Massachusetts · Nonprofit
Staples Cause for Caring inc
Staples Cause for Caring inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $40,000 to it, the largest being STAPLES SHARE FUND INC ($40,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $471k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $40k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Staples Cause for Caring inc does
Mission
Staples cause for caring, founded and funded by associate and corporate contributions, offers relief for associates in need of severe financial assistance due to significant events or other circumstances beyond their control.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Staples cause for caring ("the organization") was established in order to provide financial assistance to corporate employees ("associates") of staples, inc. And their family members confronted with economic hardship due to natural disasters, catastrophic events, or other circumstances beyond their control. In 2024, the organization provided (114) grants for financial assistance to associates for various economic hardship, including illness and injury, funeral expenses, unemployment, homelessness, natural disasters, domestic abuse, and housing assistance.
$304,516 spentof which $304,516 as grants95% of program spendingStaples cause for caring provides grants to other charitable organizations. In 2024, the organization provided (1) grant to american red cross for california wildfires relief.
$15,000 spentof which $15,000 as grants5% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $319,516.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $1.1M to $995k (−13%).
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.
85% of Staples Cause for Caring inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (75% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Staples Cause for Caring 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.
Where its funders are
100% of Staples Cause for Caring inc's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
Staples Cause for Caring inc holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,014 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,014 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Staples Cause for Caring 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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Staples Inc · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Staples Cause for Caring 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 Staples Cause for Caring inc?
- Staples Cause for Caring inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $40,000 to it, the largest being STAPLES SHARE FUND INC ($40,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Staples Cause for Caring inc have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $40,000 in grants to Staples Cause for Caring inc.
- Who is the largest funder of Staples Cause for Caring inc?
- STAPLES SHARE FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Staples Cause for Caring 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 1 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