Father Flanagans Boys Home
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Changing the way America cares for children and families.
- Income
- $10.4 million
- Spending
- $10.8 million
- Spent on programs
- 84%
- Reserves
- -0.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 66%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 60
- Highest pay
- $194,654, president/executive director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 54 out of 100. Higher than 35% of charities in its peer group (human services, $10m to $100m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
16 of 20It owes 24% of what it owns.
Living within its means
8 of 15Spending exceeded income by 3% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 7% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1584% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 6 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 95 out of 100. Higher than 29% of charities in its peer group (human services, $10m to $100m).
Independent board
25 of 259 of 10 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
0 of 5Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $3.3 million spent. Family Home Services consists of family homes for adolescents, family homes for siblings, and treatment foster care. Treatment family homes for adolescents is a family style, residential program, which can serve six males or females, usually ages 12 to 17. Family Teachers are the primary treatment agents, along with a full-time Assistant Family Teacher, Overnight Staff, and a Senior Assistant Family Teacher. Family Teachers are responsible for structured supervision of youth in daily living and treatment activities. The couple and their assistant work on both treatment and skill building in the home, and with community and family resources in the childs life. A major focus of this program is teaching older youth functional skills - often referred to as independent-living skills - that can help them achieve success in school, their families, and work settings.
- $3.0 million spent. Foster Family Services is a community based program operated by specially trained supervised Treatment Foster Parents to serve foster children with treatment needs. In this program, Treatment Foster Parents care for youth ages birth to 18 who need more attention and treatment than is provided in a traditional foster care placement. Boys Town New England, Inc. recruits, trains, and supervises Treatment Foster Parents, enabling them to care for youth with special needs in their private homes. Specially trained foster parents teach everyday skills that can help youth achieve success in school, their families, and work settings. Treatment Foster Parents receive 24-hour, on-call support and treatment advice from Boys Town New England, Inc. professionals.
- $2.8 million spent. In-Home Family Services provides life-changing care to families that are struggling to stay together or are in danger of having a child removed from the home. The main goal of the program is to keep the family whole, whenever possible. IHFS can also help with reunification of a youth back to his or her home from out-of-home placement. Family consultants work right in the parents home helping them to improve their parenting skills and create a safe, nurturing environment. Family Consultants are on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The main goals of this program are to build family strengths, teach new skills, and reduce out-of-home placement of children. This program is for families who need supportive services to address high-risk situations and to prevent early issues from becoming a crisis. Trained Family Consultants offer in-home coaching and skill development to children and families by providing teaching and instruction on specific skills and competencies. Family assistance includes focusing on the childs behavior and improving parenting and family problem-solving skills, as well as linking families to needed family services. Boys Town New England, Inc. also offers Care Coordination/Family Visitation Services. This program offers families the opportunity to engage in positive relationships and skill-building activities, while visiting with their children currently placed out of the home. This program provides transportation as needed, supervision of visits, cognitive behavioral interventions, and coaching and support to families during the visits. The intensity and frequency of services are based on family needs and the goals. The Boys Town Model promotes quality assessment of family needs that allows for individualization of goals and intervention strategies, and continuous process of engagement, assessment, goal-directed intervention, and progress evaluations. The Family Visitation Services/Care Coordination Services program is designed to provide monitoring and coaching services to families with children in care during their regular visits, for as long as these services are required. Initially, families will meet with a Care Coordination Consultant for an assessment of their needs, and the development of an individualized family service plan. The exact amount of time consultants spend with families will vary, with the average being 6-9 months. Visits occur in family-style visitation rooms at Boys Town New England, the family home, the community, Department of Children, Youth, and Families DCYF offices or any appropriate location as agreed by the family and DCYF. The consultant focuses on family strengths, helping parents to improve parenting techniques. Additionally, parents receiving services will be enrolled in Boys Town Common Sense Parenting training, Boys Towns nationally recognized and promoted system for increasing parenting skills and decreasing the need for formal intervention services. Families also receive case management services, which supports reunification and shortens out of home stays for children through individual skill development and resource identification, coordination of services, and linkages to formal and informal support. Case Management visits occur with families at places and times convenient to the family and can include evening and weekend hours. The Consultant meets with families to address barriers to reunification and helps parents develop pro-social/parenting skills to enhance family functioning and to internalize and generalize these skills to address needs and resolve barriers to permanency. Parents are taught to be advocates for themselves in service and system settings. Consultants can further support families by providing services such as transportation to a community resource or appointment. LIFT Together with Boys Town and Boys Town Education Services bring together educators, students, families and Boys Town experts to address every students social-emotional needs. Both programs were introduced in 2018 in the Pawtucket, RI community. The two programs work in tandem to partner with the community and selected schools to improve problems such as absenteeism, low parental engagement, and disruptive classroom behaviors.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Worth knowing.
Not individually listed by the IRS as eligible, which is usual for local chapters covered by a parent organization's exemption. The master file records contributions to it as deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since July 2003.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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