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.
51¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$240K 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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FY2023 · 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
51%
of spending
Worth a look: 51% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$240K
to officers and key staff · 28% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 28% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.7 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
$112K
14% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 14% 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
$915K
-34% vs prior year
Spent
$862K
To programs
51%
Net assets
$661K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$915K
FY2023▼ -34%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$984K
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$915K
FY2024$614K
FY2025$670K
Expenses
$862K
FY2023▼ -39%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$720K
FY2021$904K
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$862K
FY2024$899K
FY2025$839K
Net assets
$661K
FY2023▲ +9%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$451K
FY2021$630K
FY2022$607K
FY2023$661K
FY2024$376K
FY2025$208K

From the FY2023 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

51 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 51% · $439K Management & general 38% · $326K Fundraising 13% · $112K

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

34 people listed on the 990; $240K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$119,993Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$119,993Pt 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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4 programs · $580K · in their own filed words · FY2023
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…

$146Kprogram 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).

$146Kprogram 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…

$146Kprogram expense
04

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…

$142Kprogram 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 FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$915K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$673K
Other incomeLn 4–11$220K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$22K
Money outPt IX
$862K
Ln 25
Programscol B$439K
Managementcol C$326K
Fundraisingcol D$112K
Owns and owesPt X
$661K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$482K
Total assetsLn 16$772K
LiabilitiesLn 26$112K
PeoplePt VI, VII
34
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a14
IndependentVI 1b14
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$673K
Government grantsLn 1e$117K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$22K
Investment incomeLn 3$300
Other incomeLn 4–11$220K
Total revenueLn 12$915K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$482K
Total assetsLn 16$772K
LiabilitiesLn 26$112K
Net assetsLn 32$661K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 55
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $670K$839K−$169K$208K 990 PDF
FY2024 $614K$899K−$284K$376K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $915K$862K$54K$661K 990 PDF
FY2022 $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 A · Public support O · Explanations
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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

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