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← MASSACHUSETTS BUDGET AND POLICY CENTER INC

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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $36,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,512,792

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Program services

    total $57,670 · related or exempt $57,670

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Research projects

    total $37,550 · related or exempt $37,550

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $45,911 · excluded $45,911

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $9,020

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

    $36,500

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $11,863

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$2,843 · excluded -$2,843

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $389,000 · program services $389,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $208,704 · program services $154,292 · management and general $24,506 · fundraising $29,906

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,253,124 · program services $901,166 · management and general $164,686 · fundraising $187,272

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $63,389 · program services $45,553 · management and general $8,172 · fundraising $9,664

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $220,182 · program services $199,897 · management and general -$864 · fundraising $21,149

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $126,226 · program services $91,046 · management and general $16,405 · fundraising $18,775

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $10,147 · program services $10,147

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $29,809 · management and general $29,809

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $65,295 · program services $49,695 · fundraising $15,600

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $17,660 · program services $13,757 · management and general $1,086 · fundraising $2,817

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $127,832 · program services $127,832

  • 17 · Travel

    total $23,370 · program services $18,084 · management and general $2,989 · fundraising $2,297

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $24,054 · program services $22,864 · management and general $802 · fundraising $388

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,923 · management and general $2,923

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,701 · program services $1,710 · management and general $4,991

  • 24a · Other expenses: Education & Training

    total $80,338 · program services $78,481 · management and general $920 · fundraising $937

  • 24b · Other expenses: Fees

    total $53,676 · program services $49,359 · management and general $3,444 · fundraising $873

  • 24c · Other expenses: Telephone & Communicati

    total $37,568 · program services $35,469 · fundraising $2,099

  • 24d · Other expenses: Equipment costs

    total $6,498 · program services $6,498

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $942 · program services $619 · management and general $195 · fundraising $128

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,069,086 · end of year $558,191

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,843,637 · end of year $962,511

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $58,856 · end of year $2,404

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

    $64,243

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

    $62,384

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,782 · end of year $1,859

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $567,786

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $844,231 · end of year $473,876

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $140,416 · end of year $85,968

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $13,750 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $156,117 · end of year $30,208

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $739,178 · end of year $494,113

  • 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.

  • 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

  • Alexandra Pineros-Shields

    Board President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bianca Sigh Ward

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • 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
  • Michael Dukakis

    Director through 3/1/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Myron Miller

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Peter Enrich

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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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