EIN 04-2784985

More Than Words (MTW)

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
330
City
Year formed
1983
Most recent tax filings
2022-06-01
Description
More Than Words (MTW) empowers youth who are in foster care, court-involved, homeless or out of school to take charge of their lives by taking charge of a business.
Total revenues
$7,979,220
2022
Total expenses
$7,332,379
2022
Total assets
$15,482,688
2022
Num. employees
330
2022

Program areas at MTW

More Than Words Inc., (mtw) is a social enterprise that empowers system-involved youth to take charge of their lives by taking charge of a business. We serve the boston area's most underserved young people who face compounding risk factors: 50% are involved in the foster care system, 25% are court-involved, and 30% are homeless. Over the past 19 years, mtw has developed and refined a model that consistently empowers youth to achieve measurable outcomes in education, work, and life.at mtw, youth earn a job managing every facet of a $3m+ business, developing valuable, transferable skills approximately 20 hours/week. Youth source used books and clothing items, sell them online and in two retail stores, and run a flexible event space. They also hold a second, equally important you job, in which they receive intensive case management to work towards personal goals. Two years of continued support in the career services program help youth transition to other jobs and persist in education. Through this transformative program, we build up the self-efficacy of our young people. We provide the structure, accountability, and support needed to empower our youth to do the hard work of transforming their own lives.this model works because work works. In our most recently completed fiscal year we served 314 youth. 67% of graduates were productively engaged in school and/or work over 30 hours/week and 92% of youth either had earned or were on track to earn their high school diploma or hiset.

Grants made by MTW

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
Bridge Over Troubled WatersPass Through Amounts From Wioa for Various Support Services$7,035

Who funds More Than Words (MTW)

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes$514,760
Network for GoodUnrestricted$263,882
Liberty Mutual FoundationSingle Room Occupancy Youth Housing Program$250,000
...and 57 more grants received totalling $2,428,020

Personnel at MTW

NameTitleCompensation
Jodi RosenbaumChief Executive Officer$121,008
Jennifer HerbertChief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President$121,724
Marcella RainesChief of Advocacy and Community Engagement$102,227
Naomi ParkerChief Advancement Officer$103,766
Noah SchectmanChief of Learning and Evaluation$107,336
...and 15 more key personnel

Financials for MTW

RevenuesFYE 06/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$7,147,956
Program services$0
Investment income and dividends$3,429
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$2,558
Net income from fundraising events$-22,854
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$827,301
Miscellaneous revenues$20,830
Total revenues$7,979,220

Form 990s for MTW

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-062023-05-11990View PDF
2020-062021-05-25990View PDF
2019-062020-09-09990View PDF
2018-062019-08-17990View PDF
2017-062018-10-16990View PDF
...and 7 more Form 990s

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Data update history
July 8, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
June 30, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 1 new personnel
June 27, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
June 26, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 4 new personnel
May 7, 2023
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $15,000 from William E Schrafft and Bertha E Schrafft Charitable Trust
Nonprofit Types
SchoolsAdult education providersYouth service charitiesCharities
Issues
EducationChildrenHomelessness
Characteristics
LobbyingFundraising eventsNational levelReceives government fundingCommunity engagement / volunteeringTax deductible donations
General information
Address
242 East Berkeley St 2nd FL
Boston, MA 02118
Metro area
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
Website URL
shop.mtwyouth.org/ 
Phone
(781) 788-0035
IRS details
EIN
04-2784985
Fiscal year end
June
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1983
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
B60: Adult, Continuing Education
NAICS code, primary
624110: Child and Youth Services
Parent/child status
Independent
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