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FRANKLIN SCHOOL PARENTS AND TEACHERS ASSOCIATION INC

FRANKLIN SCHOOL PARENTS AND TEACHERS ASSOCIATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,400 to it, the largest being FIDELITY FOUNDATION ($1,300). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$39k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$1k
Net assets
$52k
1/2 repeat funders
01What it does

What Franklin School Parents and Teachers Association Inc does

Mission

The organization is organized exclusively for charitable purposes under 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, or corresponding section of any future federal tax code to benefit & support franklin elementary school in west newton, massachusetts.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Createive arts & sciences

    $13,255 spent
    61% of program spending

  2. Teacher mini grants

    $4,014 spent
    19% of program spending

  3. Teachers' discretionary fund

    $4,320 spent
    20% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $21,589.

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 ($64k) Expenses 100 ($60k) Net assets 100 ($50k)2018 Revenue 81 ($52k) Expenses 69 ($41k) Net assets 122 ($61k)2024 Revenue 74 ($47k) Expenses 59 ($35k) Net assets 105 ($53k)2025 Revenue 61 ($39k) Expenses 66 ($40k) Net assets 104 ($52k)
2017201820242025
Revenue (61)Expenses (66)Net assets (104)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 2017 to 2018, from $50k to $61k (+22%).

$50k
$61k
$53k
$52k
2017201820242025
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
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of FRANKLIN SCHOOL PARENTS AND TEACHERS ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (65% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 26,798 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$4k
’17
$11k
’18
$12k
’24
−$488
’25
18
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.

20172018
Listed76
Joined·+2
No longer listed·3
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $800 → $100.

Funder
'19
'20
'21
total
funders
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of FRANKLIN SCHOOL PARENTS AND TEACHERS ASSOCIATION 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

FRANKLIN SCHOOL PARENTS AND TEACHERS ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

93%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% — 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.

Where its funders are

93% of FRANKLIN SCHOOL PARENTS AND TEACHERS ASSOCIATION INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.

MA
CT

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

’19
’20
’21
Massachusetts out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

FRANKLIN SCHOOL PARENTS AND TEACHERS ASSOCIATION INC's revenue fell 39% between 2017 and 2025.

Operating margin−1% · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−6% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

Organizations like FRANKLIN SCHOOL PARENTS AND TEACHERS ASSOCIATION 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

Mary E Stapleton Parent Teacher Organization81%Essex Parent Teacher Organization Inc79%Wilbraham Hampden Academic Trust Inc79%Framingham High School Foundation79%Ashburnham Westminster Foundation for Academic Excellance Inc79%Edith C Baker Parent Teacher Organization78%Kingston Foundation for Education78%Abington Parent Teacher Organization78%

Nationally

Mary E Stapleton Parent Teacher Organization81%Franklin Borough Parent Teacher Organization80%The Parent-Faculty Association of Franklin Elementary School80%Essex Parent Teacher Organization Inc79%Wilbraham Hampden Academic Trust Inc79%Franklin-Randall Parent Teacher Organization Inc79%Framingham High School Foundation79%Franklin Monroe PTO79%
05Profile & governance

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

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Questions and answers

Who funds FRANKLIN SCHOOL PARENTS AND TEACHERS ASSOCIATION INC?
FRANKLIN SCHOOL PARENTS AND TEACHERS ASSOCIATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,400 to it, the largest being FIDELITY FOUNDATION ($1,300). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FRANKLIN SCHOOL PARENTS AND TEACHERS ASSOCIATION INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,400 in grants to FRANKLIN SCHOOL PARENTS AND TEACHERS ASSOCIATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FRANKLIN SCHOOL PARENTS AND TEACHERS ASSOCIATION INC?
FIDELITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,300 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FRANKLIN SCHOOL PARENTS AND TEACHERS ASSOCIATION 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 2 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