Massachusetts · Nonprofit
FAIRHAVEN BENEVOLENT ASSOC INC
FAIRHAVEN BENEVOLENT ASSOC INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $349,170 to it, the largest being DEBORAH ELDRIDGE ALLEN FUND ($242,020). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $80k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $349k
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What Fairhaven Benevolent Assoc Inc does
Mission
Aid to needy such as monthly financal assistance to elderly individuals, scholarships to graduating seniors at fairhaven high school.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Monthly aid to the elderly to assist with heating and other living expenses. We give monthly gift certificates for food to individuals as well as emergency aid when needed. During the holidays, we donate to several organizations in town.
$42,740 spentof which $42,740 as grants$1,624 earned by the program96% of program spendingScholarships to graduating seniors.
$2,000 spentof which $2,000 as grants4% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $44,740.
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 $1.7M to $1.4M (−19%).
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.
0% of FAIRHAVEN BENEVOLENT ASSOC INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (77% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $43k → $51k.
From the IRS filings of FAIRHAVEN BENEVOLENT ASSOC 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.
How concentrated its funding is
FAIRHAVEN BENEVOLENT ASSOC INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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: 2020 68% · 2021 62% · 2022 69% · 2023 73% — 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.
Where its funders are
FAIRHAVEN BENEVOLENT ASSOC INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
FAIRHAVEN BENEVOLENT ASSOC INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 6,328 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,328 community improvement nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like FAIRHAVEN BENEVOLENT ASSOC 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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FAIRHAVEN BENEVOLENT ASSOC 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 FAIRHAVEN BENEVOLENT ASSOC INC?
- FAIRHAVEN BENEVOLENT ASSOC INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $349,170 to it, the largest being DEBORAH ELDRIDGE ALLEN FUND ($242,020). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FAIRHAVEN BENEVOLENT ASSOC INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $349,170 in grants to FAIRHAVEN BENEVOLENT ASSOC INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FAIRHAVEN BENEVOLENT ASSOC INC?
- DEBORAH ELDRIDGE ALLEN FUND is the largest funder on record, with $242,020 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FAIRHAVEN BENEVOLENT ASSOC 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 2 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