2026-07-24T12:05:04Z 2025-08-31 990 2024-09-01 043014567 PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE INC PEOP 7812706625 21 Murray Avenue BURLINGTON MA 01803 Kimberly Walsh Treasurer 7812706625 2026-07-24 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Kimberly Walsh PO Box 343 Burlington MA 01803 1235319 false X https://peoplehelpingpeopleinc.org X 1988 MA The mission is to help meet the basic needs of at risk residents of Burlington, Massachusetts through sustained community wide efforts focused on providing hunger relief, emergency financial aid, and holiday support. 13 13 5 275 0 0 1002391 1140633 0 0 1298 2371 39278 39506 1042967 1182510 2500 5000 0 0 186290 234211 0 0 16487 904063 987707 1092853 1226918 -49886 -44408 493658 430326 41865 22942 451793 407384 The mission is to help meet the basic needs of Burlington, MA's at-risk residents through sustained community-wide efforts focused on providing hunger relief, emergency financial aid, and holiday support. false false 934489 0 673656 PHP Burlington Food Pantry: The Pantry provides supplemental food assistance on a weekly basis to help qualifying residents residents meet their nutritional needs. The pantry is set-up like a grocery store, but distribution continues to be done on a drive up basis. In total the Pantry distributed the equivalent of 370,956 pounds of food in addition to the distribution of donated Grocery Store Gift Cards totaling $8,275 (estimated at 6,600 pounds). As an alternate location to provide access to shelf stable items a Micropantry was established at the Burlington Public Library in July 2024 and accounted for approximately 5,000 ponds of food in 2025. Under the food pantry umbrella, the PHP Victory Garden is fully staffed by volunteers that produces fresh produce for pantry clients, which during the growing season accounted for approximately 2,800 pounds of food or an in kind value estimated at $5,300. Overall fresh produce accounted for 20% of the food distributed or a total of 72,371 pounds. Additionally, PHP runs a Lunch Program for kids that provides healthy food to eligible school-age children during school breaks. There were approximately 400 total visits to the lunch program in 2025. Volunteers provided almost 12,000 hours of support to our staff to ensure that the Food Pantry and Victory Garden can provide the necessary support to the Pantry Clients. Program Service Accomplishments accumulated over 2,600 visits with an average of 217 households helped during the month or an increase of 23.6%. Addition cumulative statistics include: # of Adults: 3,700; # of Children: 2,696; # of Senior: 1,113; # of New Households: 114 (including displaced families for part of the year); Pet Pantry: 2,367 pounds of food. 127243 0 122291 Holiday Program: Support the eligible families through Holiday Meals and the Wish Tree Program. While the majority items distributed for the Holiday programs are donated in kind, the organization will purchase open items for the Wish Tree to ensure wishes and basic needs requests are fulfilled for all the children. The total holiday gift program expenses are split between estimated in-kind donations of $115,775 and purchases of $11,468 partially offset in the year by donations labeled for Holiday and InGathering. Holiday Meals: Through a separate InGathering distribution, meals are distributed to the pantry clients on the Sunday before Thanksgiving. The Thanksgiving InGathering served 137 families. Several corporate sponsors support the program through in kind or cash donations. In December, PHP also distributed $3,075 of Grocery Store Gift Cards for the pantry clients to put towards a holiday meal. Wish Tree: Helps eligible families, providing children with gifts including clothing, shoes, bedding, toys, books and blankets, etc. The program distributed over 2,300 brand new items to 318 Children from 138 Families to fulfill basic needs and wishes. Additionally, gift cards were distributed to 74 active Senior Pantry Clients 65 or over and to 35 High School students. For the Wish Tree Program, children of Pantry Clients or those recommended through Burlington Youth & Family Services or the Public Schools receive: Sweatshirt, Pajamas, Underwear/Diapers, Shoes, books and 3 Wishes (with up to 1 Gift Card) with Blanket(s) per family. Additionally organizations have provided Socks and Generic Toys that are added to the items distributed. 16204 Covenant for Basic Needs: Established to meet the temporary, emergency needs of individuals and families who are in need of support to cover rent, utilities, emergency housing, medical needs, etc. Additionally, we have supported summer camps for children. All of the requests are screened by counselors at Burlington Youth & Family Services. Total Funding: $16,251, # of Claims: 36 Avg. Cost/Claim: $464 Avg. Monthly Funding: $1,354 1077936 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 false 5 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 13 13 true false false false false false false true true false false false true true true true false true true false MA X Kimberly Walsh 7817183444 21 Washington Avenue Burlington MA 01803 Kim Trainor Vice President 3.00 X X 0 0 0 Elizabeth Trowbridge President 5.00 X X 0 0 0 Janet Fitzgerald Secretary 3.00 X X 0 0 0 Dalton Rolli Director 1.50 X 0 0 0 Ray Garber Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Marty Damian Director 1.50 X 0 0 0 Marcia Aulenback DIrector 2.00 X 0 0 0 Kimberly Walsh Treasurer 3.00 X X 0 0 0 Anil Saigal Director 1.50 X 0 0 0 Christine Shruhan Director 1.50 X 0 0 0 James Sheridan Executive DIrector 40.00 X X 71350 0 0 Robert Krieg Director 2.50 X 0 0 0 Judy Walsh Director 3.00 X 0 0 0 Elyssa Bailey Director 1.50 X 0 0 0 Kristina MacLaughlin Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 71350 0 0 0 false false false 0 48840 18165 1073628 767429 1140633 2371 2371 92315 52809 39506 1182510 2371 0 0 5000 5000 71350 3568 67782 139728 128223 11505 23133 14444 8689 199 199 7597 5411 1391 795 3767 686 3081 80844 80844 31767 31767 5671 5371 300 Equipment and Delivery Costs 9849 9849 Community Pantry/Holiday/Basic Needs 821405 821405 Fees 10948 9121 1820 7 Volunteer and Fundraiser Expense 16819 0 1434 15385 -1159 -1159 1226918 1110318 100113 16487 68828 41175 305995 282741 32175 863 49477 6406 4342 164957 123870 72853 41087 7401 10641 493658 430326 27085 22567 14780 375 41865 22942 416440 373531 35353 32852 451792 407384 451792 407384 493657 430326 -44408 X false false false X 0 414076 331423 273049 321973 373205 1713726 414076 331423 273049 321973 373205 1713726 1713726 286 370 1260 1298 2371 5585 1719311 0.99680 0.99780 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 35571 23051 12520 129386 100819 28567 41087 Wine Tasting and Auction 92315 52650 39665 159 Game Night 15925 3872 12053 0 0 1821 3 32915 8395 24520 1375 1023 141155 64917 76238 1375 0 0 0 0 3003 4378 71860 X X false false false false false false false false false false Jim Sheridan Executive Director 71350 71350 false false false Part VI, Line 2 Kimberly Walsh, the Treasurer is the daughter of another board member, Judy Walsh. Part VI, Line 11b Information is reviewed by the Finance Committee monthly and discussed before filing. Part VI, Line 12c Per the written policy, all board members, officers, employees, volunteers, and individuals associated with PHP have a duty to promptly disclose any actual or potential conflicts of interest to the Board of Directors with an annual disclosure. Disclosure should be made in writing and include all relevant facts and circumstances. For convenience, PHP provides a Conflict of Interest Disclosure Statement form. The Governance Committee is responsible for evaluating the significance and potential impact on the organization and determine the appropriate steps to manage the conflict. Part VI, Line 15a Salaries for the Pantry employees are established and approved by the Board of Directors. Future raise recommendations come from the Executive Director, but the Board approves through the budgeting process utilizing appropriate comparable data and information available. Part VI, Line 15b Salaries for the Pantry employees are established and approved by the Board of Directors. Future raise recommendations come from the Executive Director, but the Board approves through the budgeting process utilizing appropriate comparable data and information available. Part VI, Line 19 Form 990 and Form 1023, governing documents and financial statement are available for inspection upon request and also on the Website of the Massachusetts Division of Public Charities. When requested, we have provided explanations on the financial statements and variance analysis tp anyone that inquires. We have also provided copies of our operating Budget when needed