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WEST END HOUSE INC

WEST END HOUSE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 93 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,679,344 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,911,316). 67 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$5.2M
Funders on record
93
Grants received
$15M
Net assets
$20M
67/93 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 41%
01What it does

What West End House Inc does

Mission

The mission of west end house, inc. D/b/a west end house boys & girlsclub of allston-brighton (the club) is to inspire and enable young people to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring citizens. The club is an independent boys & girls club and one of the most diverse youth development and college and career success organizations in boston. It is the largest youth development organization located in allston-brighton and enrolls young people coming from 23 of 30 boston zip codes. The club's goals are to empower youth ages 8-24 to succeed in school, discover their artistic passions and skills, adopt healthy lifestyles, successfully pursue college and career pathways, and become community leaders.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. The club's vision for the future is shaped directly by the young people and families it serves. Centering the voices of the community, the following five strategic priorities have emerged to drive the club to a more equitable, inclusive, and just future:1. Expand the club's reach and deepen its impact2. Elevate services for disengaged youth3. Uplift community health and well-being in all the club's work4. Build a best-in-class team dedicated to empowering youth5. Grow resources to achieve maximum impactthe club serves 900 youth ages 8 through 24 including those who participate in the after-school program, summer youth development programs and alumni enrolled in the college and career pathways program. In additional 160 families are served through the food for families program. Although annual youth membership fees are $15, it is free for teens, youth residing in subsidized housing, and for families in the food for families program. The club's current programing include: *academic success: designed to help aged 8-18 succeed in elementary school, middle school, high school, and beyond. Through individual and group support (homework help, one-on-one tutoring), timely academic…

    $4,687,225 spentof which $56,900 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $4,687,225.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($3.3M) Expenses 100 ($3.6M) Net assets 100 ($13M)2018 Revenue 127 ($4.2M) Expenses 106 ($3.9M) Net assets 100 ($13M)2019 Revenue 118 ($3.9M) Expenses 105 ($3.8M) Net assets 103 ($13M)2020 Revenue 144 ($4.7M) Expenses 100 ($3.6M) Net assets 114 ($15M)2021 Revenue 154 ($5.1M) Expenses 120 ($4.3M) Net assets 122 ($16M)2022 Revenue 176 ($5.8M) Expenses 135 ($4.9M) Net assets 122 ($16M)2023 Revenue 178 ($5.8M) Expenses 140 ($5.1M) Net assets 130 ($17M)2024 Revenue 159 ($5.2M) Expenses 155 ($5.6M) Net assets 156 ($20M)
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Revenue (159)Expenses (155)Net assets (156)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 2017 to 2018, from $16M to $14M (−14%).

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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.

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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 10% · 2018 7% · 2019 9% · 2020 16% · 2021 19% · 2022 19% · 2023 14% · 2024 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

94% of WEST END HOUSE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (13% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,893 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

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$308k
’18
$46k
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$1.1M
’20
$712k
’21
$862k
’22
$784k
’23
−$416k
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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.

Chief executive

Andrea Howard

Chief executive officer

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Joined·+3+7+3+2+5+1+3
No longer listed·2541324
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 16 funders to 47 funders, grant income rose $1.2M → $1.9M.

14 of 93 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 WEST END HOUSE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 93 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

WEST END HOUSE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 13% of grant income, and it takes 8 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 8 funders to its left

51% 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 WEST END HOUSE INC.

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30%
top three
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effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 24% · 2018 26% · 2019 26% · 2020 17% · 2021 13% · 2022 13% · 2023 13% — 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

54% of WEST END HOUSE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 72% give in more than one year at all.

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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

83% of WEST END HOUSE INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.

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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.4M 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

WEST END HOUSE INC is better cushioned than half of the 2,728 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−8% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve5.3mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)7% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,728 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Government funding WEST END HOUSE INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $676k on record.

State$676k
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  • (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$676k

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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

83% of spending goes to programs.

Program 83%Management 6%Fundraising 10%

Governance

19
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

82%

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

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • West End House Support Inc · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds WEST END HOUSE INC?
WEST END HOUSE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 93 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,679,344 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,911,316). 67 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does WEST END HOUSE INC have?
IRS filings report 93 organizations giving $14,679,344 in grants to WEST END HOUSE INC, 67 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of WEST END HOUSE INC?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,911,316 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WEST END HOUSE 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 93 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