Massachusetts · Nonprofit
HOUSING FORWARD-MA INC
HOUSING FORWARD-MA INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,000 to it, the largest being Frank R and Elizabeth Simoni Foundation Inc ($35,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $77k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $60k
- Net assets
- $54k
What Housing Forward-Ma Inc does
Mission
Housing forward-ma develops data backed policies related to housing in massachusetts and the broader economic impacts of housing supply and demand. By providing training, education, and model policy proposals our organization will support organizing and advocacy efforts for affordable, workforce housing across the state.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Housing forward-ma develops data-backed policies related to housing in massachusetts, and the broader economic impacts of housing supply and demand. By providing training, education, and model policy proposals, our organization will support organizing and advocacy efforts for affordable workforce housing across the state.
$61,962 spentof which $39,950 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $61,962.
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.
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 $2k to $49k (+2069%).
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 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of HOUSING FORWARD-MA INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (52% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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.
Board chair
Barry Bluestone
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of HOUSING FORWARD-MA 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
HOUSING FORWARD-MA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% 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
“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
58% of HOUSING FORWARD-MA INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
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
HOUSING FORWARD-MA INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,318 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,318 housing & shelter nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like HOUSING FORWARD-MA 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
93% 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 HOUSING FORWARD-MA 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 HOUSING FORWARD-MA INC?
- HOUSING FORWARD-MA INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,000 to it, the largest being Frank R and Elizabeth Simoni Foundation Inc ($35,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HOUSING FORWARD-MA INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $60,000 in grants to HOUSING FORWARD-MA INC.
- Who is the largest funder of HOUSING FORWARD-MA INC?
- Frank R and Elizabeth Simoni Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $35,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HOUSING FORWARD-MA 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 2020–2025), 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