The individuals residing in these homes receive twenty-four hour support services by exceptionally qualified and experienced staff. At home, we provide training centered on functional skills such as planning and preparing nutritious meals, assuming responsibilities for daily chores, taking pride in personal appearance, and practicing self-preservation skills.
$9,595,659 spent$12,106,835 earned by the program28% of program spendingAdult family day care - program funded by masshealth that pays family members or non-family members to care for people with disabiltiies in a home setting. The goal of the program is to delay or prevent out of home placements for individuals who cannot live safely on their own.
$1,902,666 spent$2,152,419 earned by the program5% of program spendingDay habilitation services - life opportunities unlimited, an innovative and goal oriented day habilitation program is located in braintree and hanover, massachusetts. There has been careful consideration in building a highly motivated team and developing curriculum that will best meet the needs of individuals referred. We offer a meaningful and productive day for all the individuals that attend. Our dedicated team includes a registered nurse, physical therapist, occupational therapist, speech therapist, and behavioral therapist. An emphasis on a healthy life style, community engagement and choice is what we are about.
$1,730,437 spent$2,378,490 earned by the program5% of program spendingEmployment supports (south shore industries) - offers a wide range of employment opportunities to adults with disabilities over the age of twenty-two. We are committed to the exploration, development and implementation of employment plans that reflect each individual's preferences, skills and needs. Many are successfully employed by local businesses and need varying levels of support from the experienced job coaches provided through south shore industries. For others, south shore industries may be their initial step into a work environment. These individuals are offered opportunities to explore a variety of employment settings, which include volunteer programs, and/or participation as a member of a community-based work crew.
$1,486,249 spent$2,058,383 earned by the program4% of program spendingWaste water treatment plant
$192,760 spent$151,271 earned by the program1% of program spendingValues - promotes franciscan values throughout our programs. It supports both students and staff of all faiths.
$63,380 spent0% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $34,749,660.
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.
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 $46M to $55M (+19%).
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 0% · 2018 0% · 2020 0% · 2021 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 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
Michelle Markowitz
President/CEO
Board chair
Youssef Abdouh
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 23 funders to 30 funders, grant income rose $887k → $2.1M.
13 of 71 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 66% 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 CARDINAL CUSHING CENTERS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 71 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
CARDINAL CUSHING CENTERS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
71% 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 CARDINAL CUSHING CENTERS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 33% · 2018 31% · 2019 47% · 2020 28% · 2021 26% · 2022 24% · 2023 51% — growing more concentrated.
“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
43% of CARDINAL CUSHING CENTERS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
66% of CARDINAL CUSHING CENTERS INC'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 $3.2M that is directly attributable, 72% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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.
Government funding CARDINAL CUSHING CENTERS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $125.1M on record.
- MA$124.5M
- VT$437k
- NJ$193k
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 CARDINAL CUSHING CENTERS 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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CARDINAL CUSHING CENTERS INC?
- CARDINAL CUSHING CENTERS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 71 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,660,798 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,929,453). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CARDINAL CUSHING CENTERS INC have?
- IRS filings report 71 organizations giving $9,660,798 in grants to CARDINAL CUSHING CENTERS INC, 42 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CARDINAL CUSHING CENTERS INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $2,929,453 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CARDINAL CUSHING CENTERS 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 71 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