Unity Circles
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
To strengthen community relations and reduce conflict by providing social and emotional skill development programming, training and technical assistance to youth, adults, public schools and community agencies; to provide youth and adults with supportive group counseling services; to provide therapeutic services for distressed youth and adults including restorative justice practices, mindfulness and yoga practices; to initiate and coordinate the involvement of local community agencies, organizations or groups in order to fulfill the foregoing purposes; to promote peaceful alternatives to violence using restorative justice and trauma informed practices.
- Income
- $57,655
- Spending
- $146,788
- Reserves
- 7.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 98%
- Highest pay
- $19,600, executive director
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 69 out of 100. Higher than 43% of charities in its peer group (youth development, under $250k).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 7.6 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 155% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ 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)
- $25,459 spent. Building out a collective network to support the Boston community in holding and practicing Transformative Justice and Restorative Justice
- $65,785 spent. TJPP is a six month apprenticeship for young adults ages 18-25 in Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville.* Cohort members will build community with eachother as they learn how to embody Transformative Justice (TJ) values and practices. Over the course of an eight week intensive in the summer they will explore Transformative Justice as a political framework, a way of life, and how it can be used to address harm intheir own communities. Additionally, cohort members will partner withan organization that holds TJ values in Boston and apply their learningthrough a participatory action project.
- $17,986 spent. Unity Circles will deliver a youth program for students. Programming will have a restorative justice lens and framework with a focus on social justice issues that most impact the community in which the youth reside. Through local partnerships and volunteer opportunities, youth will learn about social justice topics that most impact their community and will engage in a Participatory Action Research (PAR) project that will help them bring theory into practice.Through the PAR project, youth will engage in local research and data collection around a particular topic they feel strongly about. The program will focus heavily on bridging the gap between the schooland communities in which the youth live by collaborating with Boston led organizations to address injustices that most impact their lives. Programming will consist of an educational experience that is relevant to the lives of the youth.
Source: Form 990EZ 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 October 13, 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 November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since August 2019.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 November 4, 2026.
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