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CHELMSFORD HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC

CHELMSFORD HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $75,041 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($39,115). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$126k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$75k
Net assets
$3.1M
4/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 11%
01What it does

What Chelmsford High School Alumni Association Inc does

Mission

To foster support for the chelmsford high school community by promoting alumni interest, engaging alumni to contribute their expertise, encouraging alumni and community involvement in student programs and services and providing social, business and charitable opportunities.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. To promote the support of public education through the recognition of excellence achieved by chelmsford high school alumni and faculty, hall of fame dinner.

  2. Publication of newsletter in support of the chelmsford high school alumni association

    $2,755 spent
    3% of program spending
  3. Scholarships for chelmsford high school graduating seniors and alumni.

    $74,825 spentof which $74,825 as grants
    87% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $8,195 spent
    10% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $85,775.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($212k) Expenses 100 ($122k) Net assets 100 ($1.8M)2019 Revenue 119 ($253k) Expenses 84 ($102k) Net assets 108 ($2.0M)2020 Revenue 93 ($196k) Expenses 77 ($93k) Net assets 106 ($1.9M)2021 Revenue 67 ($141k) Expenses 56 ($68k) Net assets 130 ($2.4M)2022 Revenue 247 ($524k) Expenses 68 ($82k) Net assets 146 ($2.7M)2023 Revenue 74 ($156k) Expenses 78 ($95k) Net assets 147 ($2.7M)2024 Revenue 81 ($172k) Expenses 82 ($100k) Net assets 159 ($2.9M)2025 Revenue 59 ($126k) Expenses 73 ($89k) Net assets 171 ($3.1M)
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Revenue (59)Expenses (73)Net assets (171)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 $1.9M to $2.4M (+22%).

$1.8M
$2.0M
$1.9M
$2.4M
$2.7M
$2.7M
$2.9M
$3.1M
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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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

55% of CHELMSFORD HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$90k
’18
$151k
’19
$103k
’20
$73k
’21
$442k
’22
$61k
’23
$72k
’24
$37k
’25
50
months of
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.

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Listed1312121313131314
Joined·+1+1+1+0+5+0+1
No longer listed·2100500
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $15k → $28.

4 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 CHELMSFORD HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 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

CHELMSFORD HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% 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

100% 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 CHELMSFORD HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC.

52%
largest funder
100%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 65% · 2020 55% · 2021 100% · 2022 62% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.

“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

100% of CHELMSFORD HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $75k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

CHELMSFORD HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin29% · top quartile
Months of reserve49.5mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−7% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like CHELMSFORD HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

96% of spending goes to programs.

Program 96%Management 4%Fundraising 0%

Governance

14
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

79%

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 CHELMSFORD HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC?
CHELMSFORD HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $75,041 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($39,115). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does CHELMSFORD HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $75,041 in grants to CHELMSFORD HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CHELMSFORD HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC?
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $39,115 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CHELMSFORD HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 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