Massachusetts · Nonprofit
CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CITIZENS INC
CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CITIZENS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $668,951 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($138,950). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $46M
- Funders on record
- 38
- Grants received
- $669k
- Net assets
- $49M
What Charles River Association for Retarded Citizens Inc does
Mission
To enhance the lives of children and adults with developmental disabilities and their families. Our programs aim to help individuals reach their highest possible level of independence, enabling them to lead fulfilling and productive lives and participate more fully in their communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Day services - the day services consist of employment services and therapeutic day services. Our employment services encourage individuals to explore career interests and develop job skills. Assisted by job coaches, many participants are placed individually or as a member of a crew in jobs within a variety of community businesses. Job training and employment are at the forefront but individuals also volunteer in the community, exercise at the ymca, participate in our horticultural program,take computer and cooking classes and take part in other meaningful activities. Our therapeutic day services are available to adults with complex needs; these programs offer physical, occupational, speech and music therapies, with full-time nursing supervision. Participants focus on maximizing daily living skills, volunteerism and engaging activities such as cooking, computer use, music, arts and crafts and fitness.
$6,815,747 spent$4,221,236 earned by the program18% of program spendingResidential services - the charles river center provides housing to adults with developmental disabilities. We have 22 residences in 8 different communities. Assistance varies from intensive staffing for some residences to intermittent assistance for individuals living in their own apartments. Individuals are assisted with meal preparation, personal care and hygiene and social skill development. All individuals are encouraged to develop friendships in their neighborhoods and to participate in community events.
$25,858,960 spent$1,623,679 earned by the program70% of program spendingFamily support - this division offers a broad range of recreational programs, advocacy services, seminars and a multitude of resources to participating families. From after school and vacation programs for children to extended day recreational activities for adults to the ellie bloom olympics for all. Family support empowers families with information, helps them network with community resources and provides support and relief from the constant care required by a child or adult with a developmental disability.
$4,213,083 spent$57,304 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $36,887,790.
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 2022 to 2023, from $42M to $51M (+21%).
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 80% · 2018 81% · 2019 80% · 2020 82% · 2021 88% · 2022 85% · 2023 87% · 2024 83% · 2025 84%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Anne-Marie Bajwa
President and CEO
Board chair
Alice Taylor
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $33k → $79k.
6 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% 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 CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CITIZENS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 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
CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CITIZENS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
68% 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 CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CITIZENS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 52% · 2018 44% · 2019 26% · 2020 19% · 2021 21% · 2022 29% · 2023 16% — 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
46% of CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CITIZENS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
82% of CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CITIZENS 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. $285k 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.
Organizations like CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CITIZENS INC
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In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Part of a family of 6 related entities
- Webster Street II Inc · exempt
- California Street Corporation · exempt
- Marked Tree Corporation · exempt
- Crarc Inc · exempt
- West Street Corporation · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CITIZENS INC?
- CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CITIZENS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $668,951 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($138,950). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CITIZENS INC have?
- IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $668,951 in grants to CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CITIZENS INC, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CITIZENS INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $138,950 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CITIZENS 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 38 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