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ONE FAMILY INC

ONE FAMILY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 54 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,805,331 to it, the largest being PAUL & PHYLLIS FIREMAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($3,692,000). 30 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$2.6M
Funders on record
54
Grants received
$7.8M
Net assets
$2.4M
30/54 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 70%
01What it does

What One Family Inc does

Mission

One family prevents family homelessness in massachusetts by promoting pathways to economic independence. Our programs and advocacy help parents to access education and careers, obtain secure housing, and build assets for the future.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The one family scholars program provides coaching and scholarships to single parents attending college in massachusetts. All 121 student-parents served in fy24 were experiencing or at risk of homelessness. In the program, one-on-one coaching sessions help parents align their education and career plans, access resources, and overcome obstacles. Parents also receive financial aid to help cover direct costs of college (tuition, fees, books, technology) as well as indirect costs (transportation, childcare, living expenses). As a result, one family scholars graduate college at an astonishing rate of 66% in fy24/70% avg for the past three years, compared to 54% for all undergraduates nationwide, and only 8% for single mothers.

    $841,517 spentof which $416,530 as grants
    41% of program spending
  2. Credential to career coaching is an intensive 15-month program that helps unemployed and under-employed parents access career paths that will fully support their families. The program combines group workshops (to convey foundational information on education and career paths) and one-on-one coaching (to craft each parent's individualized plan). By the end of the program, each participant has a step-by-step action plan to reach their education, career, and earnings goals. In fy24 we served 195 participants, and those who secure new jobs through the program saw an average salary increase of $21,907.

    $392,076 spentof which $7,692 as grants
    19% of program spending
  3. Family self-sufficiency is a voluntary program that helps families with federally subsidized housing increase their earnings and build assets. One family is partnering with metro housing|boston to deliver family self-sufficiency services to families with "section 8" housing vouchers in greater boston, serving over 312 families in fy24. The program has a financial incentive in the form of an escrow savings account ($3,365.81 on average saved per participant in fy24), and a coaching component designed to help participants access services and overcome barriers on the way to achieving their education, career, and financial goals.

    $551,170 spentof which $5,663 as grants
    27% of program spending
  4. Through our public policy advocacy, one family amplifies the voices of the families we serve to catalyze systemic change. We advocate for policies and resources to support families experiencing or at risk of homelessness on their journeys towards greater self-sufficiency, with a particular focus on preventing family homelessness before it occurs. One family program participants, alumni, board members, staff, and supporters engage directly with policymakers to advance these advocacy goals. These efforts are spearheaded by one family's advocacy team - a group current and former one family program participants who share their lived experiences to advocate for change.

    $279,359 spentof which $4,755 as grants
    14% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,064,122.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.3M) Expenses 100 ($1.3M) Net assets 100 ($2.0M)2018 Revenue 95 ($1.3M) Expenses 112 ($1.5M) Net assets 91 ($1.8M)2019 Revenue 129 ($1.7M) Expenses 121 ($1.6M) Net assets 96 ($2.0M)2020 Revenue 155 ($2.1M) Expenses 149 ($2.0M) Net assets 101 ($2.0M)2021 Revenue 134 ($1.8M) Expenses 139 ($1.9M) Net assets 108 ($2.2M)2022 Revenue 185 ($2.5M) Expenses 157 ($2.1M) Net assets 118 ($2.4M)2023 Revenue 201 ($2.7M) Expenses 204 ($2.7M) Net assets 120 ($2.4M)2024 Revenue 206 ($2.7M) Expenses 185 ($2.5M) Net assets 124 ($2.5M)2025 Revenue 193 ($2.6M) Expenses 202 ($2.7M) Net assets 120 ($2.4M)
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Revenue (193)Expenses (202)Net assets (120)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 2019 to 2020, from $2.0M to $2.2M (+13%).

$2.1M
$1.9M
$2.0M
$2.2M
$2.3M
$2.4M
$2.5M
$2.6M
$2.5M
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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.

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2018
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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 32% · 2018 22% · 2019 21% · 2020 47% · 2021 18% · 2022 37% · 2023 49% · 2024 35% · 2025 47%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

96% of ONE FAMILY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 11,793 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$2k
’17
−$224k
’18
$107k
’19
$81k
’20
−$71k
’21
$380k
’22
−$36k
’23
$269k
’24
−$116k
’25
1.0
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

Valerie Paric

Exec director (ex-officio)

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed6810101010111211
Joined·+3+2+0+1+2+1+2+0
No longer listed·10012011
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 27 funders, grant income rose $819k → $1.9M.

10 of 54 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 ONE FAMILY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 54 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

ONE FAMILY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

25% 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 ONE FAMILY INC.

47%
largest funder
78%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 81% · 2018 76% · 2019 62% · 2020 70% · 2021 71% · 2022 64% · 2023 74% — 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

50% of ONE FAMILY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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

96% of ONE FAMILY INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.

IL
NY
MA
IN
PA
NJ
CA
MD
NC
FL

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

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Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

ONE FAMILY INC has grown faster than half of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−4% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve1.0mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)9% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Government funding ONE FAMILY INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $591k on record.

State$591k
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Top programs
  • (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$591k
  • (EE) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES$500

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

79% of spending goes to programs.

Program 79%Management 5%Fundraising 16%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

71%

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 ONE FAMILY INC?
ONE FAMILY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 54 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,805,331 to it, the largest being PAUL & PHYLLIS FIREMAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($3,692,000). 30 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ONE FAMILY INC have?
IRS filings report 54 organizations giving $7,805,331 in grants to ONE FAMILY INC, 30 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ONE FAMILY INC?
PAUL & PHYLLIS FIREMAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,692,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ONE FAMILY 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 54 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