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Community Coalition of Melrose Inc

Community Coalition of Melrose Inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $97,731 to it, the largest being For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) ($27,736). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$160k
Funders on record
9
Grants received
$98k
Net assets
$130k
4/9 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 22%
01What it does

What Community Coalition of Melrose Inc does

Mission

To maintain partnership among the various organizations and institutions dedicated to promoting the general safety, health, culture and quality of life for the residents of Melrose, Massachusetts.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Arts Council: Promote the arts in the Melrose Community

    $10,628 spent
    8% of program spending
  2. Grad Night: Provide all night substance free party forMelrose High School graduating seniors

    $37,988 spent
    27% of program spending
  3. Red Hawk Robotics: A free, inclusive team dedicated tonurturing the passion for engineering within young mindsin Melrose

    $57,950 spent
    42% of program spending
  4. All Other AccomplishmentFriends of Melrose Drama: Advance educational goals of Melrose Drama Program and bring greater access to the visual and performing arts in the Melrose Community.Melrose Orchestrators: Foster and support students in their musical pursuits.IRaiders: Promote team building while designing, testing and competing in regional robotics competitions.

    $32,218 spent
    23% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $138,784.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($126k) Expenses 100 ($85k) Net assets 100 ($94k)2018 Revenue 109 ($138k) Expenses 155 ($131k) Net assets 107 ($101k)2019 Revenue 125 ($158k) Expenses 213 ($181k) Net assets 136 ($128k)2020 Revenue 82 ($104k) Expenses 103 ($88k) Net assets 153 ($144k)2021 Revenue 79 ($99k) Expenses 122 ($104k) Net assets 149 ($140k)2022 Revenue 154 ($194k) Expenses 180 ($153k) Net assets 193 ($182k)2023 Revenue 143 ($181k) Expenses 202 ($172k) Net assets 202 ($190k)2024 Revenue 127 ($160k) Expenses 259 ($220k) Net assets 138 ($130k)
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Revenue (127)Expenses (259)Net assets (138)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 2023 to 2024, from $190k to $130k (−32%).

$94k
$101k
$128k
$144k
$140k
$182k
$190k
$130k
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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.

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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

84% of Community Coalition of Melrose Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,439 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$41k
’17
$7k
’18
−$23k
’19
$16k
’20
−$4k
’21
$42k
’22
$9k
’23
−$60k
’24
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $23k → $29k.

3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 Community Coalition of Melrose 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

Community Coalition of Melrose Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 28% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

40% 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 Community Coalition of Melrose Inc.

28%
largest funder
77%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 89% · 2021 100% · 2022 81% · 2023 45% — 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.

How long its funders stay

67% of Community Coalition of Melrose Inc's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 44% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y

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

68% of Community Coalition of Melrose Inc's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.

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MA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Community Coalition of Melrose Inc's funding base is broadening — from 3 funders to 5 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−38% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)3% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Government funding Community Coalition of Melrose Inc receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $11k on record.

State$11k
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Top programs
  • (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$11k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds Community Coalition of Melrose Inc?
Community Coalition of Melrose Inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $97,731 to it, the largest being For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) ($27,736). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Community Coalition of Melrose Inc have?
IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $97,731 in grants to Community Coalition of Melrose Inc, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Community Coalition of Melrose Inc?
For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) is the largest funder on record, with $27,736 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Community Coalition of Melrose 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 9 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