Massachusetts · Nonprofit
THE NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC
THE NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 72 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,289,348 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,083,761). 39 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $135M
- Funders on record
- 72
- Grants received
- $8.3M
- Net assets
- $79M
What The New England Center for Children Inc does
Mission
The necc exists to improve the lives of children with autism in the commonwealth of massachusetts, across new england and around the world. Through direct-care services, education, parent training, research, professional development, and a patented technology, necc is helping tens of thousands of children learn and thrive, while also preparing the next generation of special education teachers and board certified behavior analysts.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The severe residential program serves students age 6 through 22 from across the united states. This program operates 365 days/year and is designed for students with the most severe challenging behaviors, including self-injury. These students reside in specially designed group homes which are staffed with 1:1 (sometimes 2:1) staff/student ratio throughout the day and night. Instruction is provided both in the residence and the school by a team of teachers, specialists and clinicians who work across both settings. The goal for these students is to decrease dangerous and severe behaviors and increase their ability to function and communicate independently so that they may move to a less restrictive environment for an improved quality of life.
$58,443,256 spent$39,359,113 earned by the program48% of program spendingNecc operates the mohammed bin rashid center for special education in abu dhabi, uae, under an agreement with the abu dhabi department of education and knowledge. The center in abu dhabi replicates all services and programs at the new england center for children in massachusetts, including early assessment and intervention, preschool programming, treatment and education services for children age 3 and older, family support services, professional training and development, and a research program to support the best clinical practices.
$35,945,036 spent$40,918,285 earned by the program29% of program spendingNecc's intermediate residential program runs 365 days/year and serves students with self-injury and other challenging behaviors that make it unsafe for them to live with their families. These students live in group homes near the southborough campus and are staffed 1:1 throughout their day. Students in the intermediate residential program attend the day school where they work on life skills, academics, speech and language, social skills, physical education and therapy, and vocational skills. They receive increased clinical and educational supervision.
$12,555,203 spent$9,921,505 earned by the program10% of program spendingThe residential school serves children age 3-22 from around the country who require a highly structured, 24-hour setting to make educational progress. Students live in group homes with other students of the same gender and age range. They participate in small group instruction for academics, social skills, communication, vocational training and physical education. While in the residence, students focus on independent living skills, leisure, recreation and community activities.necc operates a limited adult program for former necc students who have graduated the program but are not able to live independently. The adult program provides supports to help these individuals with autism and developmental disorders develop skills to help them integrate into the community and workforce.necc operates a vast consulting practice, including professional trainings and workshops (an online platform called abaplus), classroom evaluations and consultations, and individual student evaluations and consultations. Necc has consulting practices in 8 countries. In addition, necc runs private programs for individual families, offering applied behavior analysis programming, including a full range of…
$15,125,298 spent$41,504,926 earned by the program12% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $122,068,793.
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.
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 $72M to $88M (+21%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Board chair
Elizabeth Wetherbee Klein
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 28 funders, grant income rose $1.0M → $1.4M.
14 of 72 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 59% 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 THE NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 72 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
THE NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 37% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
83% 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 THE NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 32% · 2019 59% · 2020 30% · 2021 40% · 2022 27% · 2023 40% — 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
37% of THE NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
59% of THE NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR CHILDREN 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 $3.4M that is directly attributable, 82% of it comes from funders outside Massachusetts, across 15 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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.
Government funding THE NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $54.4M on record.
- MA$53.0M
- CT$1.2M
- DE$134k
- VT$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 THE NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR CHILDREN 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
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC?
- THE NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 72 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,289,348 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,083,761). 39 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC have?
- IRS filings report 72 organizations giving $8,289,348 in grants to THE NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC, 39 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $3,083,761 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR CHILDREN 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.
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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 72 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