Massachusetts · Nonprofit
JAMAICA PLAIN COMMUNITY CENTERS INC
JAMAICA PLAIN COMMUNITY CENTERS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $412,570 to it, the largest being ENGLISH FOR NEW BOSTONIANS INC ($389,600). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $413k
- Net assets
- $639k
What Jamaica Plain Community Centers Inc does
Mission
Community services; educational, recreational and supervisory.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Adult education - the center provides educational courses to the jamaica plain community. The education program offers courses in adult basic skills,english as a second language and high school equivalency diplomas.
$747,199 spent78% of program spendingEducational child care - the center provides educational child care and supervision for the youth and children of the jamaica plain community. The program includes a before-school and an after-school structured environment. The educational programs focus on the student's individual academic, artistic, social and emotional needs.
$124,548 spent13% of program spendingRecreation - the center provides facilities and supervision for the youth and elderly of the jamaica plain community. Recreation activities include; basketball, swimming, yoga, aquatic exercise, weight training and other organized activities throughout the year.
$25,930 spent3% of program spendingYouth and summer camp - the center provides a summer camp program during the months of july and august. The program combines educational and recreation servces to the children and youths of the jamaica plain community.
$59,818 spent6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $957,495.
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.
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 $539k to $792k (+47%).
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 67% · 2018 58% · 2019 67% · 2020 77% · 2021 90% · 2022 64% · 2023 60% · 2024 79% · 2025 89%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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.
Board chair
Kerry Costello
Chair person
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $40k → $45k.
From the IRS filings of JAMAICA PLAIN COMMUNITY CENTERS 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
JAMAICA PLAIN COMMUNITY CENTERS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% 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
100% 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 JAMAICA PLAIN COMMUNITY CENTERS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 79% · 2019 87% · 2020 88% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of JAMAICA PLAIN COMMUNITY CENTERS 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. 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.
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In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% 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 JAMAICA PLAIN COMMUNITY CENTERS 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 JAMAICA PLAIN COMMUNITY CENTERS INC?
- JAMAICA PLAIN COMMUNITY CENTERS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $412,570 to it, the largest being ENGLISH FOR NEW BOSTONIANS INC ($389,600). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JAMAICA PLAIN COMMUNITY CENTERS INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $412,570 in grants to JAMAICA PLAIN COMMUNITY CENTERS INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JAMAICA PLAIN COMMUNITY CENTERS INC?
- ENGLISH FOR NEW BOSTONIANS INC is the largest funder on record, with $389,600 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JAMAICA PLAIN COMMUNITY CENTERS 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 3 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