Interfaith Social Services

What Interfaith Social Services does

Interfaith Social Services is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization founded in 1947 and headquartered at 105 Adams Street in Quincy, Massachusetts. It delivers a coordinated multi-program social services portfolio focused on hunger relief, mental health counseling, and homelessness prevention for residents of ten South Shore Massachusetts towns (Braintree, Cohasset, Hingham, Holbrook, Hull, Milton, Quincy, Randolph, Scituate, Weymouth). Core offerings include a Food Pantry that distributes more than 155,000 bags of food annually and is described as one of the largest emergency food programs in Greater Boston; New Directions Counseling Center, a sliding-fee mental health counseling practice; and HomeSafe, a homelessness prevention program providing budget counseling and rental assistance that fielded 1,923 calls in 2025. Supporting programs include the volunteer-run Bureau Drawer Thrift Shop, the Career Closet for professional attire, a Food Rescue operation collecting daily donations from Stop & Shop, Target, Trader Joe's, Star Market, Amazon, and BJs, plus seasonal initiatives (Backpack Drive, Halloween Costumes, Help for the Holidays).

The organization operates with a lean paid staff of 1-10 people and relies on approximately 135 active weekly volunteers contributing more than 20,000 hours annually. Technology is limited to operational SaaS: Bloomerang for donor CRM, GiveLively and Facebook for peer-to-peer fundraising, Amazon Wish List for in-kind donations, and Engiven for crypto donations. There are no proprietary technology platforms or AI/ML capabilities disclosed.

Revenue is generated entirely through voluntary contributions and earned nonprofit activities. Documented streams include individual donations, the annual Feed the Hungry Gala ($570,000 raised in 2025, up from $450,000 in 2024), the Stop the Stigma 5K ($180,000+ raised in 2026), the Bureau Drawer Thrift Shop ($200,000+ per year), foundation grants (e.g., $150,000 over three years from the Cummings Foundation in June 2026), and corporate sponsorships led by Arbella Insurance Foundation. All direct client services are provided free of charge or on a sliding scale, with the first four counseling sessions free for new clients. The go-to-market is community-led, relying on word-of-mouth, partner referrals, event-based fundraising, and corporate volunteer programs.

Name

Interfaith Social Services

Legal name

Interfaith Social Services

Website

https://interfaithsocialservices.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1947

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Interfaith Social Services is a non-profit organization that offers programs focused on hunger, mental health, and emergency assistance.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Social Services

NAICS

Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242), Community Food Services (624210), Community Housing Services (62422)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Housing Assistance & Homeless Services (BPAGAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Mental Health & Crisis Support Services (BPAGACAD), Food & Nutrition Assistance Programs (BPAIAKAF)

Keywords

• Emergency food assistance
• Mental health counseling
• Homelessness prevention services
• Food rescue logistics
• Community social services

Headquarters

HQ city

Quincy

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Monetary donations from individuals supporting the organization's mission to provide food, mental health counseling, and homelessness prevention services.
2. Feed the Hungry Gala: Annual signature fundraising event accounting for significant portion of annual budget. Raised $570,000 in 2025.
3. Bureau Drawer Thrift Shop: Boutique-style thrift shop operated by volunteers. Proceeds go directly to funding emergency programs. Brings in more than $200,000 per year.
4. Stop the Stigma 5K: Annual mental health fundraising event. 2026 event raised more than $180,000 for counseling sessions.
5. Foundation Grants: Grant funding from foundations like Cummings Foundation ($150,000 over 3 years) and others.
6. Corporate Sponsorships: Corporate sponsors support events and programs, including Presenting Sponsors like Arbella Insurance Foundation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Interfaith Social Services runs a multiservice social services portfolio including an emergency Food Pantry distributing groceries and personal care items, the New Directions Counseling Center providing sliding-scale mental health counseling, and the HomeSafe homelessness prevention program offering budget counseling and rent assistance. Supporting programs include a volunteer-run Bureau Drawer Thrift Shop, Career Closet for professional attire, a Food Rescue operation, seasonal children's initiatives, and a community garden program — all delivered primarily in person at the Quincy, Massachusetts headquarters and serving South Shore residents.

Product overview

Interfaith Social Services operates as a multi-service social services agency offering a coordinated portfolio of programs focused on hunger relief, mental health counseling, and homelessness prevention. The core offerings include an emergency Food Pantry (one of Greater Boston's largest), the New Directions Counseling Center providing sliding-scale mental health services, and the HomeSafe homelessness prevention program. Supporting programs include a Thrift Shop, Career Closet for professional attire, and various seasonal initiatives (Backpack Drive, Halloween Costumes, Help for the Holidays). The organization also runs a Food Rescue program collecting surplus food from retailers and a Plant.Grow.Share. community garden initiative. Major annual fundraising events include the Stop the Stigma 5K and Feed the Hungry Gala. Founded in 1947, all programs serve residents of the South Shore region including Quincy, Braintree, Hingham, and surrounding Massachusetts communities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• New Directions Counseling Center: Mental health counseling center providing compassionate and skilled mental health counseling services on a sliding-fee pay scale.
• HomeSafe
• Bureau Drawer Thrift Shop
• Career Closet

Products and services

• Career Closet
• Food Pantry Emergency food distribution program, one of the largest in Greater Boston, serving thousands of South Shore families in need with groceries, personal care items, and household essentials. Clients can pick up supplies by car or on foot during operating hours.
• New Directions Counseling Center Mental health counseling services provided on a sliding-fee pay scale, serving as a safety net for uninsured and underinsured community members. The first four sessions are free for new clients, after which services continue on a sliding scale.
• HomeSafe Homelessness Prevention Program Homelessness prevention program offering budget counseling, information referral, and financial assistance with overdue rent to help families remain safely housed. Serves residents of 10 South Shore Massachusetts towns.
• Bureau Drawer Thrift Shop Volunteer-operated thrift store selling donated clothing, books, and household items, with all proceeds supporting Interfaith's programs. Typically brings in more than $200,000 per year.
• Food Rescue Program Daily food rescue operations collecting donated food from local supermarkets including Stop & Shop, Target, Star Market, Trader Joe's, BJs, and Amazon, diverting more than 434,700 pounds of food from landfills annually for redistribution through the pantry.
• Plant.Grow.Share. Community Garden Program
• Diapers Program
• Menstrual Hygiene Program
• Personal Care Items Program
• Backpack Drive Annual August program distributing backpacks filled with school supplies to children of food pantry clients, serving approximately 900 school-age children each month.
• Halloween Costume Drive
• Help for the Holidays
• Children's Book Program Program providing age-appropriate books to food pantry clients' children on each visit, distributing more than 17,000 books annually to support literacy and academic success.
• Stop the Stigma 5K Annual run/walk fundraising event supporting mental health programs at New Directions Counseling Center, raising over $180,000 in 2026 with 950+ participants.
• Feed the Hungry Gala

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 155,000 bags of food distributed annually
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 December 2025Church donated 40,000 pounds of food (28 pallets) to feed South Shore families in need. Food included rice, macaroni, vegetables, peanut butter, flour, beans, etc. All items grown, processed and packaged by Church-owned farms and production facilities. This was the second time the Church made a donation of this size (previous in 2020 during pandemic).
• The South Shore Food BankcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 December 2025Regional food access hub for food-assistance organizations across 28 South Shore communities. 40,000 pound food donation from LDS Church was split between Interfaith and South Shore Food Bank. South Shore Food Bank is a key partner in regional food distribution.
• SpoonfulscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal food rescue organization providing weekly deliveries of perishable foods. Part of Interfaith's food rescue network.
• Freeperiodministry.orgminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMinistry of St. John the Evangelist in Hingham, MA that provides menstrual hygiene products to anyone in need. Provides ongoing deliveries of products to Interfaith for distribution.
• Keohane Funeral HomecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Plant.Grow.Share. program. Provides FREE seed packets at gardening workshops. Long-term community supporter.
• Weymouth Food PantryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Plant.Grow.Share. program encouraging community gardens to grow vegetables for local food pantries.
• Holly Hill FarmminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Plant.Grow.Share. program. Farmer Jon Belber leads three gardening workshops per season focused on garden planning, season extension and organic growing practices.
• Stop & ShopcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMajor supermarket partner in food rescue program. Donates food that can no longer be sold, keeping perfectly good food out of landfills.
• TargetcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRetail partner in food rescue program. Donates food items that stores can no longer sell.
• Trader Joe'scoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSupermarket partner in food rescue program. Donates prepared foods, bread, produce and other items no longer needed on shelves.
• Star MarketcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSupermarket partner in food rescue program. One of multiple retail partners donating food items.
• AmazonminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCorporate partner donating food items to food rescue program.
• BJsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorWarehouse club partner in food rescue program.

Scale indicators18 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Greater Boston Food Bank: Regional food bank distributing food to a network of pantries across Eastern Massachusetts. Directly comparable to Interfaith as a hunger-relief organization in the same geography, with overlapping food-rescue and pantry distribution models.
• South Shore Food Bank: Regional food access hub serving 28 South Shore communities, including Quincy. Listed as an active partner of Interfaith and operates a near-identical model of food distribution to member pantries in the same service area.
• Pine Street Inn: Boston-based nonprofit providing shelter, housing, and workforce services to individuals experiencing homelessness. Directly comparable to Interfaith's HomeSafe program on the homelessness-prevention/housing-stabilization mission in the Greater Boston market.
• Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program: Greater Boston nonprofit delivering health and behavioral-health services to homeless individuals. Comparable to Interfaith's New Directions Counseling Center in serving low-income and housing-insecure clients with counseling on a sliding-fee/subsidized basis.
• Project Bread: Massachusetts statewide anti-hunger organization funding food access and nutrition programs. Comparable to Interfaith on the hunger-relief mission and on operating community-based food assistance in the same state footprint.
• Lovin' Spoonfuls: Massachusetts-based food rescue organization redirecting surplus food from businesses to nonprofits. Directly comparable to Interfaith's Food Rescue Program, which collects daily from Stop & Shop, Target, Trader Joe's, and other retailers in the same region.
• Cradles to Crayons: Greater Boston nonprofit providing clothing, books, and school supplies to children in need. Directly comparable to Interfaith's Children's Book Program, Backpack Drive, Career Closet, and Help for the Holidays, all of which serve low-income children and families in the same region.
• Heading Home: Greater Boston nonprofit providing homelessness prevention, housing stabilization, and rapid re-housing services. Directly comparable to Interfaith's HomeSafe program, which offers budget counseling and rental assistance to families at risk of homelessness in nearby communities.

Broad incumbents

• Catholic Charities of Boston: Large multi-service social services agency operating across Eastern Massachusetts with food, housing, and counseling programs. Comparable to Interfaith as a multi-program nonprofit but at substantially greater scale and broader service area.
• The Salvation Army Massachusetts Division: National faith-based nonprofit with local Massachusetts operations providing food, housing, and emergency assistance. Comparable to Interfaith's combined food + emergency-assistance mission, with overlapping thrift-store revenue model (Salvation Army Family Stores).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/interfaithsocialservices
• Xx.com/InterfaithSS
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/interfaith-social-services

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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