Overview of Communitas, Inc. and Affiliates

This section describes the makeup and responsibilities of the Communitas, Inc. and Affiliates.

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Overview

Communitas, Inc. and Affiliates,2 headquartered in Wakefield, is a private, nonprofit, tax-exempt human-service organization established to help improve the quality of life of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. It was founded in 1954 and originally incorporated in 1957 as East Middlesex Association for Retarded Citizens, Inc.; it adopted its current name in 2018. Communitas employed an average of 186 full-time employees during our audit period.

According to Uniform Financial Statements and Independent Auditor’s Reports3 Communitas prepared during our audit period, the organization received revenue from the following sources:

Annual Revenue by Fiscal Year*

Source

2016

2017

2018

Department of Developmental Services

$8,219,510

$8,489,412

$8,790,808

Department of Children and Families

77,538

98,423

101,631

Massachusetts Commission for the Blind

0

0

6,274

Other State Agency Purchase of Service

91,020

55,964

53,757

Medicaid

4,739,327

4,904,056

4,807,691

State Agency Non–Purchase of Service

1,251,197

1,382,976

1,752,570

Total

$14,378,592

$14,930,831

$15,512,731

*      Communitas’s fiscal year begins July 1 and ends on June 30 (e.g., fiscal year 2016 began July 1, 2015 and ended June 30, 2016).

 

Communitas provides a variety of services to people with developmental disabilities and their families, including family services, adult residential services, and day and recreation programs, which are described in the Appendix.

2.    Communitas established two other nonprofit corporations that hold legal title to four of its group homes. Reading Residential Programs Inc. was established in 1994, and the Hopkins Street Housing Corporation was established in 1997. The three corporations share common board members and management. Communitas’s annual Uniform Financial Statement and Independent Auditor’s Report includes the activity of these affiliated corporations.

3.    Each year, agencies that operate social programs and contract with various Commonwealth departments must prepare these financial statements and file them electronically with the state’s Operational Services Division.

Date published: October 17, 2019

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