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Friends of 2LIFE Communities Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Brighton, MA EIN: 04-2607197 Website

Friends of 2LIFE Communities Inc at a glance

Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2024 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2024; updated September 2026.

Who Friends of 2LIFE Communities Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

12 grants across all recorded years

3<$50K$50–100K3$100–250K1$250–500K1$500K–1M4$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $1–5M range: 4 grants of 12 (33%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Cities

Brighton

How Friends of 2LIFE Communities Inc gives

  • Giving grew 28% from 2020 to 2023. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$1M$2M$3M1 grant2020 2 grants2021 5 grants2022 4 grants2023 0 grants2024

From 2020 to 2023, annual grant giving ranged from $1.6M (2020) to $2.7M (2022). In 2023 it made 4 grants totaling $2.0M.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
2LIFE Communities Services Inc Brighton, MAPrograms and Services$1,653,217
2LIFE Developement Inc Brighton, MACapital Projects$163,290
2LIFE Communities Inc Brighton, MAPrograms and Services$157,549
2LIFE 370 Harvard LLC Brighton, MAPrograms and Services$16,500
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2023$9,192,845$5,982,802$3,720,478$1,990,5564$3,499
2022$6,096,551$4,087,396$4,050,340$2,710,4635$3,067
2021$5,711,988$3,193,429$3,253,852$2,324,1872$11,224
2020$6,538,693$3,726,464$2,232,571$1,554,1081$6,590

About Friends of 2LIFE Communities Inc

Based on IRS filings

Friends of 2LIFE Communities Inc is a public charity focused on Housing & Shelter, based in Brighton, MA. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2024.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Friends of 2LIFE Communities Inc is led by Amy Schectman, CEO since 2023 (on filings since 2020); none of the 10 officers listed in 2024 report compensation.

Officers on the 2024 filing

  • Amy Schectman

    CEO

    President & Secretary → President, 2022

    President → CEO, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    15 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lynne Elfland

    Director & Chair

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Donna Kalikow

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Laura Efron

    Director

    Director → Outgoing-Director, 2023

    Outgoing-Director → Director, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Merle Grandberg

    Director

    Chair → Director & Chair, 2021

    Director & Chair → Director, 2022

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rob Gifford

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Karen Edlund

    Chief of Business Strategy

    Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer → CFO & Treasurer, 2023

    CFO & Treasurer → Chief of Business Strategy, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lizbeth Heyer

    Vice President & Clerk

    Clerk → Vice President, 2022

    Vice President → Vice President & Clerk, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Susan Appelbaum

    CDO & Assistant Clerk

    CDO → Chief Development Officer & Assistant Clerk, 2022

    Chief Development Officer & Assistant Clerk → CDO & Assistant Clerk, 2023

    On filings since 2021

    39 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Benjamin Mahnke

    CFO & Treasurer

    New on the 2024 filing

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (14)
  • Former: Henry Korman (2021–2023) — Outgoing-General Council & Assistant
  • Former: Bernie Kaplan (2022–2023) — Outgoing-Director
  • Former: Jeff Sacks (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Elijah Lapson (2020–2022) — Chief Technology Officer
  • Former: Zoe Weinrobe (2021–2022) — Director of Real Estate Development
  • Former: Matthew Quinn (2022) — Senior Director, Real Estate & Corp Finance
  • Former: Sharon Brooks (2022) — Chief Marketing Officer
  • Former: Bernard Kaplan (2020–2021) — Director & Vice Chair
  • Former: John F. Lutz (2020–2021) — COO
  • Former: Robert Gifford (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Diane Leeming (2020) — Employee
  • Former: Janet Freed (2020) — Director of Human Resources
  • Former: Joe O'Toole (2020) — Employee
  • Former: Rudy Kass (2020) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2024. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Friends of 2LIFE Communities Inc

What is Friends of 2LIFE Communities Inc?

Friends of 2LIFE Communities Inc is a public charity focused on Housing & Shelter, based in Brighton, MA.

Where does Friends of 2LIFE Communities Inc operate?

Friends of 2LIFE Communities Inc has awarded grants in Massachusetts.

What is Friends of 2LIFE Communities Inc's EIN?

Friends of 2LIFE Communities Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 04-2607197. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2024.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(5)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS November 15, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 15, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS November 15, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS November 15, 2024)
  5. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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