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FALMOUTH EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC

FALMOUTH EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $459,472 to it, the largest being STANLEY W WATSON FOUNDATION ($155,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$199k
Funders on record
17
Grants received
$459k
Net assets
$577k
10/17 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 53%
01What it does

What Falmouth Education Foundation Inc does

Mission

The mission of the falmouth education foundation is to enhance educational excellence in the falmouth public schools. Believing that quality public schools are essential to a thriving community, the foundation seeks to develop the charitable support needed to supplement the publicly funded school budget.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. We accomplish our mission through our grants program that provides school staff with the knowledge, experience, and materials they need to remain at the frontiers of educational excellence. A total of 98 grants (project 41, tof mini 57) were award for 2024-2025 in the falmouth public schools.

    $113,312 spentof which $94,255 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $113,312.

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 ($198k) Expenses 100 ($155k) Net assets 100 ($525k)2018 Revenue 100 ($199k) Expenses 94 ($145k) Net assets 109 ($573k)2019 Revenue 99 ($196k) Expenses 113 ($175k) Net assets 114 ($600k)2020 Revenue 114 ($225k) Expenses 185 ($286k) Net assets 99 ($521k)2021 Revenue 75 ($149k) Expenses 61 ($94k) Net assets 121 ($633k)2022 Revenue 149 ($297k) Expenses 96 ($148k) Net assets 138 ($727k)2023 Revenue 74 ($146k) Expenses 169 ($262k) Net assets 120 ($629k)2024 Revenue 88 ($174k) Expenses 170 ($263k) Net assets 105 ($549k)2025 Revenue 100 ($199k) Expenses 111 ($171k) Net assets 110 ($577k)
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Revenue (100)Expenses (111)Net assets (110)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 2020 to 2021, from $526k to $633k (+20%).

$525k
$573k
$600k
$526k
$633k
$727k
$629k
$549k
$577k
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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: 2021 4% · 2022 34%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

85% of FALMOUTH EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$44k
’17
$54k
’18
$21k
’19
−$60k
’20
$55k
’21
$148k
’22
−$116k
’23
−$89k
’24
$28k
’25
6.0
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.

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Listed171420201410878
Joined·+0+7+1+1+0+1+0+3
No longer listed·31174312
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $12k → $77k.

3 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 FALMOUTH EDUCATION FOUNDATION 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

FALMOUTH EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

34%
largest funder
65%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 82% · 2019 75% · 2020 57% · 2021 43% · 2022 42% · 2023 32% — 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

33% of FALMOUTH EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% give in more than one year at all.

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

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

83% of FALMOUTH EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.

AK
NY
MA
OH
CA
TX

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. $80k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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

FALMOUTH EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin14% · above the median
Months of reserve6.0mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)0% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Government funding FALMOUTH EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $100k on record.

State$100k
Top programs
  • (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$100k

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 FALMOUTH EDUCATION FOUNDATION 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

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

66% of spending goes to programs.

Program 66%Management 17%Fundraising 17%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

92%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

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Questions and answers

Who funds FALMOUTH EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC?
FALMOUTH EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $459,472 to it, the largest being STANLEY W WATSON FOUNDATION ($155,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FALMOUTH EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $459,472 in grants to FALMOUTH EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FALMOUTH EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC?
STANLEY W WATSON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $155,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FALMOUTH EDUCATION FOUNDATION 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.

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 17 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