Massachusetts · Nonprofit
BOSTON CENTER FOR ADULT EDUCATION INC
BOSTON CENTER FOR ADULT EDUCATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,100 to it, the largest being Westminster Barrington Foundation ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $44k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $1k
- Net assets
- $5.7M
What Boston Center for Adult Education Inc does
Mission
To provide educational opportunities for adult learners in boston and surrounding communities that responded to the ongoing and evolving needs for professional growth and personal enrichment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Founded in 1933, the boston center for adult education, inc. (the "center") was the oldest, non-profit adult education center in new england. The center seeked to be responsive to the evolving educational needs of individuals by offering a wide variety of courses and other educational opportunities. Most of the center's revenues were derived from tuition and related educational activities. The center also depended on contributions from the community. The center provided non-credit educational opportunities that fostered personal and professional development. In advancement of this mission, the center offered a variety of courses on a wide range of topics throughout the year.
$43,812 earned by the program
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2018 to 2019, from $8.3M to $6.7M (−19%).
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.
0% of BOSTON CENTER FOR ADULT EDUCATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 8 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
Kira Khazatsky
President & CEO
Board chair
Dean Hara
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of BOSTON CENTER FOR ADULT EDUCATION 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 CENTER FOR ADULT EDUCATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% 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
“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
BOSTON CENTER FOR ADULT EDUCATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 CENTER FOR ADULT EDUCATION INC's revenue fell 97% between 2018 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like BOSTON CENTER FOR ADULT EDUCATION 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
0% 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
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Jewish Vocational Service Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BOSTON CENTER FOR ADULT EDUCATION 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 BOSTON CENTER FOR ADULT EDUCATION INC?
- BOSTON CENTER FOR ADULT EDUCATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,100 to it, the largest being Westminster Barrington Foundation ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BOSTON CENTER FOR ADULT EDUCATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,100 in grants to BOSTON CENTER FOR ADULT EDUCATION INC.
- Who is the largest funder of BOSTON CENTER FOR ADULT EDUCATION INC?
- Westminster Barrington Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BOSTON CENTER FOR ADULT EDUCATION 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 2 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