Massachusetts · Nonprofit
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OF THE BACK BAY INC
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OF THE BACK BAY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $129,158 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($98,745). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 77% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $211k
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $129k
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay Inc does
Mission
To combat community deterioration in the back bay neighborhood of boston, to preserve and protect the architectural beauty of the back bay, and to further the residential character of the back bay.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Member communications and meetings - nabb educates its members and the public through meetings, emails, website and social media posts, and monthly bulletins of activities in the neighborhood that may affect the architectural beauty of the back bay and/or its residential character. These activities include new construction, renovation and building repair projects, as well as new restaurants and other businesses in the neighborhood. Nabb has regular meetings of its architecture, development & transportation, and licensing & building use committees where proponents are invited to make presentations and receive feedback from the community regarding their plans. Nabb also participates in hearings before the back bay architectural commission, the boston licensing board, the zoning board of appeal and other local public bodies where it provides community input regarding such activities. Nabb also holds neighborhood forums and an annual meeting of its members where individuals are invited to make presentations to educate neighborhood residents about matters of public importance.
$11,794 spentof which $1,500 as grants90% of program spendingCommonwealth avenue mall maintenance - nabb makes donations to the friends of the public garden, another nonprofit organization, for the improvement, preservation and maintenance of the commonwealth avenue mall. Expenditures for the mall are made as authorized or recommended by the commonwealth avenue mall committee. One-half of the members of the committee are appointed by nabb and the other half are appointed by the friends of the pubic garden.
$925 spentof which $925 as grants7% of program spendingHomelessness task force - nabb has a homelessness task force (htf) that works to increase understanding of homelessness in boston and promote effective prevention and treatment programs through public education and advocacy. The nabb htf produces free educational forums on affordable housing and homelessness prevention and treatment that are open to the public, in collaboration with the boston public library, and has formed collaborations with other organizations working to prevent and reduce homelessness in boston and the state of massachusetts.
$400 spentof which $400 as grants3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $13,119.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $1.0M to $1.2M (+16%).
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.
74% of NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OF THE BACK BAY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 7 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
Martyn Roetter
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $11k → $16k.
2 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 77% 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 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OF THE BACK BAY 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
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OF THE BACK BAY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 76% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
77% 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 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OF THE BACK BAY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 62% · 2019 82% · 2020 79% · 2021 67% · 2022 55% · 2023 84% — 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.
How long its funders stay
55% of NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OF THE BACK BAY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
77% of NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OF THE BACK BAY 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 $30k that is directly attributable, 67% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $99k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OF THE BACK BAY INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OF THE BACK BAY 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
7% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
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 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OF THE BACK BAY INC?
- NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OF THE BACK BAY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $129,158 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($98,745). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 77% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OF THE BACK BAY INC have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $129,158 in grants to NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OF THE BACK BAY INC, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OF THE BACK BAY INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $98,745 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OF THE BACK BAY 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 18 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