MORE THAN WORDS INC

As filed

Subsection

03

Classification

1000

Street

56 FELTON ST

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 · 2024

• MTW IS A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE THAT EMPOWERS SYSTEM-INVOLVED YOUTH TO TAKE CHARGE OF THEIR LIVES BY TAKING CHARGE OF A BUSINESS. WE SERVE THE BOSTON AREA'S MOST UNDERSERVED YOUNG PEOPLE WHO FACE COMPOUNDING RISK FACTORS: 55% ARE INVOLVED IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM, 41% ARE COURT-INVOLVED, AND 25% FACE HOMELESSNESS. OVER THE PAST 20+ YEARS, MTW HAS DEVELOPED AND REFINED A MODEL THAT CONSISTENTLY EMPOWERS YOUTH TO ACHIEVE MEASURABLE OUTCOMES IN EDUCATION, WORK, AND LIFE.AT MTW YOUTH BEGIN WITH INTENSIVE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO HELP THEM GET STABILIZED AND READY FOR JOB TRAINING, INCLUDING WORK ON ESSENTIAL DOCUMENTS, TRANSPORTATION, FOOD SECURITY, AND HOUSING. THEN YOUTH EARN A JOB MANAGING EVERY FACET OF A $4M+ BUSINESS, DEVELOPING VALUABLE, TRANSFERABLE SKILLS APPROXIMATELY 10-25 HOURS/WEEK. YOUTH SOURCE USED BOOKS AND CLOTHING ITEMS, SELL THEM ONLINE AND IN THREE RETAIL STORES, RUN A FLEXIBLE EVENT SPACE, AND GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY ON A MOBILE BOOKSTORE. THEY ALSO HOLD A SECOND, EQUALLY IMPORTANT YOU JOB, IN WHICH THEY RECEIVE INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT TO WORK TOWARDS PERSONAL GOALS. TWO-PLUS YEARS OF CONTINUED SUPPORT IN THE CAREER SERVICES PROGRAM AND ACCESS TO BRIDGE FUNDING HELP YOUTH TRANSITION TO OTHER JOBS, PERSIST IN EDUCATION, AND GET ON A PATH TO A LIVING WAGE. THROUGH THIS TRANSFORMATIVE PROGRAM, WE PROVIDE THE STRUCTURE, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND SUPPORT NEEDED TO EMPOWER OUR YOUTH TO DO THE HARD WORK OF TRANSFORMING THEIR OWN LIVES.THIS MODEL WORKS BECAUSE WORK WORKS. IN OUR MOST RECENTLY COMPLETED FISCAL YEAR WE SERVED 320 YOUTH. 85% OF GRADUATES WERE PRODUCTIVELY ENGAGED IN SCHOOL AND/OR WORK AND 97% OF YOUTH EITHER HAD EARNED OR WERE ON TRACK TO EARN THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR HISET.

  Expenses $8,921,664 · Grants $347,996

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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

• 2024

  Revenue

  $12,877,662

  Expenses

  $10,894,823

  Contributions

  $11,621,786

  Grants paid

  $347,996

• 2023

  Revenue

  $9,712,064

  Expenses

  $9,393,123

  Contributions

  $8,696,698

  Grants paid

  $217,425

• 2022

  Revenue

  $7,743,438

  Expenses

  $8,613,521

  Contributions

  $6,775,548

  Grants paid

  $0

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

  $7,979,220

  Expenses

  $7,332,379

  Assets (EOY)

  $15,482,688

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,459,719

  Expenses

  $6,304,208

  Assets (EOY)

  $15,091,779

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,632,753

  Expenses

  $6,318,758

  Assets (EOY)

  $16,209,266

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,320,416

  Expenses

  $5,977,069

  Assets (EOY)

  $14,685,636

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,071,924

  Expenses

  $4,676,074

  Assets (EOY)

  $16,245,248

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,906,723

  Expenses

  $4,031,601

  Assets (EOY)

  $12,955,600

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,979,019

  Expenses

  $3,305,730

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,497,370

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,718,240

  Expenses

  $2,633,908

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,648,903

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,125,429

  Expenses

  $2,180,868

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,446,258

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,855,917

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,526,262

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $540,324

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $467,726

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $337,695

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FORGOOD INC

  $286,288

  2023 · UNRESTRICTED

• FORGOOD INC

  $264,503

  2022 · UNRESTRICTED

• FORGOOD INC

  $259,504

  2024 · UNRESTRICTED

• BOSTON FOUNDATION INC

  $204,250

  2022 · Operating Support/Annual Fund

• BOSTON FOUNDATION INC

  $195,250

  2023 · Operating Support/Annual Fund

• MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED AND AFFILIATES GROUP RTN

  $175,000

  2023 · COMMUNITY BENEFIT PROGRAM

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $119,500

  2022 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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