Massachusetts · Nonprofit
BOSTON AFTER SCHOOL & BEYOND INC
BOSTON AFTER SCHOOL & BEYOND INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,565,683 to it, the largest being The Wallace Foundation ($3,744,875). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.0M
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $12M
- Net assets
- $2.9M
What Boston After School & Beyond Inc does
Mission
Boston after school & beyond, inc. Is a public private partnership that pursues a unified after-school and summer learning system that promotes stakeholder alignment, a focus on results, and access to learning opportunities, particularly for high-need students.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Boston summer learning - boston summer learning is the agency's most enduring initiative, impacting nearly 17,000 boston students through hundreds of programs each year. Co-managed by the agency and the boston public schools, boston summer learning leverages the strengths of teachers, community organizations, and boston's rich array of natural, cultural, and neighborhood resources to equip youth with the skills, experiences and social capital to navigate life's challenges and opportunities.
$3,874,894 spentof which $3,452,381 as grants60% of program spendingOut of school time initiative supports programs in providing students with out of school time program opportunities throughout the year. The agency's network of programs reach over 7,500 students with academic enrichment support during and after the school day. Several private foundations and the department of elementary and secondary education contributed funds to support these programs.
$1,632,056 spentof which $1,204,981 as grants25% of program spendingSocial and emotional learning (sel) - the partnerships for social and emotional learning initiative (pseli), funded by the wallace foundation in boston and five other cities, aims to improve students' social and emotional skills through collaborations among elementary schools and their after-school program partners. Core elements of the approach include assessment, professional development, and coaching toward continuous improvement. The agency manages the wallace foundation grant, which includes substantial resources for the boston public schools.
$548,800 spentof which $404,624 as grants8% of program spendingMeasurement and improvement - measurement and improvement support each of the agency's initiatives. With common measures of program performance and student progress, programs can understand their relative strengths and areas for improvement and learn from other programs in the agency's network. More than 400 programs and 250 certified observers work with the agency to evaluate program performance and plan for improvement, using a common suite of evaluation tools and engaging in a peer observer network that both assesses program quality and builds the expertise of program staff. Stem - the agency's bostem initiative is building a science, technology, engineering, and math ("stem") ecosystem to expand access to high quality stem experiences for boston youth. The hands-on, project-based nature of stem programs are designed to enable students to learn college and career readiness skills and gain interest in stem careers. This initiative aims to create stronger connections between schools and boston's stem resources, and train educators to engage students in stem content and practices.policy & advocacy - through local, state, and national networks of program leaders, funders, public…
$429,348 spent7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,485,098.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 $8.2M to $4.8M (−42%).
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: 2017 11% · 2018 21% · 2019 22% · 2020 26% · 2021 33% · 2022 67% · 2023 77% · 2024 81% · 2025 84%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of BOSTON AFTER SCHOOL & BEYOND INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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
Christopher Smith
President & executive director
Board chair
Margaret Mckenna
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $465k → $1.2M.
4 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $58k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest Boston After School & Beyond Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money BOSTON AFTER SCHOOL & BEYOND INC raised.
From the IRS filings of BOSTON AFTER SCHOOL & BEYOND 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
BOSTON AFTER SCHOOL & BEYOND INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 32% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
39% 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 BOSTON AFTER SCHOOL & BEYOND INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 56% · 2019 49% · 2020 53% · 2021 36% · 2022 49% · 2023 52% — 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.
How long its funders stay
38% of BOSTON AFTER SCHOOL & BEYOND INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
59% of BOSTON AFTER SCHOOL & BEYOND 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. $1.7M 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
BOSTON AFTER SCHOOL & BEYOND INC is better cushioned than half of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding BOSTON AFTER SCHOOL & BEYOND INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $8.4M on record.
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$8.4M
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 BOSTON AFTER SCHOOL & BEYOND 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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BOSTON AFTER SCHOOL & BEYOND INC?
- BOSTON AFTER SCHOOL & BEYOND INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,565,683 to it, the largest being The Wallace Foundation ($3,744,875). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BOSTON AFTER SCHOOL & BEYOND INC have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $11,565,683 in grants to BOSTON AFTER SCHOOL & BEYOND INC, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BOSTON AFTER SCHOOL & BEYOND INC?
- The Wallace Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $3,744,875 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BOSTON AFTER SCHOOL & BEYOND 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 25 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