Massachusetts · Nonprofit
COMMUNITY ROWING INC
COMMUNITY ROWING INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 100 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,020,625 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,006,571). 55 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.8M
- Funders on record
- 100
- Grants received
- $6.0M
- Net assets
- $13M
What Community Rowing Inc does
Mission
At Community Rowing Inc., we are dedicated to fostering a community that is both welcoming and supportive. Under the banner of rowing for all we make rowing accessible without regard to individual ability, background or experience. (continued on schedule o)cri offers exceptional, accessible and inclusive rowing programs in a diverse community context.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Youth competitive (spring, summer & fall) - youth competitive rowing at community rowing, inc. (cri). The organization sets an unparalleled standard for youth development programming. Our award winning coaching staff are focused on developing the whole person, and the young people who participate in the program develop awareness, maturity and an interest in supporting their community as they learn to train and compete on the charles river. The competitive varsity team is a yearlong youth development program that leverages the sport of rowing to create mature, community oriented young people who have the confidence to challenge themselves. Practicing five or six times a week, the youth in the program are guided by award winning coaches who are committed to developing the whole person.
$1,884,386 spentof which $143,222 as grants$1,604,181 earned by the program37% of program spendingCri youth and adult recreational programs serve a broad swath of the community through multiple programmatic avenues for participants to learn to row and then carry their new formed skills into recreational programs. Cri serves middle and high school youth who are exploring rowing for the first time through after school and weekend programming. In the summer we provide morning and afternoon youth programs that enable young people to learn rowing in increments from one week introduction classes to full summer recreational schedules. In addition, we provide adult learn to row programs in both team boat rowing programs and in single seat boats at times convenient to people with traditional work schedules as well as mid day and evening programs. Learn to row and recreational programs are the backbone of programs we offer to the community and are a hallmark of cri's reach into a variety of communities around the boston area.
$1,566,762 spentof which $32,079 as grants$1,642,963 earned by the program30% of program spendingOutreach programs (military, para & let's row boston) - community rowing, inc. Provides outreach opportunities to many individuals who are underserved and/or underrepresented in the sport of rowing through our military, para rowing, let's row boston programs. We work with strong institutional & community partners to expand resources to create specialized programs for distinct groups.
$1,707,192 spentof which $168,703 as grants$23,586 earned by the program33% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,158,340.
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 2020 to 2021, from $14M to $16M (+14%).
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: 2020 5% · 2021 8% · 2022 10% · 2024 3% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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
Edward Benford
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 19 funders to 39 funders, grant income rose $420k → $1.1M.
13 of 100 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% 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 ROWING INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 100 funders by total. 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 ROWING INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
60% 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 ROWING INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 24% · 2018 33% · 2019 29% · 2020 31% · 2021 16% · 2022 23% · 2023 23% — broadly stable.
“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
49% of COMMUNITY ROWING INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
72% of COMMUNITY ROWING INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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.
Government funding COMMUNITY ROWING INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.0M on record — $389k federal, $626k state.
- Department of Veterans Affairs$389k
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$626k
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.
Organizations like COMMUNITY ROWING 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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COMMUNITY ROWING 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 COMMUNITY ROWING INC?
- COMMUNITY ROWING INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 100 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,020,625 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,006,571). 55 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMMUNITY ROWING INC have?
- IRS filings report 100 organizations giving $6,020,625 in grants to COMMUNITY ROWING INC, 55 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITY ROWING INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,006,571 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMUNITY ROWING 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 100 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing