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CHRISTMAS IN THE CITY INC

CHRISTMAS IN THE CITY INC (New Hampshire) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $651,283 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($333,244). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$367k
Funders on record
35
Grants received
$651k
Net assets
$319k
15/35 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 12%
01What it does

What Christmas in the City Inc does

Mission

To provide holiday gifts, dreams, and memories for homeless children. To assist families successfully transition from homelessness to independent living.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Christmas in the city event - our signature program event, an all- out extravaganza for families currently in shelters. We provide transportation, food, entertainment and services that include dental cleanings and haircuts. This event is run by volunteers, and we rely on volunteers that return year after year to help.

    $128,786 spentof which $500 as grants
    64% of program spending
  2. Jake's toy mania - toy distribution event for families in need held in downtown boston. Families must register in advance to receive gifts for children 16 and under. Thanksgiving in the city - food giveaway during thanksgiving. Sponsor a family - this program helps individuals and families transitioning out of homeless shelters by furnishing apartments, providing groceries, providing rides to the supermarket, and providing general assistance.

    $73,756 spentof which $22,097 as grants
    36% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $202,542.

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 ($611k) Expenses 100 ($592k) Net assets 100 ($138k)2024 Revenue 60 ($367k) Expenses 41 ($241k) Net assets 232 ($319k)
20172024
Revenue (60)Expenses (41)Net assets (232)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars.

$240k
$319k
20172024
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
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

97% of CHRISTMAS IN THE CITY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,439 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.

$19k
’17
$126k
’24
15
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.

20172024
Listed46
Joined··
No longer listed··
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 6 funders to 5 funders, grant income fell $76k → $14k.

7 of 35 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 67% 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 CHRISTMAS IN THE CITY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 35 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

CHRISTMAS IN THE CITY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

69% 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 CHRISTMAS IN THE CITY INC.

51%
largest funder
67%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 69% · 2018 51% · 2019 61% · 2020 46% · 2021 63% · 2022 65% · 2023 35% — 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

12% of CHRISTMAS IN THE CITY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 43% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

67% of CHRISTMAS IN THE CITY 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 $214k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside New Hampshire, across 8 states.

MI
NY
MA
RI
VA
AZ
NC
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
New Hampshire out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $437k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

CHRISTMAS IN THE CITY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.

Operating margin34% · top quartile
Months of reserve15.4mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−7% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like CHRISTMAS IN THE CITY 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 New Hampshire

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

84% of spending goes to programs.

Program 84%Management 15%Fundraising 1%

Governance

6
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

99%

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

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHRISTMAS IN THE CITY 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 CHRISTMAS IN THE CITY INC?
CHRISTMAS IN THE CITY INC (New Hampshire) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $651,283 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($333,244). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does CHRISTMAS IN THE CITY INC have?
IRS filings report 35 organizations giving $651,283 in grants to CHRISTMAS IN THE CITY INC, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CHRISTMAS IN THE CITY INC?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $333,244 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CHRISTMAS IN THE CITY INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Hampshire. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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 35 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