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Boston, MA501(c)(3)Human Services EIN 04-3582395Revenue $645K in FY2020Latest return filed Aug 8, 2025

On file with the IRSchristophershaven.org1 Emerson Pl Apt 2n, 02114-2203 · Boston, MATax-exempt since Oct 2002Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

To provide temporary housing for pediatric cancer patients and their families as they undergo medical treatment

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
72¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$89K 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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FY2020 · 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
1 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $67K a year · 10% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
72%
of spending
Fine: 72% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$89K
to officers and key staff · 14% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 14% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
17 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 16.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $209K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$12K
1% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$645K
Spent
$652K
To programs
72%
Net assets
$1.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$645K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$645K
FY2021$630K
FY2022$777K
FY2023$706K
FY2024$695K
Expenses
$652K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$652K
FY2021$634K
FY2022$694K
FY2023$784K
FY2024$1.0M
Net assets
$1.2M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$1.2M
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$871K

From the FY2020 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Oct 2002.

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

Where the money goes

72 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 72% · $469K Management & general 13% · $84K Fundraising 15% · $100K

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

8 people listed on the 990; $89K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Joyce Duvall
Executive Director/Clerk
$89,000Pt VII · Sec A
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Susan Kagan’s $22K as Executive Director is at the 12th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2167 $100K–1M 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2022FY2021FY2020
Joyce Duvall—$96,800$94,092$89,000
Susan Kagan$22,368———

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
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed

Programs and updates

Offers temporary housing for children with cancer and their families during treatment.

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1 program · $469K · in their own filed words · FY2020
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Provided temporary housing for pediatric cancer patients and their families as they undergo medical treatment.

$469Kprogram 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 · FY2024
Tap Cancer Out INCFY2024$150K
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFY2024$35K
American Online Giving Foundation INCFY2024$13K
Donor Advised Charitable Giving INCFY2024$8K
Berkshire Bank Foundation INCFY2024$2K
Dannahower Family Foundation INCFY2024$500
Total grants receivedfrom 6 funders$209K
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By the numbers

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The FY2020 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$645K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$576K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$63K
Investment incomeLn 3$6K
Money outPt IX
$652K
Ln 25
Programscol B$469K
Managementcol C$84K
Fundraisingcol D$100K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$900K
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$12K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$576K
Government grantsLn 1e$31K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$14K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$172K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$63K
Investment incomeLn 3$6K
Total revenueLn 12$645K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$602
SavingsLn 2$899K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$900K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$92K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$56K
Other assetsLn 15$13K
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$12K
Net assetsLn 32$1.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 6108
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.0M$900K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$91K$92K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$66K$56K
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M$1.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$11K$12K
Net assetsLn 32$1.2M$1.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$94K$33K$31K$30K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$87K$63K$23K$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$9K$9K$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$14K$7K$5K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$10K$0$10K$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$1K$0$1K$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$40K$525$0$39K
Office expensesLn 13$644$644$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$328K$317K$5K$7K
TravelLn 17$766$766$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$14K$14K$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$3K$2K$2K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$37K$21K$538$15K
All other expensesLn 24e$13K$226$5K$7K
Total functional expensesLn 25$652K$469K$84K$100K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 LatestFiled with the IRS Aug 8, 2025 $695K$1.0M−$330K$871K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Jan 16, 2025 $706K$784K−$78K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Feb 14, 2024 $777K$694K$83K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Oct 4, 2022 $630K$634K−$4K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2020 ViewingFiled with the IRS Oct 4, 2021 $645K$652K−$7K$1.2M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $644,715 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,364,283$575,817
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $46,441$62,586
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $14,634$6,312
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $16,110$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,441,468$644,715
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $207,223$203,927
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $404,664$448,010
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $611,887$651,937
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $829,581−$7,222
Part VI · Governance 7 of 8 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $644,715 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$172,261
VIII-1e Government grants$30,879
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$372,677
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$14,500
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$575,817
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$62,586
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $6,312$6,312
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $62,586 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $6,312$644,715
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $651,937 across 14 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $33,309 · Management $31,088 · Fundraising $29,670$94,067
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $63,440 · Management $23,105 · Fundraising $0$86,545
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $9,285 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$9,285
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $7,180 · Management $5,301 · Fundraising $1,549$14,030
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $10,500 · Fundraising $0$10,500
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $1,458 · Fundraising $0$1,458
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $525 · Management $0 · Fundraising $39,000$39,525
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $644 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$644
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $316,516 · Management $5,223 · Fundraising $6,550$328,289
IX-17 TravelPrograms $766 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$766
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $13,572 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$13,572
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,746 · Management $1,713 · Fundraising $0$3,459
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $21,293 · Management $538 · Fundraising $15,403$37,234
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $226 · Management $4,900 · Fundraising $7,437$12,563
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $468,502 · Management $83,826 · Fundraising $99,609$651,937
Part X · Balance sheet $1,204,674 assets, 16 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $4,099; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $602$602
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,004,946$899,143
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$80,000
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,810$33,270
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $34,420$27,207
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $66,416$55,515
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $90,817$92,263
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $12,575$12,575
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,211,586$1,204,674
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $11,343$12,066
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $11,343$12,066
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,200,243$1,182,608
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictions$10,000
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,200,243$1,192,608
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,211,586$1,204,674
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,192,608 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$644,715
XI-2 Total expenses$651,937
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$7,222
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,200,243
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$413
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,192,608

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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