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Boston religious organizations

There are 3,486 religious organizations and churches in the greater Boston metro area, including the cities of Boston, Cambridge, Framingham, Newton, and Waltham. Combined, these Boston metro religious organizations employ 1,705 people, earn more than $283 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $824 million.
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Types of religious organizations in Boston

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Christian nonprofit organizations
 
1,723
 
$157,564,831
Catholic nonprofit organizations
 
183
 
$54,228,164
Jewish nonprofit organizations
 
158
 
$45,634,185
Buddhist nonprofit organizations
 
95
 
$11,714,890
Religious media production and publishing organizations
 
66
 
$19,191,264
Islamic nonprofit organizations
 
63
 
$11,311,648
Organizations supporting multiple religious organizations
 
26
 
$6,506,814
Organizations supporting a single religious organization
 
24
 
$14,582,673
Religious professional societies
 
19
 
$5,372,009
Religious alliances and advocates
 
13
 
$256,102
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Job trends for Boston religious organizations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
 
198
1-10
 
90
11-25
 
19
26-100
 
12
101 to 1,000
 
2
1,000+
 
0
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Sizes of religious organizations in Boston

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
361
$250k to $1M
 
90
$1M to $5M
 
44
$5M to $25M
 
7
$25M to $100M
 
1
$100M+
 
0
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Directory of religious organizations in Boston

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1-20 of 3,486

Resist

Resist supports grassroots organizations on the frontlines of the movement for social justice. We believe that through organizing, direct action, and creativity, the power of communities can and will build a better world.
Revenue
$24.9m
Assets
$27.2m
Employees
72
EIN
04-2433182
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Veritas Forum

To create and encourage forums, primarily on university campuses, to connect today's hardest questions with the person and story of Jesus Christ.
Revenue
$7.3m
Assets
$6.2m
Employees
19
EIN
20-5616941
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Tools of the Mind

Tools of the Mind: Early childhood model combining professional development with curriculum to develop cognitive, social-emotional, self-regulatory, and academic skills.
Revenue
$6.4m
Assets
$8.1m
Employees
36
EIN
83-2864497
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Wisdom Publications

Wisdom Publications publishes books that advance the education of the public with respect to Buddhist religion, philosophy, and practice.
Revenue
$2.1m
Assets
$5.8m
Employees
16
EIN
04-2979113
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Join for Justice

Join for Justice trains Jewish leaders to effectively organize for justice both inside and outside Jewish communities in the United States.
Revenue
$2.2m
Assets
$2.6m
Employees
16
EIN
04-3617885
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Mas Boston Society

Mas Boston Society fosters community growth through spiritual education, promoting God consciousness, liberty, and justice while offering programs at the Islamic Society of Boston.
Revenue
$3.3m
Assets
$910.1k
Employees
25
EIN
20-1799252
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Lehrhaus Center for Jewish Life and Learning

Lehrhaus provides Jewish education, including diverse classes on sacred texts and worship services, in a warm and inviting environment.
Revenue
$2.5m
Assets
$1.5m
Employees
34
EIN
88-1911890
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Buddhist Digital Resource Center (BDRC)

BDRC is committed to seeking out, preserving, organizing, and disseminating Buddhist literature. Our current programs focus on the preservation of texts in Pali, Chinese, Sanskrit, and Tibetan.
Revenue
$2.2m
Assets
$3.8m
Employees
9
EIN
04-3491680
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Star Island Corporation

Star Island was founded on the traditions of Unitarian Universalism and the United Church of Christ. They strive to contribute to our world by providing a sacred and meaningful space for a vibrant intergenerational community.
Revenue
$4.9m
Assets
$14.5m
Employees
168
EIN
04-6000828
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Jewish News Service (JNS)

Jewish News Service is a website that provides news updates and engages freelance writers, photographers, and graphic designers. JNS supplies approximately 140 subscriber newspapers and websites, representing a circulation of nearly 1.
Revenue
$3.8m
Assets
$9.1m
Employees
10
EIN
45-0949784
IRS type
501(c)(3)

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InterfaithFamily is a nonprofit organization that helps and provides resources for couples with one Jewish partner and one non-Jewish partner and their families. InterfaithFamily is the premiere resource supporting interfaith couples exploring Jewish life.
Revenue
$2.6m
Assets
$1.4m
Employees
18
EIN
04-3577816
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Gateways Access to Jewish Education

Gateways provides high quality special education services, expertise, and support to enable students with diverse learning needs to succeed in Jewish educational settings and participate meaningfully in Jewish life.
Revenue
$2.3m
Assets
$3.0m
Employees
53
EIN
04-3494246
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Trybal Gatherings

Trybal Gatherings engages Jewish young adults with immersive experiences and camps to foster relationships and grow Jewish life.
Revenue
$3.0m
Assets
$3.1m
Employees
10
EIN
82-2536308
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Trinity Boston Connects

Trinity Boston foundation's (tbf) mission is to create safe and supportive communities that inspire Boston's youth of color to discover their voice and achieve their goals.
Revenue
$2.2m
Assets
$3.4m
Employees
21
EIN
04-2736718
IRS type
501(c)(3)

FriendshipWorks

FriendshipWorks connects volunteers with older adults in Greater Boston, reducing isolation and enhancing quality of life through programs like Friendly Visiting and MusicWorks.
Revenue
$2.0m
Assets
$1.7m
Employees
18
EIN
04-3140541
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Wollaston Lutheran Church Apts

Fenno House provides both affordable Independent Living apartments and certified Assisted Living apartments for seniors 62 and older.
Revenue
$4.1m
Assets
$21.5m
Employees
0
EIN
23-7036017
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Catholic Community Fund of the Archdiocese of Boston

A fund that supports Archdiocese of Boston programs and ministries through endowment fundraising, gifts, and bequests. Runs the Inspiring Hope campaign.
Revenue
$12.9m
Assets
$98.2m
Employees
0
EIN
04-3071454
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Hillel Foundation of Cambridge

The Hillel Foundation of Cambridge is the catalyst for Jewish life, community and personal exploration at Harvard University. Undergraduate program is the harvard Hillel's core program to support undergraduate students of Harvard University.
Revenue
$4.0m
Assets
$22.5m
Employees
39
EIN
04-2620801
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Saint Grace

Saint Grace supports the Benedictine Nuns of Saint Scholastica and maintains their Monastery in Boston.
Revenue
$5.4m
Assets
$16.6m
Employees
0
EIN
86-3149813
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Brockton Interfaith Community

Brockton Interfaith Community promotes racial and economic justice through prophetic, faith-rooted community organizing. As a multi-faith and multi-ethnic organization, it provides leadership for this mission in Brockton, MA.
Revenue
$1.6m
Assets
$1.6m
Employees
28
EIN
22-3135464
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.
This category corresponds to the "X00: Religion: General" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.
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