Massachusetts · Nonprofit
CENTERBOARD INC
CENTERBOARD INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,491,905 to it, the largest being CUMMINGS FOUNDATION GRANTS INC (FKA ONEWORLD BOSTON INC) ($307,500). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $63M
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $29M
What Centerboard Inc does
Mission
(continued from page 1) we work with local residents, businesses, and elected officials to increase economic opportunity in the community. Through these efforts, we serve over 1,500 people each year.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Scattered sites family emergency shelter and stabilization programs ("ssfes") the ssfes program consists of approximately 800 units in various locations throughout the north shore. The units are managed by private property owners, centerboard and hotel franchises. Ssfes case management staff provides comprehensive services to homeless and migrant families. Families referred to the ssfes program by the massachusetts division of housing and community development are screened for eligibility. Expansion efforts have been in place to respond to the increase growth and humanitarian crisis.
$43,211,247 spent$52,179,106 earned by the program82% of program spendingYoung parent living program ("yplp") the yplp is a residential program designed to provide a permanent and stable home environment for approximately 33 pregnant or parenting young mothers and their children. In an emergency situation, the program may temporarily accommodate three additional young mothers and their children until permanent homes are found. Young parents must be referred to centerboard by the massachusetts department of children and families ("dcf"). Every young mother must attend school regularly, and participate in skill development. This structured curriculum is balanced with a nurturing support system designed to foster physical and social development for the residents and their children.
$2,974,975 spent$3,835,064 earned by the program6% of program spendingIntensive treatment residence ("itr") the itr program houses youth (ages 13-18) referred by dcf and provides residents an opportunity to live in a trauma-informed therapeutic, supportive environment while safely accessing the community. Along with clinical support, the program assists youth with meeting their educational and vocational goals, and provides all meals.
$1,152,606 spent$1,220,084 earned by the program2% of program spendingTotal total program name: expenses revenues youth supported living program 1,167,079 1,183,172 community treatment residence 1,067,303 846,571 youth & young adult group residence 975,687 1,008,896 family resource center 593,135 791,486 we rise 557,603 277,597 home works program 72,580 72,580 phoenix rising program 949,098 711,842 mentor program 38,728 - dys skill up 60,516 60,148 diversity, equity & inclusion 50,956 11,500 _________ _________ total 5,532,685 4,963,792
$5,532,685 spent$4,963,792 earned by the program10% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $52,871,513.
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 2023 to 2024, from $29M to $41M (+39%).
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: 2018 0% · 2019 1% · 2020 1% · 2021 2% · 2022 9% · 2023 4%. 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
Mark Dejoie
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $113k → $256k.
5 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 CENTERBOARD INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 26 of 27 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
CENTERBOARD INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% 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
38% 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 CENTERBOARD INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 88% · 2018 46% · 2019 47% · 2020 34% · 2021 37% · 2022 29% · 2023 39% — 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
55% of CENTERBOARD INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
79% of CENTERBOARD 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. $206k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 CENTERBOARD INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $65.2M on record — $722k federal, $64.5M state.
- Department of Justice$722k
- MA$64.5M
- FL$229
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 CENTERBOARD 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
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 CENTERBOARD 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 CENTERBOARD INC?
- CENTERBOARD INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,491,905 to it, the largest being CUMMINGS FOUNDATION GRANTS INC (FKA ONEWORLD BOSTON INC) ($307,500). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CENTERBOARD INC have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $1,491,905 in grants to CENTERBOARD INC, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTERBOARD INC?
- CUMMINGS FOUNDATION GRANTS INC (FKA ONEWORLD BOSTON INC) is the largest funder on record, with $307,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTERBOARD 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 27 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