Massachusetts · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF SPRINGFIELD PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL INC
FRIENDS OF SPRINGFIELD PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,669,317 to it, the largest being STRATEGIC GRANT PARTNERS INC ($1,500,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $963k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $2.7M
- Net assets
- $2.3M
What Friends of Springfield Preparatory Charter School Inc does
Mission
The friends of springfield preparatory charter school ("the friends of spcs") is a charitable organization that raises funds to support the success of springfield preparatory charter school ("springfield prep").
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The friends of springfield prep (friends) is incorporated as a not-for-profit organization in massachusetts. It works closely with the executive director of springfield prep to coordinate the school's short-term and long-term fund development plan. All funds raised through the efforts of the friends of spcs are used to directly further the mission of springfield prep. In 2020, friends purchased a property to renovate and become the long-term home for spcs. In 2020, springfield prep realty, inc. Was incorporated as an additional supporting organization of spcs. Friends transferred the property at 2071 roosevelt avenue to springfield prep realty, inc. Spcs took occupancy of the newly renovated property in august 2021, and construction is now completed.
$643,107 spentof which $275,794 as grants$492,615 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $643,107.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $332k to $7.0M (+2020%).
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.
47% of FRIENDS OF SPRINGFIELD PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income fell $160k → $112k.
4 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 SPRINGFIELD PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL 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 SPRINGFIELD PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 63% · 2020 85% · 2021 59% · 2022 96% · 2023 45% — 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
17% of FRIENDS OF SPRINGFIELD PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.
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
95% of FRIENDS OF SPRINGFIELD PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL 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. $299k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Against its field
FRIENDS OF SPRINGFIELD PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FRIENDS OF SPRINGFIELD PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL 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.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
37%
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 2 related entities
- Springfield Preparatory Charter School · exempt
- Springfield Prep Realty Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF SPRINGFIELD PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL INC?
- FRIENDS OF SPRINGFIELD PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,669,317 to it, the largest being STRATEGIC GRANT PARTNERS INC ($1,500,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF SPRINGFIELD PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $2,669,317 in grants to FRIENDS OF SPRINGFIELD PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF SPRINGFIELD PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL INC?
- STRATEGIC GRANT PARTNERS INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF SPRINGFIELD PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL 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 11 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