Massachusetts · Nonprofit
NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INC
NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,218,475 to it, the largest being ESSEX COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($718,117). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $337k
What North Shore Community Action Programs Inc does
Mission
North shore community action programs, inc. Empowers people to achieve social and economic stability through services and education in partnership with the community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Fuel assistance - these programs provide weatherization and fuel assistance to low income individuals and their families. The program serves approximately 5,587 individuals.
$3,566,352 spentof which $3,040,287 as grants33% of program spendingHousing and homelessness prevention - these programs provide housing search, emergency homeless situations, tenant/landlord disputes. This component also provides for shelter to welfare referrals into a more permanent setting.
$5,324,902 spentof which $1,066,602 as grants$128,444 earned by the program49% of program spendingElder services - provides housekeeping, meal preparation, and personal care for the elderly. Provides for an average of 3,000 hours of service per month.
$1,293,585 spentof which $693 as grants12% of program spendingThe organization provides education, training, and advocacy to low income individuals.
$697,156 spentof which $2,890 as grants6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $10,881,995.
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. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $1.6M to $3.5M (+123%).
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 81% · 2018 69% · 2021 70% · 2022 81% · 2023 79% · 2024 98% · 2025 98%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Chief executive
Laura Meisenhelter
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $68k → $205k.
6 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 63% 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 NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 18 of 19 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
NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
82% 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 NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 53% · 2019 32% · 2020 78% · 2021 85% · 2022 54% · 2023 63% — 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
29% of NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INC'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
63% of NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS 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 $455k that is directly attributable, 96% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $764k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Government funding NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.7M on record.
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$2.2M
- (MM) PURCHASED CLIENT/PROGRAM SVCS$460k
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 NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS 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
Public support
100%
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 NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INC?
- NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,218,475 to it, the largest being ESSEX COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($718,117). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INC have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $1,218,475 in grants to NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INC?
- ESSEX COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $718,117 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS 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 19 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