JUST A START INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

S200

Classification

1000

Street

430 RINDGE AVE STE 301

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).

Other organizations at this address

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

This address is a suite or unit (STE 301). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

• NEXT STEP HOUSING CORPORATION

  EIN 83-0382839

• RINDGE COMMONS NORTH SUPPORT CORPORATION

  EIN 87-1470155

Mission and programs · 2024

• REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT - JUST A START HAS DEVELOPED AND CONTINUES TO OWN AND OPERATE 645 AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS THROUGHOUT CAMBRIDGE AND SOMERVILLE, HOUSING APPROXIMATELY 1,500 PEOPLE WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNLIKELY TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD APARTMENTS IN THESE EXPENSIVE AND HIGH-OPPORTUNITY CITIES. WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 350 NEW AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS IN OUR DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE, WHICH WE EXPECT TO DEVELOP IN THE COMING 5-6 YEARS. TO MAKE FIRST-TIME HOMEOWNERSHIP A REALITY FOR HOUSEHOLDS WITH MODERATE INCOMES, JUST A START HAS ALSO DEVELOPED 130 HOMEOWNERSHIP UNITS. WE ALSO MANAGE THE PRESERVATION, REHAB AND RESALE OF AFFORDABLE UNITS TO ENSURE FUTURE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE CONDOMINIUMS IN CAMBRIDGE FOR RESIDENTS WITH MODERATE INCOMES.

  Expenses $5,970,498 · Grants $1,705,020 · Revenue $4,158,184

• EDUCATION AND TRAINING - JUST A START'S EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS PROVIDE TUITION-FREE PATHWAYS TO CAREERS IN THE REGION'S GROWING EMPLOYMENT SECTORS. OUR ADULT CAREER TRAINING PROGRAM IS AN INTENSIVE, NINE-MONTH EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ADULTS WITH LOW INCOMES TO DEVELOP THE KNOWLEDGE AND CRITICAL PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS NEEDED TO ENTER FAMILY-SUSTAINING AND FULFILLING CAREERS IN THE GROWING BIOMEDICAL AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) FIELDS. APPROXIMATELY 85% OF GRADUATES OF THE PROGRAM GAIN EMPLOYMENT WITHIN 6-12 MONTHS OF GRADUATION AND INCREASE THEIR ANNUAL INCOME BY AN AVERAGE OF $20,000. ANOTHER PILLAR OF JUST A START'S EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS IS YOUTHBUILD, WHICH ANNUALLY PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO APPROXIMATELY 50 OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTH BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 AND 24. STUDENTS RECEIVE EDUCATION AND TRAINING THAT LEADS TO A HIGH SCHOOL CREDENTIAL, CONSTRUCTION OR RETAIL INDUSTRY CREDENTIALS, CAREER EXPLORATION, AND EMPLOYMENT.

  Expenses $2,798,854

• HOUSING RESOURCES AND SERVICES - JUST A START PROVIDES HOUSING RESOURCES AND SERVICES TO ITS 1,500 RESIDENTS AND APPROXIMATELY 1,000 COMMUNITY MEMBERS EACH YEAR. THROUGH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, MEDIATION, AND FOLLOW-UP SERVICES, OUR HOUSING STABILIZATION PROGRAM ALLOWS FAMILIES THREATENED WITH HOMELESSNESS TO REMAIN IN THEIR HOMES OR HELPS THEM FIND NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING. OUR ECONOMIC MOBILITY PROGRAMS PROVIDE FINANCIAL EDUCATION, ONE-ON-ONE COACHING, AND FREE TAX SERVICES TO PEOPLE WITH LOW INCOMES SEEKING TO IMPROVE THEIR FINANCIAL STATUS AND PROSPECTS.

  Expenses $1,743,804 · Grants $20,250

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.

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

  $10,255,008

  Expenses

  $12,808,967

  Contributions

  $5,846,063

  Grants paid

  $1,725,270

• 2023

  Revenue

  $13,437,370

  Expenses

  $8,760,951

  Contributions

  $7,170,194

  Grants paid

  $42,000

• 2022

  Revenue

  $11,435,335

  Expenses

  $13,586,032

  Contributions

  $8,324,586

  Grants paid

  $5,091,200

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

  $7,410,722

  Expenses

  $6,847,792

  Assets (EOY)

  $43,187,600

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,799,527

  Expenses

  $7,477,160

  Assets (EOY)

  $37,085,513

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,877,080

  Expenses

  $6,858,442

  Assets (EOY)

  $33,041,612

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,242,919

  Expenses

  $6,499,704

  Assets (EOY)

  $28,141,076

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,454,387

  Expenses

  $6,981,438

  Assets (EOY)

  $25,499,865

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $21,092,244

  Expenses

  $6,482,838

  Assets (EOY)

  $25,806,470

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,368,685

  Expenses

  $7,185,286

  Assets (EOY)

  $25,836,301

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,607,923

  Expenses

  $7,176,843

  Assets (EOY)

  $23,976,969

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $7,185,950

  Assets (EOY)

  $32,864,748

• 2011 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $6,440,382

  Assets (EOY)

  $29,126,651

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

• RINDGE COMMONS NORTH SUPPORT CORPORATION

  $5,045,000

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• CAMBRIDGE HOUSING AUTHORITY

  $10,500

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF SOMERVILLE INC

  $10,500

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• BRIDGES HOMEWARD INC

  $8,400

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE

  $8,400

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND RECOVERY INC

  $8,400

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• BRIDGES HOMEWARD INC

  $8,400

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE

  $8,400

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• CAMBRIDGE HOUSING AUTHORITY

  $8,400

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF SOMERVILLE INC

  $8,400

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• FIDELITY NON-PROFIT MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION

  $300,000

  2023 · CAMPAIGN/FUNDRAISING

• FIDELITY NON-PROFIT MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION

  $200,000

  2023 · CAMPAIGN/FUNDRAISING

• CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $185,829

  2022

• METRO NORTH REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT BOARD

  $179,811

  2023 · JOB TRAINING & PLACE

• METRO NORTH REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT BOARD

  $96,255

  2024 · Job Training and Placement

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $66,700

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND

  $65,245

  2025 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• METRO NORTH REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT BOARD

  $61,929

  2022 · JOB TRAINING & PLACE

• UNITED WAY OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY INC

  $50,000

  2024 · Community Impact

• UNITED WAY OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY INC

  $50,000

  2023 · Community Impact

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

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.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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