Parents Families & Friends of Lesb-

Public charity · Grantmaker Waltham, MA EIN: 04-3272394

Pflag greater boston works to create environments of understanding so that all people can live with dignity and respect through: support to cope with an adverse society, education to enlighten the public, advocacy to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights. Pflag greater boston provides opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.

Parents Families & Friends of Lesb- at a glance

Total assets
$698,914
+9.8% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$663,048
+9.2% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$10,382
+43.8% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$601,895
+4.0% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

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

Who Parents Families & Friends of Lesb- funds

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Cities

Peabody

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$5K$10K$15K$20K1 grant2019 0 grants2020 0 grants2021 0 grants2022 0 grants2023 0 grants2024 0 grants2025

In 2019 it made 1 grant totaling $20K.

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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$698,914$663,048$601,895——$10,382
2024$636,635$607,211$578,682——$7,219
2023$654,488$763,293$549,792——$5,996
2022$449,287$686,832$976,471——$699
2021$808,659$633,433$813,587——$269
2020$1,003,391$499,233$652,668——$328
2019$1,174,981$750,797$525,934$20,0001$2,927

About Parents Families & Friends of Lesb-

Based on IRS filings

Parents Families & Friends of Lesb- is a public charity, based in Waltham, MA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $699K in total assets. Net investment income was $10K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Parents Families & Friends of Lesb- is led by John Tweeddale, Chair since 2024 (on filings since 2022); 1 of 11 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • John Tweeddale

    Chair

    Director → Vice Chair, 2023

    Vice Chair → Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Beth Donnell

    Director

    Director → Chair, 2023

    Chair → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Eugene Zakharov

    Director

    Treasurer → Director, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Courtney Taylor

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Stacy Hutton Johnson

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sue Lowcock

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Vivian Meranda

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Antonina Selvaggio

    Executive Di

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $138K (2023) → $128K (2025)

  • Angel Moran

    Vice Chair

    Director → Treasurer, 2024

    Treasurer → Vice Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nancy Forsyth

    Clerk

    Director → Vice Chair & C, 2024

    Vice Chair & C → Clerk, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Raymond Pescaro

    Treasurer

    Director → Treasurer, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (20)
  • Former: Joanne Hooker (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Maureo Fernandez Y. Mora (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Cassi Brauthwaite (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Ila Deshmukh Towery (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Seth Regan (2023) — Director
  • Former: Debbra Zucker (2019–2022) — Chair
  • Former: Jonathan Hover (2019–2022) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Lori Schechner (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Meryl Epstein (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Alyssa Rayman-Reed (2020–2022) — Clerk
  • Former: Sarah Kaufmann-Paulman (2020–2022) — Executive Director Th
  • Former: Nina Selvaggio (2022) — Current Executive
  • Former: Benjamin Meshoulam (2019–2021) — Clerk
  • Former: Ellen Sturgis (2019–2021) — Interim Executive
  • Former: Mark Mettler (2019–2021) — Treasurer
  • Former: Nicholas Whalen (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Asa Sevelius (2019) — Director
  • Former: Michael Kramer (2019) — Director
  • Former: Roberta Likley (2019) — Former Vice
  • Former: Valerie Frias (2019) — President & Executive

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.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Antonina Selvaggio — Executive Di: $128KAntonina SelvaggioExecutive Di$128K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $128K, to Antonina Selvaggio (Executive Di).

Frequently asked questions about Parents Families & Friends of Lesb-

How large is Parents Families & Friends of Lesb-?

Parents Families & Friends of Lesb- reported $699K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $663K.

Where does Parents Families & Friends of Lesb- operate?

Parents Families & Friends of Lesb- has awarded grants in Massachusetts.

What is Parents Families & Friends of Lesb-'s EIN?

Parents Families & Friends of Lesb-'s EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 04-3272394. 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

(3)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 4, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS October 9, 2024)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS December 6, 2024)

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