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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CLASSICAL CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOL PARENT COMMUNITY ORG

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CLASSICAL CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOL PARENT COMMUNITY ORG (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,988 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($2,578). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$57k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$3k
Net assets
$56k
2/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 11%
01What it does

What Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School Parent Community Org does

Mission

Parent Community Organization brings in various enrichment to the school to support arts, enrichment, school community events, support faculty and staff with appreciation initiatives, student and staff grants to fund programs and support families in need.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Arts & Enrichment School Assemblies: PCO sponsors various enrichment programs to the school for academic assemblies throughout the year. Benefits entire student body (K8) at approximately 800 students three times per year.

    $15,696 spent
    40% of program spending
  2. Student/Community Give Back Events: PCO sponsored student/family events including student dances/socials, welcome back to school family social, student/family nights at roller rinks, bowling events and other events free of cost to students and families. Approximately 800 students plus families.

    $6,903 spent
    18% of program spending
  3. Faculty and Staff Appreciation Week: Week long appreciation week for school faculty and staff including meals, snacks, coffee, etc. Student involvement for decorations and tokens of appreciation for faculty.

    $4,401 spent
    11% of program spending
  4. Book fairs ($8,148) and other minor programs ($4,286)

    $12,434 spent
    32% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $39,434.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($7k) Expenses 100 ($15k) Net assets 100 ($15k)2022 Revenue 488 ($32k) Expenses 133 ($20k) Net assets 176 ($27k)2023 Revenue 774 ($51k) Expenses 263 ($40k) Net assets 244 ($38k)2024 Revenue 901 ($59k) Expenses 358 ($55k) Net assets 272 ($42k)2025 Revenue 863 ($57k) Expenses 278 ($43k) Net assets 363 ($56k)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (863)Expenses (278)Net assets (363)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $42k to $56k (+34%).

$15k
$27k
$38k
$42k
$56k
20212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

28% of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CLASSICAL CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOL PARENT COMMUNITY ORG’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 26,798 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

−$9k
’21
$12k
’22
$11k
’23
$4k
’24
$14k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $582 → $533.

Funder
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1
2
1
2

1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 86% 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 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CLASSICAL CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOL PARENT COMMUNITY ORG’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CLASSICAL CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOL PARENT COMMUNITY ORG leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

86% 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 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CLASSICAL CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOL PARENT COMMUNITY ORG.

86%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 82% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“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.

Where its funders are

86% of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CLASSICAL CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOL PARENT COMMUNITY ORG's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $410 that is directly attributable, 88% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.

MA
RI

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CLASSICAL CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOL PARENT COMMUNITY ORG has grown faster than three-quarters of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin25% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)71% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

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Questions and answers

Who funds BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CLASSICAL CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOL PARENT COMMUNITY ORG?
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CLASSICAL CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOL PARENT COMMUNITY ORG (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,988 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($2,578). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CLASSICAL CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOL PARENT COMMUNITY ORG have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $2,988 in grants to BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CLASSICAL CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOL PARENT COMMUNITY ORG, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CLASSICAL CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOL PARENT COMMUNITY ORG?
AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,578 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CLASSICAL CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOL PARENT COMMUNITY ORG 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 3 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing