Mission & Vision
One Can Help provides the missing resources at-risk youth, foster children and underserved families involved in the juvenile justice and child welfare systems urgently need to address concerns, improve difficult lives and build better futures.
By quickly providing the individualized resources that meet the specific needs of children in crisis, we help overcome poverty barriers and encourage positive steps forward.
History
One Can Help (OCH) was created in 2006 by juvenile court attorneys and social workers who understood that poverty and justice were very much intertwined and wanted to ensure that this very vulnerable population (and the professionals trying to help them) could access the urgently needed basic items and services that were not available elsewhere.
One Can Help Non-Discrimination Policy and Statement
Board approved February 2018.
Our Team
Our Staff
The Board of Directors thanks One Can Help staff who run all the day-to-day details that make OCH so effective.
Our Board
We are so grateful to our board members for the time and support they generously give to OCH. We would never be able to do this important work without them.
Our Advisory council
One Can Help truly stands on the shoulders of many giants, including:
Alyssa Westermann
Consultant
Ann Kurland
Founding Board Member
Barbara Bickart, MBA
Consultant
Barbara Gaffin
Former Board Member
Debbie Levenson, MBA
Founding Board Member
Gail Hupper, JD
Former Board Member
Hon. Jay Blitzman (Ret.)
Consultant
Jay Dobek
Media Advisor
Jose Portuondo, MBA
Founding Board Member
Kelly Tedeschi
Consultant
Moshe Gordon
Founding Board Member
Stephanie Singer, JD
Former Board Member
Steven A. Lerman, JD
Consultant
Theresa Fitzpatrick
Event Consultant
Our Supporters
We are grateful to our hundreds of generous individual donors, both large and small, and to all the visionary foundations who partner with One Can Help to improve lives, address inequities and make meaningful change possible.
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR METROWEST
FRED HARRIS DANIELS FOUNDATION
ORVILLE W. FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
GARDINER HOWLAND SHAW FOUNDATION
GREATER LOWELL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
THE HAMILTON COMPANY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
ESTHER B. KAHN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
MUTUAL ONE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
CECILE H. MURPHY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
THEODORE EDSON PARKER FOUNDATION
Our Partners
One Can Help exists to provide the missing resources that children and families who are involved with the Department of Children and Families or the juvenile courts, urgently need to take positive steps forward.
Many professionals are appointed to help this very vulnerable population but the organizations they work with are rarely able to provide the actual resources that are needed to effect positive change.
So they turn to us.
Our Partners Include:
And their collateral agents, including:
Financial Information
One Can Help (EIN #20-4281579) is a nonprofit exempt under the 501(ᴄ)(3) section of the Internal Revenue code.
One Can Help was organized as a Massachusetts nonprofit corporation in November 2005.
We are a Guide Star Exchange Platinum Participant.
We are committed to full transparency and accountability at all times. We will be glad to answer any questions you might have about our work and funding. To review our latest Form 990, please click here. For further information, please contact info-at-onecanhelp-dot-org.
Read our Annual Reports
2025 Annual Report
In 2025, the need for support continued to grow, with requests for assistance increasing by 30%. One Can Help responded by helping nearly 6,000 children and families across Massachusetts access critical resources that could not be found elsewhere. This year’s report highlights how targeted assistance—often modest in cost but delivered at the right moment—can change the trajectory of a child’s life.
2024 Annual Report
We are excited to present our 2024 Annual Report. Given recent efforts to dismantle the already barebone lifelines that provide minimal supports for vulnerable children and families with basic healthcare, nutrition and shelter, we believe there has never been a more important time to help our most marginalized, many of whom are struggling to stay afloat and reach higher. We are so grateful you stand with us.
2023 Annual Report
Every year brings exciting new achievements. Some of 2023’s great moments include – the Attorney General of Massachusetts speaking at our 17th Annual Benefit, a new website, Last Minute Productions’ video about how providing missing resources improves lives, and appearing on a national list (along with major celebrities/leaders!) to highlight OCH’s unique mission.
2022 Annual Report
Thanks to our numerous donors both large and small, and to all the attorneys and social workers who make the effort to apply to OCH so their most vulnerable clients can have the resources they need to take that next positive step forward, we have helped more than 10,000 children (plus parents and other caregivers) since 2006. 2,541 children in just 2022!
2021 Annual Report
During Covid, we initially saw a dramatic increase in urgent requests for basic needs, such as groceries and warm clothes, to support children home full time from school, laptops to access education, court hearings and virtual visitation for families separated
by foster care or treatment.
Read the full report to see how we responded and one can help!
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