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BOSTON LYMPHATIC SYMPOSIUM INC

BOSTON LYMPHATIC SYMPOSIUM INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being PLASTIC SURGERY FOUNDATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$77k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$10k
Net assets
$263k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 8%
01What it does

What Boston Lymphatic Symposium Inc does

Mission

The Corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for charitable, scientific and educational purposes, including providing a forum to educate health care providers, patients, and the general public regarding lymphatic disorders. Moreover, to provide opportunities to further the understanding of lymphaticdisease including furthering education, patient care delivery, and research in the field of lymphatic disease

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Clinical and patient symposium

    $27,247 spent
    40% of program spending
  2. Research of lymphatic disease and therapies

    $41,136 spent
    60% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $68,383.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($101) Net assets 100 ($101)2021 Revenue 178376 ($180k) Expenses 100 ($80k) Net assets 132279 ($134k)2022 Revenue 113636 ($115k) Expenses 92 ($74k) Net assets 172921 ($175k)2023 Revenue 128729 ($130k) Expenses 78 ($62k) Net assets 238742 ($241k)2024 Revenue 76060 ($77k) Expenses 68 ($55k) Net assets 260650 ($263k)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (76060)Expenses (68)Net assets (260650)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 2020 to 2021, from $101 to $135k (+133277%).

$101
$135k
$176k
$241k
$263k
20202021202220232024
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

98% of BOSTON LYMPHATIC SYMPOSIUM INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,214 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$101
’20
$100k
’21
$41k
’22
$68k
’23
$22k
’24
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'23
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of BOSTON LYMPHATIC SYMPOSIUM 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.

Where its funders are

BOSTON LYMPHATIC SYMPOSIUM INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 1 state in all.

IL

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

BOSTON LYMPHATIC SYMPOSIUM INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 9,898 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin29% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)425% · outside the comparable range

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,898 health nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

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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 BOSTON LYMPHATIC SYMPOSIUM INC?
BOSTON LYMPHATIC SYMPOSIUM INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being PLASTIC SURGERY FOUNDATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BOSTON LYMPHATIC SYMPOSIUM INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,000 in grants to BOSTON LYMPHATIC SYMPOSIUM INC.
Who is the largest funder of BOSTON LYMPHATIC SYMPOSIUM INC?
PLASTIC SURGERY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BOSTON LYMPHATIC SYMPOSIUM 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 1 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