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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: October 2024 Expires: October 2026

Interfaith Social Services

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
(617) 773-6203
105 Adams Street
Quincy, MA, 02169
https://interfaithsocialservices.org
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Interfaith Social Services meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to provide South Shore residents with the resources necessary to support a healthy and fulfilling life."

Year, State Incorporated:
1947, MA

Interfaith Social Services delivers programs focused on alleviating hunger, providing mental health counseling, preventing homelessness, and bringing joy to children in Massachusetts’ South Shore region. The organization’s New Directions Counseling Center offers services on an income-based sliding-fee scale to adults, children, couples and families. The organization also provides holiday gifts for children, bunny baskets, backpacks with school supplies, Halloween costumes, Thanksgiving dinners, homelessness prevention services, and professional outfits for low-income job seekers. Interfaith Social Services reports that its foodbank is one of Greater Boston’s largest emergency food programs, distributing more than 100,000 bags of groceries and supplying more than 180,000 diapers and basic hygiene products during 2023.

For the year ended June 30, 2023, Interfaith Social Services's program expenses were:

Program services $3,733,456
Total Program Expenses $3,733,456

Chief Executive
Richard Doane, Executive Director

Compensation*
$135,870

Chair of the Board
Jay Marvin

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Retired, Sodexo

Board Size
18

Paid Staff Size
25

*2022 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Grant proposals, Internet, Direct mail appeals, Planned giving arrangements, Print advertisements (newspapers, magazines, etc.)

Fundraising costs were 6% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $4,144,638, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Interfaith Social Services's audited financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2023.

Source of Funds
Donated goods and services $2,449,621
Grants, contributions and events, net $1,430,665
Bureau drawer thrift shop $214,317
Program service fees $114,067
Employee retention tax credit $50,035
Miscellaneous income $29,552
Total Income $4,288,257

Programs: 87% Fundraising: 6% Administrative: 7%

Total Income $4,288,257
Total expenses: $4,282,312
  Program expenses $3,733,456
  Fundraising expenses $259,862
  Administrative expenses $288,994
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $5,945
Beginning Net Assets $2,565,291
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $2,571,236
Total Liabilities $243,668
Total Assets $2,814,904

Note: According to Interfaith Social Services' audited financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2023, the organization received in-kind contributions of $2,449,621, including food ($2,090,341), toys, gifts, and supplies ($328,316), and IT services ($30,964).  

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Report completed by:
BBB Wise Giving Alliance