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DWELLING HOUSE OF HOPE INC

DWELLING HOUSE OF HOPE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,127,354 to it, the largest being HEALTH RESOURCES IN ACTION INC ($534,500). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$477k
Funders on record
15
Grants received
$1.1M
Net assets
$214k
9/15 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 72%
01What it does

What Dwelling House of Hope Inc does

Mission

Alleviate poverty among New-Americans and low-income families in the Merrimack Valley through food assistance, educational, social and cultural initiatives which foster diversity, inclusivity and equity

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Dwelling House of Hope provides nutritious food and essential personal care items to emergency feeding programs that support low-income individuals, families, and those experiencing homelessness and hunger in the Merrimack Valley Community. As part of a statewide network in Massachusetts, Dwelling house of hope partners with,cities, shelters, and meal programs to help ensure vulnerable community members in and around Merimack valley have access to basic necessities and and nutritious meals.

    $432,859 spent
    100% of program spending
  2. Dwelling House of Hope organized numerous community programs throughout 2025 aimed at promoting health, dignity, awareness,and support for underserved individuals and families in the Merrimack communities. Key initiatives included;hygiene and vaccine outreach, recognition events honoring community leaders and parents, awareness marches addressing substance use and hunger,and multicultural celebrations that fostered unity and inclusion.Dwelling House of Hope also provided direct assistance through backpack giveaways, Thanksgiving food distributions, holiday meals,and toy donations to support families and children in need.

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $432,859.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($157k) Expenses 100 ($31k) Net assets 100 ($108k)2021 Revenue 99 ($155k) Expenses 402 ($126k) Net assets 127 ($137k)2022 Revenue 219 ($343k) Expenses 873 ($274k) Net assets 204 ($220k)2023 Revenue 285 ($447k) Expenses 1171 ($367k) Net assets 266 ($287k)2024 Revenue 189 ($296k) Expenses 1214 ($381k) Net assets 158 ($171k)2025 Revenue 304 ($477k) Expenses 1381 ($433k) Net assets 199 ($214k)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (304)Expenses (1381)Net assets (199)Peer revenue range

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 $137k to $220k (+60%).

$108k
$137k
$220k
$299k
$222k
$281k
202020212022202320242025
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2022 19% · 2023 6% · 2024 13% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

100% of DWELLING HOUSE OF HOPE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,373 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$125k
’20
$29k
’21
$69k
’22
$80k
’23
−$84k
’24
$44k
’25
4.1
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.

Chief executive

Levenia L Furusa

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

2022202320242025
Listed1910136
Joined·+2+6+0
No longer listed·1137
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $11k → $162k.

4 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 DWELLING HOUSE OF HOPE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 14 of 15 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

DWELLING HOUSE OF HOPE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

79% 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 DWELLING HOUSE OF HOPE INC.

47%
largest funder
79%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 95% · 2020 45% · 2021 33% · 2022 59% · 2023 56% — 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

17% of DWELLING HOUSE OF HOPE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

100% of DWELLING HOUSE OF HOPE INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.

MA

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

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’20
’21
’22
’23
Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $341k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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

DWELLING HOUSE OF HOPE INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,936 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.

Operating margin9% · below the median
Months of reserve4.1mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)25% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,936 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Government funding DWELLING HOUSE OF HOPE INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $75k on record.

State$75k
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23
24
25
Top programs
  • (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$75k

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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

90% of spending goes to programs.

Program 90%Management 9%Fundraising 1%

Governance

6
board members
0%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

MA

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DWELLING HOUSE OF HOPE 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 DWELLING HOUSE OF HOPE INC?
DWELLING HOUSE OF HOPE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,127,354 to it, the largest being HEALTH RESOURCES IN ACTION INC ($534,500). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does DWELLING HOUSE OF HOPE INC have?
IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $1,127,354 in grants to DWELLING HOUSE OF HOPE INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of DWELLING HOUSE OF HOPE INC?
HEALTH RESOURCES IN ACTION INC is the largest funder on record, with $534,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like DWELLING HOUSE OF HOPE 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 15 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