Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 1982.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
88 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
21 people listed on the 990; $356K paid to officers and key staff.
Vonnessa Goode-Knight’s $145K as Executive Director (until 10/2024) is at the 70th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3868 $1–10M human services 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
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vonnessa Goode-Knight | $144,584 | $142,470 | $33,558 | — | — |
| Carol Ann McAuliffe | — | $68,020 | $133,179 | $114,839 | $111,540 |
| Christine E Dixon | — | — | — | $114,837 | $118,026 |
| Natasha Wright | — | — | $112,728 | — | — |
| Marie St Fleur | — | — | $109,450 | $23,617 | — |
| Sue Cuthbert | — | — | — | $102,933 | $105,773 |
| Jacob Darveau | $93,271 | — | — | — | — |
| Michele Botus | $50,727 | — | — | — | — |
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.
See Project Hope Boston INC executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Helps families move up and out of poverty through programs and support.
Questions for Project Hope Boston INC
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The original mission of project hope's housing services department was to find affordable housing for families living in our family shelter. While we continue that work today, our services have expanded to support families experiencing housing instability through eviction prevention and housing SEARCH/PLACEMENT.
In 1988, project hope launched the family childcare business enterprise, an innovative venture to support home-based childcare providers. Known today as the family childcare network (FCC), this program provides technical support, professional training, and support to women to help them establish home-based daycares that focus on quality…
Project hope's family shelter, founded in 1981, was one of the first emergency homeless shelters for families in the state of massachusetts and continues to address the urgent need for emergency transitional housing in our community. We offer a nurturing environment for 11 women and their children at a time.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
Federal money
Plus 1 smaller program.
The auditor reported no findings.
Plus 2 smaller programs.
The auditor reported no findings.
By the numbers
The FY2022 990, line by line.
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| Line | FY22 | FY21 | FY20 | FY19 | FY18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| End of yearLn 1g | $168K | $168K | $168K | $168K | $168K |
| Line | Start FY22 | End FY22 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $1.3M | $485K |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $728K | $708K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $4.4M | $5.3M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $7.9M | $9.7M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $1.4M | $2.1M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $6.6M | $7.6M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $351K | $150K | $164K | $37K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $2.9M | $2.3M | $332K | $252K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $448K | $320K | $76K | $52K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $277K | $223K | $29K | $25K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $10K | $10K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $77K | $77K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $228K | $74K | $102K | $52K |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $189K | $168K | $17K | $5K |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $123K | $89K | $24K | $10K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $326K | $130K | $157K | $38K |
| TravelLn 17 | $23K | $21K | $2K | $194 |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $277K | $271K | $5K | $736 |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $9.0M | $8.9M | $90K | $61K |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $133K | $47K | $84K | $2K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $14.4M | $12.7M | $1.2M | $533K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS May 15, 2026 | $9.8M | $7.3M | $2.5M | $9.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS May 15, 2025 | $5.6M | $6.2M | −$631K | $7.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS May 15, 2024 | $6.5M | $6.4M | $122K | $7.8M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 ViewingFiled with the IRS Mar 7, 2023 | $15.4M | $14.4M | $1.1M | $7.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS May 10, 2022 | $10.4M | $9.6M | $813K | $6.6M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2022 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $15,440,351 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 17 of 17 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $15,440,351 across 13 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $14,355,748 across 14 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $9,700,637 assets, 13 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $7,614,776 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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