Massachusetts · Nonprofit
TENT CITY CORPORATION
TENT CITY CORPORATION (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $58,333 to it, the largest being CUMMINGS FOUNDATION GRANTS INC (FKA ONEWORLD BOSTON INC) ($33,333). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.9M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $58k
- Net assets
- $-35636402
What Tent City Corporation does
Mission
Organized as a community development corporation, which provides for neighborhood development with citizen involvement and for decent, affordable housing of displaced or inadequately housed residents of the south end/lower roxbury urban renewal area of boston.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Real estate operations - this program, which relates to tca, operates 269 units of mixed-income housing, 129 underground parking spaces and approximately 8,900 square feet of commercial space located in boston, massachusetts. Additionally, under this program the agency operates at wah 30 units of low to moderate mixed income housing.
$9,505,404 spent$7,837,247 earned by the program100% of program spendingCommunity support - this program reaches into the community to serve children and families in need of support and assistance. The types of services include, but are not limited to, resident services, computer training and tutorial services.
$34,182 earned by the program
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,505,404.
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 2017 to 2018, from $48M to $55M (+14%).
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: 2017 1% · 2018 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of TENT CITY CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 of the last 8 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
2019 → 2020: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $33k → $25k.
From the IRS filings of TENT CITY CORPORATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 2 of 3 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
TENT CITY CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% — 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
100% of TENT CITY CORPORATION's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
TENT CITY CORPORATION's revenue grew 26% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,973 housing & shelter nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding TENT CITY CORPORATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $74k on record.
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$74k
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 TENT CITY CORPORATION
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Tent City Apartments LLC · disregarded
- Warren Affordable Housing LLC · disregarded
- Warren Apartments Corporation · exempt
- South Endlower Roxbury Housing Corporation · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TENT CITY CORPORATION: 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 TENT CITY CORPORATION?
- TENT CITY CORPORATION (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $58,333 to it, the largest being CUMMINGS FOUNDATION GRANTS INC (FKA ONEWORLD BOSTON INC) ($33,333). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TENT CITY CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $58,333 in grants to TENT CITY CORPORATION.
- Who is the largest funder of TENT CITY CORPORATION?
- CUMMINGS FOUNDATION GRANTS INC (FKA ONEWORLD BOSTON INC) is the largest funder on record, with $33,333 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TENT CITY CORPORATION 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 3 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