Massachusetts · Nonprofit
FAMILY PROMISE NORTH SHORE BOSTON INC
FAMILY PROMISE NORTH SHORE BOSTON INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,013,761 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($478,025). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $447k
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $1.0M
- Net assets
- $489k
What Family Promise North Shore Boston Inc does
Mission
Family promise north shore boston's mission is to prevent and end family homelessness. We promote access to economic opportunity and housing stability through a holistic, family-centered, community-based response.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Our homelessness prevention and shelter diversion program provides financial assistance, mediation, and intensive case management to families at risk of losing their housing or entering the emergency shelter system. We work directly with families and landlords to stabilize housing whenever possible, often serving as mediators to build trust and buy time while securing funding to pay rental arrears. For families who no longer have a safe or permanent place to stay, we employ shelter diversion strategies to prevent them from entering the shelter system. This can include providing assistance to remain temporarily housed with friends or relatives, supporting short-term hotel stays, or helping with transportation costs to reach a stable housing option elsewhere. Each case involves creative problem-solving and flexible resources tailored to the family's circumstances, with the goal of preserving stability and avoiding the trauma of shelter entry whenever possible.
$307,631 spentof which $64,120 as grants82% of program spendingGeneral programs encompass the wide range of services and support provided to families who are not formally enrolled in our core programs of homelessness prevention, shelter diversion, or families forward. This includes one-time or short-term case management, referrals to community resources, and assistance with immediate needs when families reach out for help. General programs also account for expenses that benefit or support multiple program areas, such as community outreach, volunteer coordination, and shared administrative costs. By maintaining this flexible program area, family promise north shore boston is able to respond to urgent requests, connect families with the right resources, and ensure that our core programs operate effectively.
$67,006 spent18% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $374,637.
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 2023 to 2024, from $216k to $677k (+213%).
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: 2020 0% · 2021 13% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 10% · 2025 22%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of FAMILY PROMISE NORTH SHORE BOSTON INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Rachel Hand
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $30k → $170k.
7 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 62% 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 NORTH SHORE BOSTON 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
FAMILY PROMISE NORTH SHORE BOSTON INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
75% 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 NORTH SHORE BOSTON INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 81% · 2019 42% · 2020 33% · 2021 44% · 2022 75% · 2023 64% — 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.
How long its funders stay
43% of FAMILY PROMISE NORTH SHORE BOSTON INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
62% of FAMILY PROMISE NORTH SHORE BOSTON 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. Of the $380k that is directly attributable, 58% of it comes from funders outside Massachusetts, across 7 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $633k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 NORTH SHORE BOSTON INC is better cushioned than half of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
61% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
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 NORTH SHORE BOSTON INC?
- FAMILY PROMISE NORTH SHORE BOSTON INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,013,761 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($478,025). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FAMILY PROMISE NORTH SHORE BOSTON INC have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $1,013,761 in grants to FAMILY PROMISE NORTH SHORE BOSTON INC, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FAMILY PROMISE NORTH SHORE BOSTON INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $478,025 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FAMILY PROMISE NORTH SHORE BOSTON 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 24 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