The Welcome Project INC

Tax-deductible

Somerville, MA501(c)(3)Since 1990UnclassifiedEIN 04-3088140Revenue $530K in FY2024

On file with the IRSwelcomeproject.org530 Mystic Ave Ste 111, 02145-1600 · Somerville, MATax-exempt since Sep 1991Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The Welcome Project builds the collective power of immigrants to participate in and shapecommunity decisions through programming that strengthens the capacity of immigrant youth,adults, and families to advocate for themselves and influence schools, government, andother institutions that shape our lives.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
76¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 40 volunteers and 4 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · 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
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $41K a year · 6% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
76%
of spending
Looks good: 76% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$9K
to officers and key staff · 1% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 1% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $83K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$38K
9% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 9% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$530K
-13% vs prior year
Spent
$591K
To programs
76%
Net assets
$369K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$530K
FY2024▼ -13%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$485K
FY2021$989K
FY2022$966K
FY2023$644K
FY2024$613K
FY2024$530K
Expenses
$591K
FY2024▼ -18%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$466K
FY2021$684K
FY2022$686K
FY2023$934K
FY2024$720K
FY2024$591K
Net assets
$369K
FY2024▼ -10%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$218K
FY2021$519K
FY2022$800K
FY2023$515K
FY2024$412K
FY2024$369K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Sep 1991.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

76 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 76% · $446K Management & general 21% · $124K Fundraising 3% · $20K

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

10 people listed on the 990; $9K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Senior Advisor
$8,800Pt VII · Sec A
Office Manager
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Development
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Program Manager
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Maria F Sepulveda Diaz—$69,350——
Stephen a Guptill—$52,674——
Winki Chan——$46,396—
Benjamin Echevarria———$37,408
Wing Ki Winki Chan—$31,687——
Grant R Sabean—$15,000——
Andrea Duarte—$14,335——
Warren Goldstein-Gelb$8,800—$14,046—

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

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Empowers immigrants to shape community decisions through youth, adult, and family advocacy programs.

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1 program · in their own filed words · FY2024
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The organization works with youth and adults from immigrant families combining services withleadership development. Programs including interpretation services training, english as a secondlanguage programs.

Pt IX · col B

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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 4 funders$83K
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$530K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$530K
Money outPt IX
$591K
Ln 25
Programscol B$446K
Managementcol C$124K
Fundraisingcol D$20K
Owns and owesPt X
$369K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$258K
Total assetsLn 16$407K
LiabilitiesLn 26$38K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$530K
Government grantsLn 1e$45K
Total revenueLn 12$530K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$258K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$258K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$67K
Other assetsLn 15$3K
Total assetsLn 16$407K
LiabilitiesLn 26$38K
Net assetsLn 32$369K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 640
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$232K$258K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$49K$67K
Total assetsLn 16$436K$407K
LiabilitiesLn 26$23K$38K
Net assetsLn 32$412K$369K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$297K$253K$36K$9K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$17K$14K$2K$505
Payroll taxesLn 10$44K$37K$5K$1K
Management feesLn 11a$31K$31K
Legal feesLn 11b$26K$22K$3K$782
Accounting feesLn 11c$59K$59K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$7K$6K$899$225
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$38K$24K$14K
TravelLn 17$814$692$98$24
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$3K$2K$348$87
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$5K$4K$584$146
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$49K$40K$3K$6K
All other expensesLn 24e$11K$11K$227
Total functional expensesLn 25$591K$446K$124K$20K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 $613K$720K−$108K$412K 990 PDF
FY2023 $644K$934K−$290K$515K 990 PDF
FY2022 $966K$686K$280K$800K 990 PDF
FY2021 $989K$684K$305K$519K 990 PDF
FY2020 $485K$466K$19K$218K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $530,175 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $612,589$530,175
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $612,589$530,175
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $447,605$358,161
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $272,586$232,771
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $720,191$590,932
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$107,602−$60,757
Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $530,175 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1b Membership dues$41,788
VIII-1e Government grants$45,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$443,387
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$530,175
VIII-12 Total revenue$530,175
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $590,932 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $252,692 · Management $35,674 · Fundraising $8,919$297,285
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $14,317 · Management $2,021 · Fundraising $505$16,844
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $37,427 · Management $5,284 · Fundraising $1,321$44,032
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $31,289$31,289
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $22,157 · Management $3,128 · Fundraising $782$26,067
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $58,957$58,957
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for services$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $2,068$2,068
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $6,367 · Management $899 · Fundraising $225$7,493
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $24,000 · Management $14,400$38,400
IX-17 TravelPrograms $692 · Management $98 · Fundraising $24$814
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $2,466 · Management $348 · Fundraising $87$2,901
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $4,134 · Management $584 · Fundraising $146$4,863
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $39,739 · Management $2,737 · Fundraising $6,085$48,561
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $11,131 · Management $227$11,358
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $446,411 · Management $124,357 · Fundraising $20,162$590,932
Part X · Balance sheet $407,314 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $232,406$257,675
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $153,702$79,245
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $49,430$67,244
X-15 Other assets$3,150
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $435,538$407,314
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $23,425$37,826
X-25 Other liabilities$318
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $23,425$38,144
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $275,856$335,795
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $136,257$33,375
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $412,113$369,170
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $435,538$407,314
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $369,170 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$530,175
XI-2 Total expenses$590,932
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$60,757
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$412,113
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$17,814
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$369,170

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