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Eliot Community Human Services

Lexington, MA · EIN 04-2316924 · 501(c)(3) · Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Latest filing: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 (tax year 2024) · View the filing · Correct or respond

Eliot Community Human Services reported $255.9 million in revenue and $250.1 million in expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025. Of every $100 it spent, $89.90 went to program services, $10.10 to management and general costs and $0.00 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was contributions and grants: 74.0% of the total. Government grants made up 73.5%. The highest compensation it reported for one person was $472,687 (PRESIDENT/CEO). 140 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation. Revenue rose 107% between FY2020 and FY2025. Source: Form 990, FY2025.

Where $100 of spending went

The fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $250M

For context, the median across 864 covered mental health & crisis intervention charities: $86.13 programs, $13.87 management, $0.00 fundraising (medians computed separately, so they may not sum to $100).

Where $100 of revenue came from

The fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 · Form 990, Part VIII · total revenue $256M

The 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades

FY2025 filing. Median across 864 covered charities in this category, from their latest filings.
MeasureFY2025Median
Program services
Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A)
89.9%85.2%
Management & general
Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A)
10.1%13.7%
Fundraising
Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A)
0.0%0.0%
Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions
Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h
$0.00$0.00
Contributions & grants share of revenue
Part VIII 1h ÷ 12
74.0%26.4%
Government grants share of revenue
Part VIII 1e ÷ 12
73.5%14.5%
Program service revenue share
Part VIII 2g ÷ 12
25.5%69.3%
Highest reported compensation
Part VII-A, columns D–F
$472,687$324,111
Highest compensation as share of expenses
Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A)
0.19%1.28%
People paid over $100,000
Part VII, line 2
1408
Net assets, in months of expenses
Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses
2.06.2
Independent voting board members
Part VI 1a–1b
12 of 12100.0%

A median is context, not a target: hospitals, universities, food banks and grantmakers spend in very different ways. What these measures can and can't tell you.

What the money paid for, in its own words

FY2025 · Form 990, Part III · the three largest programs by expense
$85M expenses · 38.0% of program spending · revenue $65M

Adult Community Services: providing community based residential programming to adults with chronic mental illness as well as to adults with developmental disabilities in homes located throughout the commonwealth. Also providing support to the same populations who have attained a sufficient level of self-preservation and live in their own apartments, this support is done through case management and community support services. We also offer pact programs that deliver an intensive, community-based array of services for individuals with mental illness who require a higher level of support, but…

$63M expenses · 28.1% of program spending · revenue $166K

Homeless services: eliot's homeless services division provides a comprehensive continuum of services designed to identify and address clinical and systemic barriers to obtaining or maintaining housing in a collaborative fashion with individuals and families served. Eliot's homeless services division also operates 3 emergency family shelter sites and 3 low threshold housing programs that serve individuals with chronic co-occurring behavioral health and substance abuse disorders. Outreach to the unhoused population across the commonwealth is conducted in state and locally funded shelters, drop…

$45M expenses · 20.2% of program spending · revenue $119K

Behavioral health services: eliot operates two urgent outpatient mental sites and 3 low threshold housing programs that serve individuals with chronic co-occurring behavioral health and substance abuse disorders. Outreach to the unhoused population across the commonwealth is conducted in state and locally funded shelters, drop in and warming centers, and places not meant for human habitation. Once housing is successfully leveraged through federal, state or local resources, eliot personnel in partnership with various community based organizations health centers using a multi-disciplinary team…

$31M all other programs (line 4d)

Highest reported compensation

FY2025 · Form 990, Part VII, Section A · roles as filed; names are in the filing, not here
RoleFrom this orgFrom related orgsOtherTotal
PRESIDENT/CEO
Officer, 20.00 hrs/week
$436,627$0$36,060$472,687
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
Highest compensated employee, 39.00 hrs/week
$342,914$0$35,628$378,542
CBHC CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER
Highest compensated employee, 39.00 hrs/week
$317,072$0$34,565$351,637
VP OF HUMAN RESOURCES
Highest compensated employee, 20.00 hrs/week
$271,350$0$39,320$310,670
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Officer, 20.00 hrs/week
$300,454$0$6,959$307,413
VP CHILDREN YOUTH FAMILY
Highest compensated employee, 20.00 hrs/week
$268,594$0$35,133$303,727
OP PSYCHIATRIST
Highest compensated employee, 39.00 hrs/week
$258,491$0$36,750$295,241

140 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation from Eliot Community Human Services (Part VII, line 2). Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees totaled $831K (Part IX, line 5).

6 years of filings

Form 990, Parts I, VII, IX and X · each row is that year's own filing, linked
RevenueExpenses
$0$100M$200M$300M$400MFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025$256M$250M
FilingRevenueExpensesProgramsNet assetsTop pay
FY2025 ⓘ$256M$250M89.9%$42M$472,687
FY2024 ⓘ$220M$216M90.8%$36M$417,970
FY2023 ⓘ$165M$166M90.0%$32M$476,353
FY2022 ⓘ$145M$142M90.1%$33M$434,376
FY2021 ⓘ$135M$130M89.4%$31M$388,212
FY2020 ⓘ$124M$125M88.7%$26M$353,108

Governance answers, as filed

FY2025 · the organization's own yes/no answers; explanations, if any, are in Schedule O of the filing · what each means
  • Voting board members, and how many are independent Part VI, lines 1a–1b12 · 12 independent
  • Audited financial statements Part XII 2bYes
  • Conflict-of-interest policy Part VI 12aYes
  • Whistleblower policy Part VI 13Yes
  • Document retention policy Part VI 14Yes
  • Independent process for top executive pay Part VI 15aYes
  • Board given the 990 before filing Part VI 11aYes
  • Family or business ties among insiders Part VI 2No
  • Aware of a significant diversion of assets Part VI 5No
  • Excess benefit transaction with an insider Part IV 25aNo
  • Loans to or from insiders outstanding Part IV 26No
  • Lobbying, or a 501(h) election in effect Part IV 4No
  • Over $15,000 of professional fundraising services Part IV 18No
  • Over $10,000 of activity outside the U.S. Part IV 14bNo
  • Employees Part I, line 52,685
  • Volunteers Part I, line 612

Largest outside contractors

FY2025 · Form 990, Part VII, Section B · businesses only
DAIN TORPY LE RAY WIEST & GARNER PC
Legal services
$114,018

Individuals listed as contractors are left out. 2 contractors were paid more than $100,000 in all.

Private foundation grants it received

7 private foundations reported grants to Eliot Community Human Services totaling $103K on their tax year 2023 Form 990-PF returns. See which foundations, on WHOFUNDS.

Source: WHOFUNDS open grant graph, matched from Form 990-PF Part XV.

Correct a figure or respond

Every number above is copied from Eliot Community Human Services's own Form 990. If one doesn't match the filing, that's our error and we'll fix it. If you work for Eliot Community Human Services, you can publish a response that is linked from this page.

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Questions people ask

How much of Eliot Community Human Services's spending goes to programs?

In the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, Eliot Community Human Services reported that 89.9% of its $250.1 million in expenses went to program services, 10.1% to management and general and 0.0% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).

How much does Eliot Community Human Services pay its top executive?

The largest total compensation Eliot Community Human Services reported for one person in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 was $472,687, for the role of PRESIDENT/CEO (Form 990, Part VII, including compensation from related organizations and other compensation).

Where does Eliot Community Human Services get its money?

Of $255.9 million in revenue in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, 74.0% came from contributions and grants (including 73.5% from government grants) and 25.5% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).

Is Eliot Community Human Services a registered charity?

The IRS lists EIN 04-2316924 as a 501(c)(3) organization (publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))), and its records show contributions as tax-deductible. Form 990 filings on record here cover tax years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. A filing shows what the organization reported; it doesn't by itself show whether a program works.

Sources

  • FY2025: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, object 202503579349300800 · read the filing · XML
  • FY2024: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, object 202433259349301553 · read the filing
  • FY2023: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, object 202303199349315035 · read the filing
  • FY2022: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, object 202243199349315299 · read the filing
  • FY2021: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, object 202201369349302315 · read the filing
  • FY2020: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, object 202131249349302458 · read the filing

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