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TAKING PEOPLE PLACES

TAKING PEOPLE PLACES (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,474 to it, the largest being BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL-PLYMOUTH INC ($25,474). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$252k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$25k
Net assets
$11k
1/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Taking People Places does

Mission

To provide essential non-emergency transportation options to vulnerable populations in the greater plymouth area who do not have access to reliab le rides. Consequently, we advocate for improved transportation services I n all the plymouth county communities where ride options are lacking or I n need of improvement and educate the public about these services. To enga ge in any and all other permitted activities under chapter 180 of the massac husetts general laws now in force or as hereinafter amended, but only to t he extent that the status that the corporation may then have as an exempt corporation under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986, as a mended, is not affected by the inclusion of such other purposes.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. To provide essential non-emergency transportation options to vulnerable populations in the greater plymouth area who do not have access to reliab le rides. Consequently, we advocate for improved transportation services I n all the plymouth county communities where ride options are lacking or I n need of improvement and educate the public about these services. To enga ge in any and all other permitted activities under chapter 180 of the massac husetts general laws now in force or as hereinafter amended, but only to t he extent that the status that the corporation may then have as an exempt corporation under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986, as a mended, is not affected by the inclusion of such other purposes.

    $221,460 spent
    100% of program spending
  2. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $221,460.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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.

100 = 20222022 Revenue 100 ($139k) Expenses 100 ($135k) Net assets 100 ($4k)2023 Revenue 82 ($114k) Expenses 88 ($119k) Net assets -53 ($-1937)2024 Revenue 113 ($156k) Expenses 113 ($153k) Net assets 40 ($1k)2025 Revenue 182 ($252k) Expenses 179 ($243k) Net assets 297 ($11k)
2022202320242025
Revenue (182)Expenses (179)Net assets (297)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $7k to $22k (+226%).

$16k
$7k
$22k
$34k
2022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

52% of TAKING PEOPLE PLACES’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 23,870 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$4k
’22
−$6k
’23
$3k
’24
$9k
’25
0.4
months of
reserve
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of TAKING PEOPLE PLACES’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 TAKING PEOPLE PLACES's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.

MA

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

TAKING PEOPLE PLACES has grown faster than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin4% · below the median
Months of reserve0.4mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)22% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Government funding TAKING PEOPLE PLACES receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $97k on record.

State$97k
24
25
Top programs
  • (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$97k

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 TAKING PEOPLE PLACES

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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

91% of spending goes to programs.

Program 91%Management 4%Fundraising 5%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

MA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TAKING PEOPLE PLACES: 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 TAKING PEOPLE PLACES?
TAKING PEOPLE PLACES (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,474 to it, the largest being BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL-PLYMOUTH INC ($25,474). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does TAKING PEOPLE PLACES have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $25,474 in grants to TAKING PEOPLE PLACES, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of TAKING PEOPLE PLACES?
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL-PLYMOUTH INC is the largest funder on record, with $25,474 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like TAKING PEOPLE PLACES 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 2022–2025), 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