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CURRY COLLEGE

CURRY COLLEGE (Massachusetts) receives grants from 92 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,725,248 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($559,409). 47 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$114M
Funders on record
92
Grants received
$3.7M
Net assets
$113M
47/92 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Curry College does

Mission

Curry College is an inclusive community of diverse learners and educators, committed to continuing our legacy of developing effective communicators with reflective and critical thinking skills.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Instruction - founded in 1879, Curry College is a 146 year old private, independent institution granting undergraduate and graduate degrees to a combined enrollment of approximately 2,000 full and part time students. The college offers 40 undergraduate degrees and 6 masters degrees. The college draws its students from 33 states and 10 countries. The combined faculty and staff at curry total approximately 678.

    $98,208,490 spentof which $46,013,840 as grants$82,420,558 earned by the program
    85% of program spending
  2. Auxiliary enterprises - Curry College provides housing and meal services to students. More than 1,130 students reside on campus in 18 different residence halls.

    $7,628,948 spent$23,021,807 earned by the program
    7% of program spending
  3. Academic support - Curry College academically supports students with our academic enrichment center, accessability services, academic computing, academic dean's office, campus library, career services, and advising.

    $4,901,829 spent
    4% of program spending
  4. Athletics and student services - Curry College offers a wide variety of extra and cocurricular activities. These include 19 division iii ncaa mens and womens athletic teams, 7 club teams, 9 intramural sports and approximately 32 student clubs and groups.

    $4,288,829 spent$450,853 earned by the program
    4% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $115,028,096.

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 ($118M) Expenses 100 ($114M) Net assets 100 ($143M)2018 Revenue 102 ($120M) Expenses 104 ($118M) Net assets 104 ($149M)2019 Revenue 96 ($113M) Expenses 105 ($119M) Net assets 97 ($139M)2020 Revenue 94 ($111M) Expenses 104 ($119M) Net assets 94 ($134M)2021 Revenue 97 ($114M) Expenses 104 ($118M) Net assets 107 ($153M)2022 Revenue 99 ($116M) Expenses 102 ($116M) Net assets 98 ($140M)2023 Revenue 87 ($103M) Expenses 104 ($119M) Net assets 85 ($122M)2024 Revenue 94 ($110M) Expenses 107 ($122M) Net assets 84 ($121M)2025 Revenue 96 ($114M) Expenses 111 ($127M) Net assets 79 ($113M)
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Revenue (96)Expenses (111)Net assets (79)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 2022 to 2023, from $220M to $200M (−9%).

$241M
$243M
$231M
$222M
$237M
$220M
$200M
$197M
$186M
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 2% · 2021 3% · 2022 5% · 2023 2% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

3% of CURRY COLLEGE’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (14% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 731 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$3.8M
’17
$1.6M
’18
−$6.6M
’19
−$7.3M
’20
−$4.4M
’21
−$108k
’22
−$16M
’23
−$12M
’24
−$13M
’25
0.4
months of
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.

Board chair

David K Hemenway

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed252826262525253024
Joined·+6+1+2+2+1+1+12+3
No longer listed·33231179
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 30 funders, grant income rose $321k → $493k.

16 of 92 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% 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 CURRY COLLEGE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 92 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

CURRY COLLEGE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left

45% 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 CURRY COLLEGE.

15%
largest funder
43%
top three
~12
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 57% · 2019 48% · 2020 31% · 2021 35% · 2022 21% · 2023 20% — 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

42% of CURRY COLLEGE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 51% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

CURRY COLLEGE draws 72% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 20 states in all.

ME
NH
IL
WI
NY
MA
NV
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
MO
VA
KS
NC
SC
TX
FL

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. $1.5M 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

CURRY COLLEGE's funding base is broadening — from 13 funders to 30 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−11% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve0.4mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−0% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 679 education nonprofits over $100M, FY2025

Government funding CURRY COLLEGE receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $14.1M on record — $11.8M federal, $2.3M state.

Federal$11.8M
grants $11.8Mcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • Department of Education$10.9M
  • Department of Health and Human Services$554k
  • National Science Foundation$392k
State$2.3M
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By state
  • MA$2.2M
  • CT$97k
  • NJ$54k

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 CURRY COLLEGE

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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

91% of spending goes to programs.

Program 91%Management 8%Fundraising 1%

Governance

13
board members
92%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 8 states

AK
WA
MI
NY
MA
NV
CO
SC

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CURRY COLLEGE: 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 CURRY COLLEGE?
CURRY COLLEGE (Massachusetts) receives grants from 92 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,725,248 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($559,409). 47 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CURRY COLLEGE have?
IRS filings report 92 organizations giving $3,725,248 in grants to CURRY COLLEGE, 47 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CURRY COLLEGE?
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $559,409 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CURRY COLLEGE 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.

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 92 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