Massachusetts · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF GROTON ELDERS INC
FRIENDS OF GROTON ELDERS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $114,880 to it, the largest being Wind Point Foundation ($38,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $14k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $115k
- Net assets
- $136k
What Friends of Groton Elders Inc does
Mission
Assist elderly people in the groton area with their social, medical and economic needs.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Enrichment programs, classes, daytrips, yoga, education, nourishment provided to elderly people in the groton area.
$11,428 spent80% of program spendingFuel and utility assistance provided to elderly people in the groton area.
$2,879 spentof which $2,879 as grants20% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $14,307.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $135k to $138k (+2%).
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.
74% of FRIENDS OF GROTON ELDERS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $51k → $7k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 FRIENDS OF GROTON ELDERS 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
FRIENDS OF GROTON ELDERS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 39% · 2020 49% · 2021 67% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
63% of FRIENDS OF GROTON ELDERS 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. $12k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Against its field
FRIENDS OF GROTON ELDERS INC has grown faster than half of the 413 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 413 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2026
Organizations like FRIENDS OF GROTON ELDERS 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.
Public support
85%
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 FRIENDS OF GROTON ELDERS 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 FRIENDS OF GROTON ELDERS INC?
- FRIENDS OF GROTON ELDERS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $114,880 to it, the largest being Wind Point Foundation ($38,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF GROTON ELDERS INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $114,880 in grants to FRIENDS OF GROTON ELDERS INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF GROTON ELDERS INC?
- Wind Point Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $38,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF GROTON ELDERS 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 FY2026 (financials across 2022–2026), and the filings of 6 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