Rhode Island · Nonprofit
CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC
CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC (Rhode Island) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,188,386 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($917,045). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $382k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What Classical High School Alumni Association Inc does
Mission
The mission of the classical high school alumni association is to preserve and support the tradition of classical high school, build and maintain relationships amoung its alumni and friends, raise funds for both school and association activities and enhance the educational experience of current students at the school.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Contributions to classical high school student enrichment programs.
$72,873 spentof which $72,873 as grants53% of program spendingSupport the building and maintaining of relationships among its alumni.
$63,710 spent$40,720 earned by the program47% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $136,583.
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. 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 $834k to $1.2M (+39%).
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.
89% of CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Chief executive
Patricia Mclaughlin
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $17k → $374k.
5 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 96% 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 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
CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
96% 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 HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 64% · 2018 83% · 2019 94% · 2020 94% · 2021 86% · 2022 95% · 2023 98% — 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.
How long its funders stay
44% of CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
96% of CLASSICAL 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. Of the $46k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Rhode Island funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Against its field
CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 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 Rhode Island
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
65% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC?
- CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC (Rhode Island) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,188,386 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($917,045). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $1,188,386 in grants to CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $917,045 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CLASSICAL 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 Rhode Island. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 12 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