PLUMMER YOUTH PROMISE INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

P730

Classification

9100

Street

37 WINTER ISLAND RD

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Mission and programs · 2024

• GROUP HOME: PLUMMER YOUTH PROMISE APPLIES AN INTERVENTION AND OUTCOME MODEL WE CALL "PERMANENCY, PREPAREDNESS, COMMUNITY." THE MODEL POSITS THAT ALL CHILDREN NEED FAMILIES, SKILLS, AND CONNECTIONS WITH THEIR COMMUNITIES TO SUCCEED AS ADULTS. OUR WORK FOCUSES HEAVILY ON MAKING SURE YOUTH WHO HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THEIR FAMILIES MAKE IT BACK TO THEIR FAMILY, OR TO A NEW, PERMANENT FAMILY, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THIS ELEMENT OF OUR WORK HAS DRAWN A GREAT DEAL OF ATTENTION FROM OTHERS, AND WE CONSULT TO AND/OR TRAIN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN BEST PRACTICES. OUR 12-PERSON GROUP HOME SERVES YOUNG PEOPLE ASSIGNED MALE AT BIRTH FROM AGES 13-18 REFERRED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. WE SERVE APPROXIMATELY 20 YOUNG PEOPLE PER YEAR AS YOUTH MOVE IN AND OUT. MOST YOUNG PEOPLE WERE REMOVED FROM THEIR HOMES DUE TO ISSUES OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT AND HAVE BEEN BOUNCING AROUND THE STATE'S CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM. IT IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR YOUTH TO HAVE BEEN MOVED A DOZEN OR MORE TIMES BETWEEN PLACEMENTS SUCH AS GROUP HOMES, FOSTER HOMES, AND HOSPITALS. AS A RESULT OF THIS DISRUPTION, MANY YOUTHS STRUGGLE WITH ISSUES SUCH AS POST TRAUMATIC STRESS, DEPRESSION, ANXIETY AND ATTENTION CHALLENGES. ALL NEED A FAMILY WHO WILL COMMIT TO THEM FOREVER. WE DESIGNED AN EVALUATION SYSTEM TO MEASURE EACH YOUNG PERSON'S PROGRESS IN THE AREAS OF PERMANENCY,

• SUPPORTED APARTMENT PROGRAM LIKE IN OUR GROUP HOME, WE APPLY OUR PERMANENCY, PREPAREDNESS, COMMUNITY INTERVENTION MODEL(SEE DESRIPTION ABOVE)) IN OUR SUPPORTED APARTMENT PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM SERVES APPROXIMATELY 10-15 YOUNG PEOPLE ASSIGNED MALE AT BIRTH BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 AND 22 EACH YEAR. THE APARTMENT IS IN THE SAME BUILDING AS OUR GROUP HOME, BUT IT IS IN A PHYSICALLY SEPARATE PART OF THE BUILDING. YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN THE APARTMENT MUST BE IN SCHOOL OR WORKING, AND ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THINGS LIKE COOKING, GROCERY SHOPPING, LAUNDRY, AND CLEANING. IN THE SUPPORTED APARTMENT WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED THE SAME MEASUREMENT SYSTEM DESCRIBED ABOVE IN THE GROUP HOME DESCRIPTION.

• THE COMMUNITY APARTMENTS PROGRAM: OUR COMMUNITY APARTMENTS PROGRAM USES THE SAME INTERVENTION MODEL DESCRIBED IN THE SECTION ABOVE ON OUR GROUP HOME. THE COMMUNITY APARTMENTS PROGRAM SERVES NEARLY 30 YOUNG PEOPLE AGES 18- 22, WHO TURNED 18 WHILE IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM AND NOW HAVE NO PLACE TO LIVE. THE COMMUNITY APARTMENTS PROGRAM PROVIDES STUDIO OR ONE-BEDROOM APARTMENTS IN A VARIETY OF COMMUNITIES, CLOSE TO WHERE THE YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WHEN POSSIBLE. THE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN THE GROUP HOME AND SUPPORTED APARTMENT IS ALSO USED IN THE COMMUNITY APARTMENT PROGRAM.

• FOSTER CARE: THE PERMANENCY, PREPAREDNESS COMMUNITY INTERVENTION AND OUTCOME MODEL DESCRIBED IN THE SECTION ABOVE ON OUR GROUP HOME IS ALSO USED IN OUR FOSTER CARE PROGRAM. THE FOSTER CARE PROGRAM IS LICENSED TO SERVE CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS FROM TO BIRTH TO AGE 22. AS IN OUR OTHER PROGRAMS, WE PLACE PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE ON STOPPING YOUTH FROM BOUNCING AROUND THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM AND CONNECTING THEM WITH A FAMILY THAT IS COMMITTED TO THEM FOREVER. WE RECRUIT AND TRAIN FOSTER FAMILIES WHO BELIEVE IN OUR GOAL, AND THEY BECOME PART OF THE TEAM TO FIND THE CHILD A PERMANENT FAMILY. IN SOME CASES, THEY BECOME THE PERMANENT FAMILY. THE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM DESCRIBED IN THE GROUP HOME SECTION ABOVE IS ALSO USED IN OUR FOSTER CARE PROGRAM. THE FOSTER CARE PROGRAM CURRENTLY SERVES MORE THAN 40 CHILDREN A YEAR. DEMAND FOR THE PROGRAM IS EXTRAORDINARY, AND WE TURN AWAY HUNDREDS OF REFERRALS EACH YEAR DUE TO LACK OF AVAILABLE FOSTER FAMILIES. FOR THAT REASON, WE ARE AGGRESSIVELY RECRUITING FOSTER PARENTS. INTENSIVE PERMANENCY SERVICES PROGRAM: PLUMMER YOUTH PROMISE OFFERS AN INTENSIVE PERMANENCY SERVICES PROGRAM TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES (DCF) NORTHERN REGION OF MASSACHUSETTS. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, PLUMMER PERMANENCY EXPERTS WORK WITH YOUTH IN DCF CARE WHO LIVE IN NON-PLUMMER SETTINGS, SUCH AS OTHER GROUP CARE FACILITIES. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, WE PROVIDE INTENSIVE, PERMANENCY- SPECIFIC WORK ON EACH YOUTH'S CASE, WITH THE GOAL TO HELP THEM CONNECT OR RECONNECT WITH PERMANENT FAMILIES. OUR INTENSIVE PERMANENCY SERVICES INCLUDES APPLIES THE SAME BEST PRACTICES USED IN OUR RESIDENTIAL AND FOSTER CARE PROGRAMS: 1) FAMILY SEARCH AND ENGAGEMENT; 2) YOUTH GUIDED TEAMING; AND 3) PERMANENCY READINESS. THESE PRACTICES ARE DESCRIBED IN THE SECTION OF THIS RESPONSE DESCRIBING OUR PRACTICE LEADERSHIP SERVICES (DESCRIPTION PART III, 4H). IN FY25 WE SERVED 34 YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH OUR IPS PROGRAM. PERMANENCY MEDIATION: PLUMMER YOUTH PROMISE OFFERS PERMANENCY MEDIATION SERVICES, AN ALTERNATIVE TO A CONTESTED COURT PROCEEDING FOR CHILDREN IN THE MASSACHUSETTS FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. PERMANENCY MEDIATION ADDRESSES THE UNIQUE ISSUES INVOLVED IN CARE AND PROTECTION, GUARDIANSHIP, AND TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS PROCEEDINGS. THE MODEL USES AN INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY TO FACILITATE A CHILD-CENTERED APPROACH TO PERMANENCY PLANNING. BY GIVING PARENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP DEVELOP COOPERATIVE PLANS FOR THEIR CHILD'S FUTURE, PERMANENCY MEDIATION BOTH EMPOWERS AND PRESERVES FAMILIES. PLUMMER'S PERMANENCY MEDIATION SERVICES INCLUDE IDENTIFYING A CHILD'S SPECIFIC NEEDS AND THE STRENGTHS AND CHARACTERISTICS NEEDED FOR ANY ADULT TO SUCCESSFULLY PARENT A PARTICULAR CHILD; UNITING PARENTS, EXTENDED FAMILY, KIN, CAREGIVERS AND PROFESSIONALS IN A COOPERATIVE PLANNING PROCESS; EMPOWERING FAMILY MEMBERS THROUGH PARTICIPATORY PLANNING AND DECISION-MAKING ON BEHALF OF THEIR CHILD; PROVIDING AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL ADULTS WHO ARE SIGNIFICANT IN A CHILD'S LIFE TO PLAN TOGETHER AND DEVELOP POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS THAT CAN BE SUSTAINED OVER TIME; UTILIZING A THIRD-PARTY NEUTRAL WITH NO DECISION-MAKING AUTHORITY OR STAKE IN A SPECIFIC OUTCOME; AND, ARE SCHEDULED AT THE CONVENIENCE OF FAMILIES WITHIN THEIR HOMES AND COMMUNITIES. IN FY24 WE SERVED 180 YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH PERMANENCY MEDIATION. PERMANENCY PRACTICE LEADERSHIP: EACH YEAR IN MA, APPROXIMATELY 1,000 YOUTH LEAVE FOSTER CARE WITHOUT A PERMANENT FAMILY- NATIONALLY, THE NUMBER IS ABOUT 23,000. THIS IS CALLED AGING OUT OF CARE. RESEARCH SHOWS STAGGERING NEGATIVE OUTCOMES FOR THESE YOUNG PEOPLE, THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN. IT IS CRITICAL THAT THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM USE EFFECTIVE PRACTICES TO PROVIDE SERVICES THAT KEEP YOUNG PEOPLE SAFE WHILE MAXIMIZING THEIR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING WITHIN LIFELONG FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS. PLUMMER YOUTH PROMISE IS WORKING TO CHANGE THOSE OUTCOMES BY HELPING YOUTH ACHIEVE PERMANENCY - SAFE, STABLE, AND LIFELONG FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS. TO HELP SPREAD PERMANENCY BEST PRACTICES BEYOND YOUTH WE SERVE DIRECTLY, PLUMMER PROVIDES TRAINING AND COACHING TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, PRIMARILY IN MASSACHUSETTS.

  Expenses $7,875,455

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

  $12,826,389

  Expenses

  $9,305,585

  Contributions

  $4,715,164

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $12,986,863

  Expenses

  $9,466,059

  Contributions

  $5,111,076

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $12,900,099

  Expenses

  $8,669,096

  Contributions

  $4,612,313

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $13,253,082

  Expenses

  $8,578,923

  Contributions

  $6,345,961

  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

• 2025 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,501,010

  Expenses

  $7,579,641

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,888,354

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,501,010

  Expenses

  $7,579,641

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,888,354

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,894,606

  Expenses

  $6,832,619

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,491,645

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,991,554

  Expenses

  $6,503,955

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,741,324

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,092,313

  Expenses

  $5,623,451

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,529,466

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,937,381

  Expenses

  $3,337,957

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,056,966

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,917,709

  Expenses

  $3,337,957

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,056,966

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,028,172

  Expenses

  $3,125,202

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,454,100

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,267,116

  Expenses

  $2,877,699

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,519,048

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

  $1,731,713

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $1,053,225

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $810,250

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• BOSTON FOUNDATION INC

  $250,000

  2023 · Capital Campaign

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $238,560

  2024 · HUMAN SERVICES

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $112,000

  2023 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $105,000

  2022 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• THE BESSEMER GIVING FUND

  $100,000

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• ESSEX COUNTY COMMUNITY FDN INC

  $87,350

  2024 · EDUCATION AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $68,400

  2023 · HUMAN SERVICES

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

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