Massachusetts · Nonprofit
FAMILY PROMISE METROWEST INC
FAMILY PROMISE METROWEST INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 75 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,525,401 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($938,049). 48 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 75
- Grants received
- $3.5M
- Net assets
- $2.6M
What Family Promise Metrowest Inc does
Mission
To transform the lives of families with children facing homelessness by mobilizing a diverse community to provide shelter, education and comprehensive support.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Shelter programfamily promise metrowest provides year-round emergency shelter for families with children experiencing homelessness through a static shelter model with three family units. The shelter offers a safe, stable environment while families work intensively with professional staff to secure permanent housing and achieve long-term stability. Coaching is individualized and goal-focused, addressing employment, income, budgeting, health access, parenting, transportation, and housing navigation. Volunteers from faith and civic communities continue to play a vital role by providing meals and community connection. In 2025, the shelter program continued to sustain performance gains following the transition from a rotational model to a static site. Families exited shelter into safe, stable housing, with high rates of income growth, savings accumulation, and access to health insurance and primary care. 2025 highlights included the continued stabilization of operations at the permanent shelter site on mulligan street, strengthened volunteer engagement, and alignment with municipal and regional partners to improve housing placement outcomes.
$278,096 spentof which $122,421 as grants19% of program spendingSustaining achievements for independent living ("sail")the sail program provides transitional services for families who have exited shelter and are working to maintain housing stability. Families receive up to two years of individualized coaching focused on budgeting, credit repair, employment advancement, and long-term financial sustainability. Limited financial assistance is available to address rent gaps, security deposits, transportation needs, and childcare expenses.in 2025, families participating in sail successfully maintained permanent housing with no returns to shelter. Participants demonstrated continued progress toward savings goals, income increases, and sustained engagement with health care and community support systems. Ongoing relationships with landlords and property managers remained a critical component of housing retention. A key 2025 development was the expansion of master leasing and landlord partnerships, allowing the organization to increase access to stable units while reducing barriers for families with prior housing instability.
$176,270 spentof which $9,000 as grants$64,004 earned by the program12% of program spendingLocal initiative for family empowerment ("life")the life program prevents family homelessness by serving households at imminent risk of eviction or shelter entry. Families receive targeted financial assistance combined with up to 12 months of coaching designed to address the root causes of housing instability, including underemployment, debt, and health-related crises.services in 2025 included rent and utility assistance, landlord advocacy, budget and debt reduction planning, and referrals to legal aid, mediation, health care, mental health services, and childcare resources. Rising housing costs across metrowest continued to drive demand for homelessness prevention services. In 2025, life served a growing number of families and successfully prevented shelter entry and eviction for participants, underscoring the effectiveness of early intervention paired with financial and educational support.
$558,253 spentof which $246,120 as grants37% of program spendingSteps to success ("sts")steps to success supports families enrolled in shelter, sail, and program alumni through education, workforce development, and life skills training. The program provides scholarships, job training referrals, and in-kind supports such as tutoring, technology, transportation assistance, and childcare. In 2025, the program awarded additional post-secondary scholarships, expanded partnerships with workforce development providers, and supported strong employment outcomes among participating adults. Parents also engaged in leadership development and housing equity education to better understand tenant rights and systemic barriers within the housing system.
$486,311 spent32% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,498,930.
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 2020 to 2021, from $2.3M to $3.0M (+27%).
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: 2021 3% · 2022 1% · 2023 6% · 2024 11% · 2025 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of FAMILY PROMISE METROWEST INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Chief executive
Danielle Conti
Executive director
Board chair
Dean Blackey
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 31 funders, grant income rose $135k → $438k.
14 of 75 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 45% 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 FAMILY PROMISE METROWEST INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 75 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
FAMILY PROMISE METROWEST INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
52% 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 FAMILY PROMISE METROWEST INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 30% · 2018 58% · 2019 49% · 2020 28% · 2021 22% · 2022 24% · 2023 26% — 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
51% of FAMILY PROMISE METROWEST INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.
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
73% of FAMILY PROMISE METROWEST INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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.
Against its field
FAMILY PROMISE METROWEST INC's funding base is broadening — from 13 funders to 31 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,196 housing & shelter nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding FAMILY PROMISE METROWEST INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $50k on record.
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$50k
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 FAMILY PROMISE METROWEST 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
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FAMILY PROMISE METROWEST INC?
- FAMILY PROMISE METROWEST INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 75 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,525,401 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($938,049). 48 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FAMILY PROMISE METROWEST INC have?
- IRS filings report 75 organizations giving $3,525,401 in grants to FAMILY PROMISE METROWEST INC, 48 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FAMILY PROMISE METROWEST INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $938,049 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FAMILY PROMISE METROWEST 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.
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 75 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