Massachusetts · Nonprofit
Chestnut Hill Benevolent Association
Chestnut Hill Benevolent Association (Massachusetts) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,676,312 to it, the largest being WRIGHT J ETAL FOR CHESTNUT ASSOC-TR ($5,244,000). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 42
- Grants received
- $13M
- Net assets
- $42M
What Chestnut Hill Benevolent Association does
Mission
Our mission is to maintain a Christian Science refuge for healing, prayer, and spiritual growth; to provide the practical, spiritual ministry of Christian Science nursing, and training in the art of Christian Science nursing.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Christian science nursing care program - our christian science nursing services provide a refuge and tender, skilled care for those relying on christian science for healing. This care includes practical assistance with activity, nourishment, cleanliness, communication, comfort, rest, and one's surroundings. Christian science nursing care is supervised directly by a journal-listed christian science nurse and is available for those receiving treatment from a journal-listed christian science practitioner. Admission coordinators respond 24 hours a day to requests for care through inpatient, outpatient, or visiting christian science nursing services. Over 104 patients were served in 2024.
$3,555,009 spentof which $101,516 as grants$1,981,003 earned by the program45% of program spendingResidential Programs consist of four programs: Rest and Study program is a provision for those seeking a quiet refuge for prayer and spiritual study. It also provides a peaceful haven for friends and family that are supporting individuals receiving Christian Science nursing care on our campus. The Residences at 910 supports an independent living program for senior Christian Scientists. Associates' accommodations are provided for Christian Science staff working at Chestnut Hill Benevolent Association. Temporary Housing is a temporary provision for Christian Scientists working or doing research at the Christian Science Center or other local Christian Science organizations.
$3,126,440 spentof which $189,781 as grants$1,437,104 earned by the program40% of program spendingChristian science nurses training - when mary baker eddy called for the founding of a christian science care institution, she said that it was also to provide training. Since 1921, our school has been training christian science nurses from throughout the world. Today the four-course curriculum addresses christian science nursing arts, ethics, and skills reflective of the church manual by-law "christian science nurse" (art. Viii, sect. 31). The curriculum consists of classroom and on-the-job training that support a spiritually impelled practice of christian science nursing. This program also includes continuing education courses for christian science nurses already listed in the christian science journal and for those actively supporting the practice of christian science nursing. Since 2002, 961 christian science nurses from 30 christian science nursing facilities, visiting christian science nursing services and other christian science organizations have participated in this program.
$997,751 spentof which $3,590 as grants$99,069 earned by the program13% of program spendingVisiting christian science nursing - in 2024, our visiting christian science nursing service made 512 visits to individuals residing in ma, ct, md & ri. This service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
$185,494 spentof which $3,368 as grants$109,453 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,864,694.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $47M to $40M (−15%).
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: 2021 8% · 2022 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
52% of Chestnut Hill Benevolent Association’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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.
Board chair
Greg McLane
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 23 funders, grant income rose $198k → $2.1M.
11 of 42 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 Chestnut Hill Benevolent Association’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 42 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
Chestnut Hill Benevolent Association leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
33% 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 Chestnut Hill Benevolent Association.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 38% · 2018 43% · 2019 43% · 2020 73% · 2021 50% · 2022 50% · 2023 41% — 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
63% of Chestnut Hill Benevolent Association's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
Chestnut Hill Benevolent Association draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 19 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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.
Against its field
Chestnut Hill Benevolent Association holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,289 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,289 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like Chestnut Hill Benevolent Association
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
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
66%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 23 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Chestnut Hill Benevolent Association: 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 Chestnut Hill Benevolent Association?
- Chestnut Hill Benevolent Association (Massachusetts) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,676,312 to it, the largest being WRIGHT J ETAL FOR CHESTNUT ASSOC-TR ($5,244,000). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Chestnut Hill Benevolent Association have?
- IRS filings report 42 organizations giving $12,676,312 in grants to Chestnut Hill Benevolent Association, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Chestnut Hill Benevolent Association?
- WRIGHT J ETAL FOR CHESTNUT ASSOC-TR is the largest funder on record, with $5,244,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Chestnut Hill Benevolent Association 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 42 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing