Massachusetts · Nonprofit
EDUCATION FUND OF THE ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR OF MASSACHUSETTS
EDUCATION FUND OF THE ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR OF MASSACHUSETTS (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $409,549 to it, the largest being GRAND CHAPTER OF MASS ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR ($409,549). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
EDUCATION FUND OF THE ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR OF MASSACHUSETTS runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 15,926 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 15,926 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Marjorie M Peloquin Foundationshared funders
- My Brothers Keeper Incportfolio match
- Ussga Memorial Fund Incportfolio match
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.
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.
42% of EDUCATION FUND OF THE ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR OF MASSACHUSETTS’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $53k → $43k.
From the IRS filings of EDUCATION FUND OF THE ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR OF MASSACHUSETTS’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
100% of EDUCATION FUND OF THE ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR OF MASSACHUSETTS's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.
- Marjorie M Peloquin Foundationshared fundersMA · backs 2 organizations that share your funders
- My Brothers Keeper Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Ussga Memorial Fund Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- PEO Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The James & Veronica Chesterton Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Boston Schools Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Henrich L Trust FBO Charitiesshared fundersAL · backs 3 organizations that share your funders
- Apple Federal Credit Union Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpentersportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Robbins Nest Foundation Anthony P Fusco Trusteeportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Knights of Columbus Charities USA Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- McQuade Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like EDUCATION FUND OF THE ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR OF MASSACHUSETTS
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of 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
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
40%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Grand Chapter of Mass Order of the Eastern Star · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EDUCATION FUND OF THE ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR OF MASSACHUSETTS: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds EDUCATION FUND OF THE ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR OF MASSACHUSETTS?
- EDUCATION FUND OF THE ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR OF MASSACHUSETTS (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $409,549 to it, the largest being GRAND CHAPTER OF MASS ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR ($409,549). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EDUCATION FUND OF THE ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR OF MASSACHUSETTS have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $409,549 in grants to EDUCATION FUND OF THE ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR OF MASSACHUSETTS, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EDUCATION FUND OF THE ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR OF MASSACHUSETTS?
- GRAND CHAPTER OF MASS ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR is the largest funder on record, with $409,549 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EDUCATION FUND OF THE ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR OF MASSACHUSETTS 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 1funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing