Massachusetts · Nonprofit
ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC
ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,144,455 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($153,980). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $49M
- Funders on record
- 32
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $29M
What Robert F Kennedy Community Alliance Inc does
Mission
The mission of rfk community alliance is to promote meaningful and sustained well-being for children, youth, and adults facing educational, developmental, or mental health challenges.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Intensive residential treatment: rfk community alliance operates the doctor franklin perkins school residential program, providing trauma-responsive residential treatment for youth (ages 5-22) with complex psychiatric and developmental needs. Located in lancaster, ma, the program integrates clinical services, specialized education, and 24-hour nursing within a highly structured setting. Our interdisciplinary approach focuses on stabilization and skill-building to support a successful transition to family and community life.
$13,363,718 spent$12,664,818 earned by the program31% of program spendingTherapeutic day education: we operate specialized day schools for students (ages 5-22) whose emotional, behavioral, or learning challenges require support beyond the capacity of traditional school districts. Across the doctor franklin perkins school and don watson academy in lancaster, and the robert f. Kennedy academy in springfield, we provide a trauma-responsive learning environment. Programs integrate special education with intensive behavioral health services to foster academic growth and social development.
$10,883,508 spent$12,535,198 earned by the program25% of program spendingYouth community residential & independent living: rfk community alliance manages a continuum of 24-hour residential programs for youth requiring intensive support due to trauma or significant life disruptions. This includes the oatis children's center and johnston hall in lancaster, the kennedy school in middleton, and young adult supported living apartments in central and western massachusetts. Teams provide clinical care and life-skills training to help youth reach developmental milestones and transition toward independence.
$8,779,358 spent$9,905,798 earned by the program20% of program spendingAdult disability & community supports: we provide a suite of residential, day, and independent living supports for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including autism spectrum disorders. Operating in lancaster, clinton, and west boylston, these programs utilize person-centered planning to help individuals lead self-determined lives. Our focus on vocational skills and physical and emotional health helps participants remain active and valued members of their local communities.
$4,811,795 spent$5,568,502 earned by the program11% of program spendingCommunity-based family services: rfk community alliance operates a network of community-integrated programs across boston, lancaster, and hampden and berkshire counties. Services include outpatient behavioral health clinics, adoption and permanency support, therapeutic horsemanship, and youth advocacy. These programs provide a safety net of prevention and supportive services designed to strengthen family resilience and community stability.
$4,591,914 spent$3,606,031 earned by the program11% of program spendingNational resource center (nrc): the organization operates the national resource center for the transformation of youth justice, providing consultation and technical assistance to organizations serving children and families nationwide. With a track record of work in states such as texas, california, michigan, and ohio, the center helps jurisdictions move toward evidence-informed approaches. We focus on systemic reforms, such as probation reviews and trauma-responsive frameworks, to improve outcomes for dual-status youth
$975,897 spent$894,723 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $43,406,190.
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 $29M to $48M (+66%).
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 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 1% · 2021 2% · 2022 12% · 2023 1% · 2024 2% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
5% of ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Board chair
James E Geraghty
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $15k → $266k.
9 of 32 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 34% 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 ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 32 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
ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 13% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
61% 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 ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 65% · 2018 57% · 2019 70% · 2020 30% · 2021 21% · 2022 25% · 2023 19% — 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
46% of ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
76% of ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $384k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC has grown faster than half of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $68.3M on record.
- (MM) PURCHASED CLIENT/PROGRAM SVCS$60.9M
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$6.7M
- (TT) LOANS AND SPECIAL PAYMENTS$600k
- (RR) BENEFIT PROGRAMS$127k
- (EE) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES$2k
- (JJ) OPERATIONAL SERVICES$625
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 ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY ALLIANCE 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
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC?
- ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,144,455 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($153,980). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 32 organizations giving $1,144,455 in grants to ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $153,980 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY ALLIANCE 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 32 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