Massachusetts · Nonprofit
CENTER SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION INC
CENTER SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,472 to it, the largest being The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc ($1,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $61k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $1k
- Net assets
- $121k
What Center School Parent Teacher Organization Inc does
Mission
The center school parent teacher organization, inc. Is a nonprofit organization developed for the enrichment of education at center elementary school, chelmsford, ma by the building of community at the school, the support of teachers at the school, and various activities that make center school a better place for children, teachers, administrators, and parents to work together to provide an excellent education for students. The cspto supports a population of 515 students. Our most important function is providing curriculum enrichment programs. These programs are chosen by the teachers, scheduled and paid for by the cspto. The programs normally tie into the school curriculum and help make it more interesting to students.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Enrichment - the pto sponsored many events during the school year for various grade levels to expose the students to varied educational programs related to animals, weather, science, history, etc.
$10,466 spent21% of program spendingFourth grade specific - the fourth grade specific consists of approximately 100 students graduating from elementary school. During their final year at center school, the pto sponsors various events for the students including yearbooks, t-shirts, diplomas, field day, and a graduation ceremony.
$5,242 spent10% of program spendingOther programs to enhance the curriculum such as math superstars, staff appreciation, and special projects.
$35,193 spentof which $1,000 as grants69% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $50,901.
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 2020 to 2021, from $72k to $130k (+80%).
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.
67% of CENTER 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. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 CENTER 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
CENTER SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% of grant income and the top three 97%; 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
CENTER SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION INC draws 81% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $237 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
CENTER SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION INC has grown faster than half of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like CENTER SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION INC
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In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
98%
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 CENTER SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION 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 CENTER SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION INC?
- CENTER SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,472 to it, the largest being The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc ($1,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CENTER SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $1,472 in grants to CENTER SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTER SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION INC?
- The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc 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 CENTER 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 4 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