Massachusetts · Nonprofit
TORCHLIGHT RECOVERY INC
TORCHLIGHT RECOVERY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $182,166 to it, the largest being FRIENDS OF RECOVERY CAFE ($100,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $182k
- Net assets
- $473k
What Torchlight Recovery Inc does
Mission
Our mission is to foster long-term recovery for individuals and families across massachusetts by delivering culturally inclusive, community-informed programs that elevate the voices and experiences of those affected by addiction. Through partnership, education, and leadership development, we work to strengthen healing, wellness, and resilience. Guided by compassion and equity, we strive to become a nationally recognized leader in the recovery movement and to cultivate the next generation of recovery leaders.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Nubian outreach and engagement are individuals with lived experience who care deeply about our community.
$192,963 spentof which $218,190 as grants30% of program spendingTorchlight recovery is a bipoc-led, community-rooted organization providing compassionate, culturally responsive recovery support services throughout greater boston. We empower healing and wellness through peer support, reentry services, and place-based initiatives grounded in equity, dignity, and connection.
$312,516 spentof which $542,584 as grants48% of program spendingTorchlight re-entry provides compassionate, high-quality, and individualized peer recovery support services for the bipoc community across greater boston. They are deeply committed to helping people of color heal spiritually, mentally, and physically - fostering a path to long-term wellness and community connection.
$86,293 spentof which $88,717 as grants13% of program spendingRecovery education collaborative's mission is to promote lifelong learning enhanced by sustainable recovery for individuals with lived experience in addiction and recovery throughout massachusetts, by providing culturally responsive educational training programs. We strive to create a community that values and uplifts all its members
$61,352 spentof which $66,498 as grants9% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $653,124.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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.
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: 2024 95%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of TORCHLIGHT RECOVERY INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
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 TORCHLIGHT RECOVERY 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.
How concentrated its funding is
TORCHLIGHT RECOVERY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% 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
100% 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 TORCHLIGHT RECOVERY INC.
“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
TORCHLIGHT RECOVERY INC draws 55% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 2 states in all.
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
TORCHLIGHT RECOVERY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 8,121 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding TORCHLIGHT RECOVERY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.1M on record.
- (MM) PURCHASED CLIENT/PROGRAM SVCS$869k
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$241k
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 TORCHLIGHT RECOVERY 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
89% 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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TORCHLIGHT RECOVERY 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 TORCHLIGHT RECOVERY INC?
- TORCHLIGHT RECOVERY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $182,166 to it, the largest being FRIENDS OF RECOVERY CAFE ($100,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TORCHLIGHT RECOVERY INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $182,166 in grants to TORCHLIGHT RECOVERY INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TORCHLIGHT RECOVERY INC?
- FRIENDS OF RECOVERY CAFE is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TORCHLIGHT RECOVERY 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 FY2024 (financials across 2023–2024), and the filings of 2 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