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Neighborhood House Charter School Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker Dorchester, MA EIN: 04-3462888 Website

Neighborhood House Charter School Foundation is organized and at all times operates exclusively for the benefit of, and to carry out the charitable purpose of, the neighborhood house charter school.

Neighborhood House Charter School Foundation at a glance

In short: Neighborhood House Charter School Foundation gave $210K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $210K), mostly in Massachusetts. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$210,416
+23.6% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$210,416
+23.6% vs 2024
Median grant
$210,416
Total assets
$32,536,087
+2.9% vs 2024
Primary geography
Massachusetts (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

How to apply to Neighborhood House Charter School Foundation

Who Neighborhood House Charter School Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

The Neighborhood House Charter School: $210KThe Neighborhood House CharterSchool$210K

The largest 2025 recipient was The Neighborhood House Charter School ($210K).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K3$100–250K2$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 3 grants of 5 (60%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

Cities

Dorchester

How Neighborhood House Charter School Foundation gives

  • Giving fell 38% from 2022 to 2025. 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$250K$500K$750K$1M1 grant2019 1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $170K (2024) to $990K (2019). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $210K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
The Neighborhood House Charter School Dorchester, MATo Support the School's Operations.$210,416
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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
2025$32,536,087$1,814,964$810,953$210,4161$646,258
2024$31,613,053$1,972,457$778,803$170,2601$601,534
2023$30,220,401$1,357,025$957,282$300,9611$97,710
2022$29,808,123$1,806,257$1,067,221$337,6051$60,849
2021$24,962,168$1,555,280$977,482$192,6761$65,816
2020$24,492,765$2,644,468$1,343,442$298,4391$175,989
2019$23,172,061$1,866,134$1,813,465$990,0131$278,986

About Neighborhood House Charter School Foundation

Based on IRS filings

Neighborhood House Charter School Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in Dorchester, MA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $32.5M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $210K. Net investment income was $646K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Neighborhood House Charter School Foundation is led by Janice Lewis, Chair since 2025 (on filings since 2024); none of the 3 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Janice Lewis

    Chair

    Trustee → Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Susan Donahue

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nick Azrack

    Trustee

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (10)
  • Former: Austin Smith (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Frederic Wittmann (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Michael Taubenberger (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Christy Strawbridge (2021–2024) — Chair
  • Former: Shiela May (2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Sheila May (2019–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Robert Melzer (2019–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Jennybess Dulac (2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Jb Dulac (2019–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Joseph Corrado (2019–2020) — Chair

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "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 Neighborhood House Charter School Foundation

How much does Neighborhood House Charter School Foundation give each year?

Neighborhood House Charter School Foundation gave $210K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $170K across 1 grant.

How large is Neighborhood House Charter School Foundation?

Neighborhood House Charter School Foundation reported $32.5M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.8M.

What is Neighborhood House Charter School Foundation?

Neighborhood House Charter School Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in Dorchester, MA. It holds $32.5M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Neighborhood House Charter School Foundation operate?

Neighborhood House Charter School Foundation has awarded grants in Massachusetts.

What is Neighborhood House Charter School Foundation's EIN?

Neighborhood House Charter School Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 04-3462888. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

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

Data update history

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 10, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS March 30, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 21, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 14, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS February 4, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS June 11, 2020)
  7. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 11, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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