Massachusetts · Nonprofit
SOUTH BOSTON EN ACCION INC
SOUTH BOSTON EN ACCION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $339,391 to it, the largest being The Hyams Foundation Inc ($80,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $131k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $339k
- Net assets
- $19k
What South Boston En Accion Inc does
Mission
South boston en accion isa neighborhood based, member driven organization that builds communityand leadership among latino families by sharing common problems andcreating solutions for change.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
South boston en accion builds community among the rapidlyincreasing latino population of south boston and promotescommunity leadership by these residents. We support new leaders by equipping them with information and skills and offeringexperiences that lead to new feelings of self-esteem and self-efficacy,an eagerness to speak out and a willingness to take action. By takingon the challenges that come with living in public housing, navigatingan english-speaking world, and wrestling with city systems, we seek tounderstand these systems and make changes in ways that improve thelives of not only ourselves, but our community as well. To create change together, we organize monthly meetings to bring residentstogether. At the meetings, we integrate informational presentations,include member discussion and social activity, and plan events. Weprovide leadership training through weekly meetings that targetindividuals with leadership experience. These meetings are used toshare concerns, explore collective experience, analyze problem causes,and develop action plans for change. Members develop and carry outprojects to address specific community concerns. Sbea supports thesemember-led…
$89,076 spentof which $155 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $89,076.
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 2018 to 2019, from $130k to $76k (−42%).
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.
100% of SOUTH BOSTON EN ACCION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Mercy Robinson
Executive director
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income fell $87k → $12k.
3 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 SOUTH BOSTON EN ACCION 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
SOUTH BOSTON EN ACCION 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
46% 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 SOUTH BOSTON EN ACCION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 40% · 2018 37% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 87% — growing more concentrated.
“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
0% of SOUTH BOSTON EN ACCION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
98% of SOUTH BOSTON EN ACCION 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. $51k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
SOUTH BOSTON EN ACCION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding SOUTH BOSTON EN ACCION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $75k on record.
- (MM) PURCHASED CLIENT/PROGRAM SVCS$50k
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$25k
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 SOUTH BOSTON EN ACCION 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.
Public support
70%
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 SOUTH BOSTON EN ACCION INC?
- SOUTH BOSTON EN ACCION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $339,391 to it, the largest being The Hyams Foundation Inc ($80,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTH BOSTON EN ACCION INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $339,391 in grants to SOUTH BOSTON EN ACCION INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTH BOSTON EN ACCION INC?
- The Hyams Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $80,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTH BOSTON EN ACCION 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 11 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