The Church Home Society Inc
Boston, MA · EIN 04-2104001. Reported 122 grants totalling $2,244,972 to 76 organizations across tax years 2021-2025, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For The Church Home Society Inc, the IRS classifies it under human services rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE P75Z) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 76 distinct organizations, with 12% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 51% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 56% median for grantmaking charities -- lower than the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $15,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $7,955 and the largest $150,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara C Harris Center | Greenfield, NH | $276,984 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| St Peters Episcopal Church | S Dartmouth, MA | $217,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Straight Ahead Ministries Inc | Worcester, MA | $175,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Elevate New England Inc | Lowell, MA | $170,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Friends of St Stephens Youth Programs Inc | Boston, MA | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Level Ground Mixed Martial Arts Inc | Boston, MA | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Leap for Education Inc | Salem, MA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Compass Path Inc | Danvers, MA | $44,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Chuch of the Holy Spirit | Orleans, MA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Out Metrowest Inc | Framingham, MA | $39,983 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| 826 Boston Inc | Roxbury, MA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Inspiring Todays Young Adults | Dorchestr Ctr, MA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Thinkgive Inc | Concord, MA | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Boston Higher Education Resource Center | Boston, MA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Cape Ann Art Haven | Gloucester, MA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Chica | Quincy, MA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Partners for Youth With Disabilities | Boston, MA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Sisters Unchained Inc | Jamaica Plain, MA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Somerville Foundation Inc | Somerville, MA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Grace Chapel Brockton | Brockton, MA | $29,600 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bma Tenpoint Inc | Roxbury, MA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Bridge - a Center for Hope and Healing | Dartmouth, MA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Urban Bridges Inc | Haverhill, MA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Whos Got Morale | Dorchester, MA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Church of the Holy Spirit | Mattapan, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Esperanza Academy Inc | Lawrence, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Project Rise | Braintree, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Root Ns Inc | Salem, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Andrews Episcopal Church | New Bedford, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| We Move in Color Collaborative Inc | Las Vegas, NV | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Small House Inc | Cambridge, MA | $18,450 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Allston Abbey Tripp Award | Allston, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Backyard Growers Inc | Gloucester, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bostons Inner City Youth Tennis Program | Dorchester, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Congregacion Leon De Juda | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dj Dream Fund | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| General Conference of Seventh Day Adventist | Hyde Park, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| He Is Me Institute Inc | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Kingdom Impact Nation | Randolph, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Massachusetts Community Outreach Initiative | Carver, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| New American Association of Massachusetts Inc | Lynn, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Newton Youth Success Collaborative | Newton, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Possibilities Here Inc | Newton U F, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Shelter Music Boston Inc | Brookline, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sociedad Latina Inc | Roxbury, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Southborough Safe Spaces Inc | Southborough, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Three Sisters Garden Project Inc | Ipswich, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wellspring House Inc | Gloucester, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Young Womens Christian Association | Lowell, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Amazing Grace of Cape Cod Inc | Centerville, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Chinese Christian Educational & Social Services Inc | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Autism Sprinter | Randolph, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Autism Sprinter | Randolph, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Blackstone Community Center Council | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boy With a Ball Ministries | Duluth, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Breaktime United Inc | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brighter Boston Inc | Chestnut Hill, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brookline Teen Center Inc | Brookline, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Capoeira and Arts Association of New England | Arlington, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Coaching for Change Inc | Taunton, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fractured Atlas Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of the Children-Boston Inc | Roxbury, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hyde Square Task Force Inc | Jamaica Plain, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| La Colaborativa Inc | Chelsea, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lyric Stage Company of Boston Inc | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Preparatory Foundation Inc | Hyde Park, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sparkshare Inc | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Luke's Episcopal Church | Fall River, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Stephen's Memorial Episcopal Church | Nahant, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| We Are Better Together Warren Daniel Hairston Project Inc | Roxbury, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Youthbuild Boston | Roxbury, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bethel Institute for Community Development | Jamaica Plain, MA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Beyond Walls Inc | Lynn, MA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Washington Street Baptist Church | Lynn, MA | $7,955 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
27 of 76 (36%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 58 of 76 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 24 | $318,248 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 19 | $281,339 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 16 | $267,175 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 27 | $477,462 | $15,000 |
| 2025 | 36 | $900,748 | $15,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
85% of its giving went to organizations in Massachusetts. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $15,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Massachusetts.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Church Home Society Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 138 Tremont Street, Boston, MA, 02111.
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