Massachusetts · Nonprofit
BEYOND WALLS INC
BEYOND WALLS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,744,730 to it, the largest being BARR FOUNDATION ($1,035,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $829k
- Funders on record
- 33
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $392k
What Beyond Walls Inc does
Mission
Beyond walls is a creative placemaking nonprofit organization that uses planning, design, and artistic interventions, often in collaboration with young people, to activate public spaces and strengthen communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Street art activations commissions world-class artists to transform underutilized public spaces through vibrant, large-scale murals and site-specific public artworks. These placemaking initiatives celebrate local culture and history, create accessible outdoor cultural assets, and often serve as catalysts for revitalization by drawing visitors, increasing foot traffic, and supporting local economic activity.
$303,925 spent$130,203 earned by the program42% of program spendingClassroom to the streets "ctts" is our flagship public art education program that partners educators with artists to design and install large-scale public art reflecting the diverse cultures of the local community while supporting specific student learning outcomes. The program aims to increase student engagement by leveraging the power of culturally relevant street art to make learning more relevant and engaging for students.
$252,496 spent35% of program spendingDesigned response applies a creative lens to community-identified needs within the built environment. By collaborating with local partners, businesses, and organizations, beyond walls develops place-based interventions that foster engagement and strengthen public spaces. From wayfinding signage to improving visibility in high-traffic areas, these targeted efforts fill critical gaps and create lasting impact.
$149,688 spent21% of program spendingOther creative placemaking
$22,886 spent$11,330 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $728,995.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2023 to 2024, from $371k to $703k (+89%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2019 1% · 2020 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
81% of BEYOND WALLS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 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
Alfred Wilson
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $46k → $347k.
5 of 33 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 BEYOND WALLS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 33 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
BEYOND WALLS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 35% · 2020 51% · 2021 50% · 2022 33% · 2023 65% — growing more concentrated.
“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
33% of BEYOND WALLS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% 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
97% of BEYOND WALLS 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. $191k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
BEYOND WALLS INC has grown faster than half of the 7,668 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,668 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding BEYOND WALLS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $93k on record — $10k federal, $83k state.
- National Endowment for the Arts$10k
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$83k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BEYOND WALLS 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
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
66%
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 BEYOND WALLS 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 BEYOND WALLS INC?
- BEYOND WALLS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,744,730 to it, the largest being BARR FOUNDATION ($1,035,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BEYOND WALLS INC have?
- IRS filings report 33 organizations giving $1,744,730 in grants to BEYOND WALLS INC, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BEYOND WALLS INC?
- BARR FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,035,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BEYOND WALLS 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 33 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