Massachusetts · Nonprofit
FAMILY SERVICES OF THE MERRIMACK VALLEY INC
FAMILY SERVICES OF THE MERRIMACK VALLEY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 82 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,304,551 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,176,994). 51 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.5M
- Funders on record
- 82
- Grants received
- $7.3M
- Net assets
- $4.7M
What Family Services of the Merrimack Valley Inc does
Mission
Family services empowers, nurtures and supports children and families through life's challenges to help them reach their full potential.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Crisis services: provides 988 lifeline crisis hotline, outreach and education, postvention visits and training for individuals who have frequent contact with high-risk populations.
$1,760,379 spent24% of program spendingFiscal sponsorshiplawrence/methuen community coalition: provides residents with access to services that foster and preserve the health, safety and well-being of individuals and families through the prevention of child maltreatment, domestic and family violence and substance abuse.uncommon threads: provides used clothing and volunteer stylists to improve the self-esteem and job readiness of women who are domestic violence survivors, disabled women, women in recovery, female veterans and low-income women.one wish project: provides birthday experiences to children and young teens living in shelters.brothers in arms: provides a volunteer-based men's support groupinspired vibes: provides coaching and mindfulness tools to support men and women in need
$2,102,529 spent$230,497 earned by the program29% of program spendingFamily services: provides group classes and case management to parents seeking to raise healthy children. Services include those targeted to teen parents, fathers, and other vulnerable families.
$1,123,292 spent15% of program spendingClinical services: family services operates a state-licensed mental health clinic that provides professional treatment to individuals, families, and couples. Clinical services also include therapeutic mentoring.youth services: youth development programs include community and school-based mentoring as well as leadership development for at-risk young people aged 12-18.family resource center: provides assessment and family support planning, parenting classes, peer to peer support groups, life skills workshops, cultural and community services activities to families and specialized services for families raising adolescents. Elder services: provides direct outreach to elders and their families, conduct programs in long-term care, support groups, and grief counseling.
$2,311,991 spent$332,400 earned by the program32% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,298,191.
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 2022 to 2023, from $4.0M to $6.0M (+48%).
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: 2017 51% · 2018 53% · 2019 56% · 2020 54% · 2021 50% · 2022 46% · 2023 61% · 2025 66%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of FAMILY SERVICES OF THE MERRIMACK VALLEY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Elizabeth Sweeney
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 35 funders, grant income rose $222k → $1.3M.
18 of 82 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% 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 SERVICES OF THE MERRIMACK VALLEY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 82 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 SERVICES OF THE MERRIMACK VALLEY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
57% 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 SERVICES OF THE MERRIMACK VALLEY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 23% · 2018 16% · 2019 16% · 2020 25% · 2021 16% · 2022 15% · 2023 24% — 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.
How long its funders stay
46% of FAMILY SERVICES OF THE MERRIMACK VALLEY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
88% of FAMILY SERVICES OF THE MERRIMACK VALLEY 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. $2.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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 SERVICES OF THE MERRIMACK VALLEY INC has grown faster than half of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding FAMILY SERVICES OF THE MERRIMACK VALLEY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $8.0M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$6.6M
- Department of Justice$1.5M
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 SERVICES OF THE MERRIMACK VALLEY 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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 SERVICES OF THE MERRIMACK VALLEY INC?
- FAMILY SERVICES OF THE MERRIMACK VALLEY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 82 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,304,551 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,176,994). 51 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FAMILY SERVICES OF THE MERRIMACK VALLEY INC have?
- IRS filings report 82 organizations giving $7,304,551 in grants to FAMILY SERVICES OF THE MERRIMACK VALLEY INC, 51 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FAMILY SERVICES OF THE MERRIMACK VALLEY INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,176,994 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FAMILY SERVICES OF THE MERRIMACK VALLEY 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 82 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing