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CARIBBEAN FOUNDATION OF BOSTON INC

CARIBBEAN FOUNDATION OF BOSTON INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $500 to it, the largest being The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc ($500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$3.5M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$500
Net assets
$3.6M
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Caribbean Foundation of Boston Inc does

Mission

The foundation provides homemaking, home health aide, chore and personal services to the elderly and disabled.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Homemaking and home health aides- provides personal care and housekeeping service to the elderly and disabled. Provided over 90,000 hours of services to eldery clients within the boston area. The agency was able to provide familiar and reliable assistance in a frail population that is constantly dealing with multiple losses of functional ability, independence and friends.

    $2,216,954 spent$2,901,690 earned by the program
    92% of program spending
  2. Friendly visitors- a program created to address the support and social needs of vulnerable, low-income elders and disabled citizens who are not eligible for adequate homecare.

    $186,564 spent
    8% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,403,518.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($2.6M) Expenses 100 ($2.5M) Net assets 100 ($2.1M)2021 Revenue 86 ($2.2M) Expenses 88 ($2.2M) Net assets 103 ($2.2M)2022 Revenue 84 ($2.2M) Expenses 89 ($2.2M) Net assets 100 ($2.1M)2023 Revenue 94 ($2.4M) Expenses 93 ($2.3M) Net assets 106 ($2.2M)2024 Revenue 103 ($2.7M) Expenses 106 ($2.7M) Net assets 126 ($2.6M)2025 Revenue 133 ($3.5M) Expenses 122 ($3.1M) Net assets 171 ($3.6M)
201720212022202320242025
Revenue (133)Expenses (122)Net assets (171)Peer revenue range

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 $3.1M to $3.7M (+18%).

$2.2M
$3.0M
$3.0M
$3.1M
$3.1M
$3.7M
201720212022202320242025
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
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2023 10% · 2024 9% · 2025 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

14% of CARIBBEAN FOUNDATION OF BOSTON INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 11,793 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$91k
’17
$17k
’21
−$57k
’22
$117k
’23
$14k
’24
$400k
’25
4.2
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.

201720212022202320242025
Listed1089778
Joined··+4+0+3+1
No longer listed··3230
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

From the IRS filings of CARIBBEAN FOUNDATION OF BOSTON INC’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.

Where its funders are

CARIBBEAN FOUNDATION OF BOSTON INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 1 state in all.

NC

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

Against its field

CARIBBEAN FOUNDATION OF BOSTON INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin12% · above the median
Months of reserve4.2mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)4% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like CARIBBEAN FOUNDATION OF BOSTON INC

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

78% of spending goes to programs.

Program 78%Management 20%Fundraising 1%

Governance

8
board members
88%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

98%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

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Questions and answers

Who funds CARIBBEAN FOUNDATION OF BOSTON INC?
CARIBBEAN FOUNDATION OF BOSTON INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $500 to it, the largest being The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc ($500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CARIBBEAN FOUNDATION OF BOSTON INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $500 in grants to CARIBBEAN FOUNDATION OF BOSTON INC.
Who is the largest funder of CARIBBEAN FOUNDATION OF BOSTON INC?
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CARIBBEAN FOUNDATION OF BOSTON INC find more funders?
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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 1 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