Massachusetts · Nonprofit
BIGELOW MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENT- TEACHER ORGANIZATION INC
BIGELOW MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENT- TEACHER ORGANIZATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,269 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($6,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $54k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $9k
- Net assets
- $79k
What Bigelow Middle School Parent- Teacher Organization Inc does
Mission
To support Bigelow Middle School and its students
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
8th Grade Expenses - Majority of this expense is related to a field trip 8th graders take to commemorate the end of their journey at Bigelow Middle School. The teachers lead the students in activities that emphasize cooperation and independence, and prepare the students in their journey through young adulthood. Students create life-long bonds with their classmates and gain treasured memories from this experience. The Bigelow helps fund the trip so that all students can afford to attend this invaluable and unforgettable event.
$20,496 spent31% of program spendingParents of Performing Students (POPS) - Founded in 2008 by dedicated parents, POPS supports the performing arts at Bigelow Middle School through advocacy, fundraising, coordination, and volunteer efforts. The program helps create inclusive opportunities for students in Drama, Orchestra, Chorus, and Band-encouraging creativity, collaboration, and confidence through performance. POPS Fundraising is essential to help cover technical and production needs for the Drama program, as well as stage and auditorium improvements that benefit all performing arts groups. Beyond performing, students gain valuable skills by helping manage events, promote performances, and handle ticket sales. These experiences build leadership, teamwork, and a deeper appreciation for the performing arts-all while building a stronger, more connected school community.
$14,612 spent22% of program spendingPTO Community - Bigelow PTO is dedicated to provide support to the community and promote the core values of the Bigelow Middle School; it has raised funds to support programs such as FORJ (Families Organizing for Racial Justice), Newton Serves and other community outreach programs.
$12,649 spent19% of program spendingCreative Arts & Sciences: Provides curriculum-related enrichment programs at Bigelow Middle School. The Bigelow Middle School Parent-Teacher Organization funds these programs, which aligns with the common core state standards, Massachusetts curriculum frameworks, and Newton curriculum's system-wide goals and core values. These programs enrich student experiences in art, English language arts, history and social sciences, music, physical education and the sciences.
$7,408 spent11% of program spendingOther Expenses is used to support the operations of the school, teachers, staff, students and community as whole.
$11,986 spent18% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $67,151.
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 2024 to 2025, from $92k to $79k (−15%).
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.
97% of BIGELOW MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENT- TEACHER ORGANIZATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $250 → $1k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 70% 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 BIGELOW MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENT- TEACHER ORGANIZATION INC’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
BIGELOW MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENT- TEACHER ORGANIZATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
70% 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 BIGELOW MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENT- TEACHER ORGANIZATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 40% · 2023 59% — 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.
Where its funders are
70% of BIGELOW MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENT- TEACHER ORGANIZATION INC'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 $3k that is directly attributable, 65% of it comes from funders outside Massachusetts, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
BIGELOW MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENT- TEACHER ORGANIZATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In Massachusetts
Nationally
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BIGELOW MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENT- TEACHER ORGANIZATION INC?
- BIGELOW MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENT- TEACHER ORGANIZATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,269 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($6,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BIGELOW MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENT- TEACHER ORGANIZATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $9,269 in grants to BIGELOW MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENT- TEACHER ORGANIZATION INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BIGELOW MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENT- TEACHER ORGANIZATION INC?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $6,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BIGELOW MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENT- TEACHER ORGANIZATION 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 5 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