To help member pastors provide faith-based solutions to the needs and social problems that confront the residents of the communities of boston.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
68¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$121K 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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $3K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
68%
of spending
Fine: 68% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$121K
to officers and key staff · 9% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 9% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $15K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$154K
20% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 20% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
14
of 14 voting members
Looks good: 14 of 14 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.4M
+28% vs prior year
Spent
$1.4M
To programs
68%
Net assets
$607K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.4M
FY2022▲ +28%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$984K
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$915K
FY2024$614K
FY2025$670K
Expenses
$1.4M
FY2022▲ +56%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$720K
FY2021$904K
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$862K
FY2024$899K
FY2025$839K
Net assets
$607K
FY2022▼ -4%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$451K
FY2021$630K
FY2022$607K
FY2023$661K
FY2024$376K
FY2025$208K

From the FY2022 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 2001.

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

Where the money goes

68 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 68% · $957K Management & general 25% · $352K Fundraising 7% · $105K

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

17 people listed on the 990; $121K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$120,962Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President Emeritus
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Cleck Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

David Wright’s $120K as Executive Director is at the 94th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2133 $100K–1M religion 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2023FY2022FY2021
David Wright$119,993$120,962$97,114

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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Empowers pastors to offer faith-based solutions for community needs and social problems in Boston.

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3 programs · $957K · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

Programs and initiatives are designed to engage organizations, churches, schools, and government agencies to collaboratively address the needs of youth at high risk. The high risk youth network is a network of more than sixty agencies, churches, and community based organizations that work together to provide support to high risk youth…

$319Kprogram expense
02

Education has been one of the earliest programmatic functions of the bma. This makes ample sense since education remains a major lever for moving people out of poverty. For the bma, the education programmatic area consists of the victory generation out of school time progam (VG) and support of the boston education collaborative (bec).

$319Kprogram expense
03

The fiscal partnerships initiative (fpi) is a program of the bma in which it provides administrative back office services for qualified nonprofit organizations. The purpose is to provide a method for smaller nonprofit community-based organizations and faith-based organizations (fcbos) to obtain high quality administrative services in a…

$319Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$15K
Grants paid · 28 grants · $624K · 2020–2024
Cape Verdean Community UnidoMA · FY2024$55,000
Iblossom Girls ProgramMA · FY2023$29,440
Iblossom Girls ProgramMA · FY2023$29,440
Individual RecipientFY2023$9,200
Individual RecipientFY2023$9,200
Ithrive Games FoundationVA · FY2022$250,991
Iblossom Girls ProgramMA · FY2022$25,000
United Baptist ChurchFY2022$8,000
Greenwood Shalom After School ProgramFY2022$7,202
Quest Movement INCNJ · FY2022$6,898
Morning Star Baptist ChurchFY2021$21,500
Concord Babtist ChurchMA · FY2021$13,000
Charles Street AME ChurchFY2021$12,000
Twelfth Baptist ChurchFY2021$10,000
Holy Taberncale ChurchFY2021$9,647
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By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.2M
Other incomeLn 4–11$90K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$76K
Money outPt IX
$1.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$957K
Managementcol C$352K
Fundraisingcol D$105K
Owns and owesPt X
$607K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$522K
Total assetsLn 16$761K
LiabilitiesLn 26$154K
PeoplePt VI, VII
17
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a14
IndependentVI 1b14
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.2M
Government grantsLn 1e$575K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$76K
Investment incomeLn 3$200
Other incomeLn 4–11$90K
Total revenueLn 12$1.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$522K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$522K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$28K
Other assetsLn 15$129K
Total assetsLn 16$761K
LiabilitiesLn 26$154K
Net assetsLn 32$607K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 55
VolunteersI 60
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 FY22End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$637K$522K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$8K$28K
Total assetsLn 16$676K$761K
LiabilitiesLn 26$45K$154K
Net assetsLn 32$630K$607K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$484K$484K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$472K$160K$241K$71K
Accounting feesLn 11c$13K$4K$8K$2K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$3K$3K
Office expensesLn 13$7K$1K$5K$923
OccupancyLn 16$42K$9K$27K$6K
TravelLn 17$5K$5K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$4K$394$3K$287
InsuranceLn 23$3K$679$2K$447
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$350K$272K$58K$19K
All other expensesLn 24e$32K$21K$8K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.4M$957K$352K$105K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $670K$839K−$169K$208K 990 PDF
FY2024 $614K$899K−$284K$376K 990 PDF
FY2023 $915K$862K$54K$661K 990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing $1.4M$1.4M−$23K$607K 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.1M$904K$180K$630K 990 PDF
FY2020 $984K$720K$263K$451K 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 O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $1,390,686 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $926,017$1,224,166
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $34,254$76,379
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$200
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $123,676$89,941
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,083,947$1,390,686
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $165,174$483,866
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $427,258$471,649
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $311,985$458,242
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $904,417$1,413,757
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $179,530−$23,071
Part VI · Governance 14 of 14 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body14
VI-1b Independent voting members14
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,390,686 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$575,262
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$648,904
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,224,166
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $76,379$76,379
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $200$200
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $89,941$89,941
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $76,379 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $90,141$1,390,686
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,413,757 across 11 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $483,866$483,866
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $160,361 · Management $240,541 · Fundraising $70,747$471,649
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $3,623 · Management $7,881 · Fundraising $1,796$13,300
IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $2,911$2,911
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,092 · Management $5,416 · Fundraising $923$7,431
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $8,605 · Management $27,257 · Fundraising $5,967$41,829
IX-17 TravelPrograms $4,803$4,803
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $394 · Management $2,905 · Fundraising $287$3,586
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $679 · Management $1,781 · Fundraising $447$2,907
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $272,287 · Management $58,213 · Fundraising $19,250$349,750
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $21,347 · Management $8,077 · Fundraising $2,301$31,725
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $957,057 · Management $352,071 · Fundraising $104,629$1,413,757
Part X · Balance sheet $761,364 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $637,218$522,356
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $20,652$78,594
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $3,976$3,153
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $8,201$27,975
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $5,667$129,286
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $675,714$761,364
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $45,405$30,507
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$123,619
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $45,405$154,126
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $171,211$199,418
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $459,098$407,820
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $630,309$607,238
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $675,714$761,364
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $607,238 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,390,686
XI-2 Total expenses$1,413,757
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$23,071
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$630,309
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$607,238

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