Massachusetts · Nonprofit
CULTUREHOUSE INCORPORATED
CULTUREHOUSE INCORPORATED (Massachusetts) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $916,482 to it, the largest being BARR FOUNDATION ($835,225). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $665k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $916k
- Net assets
- $457k
What Culturehouse Incorporated does
Mission
Culturehouse improves livability in local communities by transforming underutilized spaces into vibrant social infrastructure.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
General operations:because we have a small core team that works across programs, wegroup all staff salaries into our "general operations" category,along with general expenses for the organization that are used acrossprograms such as software. With very little overhead, we are able tospend our time working directly on our programs, where we get toengage directly with our community. This past year, our team hasworked on 10 projects across our three program areas and supportedalmost 400 volunteer hours.
$312,656 spent$11,590 earned by the program60% of program spendingSpecial projects:in our special projects program, we leverage our proven placemakingmethodology to support community partners in bringing their projectsto life. We offer a range of services, drawing from our past work andtailored to project needs. In 2025, engaged communities aroundextreme heat and built shaded spaces outside libraries.
$91,885 spent$14,089 earned by the program18% of program spendingCommunity pop-ups:in our community pop-ups program we work alongside communities toactivate vacant properties and transform them into communal livingrooms, third spaces, and hosts for regular programming. They serve ashubs for on-the-ground research to determine long-term placemakingopportunities. In 2025, we opened our first long-term communtiy space in cambridge--which recieved over 20,ooo visitors in the 6 months it was open in 2025. We also launched our first technical assistance cohort, training two community-based nonprofits on how to open their own pop-up civic spaces.
$112,877 spent$1,333 earned by the program22% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $517,418.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2022 to 2023, from $381k to $529k (+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: 2022 17% · 2023 54% · 2024 59% · 2025 54%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of CULTUREHOUSE INCORPORATED’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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
Aaron Greiner
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $6k → $162k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 CULTUREHOUSE INCORPORATED’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.
How concentrated its funding is
CULTUREHOUSE INCORPORATED leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 79% · 2021 96% · 2022 88% · 2023 99% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
95% of CULTUREHOUSE INCORPORATED's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5k 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
CULTUREHOUSE INCORPORATED has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding CULTUREHOUSE INCORPORATED receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $10k on record.
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$10k
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 CULTUREHOUSE INCORPORATED
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
84% 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 CULTUREHOUSE INCORPORATED: 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 CULTUREHOUSE INCORPORATED?
- CULTUREHOUSE INCORPORATED (Massachusetts) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $916,482 to it, the largest being BARR FOUNDATION ($835,225). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CULTUREHOUSE INCORPORATED have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $916,482 in grants to CULTUREHOUSE INCORPORATED, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CULTUREHOUSE INCORPORATED?
- BARR FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $835,225 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CULTUREHOUSE INCORPORATED 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 6 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