Massachusetts · Nonprofit
METROPOLITAN BOSTON HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC D/B/A METRO HOUSING BOSTON
METROPOLITAN BOSTON HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC D/B/A METRO HOUSING BOSTON (Massachusetts) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,035,382 to it, the largest being MBHP OFFICE CORPORATION ($1,445,197). 30 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $406M
- Funders on record
- 44
- Grants received
- $7.0M
- Net assets
- $26M
What Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership Inc D/B/A Metro Housing Boston does
Mission
Metro housing boston mobilizes wide-ranging resources to provide innovative and personalized services that lead families and individuals to housing stability, economic security, and an improved quality of life.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Rental housing assistance - federal and state funded housing vouchers and other subsidy programs that served more than 13,400 disabled, elderly, formerly homeless, and other individuals and families in boston and 31 surrounding communities. Metro housing boston's target population consists of households with low- and moderate-income who face a variety of barriers to housing. Financial demographics for individuals receiving metro housing services under all the federal and state rental assistance programs respectively, are: 72% & 88% under $30,000, 14% and 4% at $30,001-$45,000, 8% & 5% at $45,001-$60,000, and 6% & 3% over $60,000; average annual income for our federal households is $26,566 and state households are $11,558. Additionally, 40% of the federal programs and 30% of state households have children under the age of 18, 45% of the federal programs and 45% of the state programs the heads of households are people with a disability and 32% of the federal programs and 20% of the state programs households have a head of households that are elderly. In fy25 metro administrated three major financial assistance programs; distributing $1,292,545 in city of boston emergency rental…
$397,563,358 spent$403,278,411 earned by the program99% of program spendingMetro housing's approach is "housing first, not housing only." the housing supports programs offer a continuum of services from information and referral to in-depth individualized case management, intensive housing search, eviction prevention services, and resources that address the barriers that make it difficult to find or maintain a home. Through the homebase program, 1,078 families received stabilization assistance and metro processed $22,460,371 in client assistant payments.
$2,017,655 spent$1,967,829 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $399,581,013.
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 $46M to $84M (+83%).
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.
0% of METROPOLITAN BOSTON HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC D/B/A METRO HOUSING BOSTON’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (15% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Christopher T Norris
President/exec. Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $505k → $1.1M.
11 of 44 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 METROPOLITAN BOSTON HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC D/B/A METRO HOUSING BOSTON’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 44 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
METROPOLITAN BOSTON HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC D/B/A METRO HOUSING BOSTON has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
87% 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 METROPOLITAN BOSTON HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC D/B/A METRO HOUSING BOSTON.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 20% · 2018 65% · 2019 45% · 2020 39% · 2021 25% · 2022 29% · 2023 36% — 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
46% of METROPOLITAN BOSTON HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC D/B/A METRO HOUSING BOSTON's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% 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
90% of METROPOLITAN BOSTON HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC D/B/A METRO HOUSING BOSTON's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
METROPOLITAN BOSTON HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC D/B/A METRO HOUSING BOSTON has grown faster than half of the 18 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 18 housing & shelter nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Organizations like METROPOLITAN BOSTON HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC D/B/A METRO HOUSING BOSTON
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
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds METROPOLITAN BOSTON HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC D/B/A METRO HOUSING BOSTON?
- METROPOLITAN BOSTON HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC D/B/A METRO HOUSING BOSTON (Massachusetts) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,035,382 to it, the largest being MBHP OFFICE CORPORATION ($1,445,197). 30 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does METROPOLITAN BOSTON HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC D/B/A METRO HOUSING BOSTON have?
- IRS filings report 44 organizations giving $7,035,382 in grants to METROPOLITAN BOSTON HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC D/B/A METRO HOUSING BOSTON, 30 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of METROPOLITAN BOSTON HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC D/B/A METRO HOUSING BOSTON?
- MBHP OFFICE CORPORATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,445,197 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like METROPOLITAN BOSTON HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC D/B/A METRO HOUSING BOSTON 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.
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 44 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