Harborlight Community Partners provides affordable housing with services primarily for low and moderate income pople in sourthern essex county, in addition, IT provides provides property management and other services to non-profit organizations.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
85¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$938K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2022 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $4.4M a year · 53% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
85%
of spending
Looks good: 85% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$938K
to officers and key staff · 24% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 24% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
13 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 13.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $49K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$25.3M
63% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 63% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 15 voting members
Looks good: 15 of 15 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$8.9M
+86% vs prior year
Spent
$3.9M
To programs
85%
Net assets
$14.9M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$8.9M
FY2022▲ +86%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.7M
FY2021$4.8M
FY2022$8.9M
FY2023$12.1M
FY2024$12.0M
Expenses
$3.9M
FY2022▲ +27%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.4M
FY2021$3.1M
FY2022$3.9M
FY2023$4.6M
FY2024$5.5M
Net assets
$14.9M
FY2022▲ +49%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$8.3M
FY2021$10.0M
FY2022$14.9M
FY2023$22.9M
FY2024$30.3M

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Feb 1982.

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Where the money goes

85 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 85% · $3.3M Management & general 3% · $101K Fundraising 12% · $478K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

22 people listed on the 990; $938K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$309,036Pt VII · Sec A
$233,618Pt VII · Sec A
Director Real Estate Dev
$164,083Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Accounting
$124,799Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Project Manager
$106,756Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Andrew Defranza’s $443K as Executive Director is at the 92nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 676 $10–100M housing nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Andrew Defranza$442,877$429,529$309,036$239,610$175,860
Timothy Donovan$221,257$293,549$233,618$198,780$162,267
Kristen Carlson$264,489$253,395$164,083——
Christine Vincenti$230,800————
Jonathan Day$161,852$154,075$124,799——
Andrew Leonard$143,151$132,186$106,756——
Michelle Varga$132,544$113,624———
Kristin Carlson———$130,774$102,571

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Offers affordable housing and property management services to low-income individuals and other nonprofits.

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1 program · $3.3M · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

Managed AND/OR developed affordable housing for over 500 low and moderate income people in essex county. This includes turtle creek, turtle woods, harborlight house, heart homes, we care about homes, whipple riverview place,cotton mill coop, rockport high school, pigeon cove ledges, and firehouse place.

$3.3Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025

By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$8.9M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.3M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$4.1M
Other incomeLn 4–11$300K
Money outPt IX
$3.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$3.3M
Managementcol C$101K
Fundraisingcol D$478K
Owns and owesPt X
$14.9M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4.3M
Total assetsLn 16$40.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$25.3M
PeoplePt VI, VII
22
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.3M
Government grantsLn 1e$753K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$1.6M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$130K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$4.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$224K
Other incomeLn 4–11$300K
Gains on assetsLn 7$111K
Total revenueLn 12$8.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$4.2M
SavingsLn 2$152K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$4.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$19.3M
Other assetsLn 15$5.6M
Total assetsLn 16$40.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$25.3M
Net assetsLn 32$14.9M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 537
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY22End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.5M$4.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3.1M$3.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$12.4M$19.3M
Total assetsLn 16$27.7M$40.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$17.7M$25.3M
Net assetsLn 32$10.0M$14.9M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$617K$527K$7K$83K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.3M$1.1M$16K$183K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$15K$12K$187$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$77K$69K$930$8K
Payroll taxesLn 10$170K$142K$2K$26K
Management feesLn 11a$30K$18K$2K$10K
Legal feesLn 11b$4K$2K$528$784
Accounting feesLn 11c$56K$37K$8K$12K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$68K$68K
Investment management feesLn 11f$26K$26K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$105K$75K$6K$24K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$51K$51K
Office expensesLn 13$117K$115K$370$2K
Information technologyLn 14$635$507$19$109
OccupancyLn 16$187K$177K$1K$8K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$2K$620$1K
InterestLn 20$145K$142K$2K$1K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$356K$345K$11K
InsuranceLn 23$87K$66K$12K$8K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$244K$200K$4K$39K
All other expensesLn 24e$183K$180K$402$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.9M$3.3M$101K$478K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $12.0M$5.5M$6.5M$30.3M 990 PDF
FY2023 $12.1M$4.6M$7.5M$22.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing $8.9M$3.9M$5.1M$14.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 $4.8M$3.1M$1.8M$10.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 $3.7M$2.4M$1.3M$8.3M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $8,936,259 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,481,502$4,269,191
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $3,145,621$4,142,376
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $126,986$224,362
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $62,598$300,330
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $4,816,707$8,936,259
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,720,975$2,218,488
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$68,000
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,332,547$1,593,198
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,053,522$3,879,686
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,763,185$5,056,573
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members15
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $8,936,259 across 11 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $323,027 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$130,377
VIII-1e Government grants$753,053
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$3,385,761
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$1,609,134
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$4,269,191
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $4,142,376$4,142,376
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $113,113$113,113
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $6,197$6,197
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $111,249$111,249
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$28,894−$28,894
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $4,465,403 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $201,665$8,936,259
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,879,686 across 21 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $527,414 · Management $7,452 · Fundraising $82,624$617,490
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,140,661 · Management $16,145 · Fundraising $182,712$1,339,518
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $12,258 · Management $187 · Fundraising $2,263$14,708
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $68,570 · Management $930 · Fundraising $7,541$77,041
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $142,364 · Management $1,790 · Fundraising $25,577$169,731
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $18,350 · Management $1,716 · Fundraising $9,817$29,883
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $2,437 · Management $528 · Fundraising $784$3,749
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $36,876 · Management $7,767 · Fundraising $11,537$56,180
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $68,000$68,000
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $25,578$25,578
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $75,448 · Management $5,927 · Fundraising $23,779$105,154
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $51,245$51,245
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $114,614 · Management $370 · Fundraising $2,119$117,103
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $507 · Management $19 · Fundraising $109$635
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $177,130 · Management $1,419 · Fundraising $8,384$186,933
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $620 · Fundraising $1,405$2,025
IX-20 InterestPrograms $141,572 · Management $2,243 · Fundraising $1,495$145,310
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $345,207 · Management $11,157$356,364
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $66,041 · Management $12,496 · Fundraising $8,116$86,653
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $199,808 · Management $4,489 · Fundraising $39,375$243,672
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $180,013 · Management $402 · Fundraising $2,299$182,714
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $3,300,515 · Management $101,235 · Fundraising $477,936$3,879,686
Part X · Balance sheet $40,145,784 assets, 18 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $6,498,244; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,196,956$4,163,687
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $342,866$152,370
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $25,477$580,858
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $59,689$253,660
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $70,336$135,843
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $12,431,670$19,260,527
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $3,133,631$3,377,574
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $113,243$107,012
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $4,064,250$5,616,009
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $27,724,505$40,145,784
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $745,187$1,927,155
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $4,657$2,095
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $2,648,300$2,735,716
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $17,725,120$25,285,580
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $9,166,542$11,449,784
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $832,843$3,410,420
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $9,999,385$14,860,204
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $27,724,505$40,145,784
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $14,860,204 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$8,936,259
XI-2 Total expenses$3,879,686
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$5,056,573
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$9,999,385
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$572,960
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$377,206
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$14,860,204

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