Massachusetts · Nonprofit
INTERFAITH SOCIAL SERVICES INC
INTERFAITH SOCIAL SERVICES INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 70 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,819,267 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($782,926). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.8M
- Funders on record
- 70
- Grants received
- $3.8M
- Net assets
- $2.7M
What Interfaith Social Services Inc does
Mission
To provide south shore residents with the resources necessary to support a healthy and fulfilling life. Our team delivers programs focused on alleviating hunger, providing mental health counseling, preventing homelessness, and bringing joy to children.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Interfaith's food pantry is one of the largest supportive food programs in greater boston, beginning in 1974, it was one of the first food pantries established in the united states. In 2024, the food pantry distributed 114,903 bags of groceries to hungry south shore families. The food pantry also operates the largest food rescue program on the south shore. Last year staff members and volunteers salvaged 434,723 pounds of food from local supermarkets. The food pantry's "joy for children" initiatives bring happiness to thousands of disadvantaged local children each year by distributing hundreds of halloween costumes, bunny baskets, backpacks full of school supplies, holiday gifts, and thanksgiving meal packages. The food pantry also distributed 128,720 pads and tampons and 106,575 diapers to the women and children served by our program.
$3,471,316 spent80% of program spendingInterfaith's new directions counselling center is a safety net for the uninsured and underinsured members of our community who have no place else to turn for help. For 75+ years our clinicians have provided therapy and counselling services to families, children and individuals in need. In 2024, interfaith's therapists provided 3,161 therapy sessions to local residents. Most forms of health insurance are accepted, however, the majority of our clients do not have health insurance or they cannot afford the co-pays and deductibles required by their carriers. All clients without insurance are assessed on a sliding-fee-scale based on federal poverty rates. Clients' co-pay amount is tied to their income. To further break down financial barriers to treatment each new client receives their first four counseling sessions for free.
$418,312 spent$120,151 earned by the program10% of program spendingInterfaith social services homesafe program has one primary goal - keep families "safe at home". This past year we were able to prevent the tragedy of homelessness for 548 individuals, 219 of whom were children. In addition to preserving tenancy, we were able to prevent basic utility shutoffs for some clients and provided budget counseling for all of the households that we assisted.
$259,349 spentof which $188,961 as grants6% of program spendingThe bureau drawer thrift shop offers low-cost clothing and household goods to the community.
$192,924 spent$202,781 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,341,901.
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 $1.7M to $2.4M (+41%).
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 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 0% · 2020 1% · 2023 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of INTERFAITH SOCIAL SERVICES 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
Richard Doane
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 34 funders, grant income rose $109k → $637k.
14 of 70 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% 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 INTERFAITH SOCIAL SERVICES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 70 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
INTERFAITH SOCIAL SERVICES INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
50% 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 INTERFAITH SOCIAL SERVICES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 30% · 2018 31% · 2019 29% · 2020 17% · 2021 22% · 2022 21% · 2023 16% — 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
52% of INTERFAITH SOCIAL SERVICES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% 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
89% of INTERFAITH SOCIAL SERVICES 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 10 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
INTERFAITH SOCIAL SERVICES INC is better cushioned 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 INTERFAITH SOCIAL SERVICES INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $145 on record.
- (JJ) OPERATIONAL SERVICES$145
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 INTERFAITH SOCIAL SERVICES 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
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INTERFAITH SOCIAL SERVICES 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 INTERFAITH SOCIAL SERVICES INC?
- INTERFAITH SOCIAL SERVICES INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 70 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,819,267 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($782,926). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INTERFAITH SOCIAL SERVICES INC have?
- IRS filings report 70 organizations giving $3,819,267 in grants to INTERFAITH SOCIAL SERVICES INC, 49 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INTERFAITH SOCIAL SERVICES INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $782,926 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INTERFAITH SOCIAL SERVICES 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 70 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