Massachusetts · Nonprofit
SOUTH SHORE ELDER SERVICES INC
SOUTH SHORE ELDER SERVICES INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $195,213 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($138,250). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $51M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $195k
- Net assets
- $-711314
What South Shore Elder Services Inc does
Mission
Provides home care services, referrals, and advocacy to the elderly population of south shore massachusetts.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
State homecare and enhanced services:provides homecare aides to assist senior citizens with home care, meals, personal care, etc. Provides an opportunity for independence.
$18,695,055 spentof which $13,830,787 as grants$20,634,667 earned by the program38% of program spendingSenior care options: sses contracts with senior care options (sco) organizations to provide case management services and purchased services to sco clients on a fee for service basis or on a unit basis.
$24,427,540 spentof which $21,441,646 as grants$25,928,329 earned by the program50% of program spendingNutrition and support: nutrition, administration, subgrants and support groups provide senior citizen services through nutrition sites, home-delivered meals, caregiver assistance and home aides.
$3,095,189 spentof which $258,671 as grants$1,950,919 earned by the program6% of program spendingProtective services: provides protective services for elders who are subjects of abuse or neglect.
$1,613,499 spentof which $7,261 as grants$1,906,049 earned by the program3% of program spendingOther programs for the elderly
$998,959 spentof which $39,559 as grants$404,873 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $48,830,242.
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 2022 to 2023, from $15M to $21M (+37%).
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: 2022 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of SOUTH SHORE ELDER SERVICES INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (96% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Sandra Lindsey
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $20k → $6k.
1 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 71% 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 SHORE ELDER SERVICES 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 SHORE ELDER SERVICES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
85% 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 SHORE ELDER SERVICES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 52% · 2021 91% · 2022 99% · 2023 99% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
71% of SOUTH SHORE ELDER SERVICES 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 $57k that is directly attributable, 82% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $138k 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
SOUTH SHORE ELDER SERVICES INC has grown faster than half of the 191 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 191 food & nutrition nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding SOUTH SHORE ELDER SERVICES INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $169.6M on record.
- (MM) PURCHASED CLIENT/PROGRAM SVCS$169.4M
- (RR) BENEFIT PROGRAMS$106k
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$12k
- (HH) CONSULTANT SVCS (TO DEPTS)$11k
- (EE) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES$10k
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 SHORE ELDER SERVICES 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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 SOUTH SHORE ELDER SERVICES 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 SOUTH SHORE ELDER SERVICES INC?
- SOUTH SHORE ELDER SERVICES INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $195,213 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($138,250). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SOUTH SHORE ELDER SERVICES INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $195,213 in grants to SOUTH SHORE ELDER SERVICES INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTH SHORE ELDER SERVICES INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $138,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTH SHORE ELDER SERVICES 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.
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 7 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