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Poor Peoples United Fund Inc

Support for the poor & education on how to provide relief.

Human Services Boston, MA EIN: 042731214 (IRS) Sign up to see website
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81
Integrity Assessment
Strong transparency
81/100 · methodology

About

works to eliminate the causes of suffering due to poverty

Mission

Support for the poor & education on how to provide relief.

Founder story
Not yet on file. The organization can add how and why it was founded by claiming this profile. Registered with the IRS since June 1981.

Focus & reach

Category
Causes
Poverty

Verification & registration

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IRS
Exempt Organizations · EIN 042731214
Tax-deductible (Pub 78)
501(c)(03)
Federal tax-exempt subsection
Since 1981

Verified certifications

Confirmed against the issuing authority - not self-reported.

IRS Tax-Deductible since 1981

Integrity assessment

A 0-100 measure of public-data transparency - registration, financial disclosure, governance, contact details, and recency. It does not measure programme impact.

Registration 16/20
('Government registration ID on record', 8)
('Sourced from official registry', 4)
('Cross-referenced (2+ sources)', 4)
('Profile not yet claimed by organization', 0)
Financial Transparency 24/30
('No financial documents found on website', 0)
('Financial filing on record', 8)
('Revenue figure disclosed', 6)
('Spending figure disclosed', 6)
('Detailed financial breakdown disclosed', 4)
Governance 20/20
('At least 1 officer disclosed', 5)
('3+ officers disclosed', 3)
('Officer titles disclosed', 2)
('Executive compensation disclosed', 4)
('Mission / description on file', 3)
('Founding date on file', 3)
Contact Availability 7/10
('Website', 3)
('No email on file', 0)
('Phone', 2)
('Physical address', 2)
Data Recency 15/20
('Updated within 1 year', 15)
('Newer data needed for full score', 0)
Red flags -3
Transparency checklist
Official registration on file
Financial disclosure published
Website on record
Contact details available
Leadership disclosed
Mission or description published

GiveRadar Analysis

Original analysis from GiveRadar's dataset of comparable organizations

Based on the records currently verified by GiveRadar, Poor Peoples United Fund Inc has a complete profile, cross-referenced across 3 independent sources including the IRS.

  • It is one of the better-documented human services charities in the United States GiveRadar currently tracks, because GiveRadar has verified its financial disclosures and its governance. Most of those have little verified data on record yet. View this cohort
  • GiveRadar holds 6 years of financial filings for this organization, the most recent for fiscal year 2025 - a deeper filing history than 91% of the 139,074 human services charities in the United States with filings on record. See the filings
  • Established in 1980, it predates 79% of the human services charities in the United States GiveRadar has a founding year for. View this cohort
GiveRadar has verified
  • government registration
  • financial records (6 filed years)
  • disclosed leadership
  • a website
  • a donation page
  • third-party accreditation
Not yet verified by GiveRadar
  • a contact email
  • an owner-submitted profile claim

Analysis based on GiveRadar's benchmark dataset of 2026-08-24. It describes what GiveRadar has verified, not a judgment of the organization itself.

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Financials

From irs 990 (fy2025) · FY2025
Annual revenue
$10K-$100K
Reporting year
2025
To programmes
91%
Revenue, FY2020-FY2025
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Where money goes
Program91%

Leadership & board

Disclosed in official filings
CL
Claire C••••••
Director
FR
Fran F••••••••
PRESIDENT
JA
Janet M•••••• M•
Director
JE
Jessica B•••••
Director

How it stacks up against peers

· vs. 8 similar human services in United States
Program spending This charity: 91%
Peer average: 84%
CEO comp as % of revenue This charity: 28.71%
Peer average: 0.48%
Integrity Assessment This charity: 81
Peer average: 90

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Annual revenue
$10K-$100K
91% to programs
Source: IRS 990 (FY2025) why this matters
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Filing history

6 years on file from IRS 990 (FY2025): revenue, expenses, program spending, assets, and liabilities by fiscal year.

Years on record: FY2025, FY2024, FY2023, FY2022, FY2021, FY2020.
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Taxes

Tax-deductibility for donors

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Staff & volunteers

From filings and published profiles

Employees
1

Leadership

From FY2025 filing

FR
Fran F••••••••
President

Officers & trustees (8)

Source: Public filings

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Latest news

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No recent news coverage found

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Activity timeline

Filings and press mentions, merged

Form filed
$0.1M revenue
FY2025
IRS 990
Form filed
$0.0M revenue
FY2024
IRS 990
Form filed
$0.1M revenue
FY2023
IRS 990
Form filed
$0.1M revenue
FY2022
IRS 990
Form filed
$0.1M revenue
FY2021
IRS 990
Form filed
$0.1M revenue
FY2020
IRS 990

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Cause areas in United States

How many charities work in each area, with this charity's area highlighted.

Human Services this charity 322,683
Education 195,586
Arts & Culture 133,130
Advocacy & Civil Rights 128,026
Religion 114,636
Health 98,863
Community Development 56,086
Youth Development 53,450
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Most common causes in United States

Causes charities work on most.

Community Development 235,146
Education 159,016
Religion 103,741
Arts & Culture 101,203
Human Rights 76,926
Health 65,250
Youth Development 47,775
Animal Welfare 32,425
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Sources and verification

Registration and legal identity
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) - Tax Exempt Organization Search
Financial filings
IRS Form 990 filings - Fiscal year 2025 most recent on file.
Officers and trustees
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) - Tax Exempt Organization Search - 35 disclosed in the public registry.
Supplementary verification
Charity Navigator

Data freshness

Last updated
Aug 3, 2026
Registry checked
Aug 3, 2026
Profile completeness
90%

What we know and don't know

Exactly which public data we hold on this charity. Our score reflects transparency, not impact.

On record · 10
  • Financial data · FY2025 on record
  • Named leadership · 35 officers on file
  • Executive pay · Disclosed
  • Government registration · Registered with an official registry
  • Mission statement · Published
  • Official website · On record
  • Headquarters address · On file
  • Direct contact · Email or phone published
  • Tax-deductibility · Verified
  • Founding date · 1980
Not available · 1
  • Programs & activities
    No named programs listed by the charity

Methodology

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Quick facts about Poor Peoples United Fund Inc

What is Poor Peoples United Fund Inc?
Poor Peoples United Fund Inc is a human services publicly-supported charity (509(a)(2)) based in Boston, United States. works to eliminate the causes of suffering due to poverty
When was Poor Peoples United Fund Inc founded?
Poor Peoples United Fund Inc was founded in 1980.
Who leads Poor Peoples United Fund Inc?
Fran Froehlich serves as President.
Where is Poor Peoples United Fund Inc located?
Headquartered in Boston, MA, United States.
What is Poor Peoples United Fund Inc's annual budget?
Annual revenue for fiscal year 2025 is approximately $10K-$100K. 91% of expenses go to program services.
Is Poor Peoples United Fund Inc trustworthy?
Poor Peoples United Fund Inc has a GiveRadar Integrity Assessment of 81 out of 100 (Strong transparency). The score reflects public-data transparency: registration, financial disclosure, governance, contact details, and how recently data was refreshed. It does not measure program impact.
What is Poor Peoples United Fund Inc's registration number?
IRS EIN: 042731214.
What is Poor Peoples United Fund Inc's website?
http://www.ppuf.org