Massachusetts · Nonprofit
CRITERION CHILD ENRICHMENT INC
CRITERION CHILD ENRICHMENT INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $129 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($129). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $29M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $129
- Net assets
- $17M
What Criterion Child Enrichment Inc does
Mission
To support the early development and education of young children and their families. Criterion believes in the strength of the family and its capacity to promote the health and development of children.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Early intervention program - serves children from birth to age 3 who exhibit developmental delay or are at risk for a developmental delay because of health or environmental conditions. Early intervention specialists include educators, therapists, social workers, mental health clinicians, nurses and other support staff who work with families to develop strategies to incorporate intervention objectives into their daily routines. Services are provided in the family's home, the child's daycare, the early intervention center or other community locations.
$21,831,711 spent$24,745,513 earned by the program91% of program spendingFamily support - healthy families is a program for first time parents under the age of 24. Young parents are provided with support, information on child development and assistance accessing community resources. In addition to home visits, families have the option to participate in group social activities such as holiday celebrations, field trips and dinners. Healthy families staff can also work closely with medical providers, school systems and other community based agencies to coordinate services for program participants. The program is also able to assist families with accessing basic necessities such as food, shelter and medical care. The regional consultation program provides enhanced services to infants and toddlers who demonstrate complex and extensive developmental and medical/health needs. Welcome family is a program that offers a universal, one-time visit to mothers with newborns. The one-time visit is conducted by a maternal child health nurse and lasts approximately 90 minutes. A follow-up phone call is also provided two to three weeks after the visit to document outcomes of referrals made during the home visit. All services are free and mothers will not be charged a…
$1,027,833 spent$1,097,924 earned by the program4% of program spendingChild care - the rise and shine academy early education and care program provides quality child care services to families of children between 1 month and 5 years of age. Each classroom offers developmentally appropriate programs designed to promote skill development and social competency in a safe, nurturing environment. Teachers are certified by the massachusetts department of early education and care and have experience caring for and educating young children. The rsa program is accredited by the national association for the education of young children (naeyc). The childcare program is designed to promote early communication and literacy skills.
$1,236,712 spent$1,112,425 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $24,096,256.
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 2024 to 2025, from $24M to $28M (+18%).
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 20% · 2018 22% · 2019 21% · 2020 25% · 2021 23% · 2022 33% · 2023 33% · 2024 33% · 2025 22%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
22% of CRITERION CHILD ENRICHMENT INC’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. 2 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.
Board chair
Melvin J Thompson
Chair/director/clerk
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $99 → $30.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 CRITERION CHILD ENRICHMENT 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
100% of CRITERION CHILD ENRICHMENT 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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $129 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
CRITERION CHILD ENRICHMENT INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding CRITERION CHILD ENRICHMENT INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $94.1M on record.
- (MM) PURCHASED CLIENT/PROGRAM SVCS$55.4M
- (RR) BENEFIT PROGRAMS$38.7M
- (JJ) OPERATIONAL SERVICES$14k
- (EE) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES$200
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 CRITERION CHILD ENRICHMENT 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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
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 CRITERION CHILD ENRICHMENT 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 CRITERION CHILD ENRICHMENT INC?
- CRITERION CHILD ENRICHMENT INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $129 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($129). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CRITERION CHILD ENRICHMENT INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $129 in grants to CRITERION CHILD ENRICHMENT INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CRITERION CHILD ENRICHMENT INC?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $129 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CRITERION CHILD ENRICHMENT 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 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