Massachusetts · Nonprofit
PHILLIPS BROOKS HOUSE ASSOCIATION INC
PHILLIPS BROOKS HOUSE ASSOCIATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 68 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,542,746 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($1,294,950). 41 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.1M
- Funders on record
- 68
- Grants received
- $4.5M
- Net assets
- $7.1M
What Phillips Brooks House Association Inc does
Mission
The phillips brooks house association (pbha) strives for social justice. As a student-led organization, pbha mobilizes volunteers in collaboration with boston and cambridge partners to address gaps in opportunities and resources. We develop student and community leadership to creatively meet critical needs and advocate for structural change. Pbha seeks to promote social awareness and community involvement at harvard and beyond.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Summer programs -pbha operated sup, a collective of 11 summer day camps. Collective programs served 598 youth in boston and cambridge. The camps ran for six weeks providing academic enrichment and recreational activities. In addition, sup employed junior counselors from the neighborhoods in which we serve. Many of whom go on to become senior counselors and directors. Pbha also saw the return of university housing for summer staff, a valuable resource for both visiting scholars and local student leaders alike.
$2,027,433 spentof which $521,691 as grants$51,628 earned by the program50% of program spendingTerm programs - more than 50 term time programs ran during the school year providing an enriching public service experience for our students. These programs met community needs in the following areas: adult education, prison education, youth development opportunities, elder services, after school enrichment, arts enrichment, mentoring, advocacy, health, and housing. Programs were conducted in cambridge, chinatown, dorchester, mission hill, roxbury, south boston, south end, and the greater boston cambridge region. In addition, pbha operates two homeless shelters in cambridge which are open year-round.
$1,275,939 spentof which $126,794 as grants32% of program spendingScholarship programs -the priscilla chan stride service program fund supports students of diverse economic and social backgrounds. Chan stride scholars collaborate with individuals and community-based agencies. By utilizing reflection, skill development opportunities, mentorship, and financial assistance, students are prepared for civic engagement and/or employment in the public service arena.
$659,557 spentof which $509,455 as grants16% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$62,296 spentof which $44,469 as grants2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,025,225.
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 2024 to 2025, from $8.4M to $7.5M (−11%).
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 7% · 2018 7% · 2019 7% · 2020 7% · 2021 7% · 2022 5% · 2023 9% · 2024 13% · 2025 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
64% of PHILLIPS BROOKS HOUSE ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Maria Dominguez Gray
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 20 funders to 31 funders, grant income rose $398k → $589k.
16 of 68 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 69% 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 PHILLIPS BROOKS HOUSE ASSOCIATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 68 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
PHILLIPS BROOKS HOUSE ASSOCIATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% 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
86% 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 PHILLIPS BROOKS HOUSE ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 37% · 2018 29% · 2019 37% · 2020 39% · 2021 47% · 2022 22% · 2023 29% — 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
48% of PHILLIPS BROOKS HOUSE ASSOCIATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
69% of PHILLIPS BROOKS HOUSE ASSOCIATION 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 $1.4M that is directly attributable, 77% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
PHILLIPS BROOKS HOUSE ASSOCIATION INC's revenue grew 37% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
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In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PHILLIPS BROOKS HOUSE ASSOCIATION INC?
- PHILLIPS BROOKS HOUSE ASSOCIATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 68 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,542,746 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($1,294,950). 41 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does PHILLIPS BROOKS HOUSE ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 68 organizations giving $4,542,746 in grants to PHILLIPS BROOKS HOUSE ASSOCIATION INC, 41 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PHILLIPS BROOKS HOUSE ASSOCIATION INC?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $1,294,950 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PHILLIPS BROOKS HOUSE ASSOCIATION 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 68 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