Massachusetts · Nonprofit
MELMARK NEW ENGLAND INC
MELMARK NEW ENGLAND INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,008,835 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,014,925). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $69M
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $29M
What Melmark New England Inc does
Mission
Melmark new england, is a multi state human services provider with premier private special education schools, professional development, training, and research centers. Melmark new england is committed to enhancing the lives of individuals with autism, intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families by providing exceptional evidence based and applied behavioral analytic services. A full range of community and campus based residential, educational, prevocational, and vocational services are provided, in addition to twenty-four hour nursing care, physical therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy, behavioral support and psychological services. Individuals served range from preschool to adults with many levels of intellectual, behavioral and physical challenges.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
(expenses: $22,252,543 including grants of)(revenue: $22,267,067) children's residential services (andover, ma): for students who require a 24-hour therapeutic and structured learning environment, melmark new england's children's residential program offers the highest standard of residential care and supervised supportive services oriented to meet each student's individual needs. The census at the end of the fiscal year was 50 children. Under the close supervision of well-trained staff with bachelor's degrees or higher, the children work on self-care, leisure time, vocational, daily living and community iep goals in a homelike atmosphere. Students are provided with structured daily schedules that help to provide consistency as well as to present expectations in a clear manner. They enjoy outdoor play activities and community recreational and leisure opportunities. Outings are a regular occurrence and include activities such as gym activities, shopping, swimming, picnics and hiking. In addition, students are introduced to more complex skills such as meal preparation and setting out weather appropriate clothing for school and group leisure activities. All students are provided a…
$22,252,543 spent$22,267,067 earned by the program38% of program spending(expenses: $22,650,206 including grants of)(revenue: $25,601,733) melmark schools (andover/stoughton, ma): melmark new england's schools are fully approved by the massachusetts department of elementary & secondary education. The school strives to ensure that its students have the services that are science-based and effective and provides clinically proficient services in an environment of warmth, care and respect. All services are based on a model of applied behavior analysis (aba) and other evidence-based interventions. Clinical and educational programs rely on data to inform and guide the design of service delivery. In addition, the school also provides an early childhood program to children age 3 until they move up to its "school age program." melmark new england teachers adhere to best practices in applied behavior analysis, education and child development. Its theme-based curriculum allows the goals and objectives for each student to be carefully embedded into their iep's. The result is a rich, meaningful learning experience for each child based on their level of readiness. Speech-language, occupational, and physical therapists work side-by-side with classroom teachers,…
$19,146,247 spent$25,797,617 earned by the program33% of program spendingAdult residential services (andover, ma): melmark new england provides comprehensive resources to meet the unique residential and clinical needs of individuals who require significant-to-moderate support for their daily living needs and to manage challenging behaviors. The 36 adults served by melmark new england enjoy ongoing and consistent access to innovative vocational, social and recreational services in order to achieve their highest potential. These services and programs are designed to promote their sense of wellbeing, personal independence and community integration.
$8,735,242 spent$9,034,120 earned by the program15% of program spendingMelmark school (charlotte, nc): the school serves students, ages five to 22, who require a more specialized special education and clinically sophisticated environment than is available in a public school setting. Our intensive teacher-to-student ratio allows us to focus on each student's personal growth and development, shaping a learning environment that fits each child's specific needs their enabling progress on their individual education program (iep) . We implement each student's iep as coordinated with the iep team. Our special educational programs are integrated to work in collaboration with community resources and include both pre-vocational and vocational training. The enrollment in the school was 46 children.
$4,562,784 spent$5,024,722 earned by the program8% of program spendingAdult day program (andover, ma): melmark new england's community-based day services (cbds) program is specifically designed to address the unique needs of adults severely affected by autism and others with challenging behaviors. The program has continued to expand over the past four years and served 47 individuals at the close of the fiscal year. The program's goal is to provide exceptional quality of care utilizing highly trained staff and applied behavior analysis as the clinical model. Adults continue to learn and demonstrate a variety of skills to meet the demands of an ever-changing work force. Their skills include, but are not limited to: performing maintenance activities to manage office settings and related areas, office support in medical and dental practices and supporting warehouse distribution centers. Adult program staff is always looking for partnerships as well as volunteer and/or paid job opportunities and provides onsite job training to support and teach each individual with the critical skills necessary to become a successful and valued employee.
$2,772,782 spent$2,849,919 earned by the program5% of program spendingEarly intervention and outreach services (andover, ma): melmark new england's consultation team is comprised of senior clinicians with extensive experience and expertise in the design of services for children with autism spectrum disorders and serious behavioral issues. These services are primarily provided throughout massachusetts and new england but can be provided virtually anywhere. Melmark new england's board certified behavior analysts work with public school district administrators and staff to train and strengthen in-district resources to reduce the need for out of district placements. Services include: district-wide educational and behavioral program design, individual student educational and behavioral program design, curriculum development, iep and isp formulation, functional behavioral assessment, observation and hands-on staff training, parent training, collaborative team building, diagnostic assessment, independent evaluations and program evaluations. Melmark new englands early intervention team provides services in the home, daycare or community for children birth to three years of age. Using principles of applied behavior analysis, the team utilizes a evidence…
$715,462 spent$442,399 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $58,185,060.
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.
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.
5% of MELMARK NEW ENGLAND INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 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
Maureen Mcmahon Md
Board chair (as of 10/2024)
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $27k → $446k.
5 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% 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 MELMARK NEW ENGLAND INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 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
MELMARK NEW ENGLAND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
78% 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 MELMARK NEW ENGLAND INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 37% · 2018 43% · 2019 47% · 2020 39% · 2021 46% · 2022 43% · 2023 51% — growing more concentrated.
“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
26% of MELMARK NEW ENGLAND INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
52% of MELMARK NEW ENGLAND INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $958k that is directly attributable, 76% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
MELMARK NEW ENGLAND INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding MELMARK NEW ENGLAND INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $73.0M on record.
- MA$72.8M
- OK$226k
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 MELMARK NEW ENGLAND 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
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Melmark Inc · exempt
- Melmark Services · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MELMARK NEW ENGLAND INC?
- MELMARK NEW ENGLAND INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,008,835 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,014,925). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MELMARK NEW ENGLAND INC have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $2,008,835 in grants to MELMARK NEW ENGLAND INC, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MELMARK NEW ENGLAND INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,014,925 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MELMARK NEW ENGLAND 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 31 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