EIN 22-3068653

Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance (MHSA)

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
21
City
Year formed
1990
Most recent tax filings
2023-06-01
Description
The Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance (MHSA) is public policy advocacy organization dedicated to ending homelessness in Massachusetts.
Total revenues
$27,780,548
2023
Total expenses
$27,494,706
2023
Total assets
$17,888,634
2023
Num. employees
21
2023

Program areas at MHSA

Emergency Shelter and transitional programs - during fiscal year 2023 , the program provided, in partnership with community-based service organizations and landlords, 211 Shelter and transitional Housing beds each night. The programs provide clients with safe living accommodations, meals, transportation, case management, income-related referrals and public benefits access, referral services, Housing search and other services focused primarily on helping individuals to access permanent Housing. The program has some components that focus on specific subpopulations of homeless individuals, such as veterans, chronically homeless adults, women and individuals with varying degrees of disabilities. The program includes a state-historic Shelter contract, a safe haven grant that serves veterans and a grant from the attorney general's office used for the social determinant health program.
Rapid rehousing & prevention - mhsa assisted 204 households during fiscal year 2023 in gaining permanent Housing through rapid rehousing programs, which allows individuals and families to access start up, moving, utilities and short to medium-term shallow rent subsidy funds when entering into Housing. The organization has developed best practices from the implementation of these programs to be used on continued rapid rehousing initiatives moving forward. Mhsa also prevented 680 households from becoming homeless through the allocation of prevention funds to them. The program includes the emergency solutions grant, and rapid transition for homeless individuals, and rapid rehousing for families.
Permanent Housing and related services - fiscal year 2023, the program helped fund, in partnership with community-based service organizations and landlords, 1,621 units of permanent supportive Housing for formerly homeless individuals across the state. These services are delivered in every region of the state and are the programmatic basis for the organization's cost-benefit analysis and increasingly recognized outcome-focused data studies. The program includes home & healthy for good state, home & healthy for good boston, journey to success, post detox/pre-recovery, home front, north star Housing, rapid transition for homeless individuals, and permanent Housing & stabilization.
Advocacy, planning and technical assistance - provides a forum in the commonwealth of Massachusetts for the planning and coordination of policy, community and stakeholder education and communication of issues, and the piloting and implementation of Housing and services for homeless individuals. Programs and advocacy are designed to end the commonwealth's reliance on emergency services for homeless individuals. The organization conducts site visits and program reviews to share best practices, provide technical assistance, and strive to create a network of resources and collaborative service providers. The organization conducts advocacy and planning to ensure that the state reduces its reliance on emergency services and focuses its efforts on permanent Housing as a solution to homelessness.

Who funds Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance (MHSA)

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
The Chicago Community TrustGeneral Operating Support$200,000
Health Resources in ActionCommunity Health & Healthy Aging Funds$150,000
Liberty Mutual FoundationNational Yeh 2022 Grant$140,000
...and 12 more grants received

Personnel at MHSA

NameTitleCompensation
Joyce TavonChief Executive Officer$124,100
Caitlin GoldenChief Policy and Strategy
Thomas YottsDirector of Finance
Lan GendreauDirector of Programs
Calpurnyia RobertsDirector of Supportive
...and 15 more key personnel

Financials for MHSA

RevenuesFYE 06/2023
Total grants, contributions, etc.$1,117,998
Program services$26,636,985
Investment income and dividends$25,565
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$27,780,548

Form 990s for MHSA

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2023-062024-05-14990View PDF
2022-062023-05-15990View PDF
2021-062022-05-09990View PDF
2020-062021-05-26990View PDF
2019-062020-10-14990View PDF
...and 9 more Form 990s
Data update history
August 14, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 4 new personnel
August 13, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2023
July 14, 2024
Received grants
Identified 3 new grant, including a grant for $150,000 from Health Resources in Action
May 18, 2024
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $19,573 from American Online Giving Foundation
April 20, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 4 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Human service organizationsHousing and shelter organizationsCharities
Issues
Human servicesHomelessness
Characteristics
Political advocacyLobbyingFundraising eventsState / local levelReceives government fundingTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
PO Box 8638
Boston, MA 02114
Metro area
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
County
Suffolk County, MA
Website URL
mhsa.net/ 
Phone
(617) 367-6447
Facebook page
MAHousingandShelterAlliance 
Twitter profile
@mhsa_revolution 
IRS details
EIN
22-3068653
Fiscal year end
June
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1990
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
P85: Homeless Persons Centers and Services
NAICS code, primary
62422: Community Housing Services
Parent/child status
Independent
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