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PROJECT R I G H T INC

EIN 04-3265420 DORCHESTER, MA

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Revenue 2023
$1,824,927
Expenses 2023
$2,016,426

Program services were 90.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P30Z
Classification
1000
Street
320 BLUE HILL AVE STE A

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

PROJECT R.I.G.H.T., INC.'S MISSION IS TO STRENGTHEN AND COORDINATE EXISTING SERVICES AND PROGRAMS IN THE GROVE HALL AREA OF ROXBURY. PUBLIC SAFETY, CRIME PREVENTION, ELECTORAL ADVOCACY, ZONING AND HOUSING, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUES THROUGH GRASS ROOT MODELS OF SUSTAINABLE RESIDENT ORGANIZING ARE THE MAIN GOALS OF THE ORGANIZATION.

  • SINCE ITS INCEPTION, THE AGENCY HAS WORKED ON PUBLIC SAFETY, CRIME PREVENTION, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, ZONING AND HOUSING, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUES THROUGH GRASS ROOT MODELS OF SUSTAINABLE RESIDENT ORGANIZING. THE AGENCY HAS FORMED A VERY STRONG AND UNIQUE COLLABORATION THAT HAS BEEN HIGHLIGHTED AS A MODEL IN NUMEROUS PUBLICATIONS. AT PRESENT, THERE ARE OVER FORTY ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTED IN THE COLLABORATIVE. THE AGENCY PLACES A PRIORITY ON INCREASING THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS INVOLVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, CRIME WATCHES, BLOCK WATCHES, AND TENANT ASSOCIATIONS WITHIN OUR TARGET AREA. THE AGENCY IDENTIFIES RESIDENT LEADERSHIP ON UNORGANIZED STREETS TO ASSIST THEM IN ORGANIZING THEIR STREETS.THE AGENCY PROMOTES RESIDENT AND YOUTH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION THROUGH ORGANIZING, ACTION, ADVOCACY, AND COALITION BUILDING. THE AGENCY'S PHILOSOPHY IS BASED ON THE CONCEPT: "NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE ANTI-CRIME ACTIVITY." THE AGENCY'S VISION OF SOCIAL CHANGE IS WHEN GROVE HALL IS STABLE AND HEALTHY AND NO LONGER IMPACTED BY BARRIERS OF RACIAL DISPARITIES THAT LIMIT ACCESS TO SERVICES AND OPPORTUNITIES. OUR PLANS INCLUDE TO CONTINUE WITH OUR OUTREACH AND ORGANIZING INITIATIVES, INCREASE OUR EMPHASIS ON ENGAGING YOUTH IN POSITIVE ACTIVITIES WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON FEMALE TEENAGERS, EXPAND AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMMING OPPORTUNITIES, AND SUPPORT EDUCATION ADVOCACY BY PARENTS AND STUDENTS (STUDENT TRANSPORTATION, BUDGET AND SCHOOL ASSIGNMENT PROCESS).THE AGENCY'S OVERALL GOALS ARE TO IMPROVE THE ACTUAL SAFETY AND WELLBEING IN THE GROVE HALL COMMUNITY; AND TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE ENGAGED IN POSITIVE ACTIVITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES. WE RECENTLY IMPLEMENTED A TRAUMA TRAINING PROGRAM SO THAT YOUNG PEOPLEHAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE TRAUMATIC IMPACT VIOLENCE HAS ON INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY, AND LEARN ABOUT DEALING WITH THE TRAUMA AND THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR THAT. WE BELIEVE THAT THIS UNDERSTANDING, IN TURN, LEADS TO A DECREASE IN VIOLENCE. WE ALSO INITIATED PROGRAMMING FOCUSED ON MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL FEMALE STUDENTS THAT ADDRESSES BOTH STREET AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION. THIS EFFORT WILL IMPROVE THEIR SELF-ESTEEM WHILE INFORMING THEM ABOUT HEALTH ISSUES THAT WOMEN IN THE GROVE HALL COMMUNITY FACE. THESE NEW INITIATIVES, WITH OUR EXISTING EFFORTS, WILL DECREASE VIOLENCE IN GROVE HALL AND HELP IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $1,816,743 · Grants $533,183

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.

  • Richard Salmon

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Rev Vernard Coulter

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Saundra Owens-Skerrett

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Robert Francis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gregory Dias

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ernestina Mendez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lisa Bailey-Laguerre

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rev Moses Taylor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Shirley Rhodes-Robinson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lavette Coney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Doreen Ward

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Donald Osgood

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michael Kozu

    INTERIM CO-DIR

    Total calculated
    $79,310
    From this org
    $79,310
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    43
  • Emmanuel Tikili

    INTERIM CO-DIR

    Total calculated
    $79,310
    From this org
    $79,310
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    43

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,824,927
    Expenses
    $2,016,426
    Contributions
    $1,821,239
    Grants paid
    $533,183
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,771,761
    Expenses
    $2,044,992
    Contributions
    $1,771,727
    Grants paid
    $553,512
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,522,086
    Expenses
    $1,511,486
    Contributions
    $1,530,985
    Grants paid
    $185,269

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
    $1,533,527
    Expenses
    $1,410,642
    Assets (EOY)
    $678,069
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,269,068
    Expenses
    $1,217,660
    Assets (EOY)
    $501,025
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,269,068
    Expenses
    $1,213,288
    Assets (EOY)
    $503,234
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $690,528
    Expenses
    $846,134
    Assets (EOY)
    $346,645
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,021,825
    Expenses
    $811,639
    Assets (EOY)
    $335,115
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $683,350
    Expenses
    $765,471
    Assets (EOY)
    $150,144
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,042,363
    Expenses
    $986,722
    Assets (EOY)
    $280,400
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,023,222
    Expenses
    $1,225,054
    Assets (EOY)
    $167,264
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,287,843
    Expenses
    $1,370,413
    Assets (EOY)
    $346,441
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,338,200
    Expenses
    $1,512,888
    Assets (EOY)
    $417,755

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

  • ECUMENICAL SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTEE

    $262,519

    2023 GROVE HALL GUN VIOLENCE PARTNERSHIP

  • HARVARD ST NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER

    $156,522

    2023 GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION

  • BOSTON ASIAN YOUTH ESSENTIAL SERVICES

    $114,142

    2023 GROVE HALL GUN VIOLENCE PARTNERSHIP

  • HARVARD ST NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER

    $64,122

    2022 GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION

  • ECUMENICAL SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTEE

    $61,147

    2022 GROVE HALL GUN VIOLENCE PARTNERSHIP

  • BOSTON ASIAN YOUTH ESSENTIAL SERVICES

    $60,000

    2022 GROVE HALL GUN VIOLENCE PARTNERSHIP

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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.