Brookview's mission is to help homeless and at risk families learn the skills necessary to break the cycle of homelessness and poverty.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
72¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$424K 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
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
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $332K a year · 13% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 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
$424K
to officers and key staff · 21% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 21% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.9 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
17
named funders · $379K
Looks good: 17 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.4M
52% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 52% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.1M
Spent
$2.0M
To programs
72%
Net assets
$1.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$2.1M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.1M
FY2021$2.6M
FY2022$2.7M
FY2023$2.4M
FY2024$2.5M
FY2025$2.6M
Expenses
$2.0M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.0M
FY2021$2.1M
FY2022$1.9M
FY2023$2.1M
FY2024$2.4M
FY2025$2.5M
Net assets
$1.3M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.3M
FY2021$1.8M
FY2022$2.6M
FY2023$3.0M
FY2024$3.1M
FY2025$3.2M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending September 2020) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 1995.

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Where the money goes

72 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 72% · $1.5M Management & general 21% · $417K Fundraising 8% · $154K

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

11 people listed on the 990; $424K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
CEO & President
$126,053Pt VII · Sec A
$101,345Pt VII · Sec A
$100,255Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Development Officer
$96,103Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Deborah Collins’s $122K as CEO & President is at the 55th 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 · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Deborah Hughes$13,230$110,035$122,901$127,308$123,115$126,053
Deborah Collins$121,533$112,408————
Deborah Collins-Gousby——$100,674$106,090$99,273$101,345
Jayne Murphy—————$100,255
Mercedes Tompkins————$92,819$96,103
Lesbie Bramble$90,068$63,880————

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

Teaches homeless families skills to escape poverty and homelessness.

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3 programs · $1.5M · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Adult/Parent Development

Brookview provides families experiencing homelessness with a safe place to live and offers programs to build their self-esteem. Families practice the skills necessary to thrive as active and integral members of their community and by doing so, improves the community for all of us. The program served approximately 190 family members.

$676Kprogram expense
02

Transitional Housing

Brookview provides housing and support services to homeless women and their children. The goal is to break the cycle of poverty and homelessness. The program provided approximately 6,570 bed days to 66 family members.

$432Kprogram expense
03

Youth Program

Brookview provides after school, full day summer, saturday girls and boys groups, teen programs, and school-based programs. In march 2020, brookview began offering a full day program. Programs are licensed by the commonwealth and designed to help school-age children (6 to 19 years old) to do well in school and recover from the trauma of…

$356Kprogram expense

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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
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By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.1M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.9M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$205K
Investment incomeLn 3$90
Money outPt IX
$2.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.5M
Managementcol C$417K
Fundraisingcol D$154K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$314K
Total assetsLn 16$2.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.4M
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.9M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.1M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$5K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$205K
Investment incomeLn 3$90
Total revenueLn 12$2.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$2K
SavingsLn 2$312K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$314K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.4M
Other assetsLn 15$711K
Total assetsLn 16$2.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.4M
Net assetsLn 32$1.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 531
VolunteersI 61,505
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$545K$314K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.3M$1.4M
Total assetsLn 16$2.3M$2.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.1M$1.4M
Net assetsLn 32$1.2M$1.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$356K$203K$61K$92K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$534K$520K$14K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$124K$106K$6K$12K
Payroll taxesLn 10$97K$78K$9K$10K
Management feesLn 11a$859$859
Accounting feesLn 11c$204K$204K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$86K$16K$61K$9K
Office expensesLn 13$37K$15K$13K$9K
Information technologyLn 14$56K$14K$28K$14K
OccupancyLn 16$181K$177K$533$3K
TravelLn 17$11K$10K$576$481
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$2K$1K$325
InterestLn 20$34K$33K$424$283
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$93K$91K$930$929
InsuranceLn 23$46K$41K$4K$425
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$172K$157K$13K$3K
All other expensesLn 24e$3K$2K$963
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.0M$1.5M$417K$154K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $2.6M$2.5M$120K$3.2M 990 PDF
FY2024 $2.5M$2.4M$100K$3.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.4M$2.1M$400K$3.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.7M$1.9M$781K$2.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.6M$2.1M$545K$1.8M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $2.1M$2.0M$48K$1.3M 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 $2,084,225 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,758,755$1,879,543
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $55,888$204,592
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $155$90
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$37,268$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,777,530$2,084,225
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,161,196$1,111,068
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $621,404$924,989
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,782,600$2,036,057
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$5,070$48,168
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,084,225 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$1,131,178
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$748,365
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$4,848
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,879,543
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $204,592$204,592
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $90$90
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $204,592 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $90$2,084,225
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,036,057 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $203,145 · Management $61,019 · Fundraising $92,184$356,348
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $519,923 · Management $14,392$534,315
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $105,600 · Management $6,400 · Fundraising $11,566$123,566
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $77,794 · Management $8,765 · Fundraising $10,280$96,839
IX-11a Management feesManagement $859$859
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $203,656$203,656
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $16,470 · Management $60,633 · Fundraising $8,735$85,838
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $15,221 · Management $13,293 · Fundraising $8,761$37,275
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $13,591 · Management $28,288 · Fundraising $14,465$56,344
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $177,041 · Management $533 · Fundraising $2,964$180,538
IX-17 TravelPrograms $10,438 · Management $576 · Fundraising $481$11,495
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,405 · Fundraising $325$1,730
IX-20 InterestPrograms $33,063 · Management $424 · Fundraising $283$33,770
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $91,073 · Management $930 · Fundraising $929$92,932
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $41,269 · Management $4,162 · Fundraising $425$45,856
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $156,769 · Management $12,573 · Fundraising $2,795$172,137
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,596 · Management $963$2,559
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,464,398 · Management $417,466 · Fundraising $154,193$2,036,057
Part X · Balance sheet $2,611,454 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,100$1,926
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $542,525$311,999
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $312,051$150,404
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $33,996$43,895
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,327,603$1,392,506
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $74,247$710,724
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,292,522$2,611,454
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $96,304$159,987
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$215,206
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,090,610$1,361,374
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $912,426$916,768
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $289,486$333,312
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,201,912$1,250,080
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,292,522$2,611,454
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,250,080 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,084,225
XI-2 Total expenses$2,036,057
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$48,168
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,201,912
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,250,080

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