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EIN 04-2573248 BOSTON, MA

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Revenue 2023
$21,846,782
Expenses 2023
$20,729,600

Program services were 84.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
F33Z
Classification
1000
Street
418 COMMONWEALTH AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE AGENCY OPERATES A VARIETY OF RESIDENTIAL AND HOME-BASED SUPPORT PROGRAMS TO ENHANCE THE ABILITIES OF YOUTH AND FAMILIES TO BE CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITIES. WE SEEK TO EMPOWER CHILDREN YOUTH AND FAMILIES TO MAKE MEANINGFUL AND LASTING CHANGES IN THEIR ABILITIES TO OVERCOME A VARIETY OF SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL CHALLENGES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROMOTE AND ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF PERSONS OF ALL AGES, AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH A VARIETY OF COMMUNITY BASED PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. THE ORGANIZATION PROMOTES PERMANENCY FOR ALL CHILDREN AND STABILITY, SAFETY AND WELL-BEING FOR ALL PERSONS. THE ORGANIZATION SUPPORTS CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH THE USE OF STRENGTH BASED APPROACHES THAT PROMOTE OPTIMAL COMMUNITY INTEGRATION. THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS, FOSTER HOMES, AND SMALL GROUP LIVING SETTINGS. THE AGENCY ALSO PROVIDES MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES TO OTHER NOT FOR PROFIT AGENCIES.

  • YOUTH INDEPENDENT LIVING AND PRE-INDEPENDENT LIVING, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE PROGRAMS AND FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION SERVICES FOR EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED CHILDREN.

    Expenses $17,153,225

  • PROVIDE MANAGEMENT SERVICES ON A CONSULTING BASIS TO OTHER NOT FOR PROFIT AGENCIES.

    Expenses $252,654 · Revenue $190,586

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Craig Gordon

    PRESIDENT/CEO/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $241,925
    From this org
    $198,951
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,974
    Hours/week
    36 + 4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $198,951
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,220
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,754
    Filer's total
    $241,925

  • Boyce Slayman

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Susan Fink

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Patrick Martin

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • David Dubinsky

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Kelly McDermott

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Deanna Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • James Vincent

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Joseph M Leavey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $30,000
    From this org
    $30,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Sandy Cades

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $223,098
    From this org
    $183,469
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,629
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,469
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,035
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,594
    Filer's total
    $223,098

  • Joan Valcourt

    VP OF HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $157,488
    From this org
    $129,513
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,975
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,513
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,908
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,067
    Filer's total
    $157,488

  • Eric Gaboriault

    COO

    Total calculated
    $146,338
    From this org
    $120,344
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,994
    Hours/week
    40

  • Joan McGregor

    VP OF FAMILY NETWORK

    Total calculated
    $137,468
    From this org
    $113,050
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,418
    Hours/week
    40

  • Sandra Pyram-Loyer

    VP-MA

    Total calculated
    $134,588
    From this org
    $110,681
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,907
    Hours/week
    40

  • Trixy Ferrell

    PROGRAM STAFF

    Total calculated
    $133,876
    From this org
    $110,096
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,780
    Hours/week
    40

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $21,846,782
    Expenses
    $20,729,600
    Contributions
    $21,481,641
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $20,827,618
    Expenses
    $17,343,565
    Contributions
    $20,672,074
    Grants paid
    $349,000

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $18,086,040
    Expenses
    $15,897,673
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,755,931

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,776,219
    Expenses
    $13,938,921
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,444,200

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,929,473
    Expenses
    $16,378,210
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,320,323

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,502,968
    Expenses
    $16,086,707
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,710,191

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,444,861
    Expenses
    $14,355,229
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,251,962

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,944,279
    Expenses
    $13,486,807
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,174,538

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,777,922
    Expenses
    $13,221,689
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,653,924

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,423,766
    Expenses
    $12,195,889
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,729,308

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,799,544
    Expenses
    $12,071,844
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,603,580

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $11,469,622
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,767,545

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

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Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2023 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.