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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CHILDRENS ROOM - CENTER FOR GREIVING CHILDREN & TEENAGERS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,065,712
Total expenses
$1,834,205
Contributions and grants received
$1,971,329
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$5,850
Investment income
$81,927
Other revenue
$6,606
Total assets, end of year
$4,248,330
Total liabilities, end of year
$433,275
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,815,055
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,257,222
Management and general expenses
$193,696
Fundraising expenses
$383,287
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,257,222

Program services were 68.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $81,259

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,890,070

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Training Income

    total $5,850 · related or exempt $5,850

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $81,927 · excluded $81,927

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $81,259

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other Income

    total $6,606 · related or exempt $6,606

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $6,606

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $167,241 · program services $83,621 · management and general $41,810 · fundraising $41,810

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,030,757 · program services $766,958 · management and general $30,070 · fundraising $233,729

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $19,179 · program services $13,617 · management and general $1,151 · fundraising $4,411

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $85,133 · program services $60,444 · management and general $5,108 · fundraising $19,581

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $99,105 · program services $70,365 · management and general $5,946 · fundraising $22,794

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $67,574 · management and general $67,574

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $48,803 · program services $48,803

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $41,221 · program services $36,047 · management and general $1,070 · fundraising $4,104

  • 20 · Interest

    total $25,697 · program services $18,289 · management and general $1,547 · fundraising $5,861

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $32,803 · program services $23,290 · management and general $1,968 · fundraising $7,545

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,814 · management and general $10,814

  • 24a · Other expenses: Supplies and expenses

    total $95,756 · program services $86,198 · management and general $5,274 · fundraising $4,284

  • 24b · Other expenses: Online services and fees

    total $59,574 · program services $38,210 · management and general $21,364

  • 24c · Other expenses: Event expenses

    total $39,168 · fundraising $39,168

  • 24d · Other expenses: Prof Dev

    total $11,380 · program services $11,380

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $187,186 · end of year $38,670

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,017,728 · end of year $1,011,649

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,175,007 · end of year $1,192,451

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,946 · end of year $2,525

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $11,107 · end of year $13,871

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $1,434,352

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $511,329

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $909,026 · end of year $923,023

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $763,983 · end of year $1,066,141

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $58,966 · end of year $78,818

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $424,469 · end of year $354,457

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,408,541 · end of year $2,622,605

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,175,007 · end of year $1,192,450

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The Childrens Room creates safe, supportive commuities so that no child, teen or family has to grieve alone.

  • The Childrens Rooms mission is to create safe, supportive communities so that no child, teen, or family has to grieve alone. We provide free, peer-based grief support to children, teens, and their caregivers following the death of a parent, child, or sibling. Services are offered at our Arlington center as well as in schools and community settings throughout eastern Massachusetts. Our programs include Peer Support Groups for children and teens ages 3 to 18 and their caregivers; grief support groups designed specifically for teens; psychoeducational series for parents and caregivers; arts-based family programs; professional education and training; information and referral services; and individual consultations. All services are offered at no cost, recognizing that grief and loss are often accompanied by financial hardship. During FY25, The Childrens Room served 675 children, teens, and adults through direct grief support programming, reached 968 professionals through training and consultation, partnered with 21 schools and community organizations to provide peer support to students, and responded to 602 information and referral inquiries from families and professionals.

    Expenses $1,257,222

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jon Gay

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $171,998
    From this org
    $167,242
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,756
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,242
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,756
    Filer's total
    $171,998

  • Angelo Firenze

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alan Fanger

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joy Fisher-Williams

    SFC Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sarah Lazarus

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christine Tangishaka

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Emmanuel Ebot

    Gov Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anne Favaloro

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Iroso Onamade

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carol Gildea

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Parmpreet Kalsi

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ed Orazem

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sam Peper

    Treasurer & Finance Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John DeCecca

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Crissy Straub

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 January 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202630379349300903

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