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EIN 82-3400062

Accelerate Change

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
0
City
Boston
State
Massachusetts
Year formed
2017
Most recent tax filings
2023-06-01
NTEE code, primary
R20: Civil Rights, Advocacy for Specific Groups
Description
Accelerate Change educates the public, particularly underprivileged minority members, on important public interest issues such as economic equality, healthcare, and immigrant integration. The program assists social change organizations in building the necessary people power and resources to create lasting institutional changes for community advancement. Additionally, it supports organizations in developing innovative approaches to engage their members.
Total revenues
$5,562,912
2023
Total expenses
$9,911,446
2023
Total assets
$7,749,376
2023
Num. employees
0
2023

Program areas at Accelerate Change

The Accelerate Change program helps social change organizations build the people power and resources needed to make the lasting institutional changes needed for all communities to thrive. It helps organizations develop innovative ways to engage their members using lean startup methodologies and other strategies focused on solving real problems and enhancing the lives of their constituents. Accelerate Change also helps funders test new models for large scale, financially sustainable citizen organizations by identifying scalable civic venture opportunities, helping grantees test new models for building membership, and building earned revenue strategies into grantmaking.

Grants made by Accelerate Change

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
ParentsTogether FoundationCommon Programmatic Purposes$2,254,516
PushblackCommon Programmatic Purposes$334,166

Who funds Accelerate Change

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)Civil Participation$925,000
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes$824,981
GS Daf (GSPF)Community & Human Services$595,000
...and 33 more grants received totalling $7,385,099

Personnel at Accelerate Change

NameTitleCompensation
Jenn JohnsonVice President of Product and Technology
Patty BusbyVice President of People
Lea MadryExecutive Director
Mohammad AhmadDirector of Operations
Rafa VeintimillaDirector of Finance
...and 11 more key personnel

Financials for Accelerate Change

RevenuesFYE 06/2023
Total grants, contributions, etc.$5,337,885
Program services$52,661
Investment income and dividends$172,366
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$5,562,912

Form 990s for Accelerate Change

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2023-062024-05-15990View PDF
2022-062023-05-14990View PDF
2021-062022-07-11990View PDF
2020-062022-05-17990View PDF
Data update history
January 4, 2025
Received grants
Identified 11 new grant, including a grant for $300,000 from Windward Fund
September 21, 2024
Received grants
Identified 3 new grant, including a grant for $400,000 from Public Welfare Foundation
August 7, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2023
July 10, 2024
Used new vendors
Identified 2 new vendors, including , and
May 18, 2024
Received grants
Identified 22 new grant, including a grant for $1,000,000 from Wellspring Philanthropic Fund
Nonprofit Types
Social advocacy organizationsHuman rights organizationsCivil rights and social justice organizationsHeadquarter / parent organizationsCharities
Issues
Human rightsImmigration
Characteristics
Tax deductible donationsNo full-time employeesAccepts online donations
General information
Address
294 Washington St Suite 500
Boston, MA 02108
Metro area
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
County
Suffolk County, MA
Website URL
acceleratechange.org/ 
Phone
(617) 292-4805
IRS details
EIN
82-3400062
Fiscal year end
June
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
2017
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
R20: Civil Rights, Advocacy for Specific Groups
NAICS code, primary
813319: Social Advocacy Organizations
Parent/child status
Central organization
California AB-488 details
AB 488 status
May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes
Charity Registration status
Delinquent
FTB status revoked
Not revoked
AG Registration Number
CT0288281
FTB Entity ID
None yet
AB 488 data last updated ("as-of") date
2025-01-15
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