Family Movement
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 943450577
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Boston, MA, USA
- Phone
- 6173885812
- Rating
- 61
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Family Counseling
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $195,588
- Expenses
- $218,621
- Assets
- $5,321
- Liabilities
- $19,000
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LAKENYA RIVERS (FOUNDER/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- MEGAN SHAUGHNESSY (PRESIDENT)
- CHERYL JEAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- LAKENYA RIVERS (FOUNDER/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- MEGAN SHAUGHNESSY (PRESIDENT)
- CHERYL JEAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of family movement is to support families in transitioningfrom homeless shelters to stable, permanent housing, with a focus onhomeownership. We achieve this by providing financial stabilityeducation, mentorship, and guidance to foster self-sufficiency and breakthe cycle of generational poverty. Through our comprehensive pillars ofsuccess model, we offer wraparound services designed to empower familiesand guide them on the path from homelessness to homeownership.
What it reported doing in 2024
Path program (pillars of success, advocacy through homeownership)family movement guides clients through a structured three-phase pathwaydesigned to help them grow from crisis to long-term stability andhomeownership. In the pillars of success (shelter) phase, clients beginwith personal development workshops that build self-worth, life skills, and confidence while establishing consistent engagement. As theyprogress to stabilization/family advocacy, clients receiveindividualized case management, goal-setting support, and resourcenavigation to help them transition from shelter to stable housing.finally, in the homeownership phase, clients participate in one-on-onementorship and financial coaching to strengthen their readiness forpurchasing a home. Throughout all phases, supportive staff, expertworkshops, and ongoing assessments help families deepen their progressand successfully move toward independence.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 67% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 30
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 16
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 31.3%; rating input score 31
- Program expense ratio: 28%; rating input score 28
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -11.8%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.02; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 3.57; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 20.4% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 31.3% of revenue deployed · 28% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $61K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 31/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 28/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.