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CITIZENS HOUSING & PLANNING ASSOCIATION INC

EIN 04-6138418 BOSTON, MA

Revenue 2024
$4,240,565
Expenses 2024
$4,221,060

Program services were 82.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
L99Z
Classification
1280
Street
18 TREMONT STREET

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

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS EDUCATION & TRAINING IN PROGRAMS FOR HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.

  • RESEARCH ADVOCACY AND COALITION BUILDING - CHAPA WORKS TO INCREASE RESOURCES AND PROGRAMS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS. THE ORGANIZATION WORKS COLLABORATIVELY WITH GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS CONCERNED WITH HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. UNDER THIS PROGRAM AREA, CHAPA MANAGES THE NEW ENGLAND NETWORK, WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER HOUSING ADVOCATES FROM ALL SIX NEW ENGLAND STATES.

    Expenses $1,069,667

  • HOUSING COUNSELING AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS - CHAPA MANAGES SEVERAL PROGRAMS TO INCREASE HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. THESE INCLUDE: A HOMEOWNERSHIP COUNSELING GRANT PROGRAM UNDER A CONTRACT WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ("HUD") AND THE MASSACHUSETTS HOMEOWNERSHIP COLLABORATIVE, WHICH PROVIDES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING TO HOME BUYER COUNSELING AGENCIES.

    Expenses $1,404,158 · Revenue $294,870

  • NEW LEASE FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES - CHAPA SERVES AS THE FISCAL SPONSOR FOR NEW LEASE FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES ("NL"). THE NL PROGRAM WORKS COLLABORATIVELY WITH STATE AGENCIES, QUASIPUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO REDUCE HOMELESSNESS IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.

    Expenses $569,545

  • TRAINING AND EDUCATION - CHAPA ACTS AS AN INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PLANNING COMMUNITY. THE ORGANIZATION MAINTAINS A WEB PAGE WITH MONTHLY UPDATES AND SENDS OUT REGULAR NEWSLETTERS WITH UPDATES ON STATE AND FEDERAL HOUSING POLICY. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO HOLDS CONFERENCES AND FORUMS TO KEEP AFFORDABLE HOUSING STAKEHOLDERS INFORMED OF NEW PROGRAMS, DEVELOPMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN PUBLIC POLICIES.

    Expenses $373,521 · Revenue $956,569

  • MASSACCESS REGISTRY - FUNDED BY MASSACHUSETTS REHABILITATION COMMISSION AND MANAGED BY CHAPA, THE MASSACHUSETTS ACCESSIBLE HOUSING REGISTRY IS A DATABASE OF ACCESSIBLE UNITS THROUGHOUT MASSACHUSETTS THAT HELPS TO MATCH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WITH VACANT APARTMENTS.

    Expenses $75,658

  • MASSACHUSETTS SMART GROWTH ALLIANCE - CHAPA SERVES AS THE FISCAL SPONSOR FOR THE MASSACHUSETTS SMART GROWTH ALLIANCE ("MSGA"). MSGA IS MADE UP OF LEADING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK TOGETHER TO PROMOTE STATE POLICIES THAT FOSTER SMART GROWTH PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. THE ACTIVITY FOR THIS PROGRAM BECAME STAGNANT DURING A PRIOR YEAR, HOWEVER, CHAPA REMAINS THE FISCAL SPONSOR AND THE NET ASSETS REMAIN RESTRICTED FOR MSGA'S PURPOSES.

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.

  • ANDREW DEFRANZA

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • LESLIE REID

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • KENNETH WILLIS

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KENAN BIGBY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • RACHANA CROWLEY

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • ANDREA ALDANA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DIANA CARVAJAL-HIRSCH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SYMONE CRAWFORD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KELLEY CRONIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KEITH FAIREY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KAREN FREDERICK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LIZBETH HEYER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JASON KORB

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANGIE LIOU

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KATHLEEN MCGILVRAY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JENNIFER RAITT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • OLIVIA RICHARD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • AMARILLYS RODRIGUEZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TIMOTHY SULLIVAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARITZA CROSSEN

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $152,140
    From this org
    $108,015
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,125
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $108,015
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,007
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,118
    Filer's total
    $152,140

  • KAREN WIENER

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $170,003
    From this org
    $147,372
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,631
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,372
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,757
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,874
    Filer's total
    $170,003

  • RACHEL HELLER

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $188,115
    From this org
    $167,008
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,107
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,008
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,507
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,600
    Filer's total
    $188,115

  • JENNA CONNOLLY

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS & EVENTS

    Total calculated
    $128,452
    From this org
    $110,368
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,084
    Hours/week
    40

  • THOMAS PLIHCIK

    NEW LEASE EXEC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $161,500
    From this org
    $120,066
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,434
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $120,066
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,450
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,984
    Filer's total
    $161,500

  • WHITNEY D DEMETRIUS

    DIRECTOR OF FAIR HOUSING

    Total calculated
    $119,522
    From this org
    $113,499
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,023
    Hours/week
    40

The first 25 listed. 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
    $4,240,565
    Expenses
    $4,221,060
    Contributions
    $2,741,670
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,421,149
    Expenses
    $3,748,911
    Contributions
    $2,371,788
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,776,012
    Expenses
    $4,474,521
    Contributions
    $2,990,525
    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
    $4,277,599
    Expenses
    $4,351,813
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,716,703

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,307,426
    Expenses
    $3,992,890
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,050,472

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,897,155
    Expenses
    $3,614,556
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,022,013

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,308,751
    Expenses
    $3,526,176
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,044,979

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,545,023
    Expenses
    $3,581,863
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,987,614

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,167,692
    Expenses
    $2,955,637
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,762,235

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,379,763
    Expenses
    $4,058,515
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,467,442

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,351,583
    Expenses
    $3,674,158
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,649,078

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,765,194
    Expenses
    $3,669,144
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,926,666

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $3,482,023
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,389,134

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

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

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 13 October 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 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.