Massachusetts · Nonprofit
MARGARET FULLER NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE
MARGARET FULLER NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE (Massachusetts) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,373,325 to it, the largest being CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($486,519). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 36
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Margaret Fuller Neighborhood House does
Mission
The mission of the margaret fuller house is to provide integrated services to individuals and families to empower them to overcome challenges, reach their potential and achieve their goals.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The food pantry is one of the largest volume food pantries of the twelve food pantries located in cambridge. 65% of the patrons are from cambridge. The pantry has open hours four different days per week. It is one of only two food pantries in cambridge where low-income residents from surrounding cities are eligible. It is central to meeting food security goals of the community. Over 250,000 to 300,000 pounds of food is distributed annually. There are 25 volunteers involved monthly and nearly 1000 patrons (households) registered. .
$685,082 spentof which $576,289 as grants$576,289 earned by the program47% of program spendingThe food pantry is one of the largest volume food pantries of the twelve food pantries located in cambridge. 65% of the patrons are from cambridge. The pantry has open hours four different days per week. It is one of only two food pantries in cambridge where low-income residents from surrounding cities are eligible. It is central to meeting food security goals of the community. Approx. 300,000 pounds of food is distributed annually. There are 75 volunteers involved monthly and nearly 1000 patrons (households) registered. The community advancement program provides comprehensive wrap-around services for individuals 18 years and older to help them develop skills, obtain gainful employment, financial assistance and individualized resources to meet specific identified needs. We pride ourselves on our ability to address all the vocalized needs within the family structure including financial and employment.
$763,709 spent$586,721 earned by the program53% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,448,791.
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 $785k to $2.5M (+221%).
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 33% · 2018 43% · 2019 36% · 2020 34% · 2021 74% · 2022 89% · 2023 41% · 2024 70%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of MARGARET FULLER NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE’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. 5 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $104k → $265k.
10 of 36 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 48% 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 MARGARET FULLER NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 36 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
MARGARET FULLER NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 35% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
54% 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 MARGARET FULLER NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 40% · 2019 49% · 2020 37% · 2021 23% · 2022 15% · 2023 34% — 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
48% of MARGARET FULLER NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
61% of MARGARET FULLER NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $665k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
MARGARET FULLER NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
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In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MARGARET FULLER NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE?
- MARGARET FULLER NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE (Massachusetts) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,373,325 to it, the largest being CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($486,519). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MARGARET FULLER NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE have?
- IRS filings report 36 organizations giving $1,373,325 in grants to MARGARET FULLER NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MARGARET FULLER NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE?
- CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $486,519 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MARGARET FULLER NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 36 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