Massachusetts · Nonprofit
AARONS PRESENTS INC
AARONS PRESENTS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,728,863 to it, the largest being CUMMINGS FOUNDATION GRANTS INC (FKA ONEWORLD BOSTON INC) ($335,000). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $623k
- Funders on record
- 40
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $367k
What Aarons Presents Inc does
Mission
To empower youth to think outside of themselves and recognize the positive impact they can have on others. To support youth as they discover, embrace, develop and use their talents and unique qualities and develop social awareness, leadership and life skills.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Agents and change program continues to support youth development as our participants enter their teenage years with mentorship and opportunities in the categories of: leadership development, educational/creative development, mental health, contributing and helping others and staying connected. We send nearly 70 youth to summer programs each year, and for many, it marks their first time away from home or experiencing the wonders of camping in nature. Other partnerships with tutors, college counselors, artists and american repertoy theater also greatly enrich and inspire our teens. We also have weekly mental health support group at our office near lowell high school every week for any interested teenager.
$105,863 spentof which $2,500 as grants$14,459 earned by the program37% of program spendingGivers and visionaries program (primarily upper elementary and middle school) offers a platform for youth to execute their own ideas benefitting people, animals and the environment, it is up to them to join, as nothing in aarons presents is ever required or forced. After completeing an application, youth plan their projects with a mentor, typicaaly at weekly school meetings during recess, lunch or after school hours by telephone. Mentors communicate with parents to get permission and help coordinate any logistics needed. The youth are the leaders and decision makers every step of the process, and they execute their projects in the larger community, whether playing with afghan refugee children, visiting the elderly, cleaning up parks, helping animals, delivering groceries to people in need, planning activities for foster children, etc youth and mentors often share a meal afterwards to further cement their bond with each other and photos are shared with parents.
$97,756 spent$600 earned by the program34% of program spendingOur nascant ap alumni engagement program shows that becoming an adult continues a remarkable journey within our community. Once youth have worked with us, they forever belong to the aarons presents family. If they choose to stay connected, we continue to provide a gateway to a network of othe alumni and community members, as well as guidance and referrals to other resources, avenues for self discovery, and pathways to both personal achievement and meningful contribution, the heart of our mission.
$5,788 spent2% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$78,581 spentof which $20,000 as grants27% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $287,988.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $309k to $374k (+21%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
93% of AARONS PRESENTS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (73% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Leah Okimoto
Executive director
Board chair
Maria Bewitt
Director and chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 19 funders, grant income rose $58k → $354k.
13 of 40 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of AARONS PRESENTS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 40 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AARONS PRESENTS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
45% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AARONS PRESENTS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 41% · 2019 23% · 2020 15% · 2021 19% · 2022 18% · 2023 36% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
50% of AARONS PRESENTS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
94% of AARONS PRESENTS INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $376k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AARONS PRESENTS INC has grown faster than half of the 904 unclassified nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 904 unclassified nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like AARONS PRESENTS INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
49% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
72%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AARONS PRESENTS INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AARONS PRESENTS INC?
- AARONS PRESENTS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,728,863 to it, the largest being CUMMINGS FOUNDATION GRANTS INC (FKA ONEWORLD BOSTON INC) ($335,000). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AARONS PRESENTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 40 organizations giving $1,728,863 in grants to AARONS PRESENTS INC, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AARONS PRESENTS INC?
- CUMMINGS FOUNDATION GRANTS INC (FKA ONEWORLD BOSTON INC) is the largest funder on record, with $335,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AARONS PRESENTS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 40 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing