Massachusetts · Nonprofit
SOMERVILLE-CAMBRIDGE ELDER SERVICES INCORPORATED
SOMERVILLE-CAMBRIDGE ELDER SERVICES INCORPORATED (Massachusetts) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $821,074 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($137,975). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $45M
- Funders on record
- 30
- Grants received
- $821k
- Net assets
- $18M
What Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services Incorporated does
Mission
Somerville-cambridge elder services is a non-profit agency that provides information, services, and advocacy to help older adults live independently in the setting of their choice. Established in 1972 as part of a national movement toward providing community-based services and supports for older adults, our mission is focused on helping people age in place, regardless of income level. We help thousands of older adults, caregivers, and people with disabilities in our service communities, often working with them in their homes to assess needs and coordinate assistance.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The community choices program provided home care support in fy2025 for 1,974 elders who are eligible for mass health coverage and at risk of placement in a long-term facility. This program is supported primarily by medicaid funding.
$15,377,235 spentof which $77,556 as grants36% of program spendingAdult family care provided compensation and support to informal caregivers, allowing individuals with disability to receive care at home. The program is supported primarily by medicaid funding. The program provided services to 250 individuals in fy2025.
$6,739,953 spent$7,005,778 earned by the program16% of program spendingThe home care program provided services in fy2025 to 13,347 older residents of cambridge and somerville who need assistance so they may continue to live independently and safely at home. Depending on income and eligibility, services may be state-subsidized. The program is funded primarily by state contracts.
$6,500,107 spent15% of program spendingOther services provided by the organization in fy2025 include case management, information referral, transportation, health and related social needs screening, friendly visiting, nutrition, chores, protective and homemaker services.
$13,595,975 spent$7,783,789 earned by the program32% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $42,213,270.
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 2018 to 2019, from $19M to $25M (+30%).
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 77% · 2018 76% · 2019 75% · 2020 83% · 2021 83% · 2022 82% · 2023 79% · 2024 62% · 2025 64%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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.
Chief executive
Marta Corvelo
President and CEO
Board chair
Judith Rosen
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $31k → $156k.
7 of 30 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 SOMERVILLE-CAMBRIDGE ELDER SERVICES INCORPORATED’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
SOMERVILLE-CAMBRIDGE ELDER SERVICES INCORPORATED has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
44% 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 SOMERVILLE-CAMBRIDGE ELDER SERVICES INCORPORATED.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 52% · 2019 63% · 2020 22% · 2021 17% · 2022 17% · 2023 42% — 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
56% of SOMERVILLE-CAMBRIDGE ELDER SERVICES INCORPORATED's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
74% of SOMERVILLE-CAMBRIDGE ELDER SERVICES INCORPORATED's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $283k 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.
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In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 SOMERVILLE-CAMBRIDGE ELDER SERVICES INCORPORATED: 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 SOMERVILLE-CAMBRIDGE ELDER SERVICES INCORPORATED?
- SOMERVILLE-CAMBRIDGE ELDER SERVICES INCORPORATED (Massachusetts) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $821,074 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($137,975). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOMERVILLE-CAMBRIDGE ELDER SERVICES INCORPORATED have?
- IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $821,074 in grants to SOMERVILLE-CAMBRIDGE ELDER SERVICES INCORPORATED, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOMERVILLE-CAMBRIDGE ELDER SERVICES INCORPORATED?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $137,975 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOMERVILLE-CAMBRIDGE ELDER SERVICES INCORPORATED 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.
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 30 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