Massachusetts · Nonprofit
SOJOURNER HOUSE INC
SOJOURNER HOUSE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $526,006 to it, the largest being CHARLESBANK HOMES ($125,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $526k
- Net assets
- $2.2M
What Sojourner House Inc does
Mission
Sojourner house is a shelter of hope for families;providing a circle of support and empowering them towards independence.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Family shelter - founded in 1981, sojourner house was the first family shelter in boston to accommodate both male and female parents along with children of all ages. As one of the few handicap-accessible shelters in massachusetts, sojourner house provides shelter for up to nine families, accommodating up to twenty-four individuals at full capacity. In addition, sojourner house operates a weekly food pantry serving both its residents and surrounding community members.
$852,090 spent89% of program spendingPermanent housing - sojourner house owns and manages affordable housing properties in roxbury and milton.
$55,916 spent$76,764 earned by the program6% of program spendingHousing services - sojourner house works with families to identify unique barriers to securing permanent housing. Families receive case management in the areas of housing, employment, job training, budgeting, parenting, and financial literacy. Sojourner house has developed strong community partnerships with various organizations that provide onsite workshops and resources to support the growth and well-being of the families we serve. Once a family secures permanent housing sojourner house provides stabilization services for up to two years to ensure the family has a seamless transition into their new home and community.
$49,580 spent5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $957,586.
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 $4.0M to $2.0M (−48%).
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 67% · 2019 69% · 2020 60% · 2021 24% · 2022 51% · 2023 64% · 2024 66%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of SOJOURNER HOUSE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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
Felicia Smith
Exec. Director/director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $32k → $48k.
2 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 SOJOURNER HOUSE 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
SOJOURNER HOUSE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 79% · 2018 100% · 2020 35% · 2021 45% · 2022 53% · 2023 70% — 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
17% of SOJOURNER HOUSE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% 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
83% of SOJOURNER HOUSE 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. $57k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
SOJOURNER HOUSE INC is better cushioned than half of the 3,973 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,973 housing & shelter nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding SOJOURNER HOUSE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $262k on record.
- (MM) PURCHASED CLIENT/PROGRAM SVCS$164k
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$98k
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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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
Public support
87%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SOJOURNER HOUSE INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SOJOURNER HOUSE INC?
- SOJOURNER HOUSE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $526,006 to it, the largest being CHARLESBANK HOMES ($125,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOJOURNER HOUSE INC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $526,006 in grants to SOJOURNER HOUSE INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOJOURNER HOUSE INC?
- CHARLESBANK HOMES is the largest funder on record, with $125,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOJOURNER HOUSE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 17 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