Rhode Island · Nonprofit
Classical Association of New England
Classical Association of New England (Rhode Island) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $339,515 to it, the largest being THE PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION ($170,434). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $159k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $340k
- Net assets
- $2.2M
What Classical Association of New England does
Mission
Educational association to foster the study of the classical world through the associations many activities and resources, including the annual meeting, scholarships, descretionary grants, CANE's own press and New England Classical Journal.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Annual meeting to entertain proposals for papers and workshops.
$20,142 spent$19,278 earned by the program36% of program spendingMaintaining of endowment, scholarship and fellowship funds and awarding scholarship and fellowship amounts from same
$19,214 spentof which $19,214 as grants34% of program spendingPurchasing subscriptions of professional journals from income received for that purpose from members
$9,493 spent$1,757 earned by the program17% of program spendingConducting educational programs, meetings, lectures and a summer institute program for teachers and the general public.Lectures by first class scholars and of academic fellowship on a college campus addressing the idea of evolution in all aspects of the classical world, and the continuing influence of ancient thinkers and revolutionaries on many revolutionary movements in politics, art, literature and scholarship in our own time.
$7,460 spent$18,749 earned by the program13% of program spendingPrinting and publishing of association journal and latin and greek teachers instructional materials to further the cause of classics in New England.
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $56,309.
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.
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 $1.1M to $1.8M (+65%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $6k → $59k.
3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 97% 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 Classical Association of New England’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
Classical Association of New England leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% 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
97% 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 Classical Association of New England.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 52% · 2021 56% · 2022 62% · 2023 52% — diversifying over time.
“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
97% of Classical Association of New England'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. Of the $10k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Rhode Island, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $330k 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.
Organizations like Classical Association of New England
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 Rhode Island
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
57% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
42%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Classical Association of New England: 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 Classical Association of New England?
- Classical Association of New England (Rhode Island) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $339,515 to it, the largest being THE PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION ($170,434). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Classical Association of New England have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $339,515 in grants to Classical Association of New England, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Classical Association of New England?
- THE PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $170,434 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Classical Association of New England find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Rhode Island. 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 2017–2025), 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