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MELROSE ALLIANCE AGAINST VIOLENCE INC

MELROSE ALLIANCE AGAINST VIOLENCE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $525,248 to it, the largest being THE MASS MENTORING PARTNERSHIP INC ($132,675). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$209k
Funders on record
17
Grants received
$525k
Net assets
$508k
10/17 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 42%
01What it does

What Melrose Alliance Against Violence Inc does

Mission

To raise community awareness of domestic and teen dating violence and to promote programs that work to reduce violence and foster healthy relationships.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Community awareness activities:annual walk to end domestic violence with approximately 400 participants held each october.domestic violence informational resource cards called, "palm cards" listing hotline numbers placed in over 30 sites throughout the region.dissemination of e-newsletter to over 1,400 readers. Web site providing information, resources, and confidential advice.guest editorials in local newspapers and programs on local cable tv station.

    $52,684 spent
    31% of program spending
  2. Education/prevention programs with youth:3-session healthy relationships program with 4th/5th elementary students and 8th grade students.27-member student action board at melrose high school that delivers prevention programming to high schoolers.melrose group mentoring for youth at-risk for developing unhealthy relationships.community training:domestic/teen dating violence training for healthcare, childcare, and human service providers, educators, police, and clergy.

    $86,554 spent
    51% of program spending
  3. Resource & referral services/support for survivors:ongoing, confidential weekly support group.follow-up with victims referred by the melrose police department, offering information, support, resources, and referral services.respond to phone calls, office visits, and e-mails from individuals, friends, and family members seeking help.referrals to resources for counseling, support groups, financial and legal assistance, healthcare, and shelter.

    $30,106 spent
    18% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $169,344.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($286k) Expenses 100 ($192k) Net assets 100 ($541k)2021 Revenue 73 ($210k) Expenses 84 ($162k) Net assets 113 ($610k)2022 Revenue 69 ($197k) Expenses 89 ($170k) Net assets 118 ($637k)2023 Revenue 83 ($239k) Expenses 132 ($254k) Net assets 117 ($634k)2024 Revenue 34 ($98k) Expenses 83 ($159k) Net assets 109 ($590k)2025 Revenue 73 ($209k) Expenses 157 ($301k) Net assets 94 ($508k)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (73)Expenses (157)Net assets (94)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $602k to $520k (−14%).

$547k
$610k
$637k
$643k
$602k
$520k
202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

102% of MELROSE ALLIANCE AGAINST VIOLENCE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (94% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,778 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$94k
’20
$48k
’21
$27k
’22
−$15k
’23
−$60k
’24
−$92k
’25
11
months of
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

Meredith Shaw

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.

202020212022202320242025
Listed151211111010
Joined·+1+3+3+1+3
No longer listed·44323
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $24k → $99k.

1 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 MELROSE ALLIANCE AGAINST VIOLENCE 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

MELROSE ALLIANCE AGAINST VIOLENCE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% 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

41% 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 MELROSE ALLIANCE AGAINST VIOLENCE INC.

25%
largest funder
70%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 62% · 2018 48% · 2019 40% · 2020 34% · 2021 51% · 2022 46% · 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

56% of MELROSE ALLIANCE AGAINST VIOLENCE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

71% of MELROSE ALLIANCE AGAINST VIOLENCE INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.

NY
MA
NJ
CA
MD
DE

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $83k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

MELROSE ALLIANCE AGAINST VIOLENCE INC is better cushioned than half of the 1,547 crime & legal nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−44% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve11.4mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−6% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,547 crime & legal nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Government funding MELROSE ALLIANCE AGAINST VIOLENCE INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $63k on record.

State$63k
22
24
25
Top programs
  • (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$38k
  • (MM) PURCHASED CLIENT/PROGRAM SVCS$25k

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.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

56% of spending goes to programs.

Program 56%Management 28%Fundraising 16%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

62%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

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Questions and answers

Who funds MELROSE ALLIANCE AGAINST VIOLENCE INC?
MELROSE ALLIANCE AGAINST VIOLENCE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $525,248 to it, the largest being THE MASS MENTORING PARTNERSHIP INC ($132,675). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MELROSE ALLIANCE AGAINST VIOLENCE INC have?
IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $525,248 in grants to MELROSE ALLIANCE AGAINST VIOLENCE INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MELROSE ALLIANCE AGAINST VIOLENCE INC?
THE MASS MENTORING PARTNERSHIP INC is the largest funder on record, with $132,675 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MELROSE ALLIANCE AGAINST VIOLENCE INC find more funders?
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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 2020–2025), and the filings of 17 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