Massachusetts · Nonprofit
COLLEGES OF THE FENWAY INC
COLLEGES OF THE FENWAY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $129,500 to it, the largest being DAVIS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ($129,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.6M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $130k
- Net assets
- $643k
What Colleges of the Fenway Inc does
Mission
A collaborative of five neighboring boston-based colleges created to add value to student academic and co-curricular opportunities while seeking innovative methods of investing in services and containing the costs of higher education.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Operations and collaborative services/cofan-see attached description of service accomplishments.
$1,242,108 spent$1,231,418 earned by the program46% of program spendingAcademic programs-see attached description of service accomplishments.
$719,312 spent$711,712 earned by the program27% of program spendingStudent activities, residential life, intramaurals, and admissions-see attached description of service accomplishments.
$406,111 spent$406,111 earned by the program15% of program spendingProgram service revenue for human resources that enhances the environment for faculty and staff, finding opportunities for expanding professional development options, reducing costs through joint contracts, increasing the attractiveness of the colleges as employers, in order to attract and retain a strong workforce
Program service revenue for administrative costs including but not limited to administrative salaries and benefits, hr and accounting support, insurance, office supplies, travel, conferences and meals..
$310,962 spent$1,203,777 earned by the program12% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,678,493.
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 2022 to 2023, from $2.5M to $3.0M (+19%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of COLLEGES OF THE FENWAY INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 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
Claire Ramsbottom
Executive director
Board chair
Rick Lessard
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $100k → $30k.
From the IRS filings of COLLEGES OF THE FENWAY 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
COLLEGES OF THE FENWAY INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
COLLEGES OF THE FENWAY INC is better cushioned than half of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like COLLEGES OF THE FENWAY 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COLLEGES OF THE FENWAY 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 COLLEGES OF THE FENWAY INC?
- COLLEGES OF THE FENWAY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $129,500 to it, the largest being DAVIS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ($129,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COLLEGES OF THE FENWAY INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $129,500 in grants to COLLEGES OF THE FENWAY INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COLLEGES OF THE FENWAY INC?
- DAVIS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $129,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COLLEGES OF THE FENWAY 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 2017–2025), 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