Massachusetts · Nonprofit
SOUTHWEST BOSTON SENIOR SERVICES INC D/B/A ETHOS
SOUTHWEST BOSTON SENIOR SERVICES INC D/B/A ETHOS (Massachusetts) receives grants from 45 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,607,441 to it, the largest being Boston Charitable Trust Fund City of Boston Trust Office ($500,439). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $62M
- Funders on record
- 45
- Grants received
- $2.6M
- Net assets
- $17M
What Southwest Boston Senior Services Inc D/B/A Ethos does
Mission
Ethos is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting independence, dignity, and well-being among the elderly and disabled through quality, affordable, and culturally appropriate home and community-based care.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Nutrition programs - provides meals to the elderly in their homes and at various congregate sites.
$21,529,857 spent$21,271,194 earned by the program37% of program spendingHome care - the purchased services component permits the organization to subcontract with area providers for various home care services for the elderly. The case management component provides for administrative support of the home care program.
$15,974,988 spent$17,099,432 earned by the program27% of program spendingEnhanced services - provides services that target frail elders for the purpose of preventing or delaying nursing home placement.
$4,115,603 spent$5,458,114 earned by the program7% of program spendingVarious other programs providing services to the elderly and boston massachusetts community.
$16,956,315 spent$18,741,437 earned by the program29% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $58,576,763.
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 $19M to $23M (+23%).
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: 2018 65% · 2019 72% · 2020 72% · 2021 74% · 2022 75% · 2023 75% · 2024 74% · 2025 73%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
75% of SOUTHWEST BOSTON SENIOR SERVICES INC D/B/A ETHOS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $23k → $265k.
6 of 45 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 SOUTHWEST BOSTON SENIOR SERVICES INC D/B/A ETHOS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 45 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
SOUTHWEST BOSTON SENIOR SERVICES INC D/B/A ETHOS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% 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
47% 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 SOUTHWEST BOSTON SENIOR SERVICES INC D/B/A ETHOS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 31% · 2019 55% · 2020 36% · 2021 66% · 2022 27% · 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
47% of SOUTHWEST BOSTON SENIOR SERVICES INC D/B/A ETHOS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 51% 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
75% of SOUTHWEST BOSTON SENIOR SERVICES INC D/B/A ETHOS's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $362k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
SOUTHWEST BOSTON SENIOR SERVICES INC D/B/A ETHOS has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like SOUTHWEST BOSTON SENIOR SERVICES INC D/B/A ETHOS
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
96% 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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SOUTHWEST BOSTON SENIOR SERVICES INC D/B/A ETHOS?
- SOUTHWEST BOSTON SENIOR SERVICES INC D/B/A ETHOS (Massachusetts) receives grants from 45 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,607,441 to it, the largest being Boston Charitable Trust Fund City of Boston Trust Office ($500,439). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTHWEST BOSTON SENIOR SERVICES INC D/B/A ETHOS have?
- IRS filings report 45 organizations giving $2,607,441 in grants to SOUTHWEST BOSTON SENIOR SERVICES INC D/B/A ETHOS, 23 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTHWEST BOSTON SENIOR SERVICES INC D/B/A ETHOS?
- Boston Charitable Trust Fund City of Boston Trust Office is the largest funder on record, with $500,439 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTHWEST BOSTON SENIOR SERVICES INC D/B/A ETHOS 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 45 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