Form 990 for tax year 2025
Filed by MASSACHUSETTS BUDGET AND POLICY CENTER INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,687,580
- Total expenses
- $2,747,438
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,549,292
- Grants paid
- $389,000
- Program service revenue
- $95,220
- Investment income
- $45,911
- Other revenue
- -$2,843
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,566,627
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $116,176
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $2,450,451
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $2,195,469
- Management and general expenses
- $260,064
- Fundraising expenses
- $291,905
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $2,195,469
Program services were 79.9% 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.
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1c · Fundraising events
$36,500
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,512,792
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2a · Program service revenue: Program services
total $57,670 · related or exempt $57,670
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2b · Program service revenue: Research projects
total $37,550 · related or exempt $37,550
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3 · Investment income
total $45,911 · excluded $45,911
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$9,020
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$36,500
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$11,863
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$2,843 · excluded -$2,843
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $389,000 · program services $389,000
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $208,704 · program services $154,292 · management and general $24,506 · fundraising $29,906
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,253,124 · program services $901,166 · management and general $164,686 · fundraising $187,272
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $63,389 · program services $45,553 · management and general $8,172 · fundraising $9,664
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $220,182 · program services $199,897 · management and general -$864 · fundraising $21,149
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $126,226 · program services $91,046 · management and general $16,405 · fundraising $18,775
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11b · Fees: legal
total $10,147 · program services $10,147
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $29,809 · management and general $29,809
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11g · Fees: other
total $65,295 · program services $49,695 · fundraising $15,600
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13 · Office expenses
total $17,660 · program services $13,757 · management and general $1,086 · fundraising $2,817
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16 · Occupancy
total $127,832 · program services $127,832
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17 · Travel
total $23,370 · program services $18,084 · management and general $2,989 · fundraising $2,297
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $24,054 · program services $22,864 · management and general $802 · fundraising $388
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $2,923 · management and general $2,923
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23 · Insurance
total $6,701 · program services $1,710 · management and general $4,991
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24a · Other expenses: Education & Training
total $80,338 · program services $78,481 · management and general $920 · fundraising $937
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24b · Other expenses: Fees
total $53,676 · program services $49,359 · management and general $3,444 · fundraising $873
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24c · Other expenses: Telephone & Communicati
total $37,568 · program services $35,469 · fundraising $2,099
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24d · Other expenses: Equipment costs
total $6,498 · program services $6,498
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24e · All other expenses
total $942 · program services $619 · management and general $195 · fundraising $128
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $1,069,086 · end of year $558,191
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $1,843,637 · end of year $962,511
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $58,856 · end of year $2,404
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$64,243
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$62,384
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $4,782 · end of year $1,859
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $567,786
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $844,231 · end of year $473,876
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $140,416 · end of year $85,968
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $13,750 · end of year $0
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $156,117 · end of year $30,208
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $739,178 · end of year $494,113
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,771,131 · end of year $1,956,338
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
MassBudget is a leading think tank advancing equitable policy solutions that create an inclusive, thriving Commonwealth.
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To provide independent research and analysis of the state budget and tax policies and economic issues that affect low- and moderate-income people in Massachusetts.
Expenses $2,195,469 · Grants $389,000 · Revenue $95,220
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Alexandra Pineros-Shields
Board President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Bianca Sigh Ward
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Branden Miles
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Carol Kamin
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Carolyn Chou
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
David Halbert
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dolores Thibault-Munoz
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Eric Nakajima
Director through 12/31/25
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Gisele C Shorter
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Glenn Parker
Director & Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jacqueline Johnson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mark Martinez
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Marlishia Aho
Vice President & Clerk
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Michael Dukakis
Director through 3/1/25
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Myron Miller
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Peter Enrich
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Chelsea Sedani
Director of Advocacy
- Total calculated
- $144,334
- From this org
- $105,775
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $38,559
- Hours/week
- 35
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $105,775
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $38,559
- Filer's total
- $144,334
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Viviana Abreu-Herdandez
President
- Total calculated
- $213,713
- From this org
- $180,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $33,713
- Hours/week
- 35
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $180,000
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $33,713
- Filer's total
- $213,713
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Gregg Grenier
VP of Operations
- Total calculated
- $138,018
- From this org
- $130,805
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $7,213
- Hours/week
- 35
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $130,805
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $7,213
- Filer's total
- $138,018
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Jennifer Das
Communications Director
- Total calculated
- $171,873
- From this org
- $127,552
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $44,321
- Hours/week
- 35
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $127,552
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $44,321
- Filer's total
- $171,873
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Phineas Baxandall
Director or Res & Policy
- Total calculated
- $152,919
- From this org
- $122,500
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $30,419
- Hours/week
- 35
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $122,500
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $30,419
- Filer's total
- $152,919
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
- 3 · Compensation committee
- 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 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
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Delivering on Equity - Engagement for Tax Equity
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$100,000
Delivering on Equity - Engagement for Tax Equity
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$24,000
Advocacy for tax credits that support families
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Prophetic Resistance Inc
$10,000
Delivering on Equity
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Delivering on Equity - Engagement for Tax Equity
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Delivering on Equity-Engagement for Tax Equity
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$10,000
Delivering on Equity - Engagement for Tax Equity
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Delivering on Equty-Engagement for Tax Equity
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Mass Voter Education Network Inc
$10,000
Delivering on Equity - Engagement for Tax Equity
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$10,000
Delivering on Equity-Engagement for Tax Equity
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 15 June 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.1
- Source object
- 202631669349301273
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