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FRIENDS OF THE COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER INC

FRIENDS OF THE COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $333,666 to it, the largest being CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($144,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$108k
Funders on record
13
Grants received
$334k
Net assets
$109k
6/13 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 77%
01What it does

What Friends of the Community Learning Center Inc does

Mission

Provide support to the community learning center

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Grants to the community learning center to support teacher and salaries

    $82,515 spentof which $82,515 as grants
    67% of program spending
  2. Scholarships and stipends to students

    $34,483 spentof which $34,483 as grants
    28% of program spending
  3. Supplies for students, classroom work and computer software licenses

    $5,520 spent
    5% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $122,518.

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($91k) Expenses 100 ($96k) Net assets 100 ($36k)2018 Revenue 144 ($131k) Expenses 145 ($139k) Net assets 77 ($27k)2019 Revenue 137 ($125k) Expenses 130 ($125k) Net assets 76 ($27k)2020 Revenue 118 ($107k) Expenses 104 ($100k) Net assets 96 ($35k)2021 Revenue 156 ($142k) Expenses 93 ($90k) Net assets 242 ($87k)2022 Revenue 124 ($112k) Expenses 164 ($157k) Net assets 118 ($42k)2023 Revenue 136 ($123k) Expenses 81 ($78k) Net assets 246 ($88k)2024 Revenue 175 ($160k) Expenses 128 ($123k) Net assets 349 ($125k)2025 Revenue 119 ($108k) Expenses 130 ($125k) Net assets 303 ($109k)
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Revenue (119)Expenses (130)Net assets (303)

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 $35k to $87k (+151%).

$36k
$27k
$27k
$35k
$87k
$42k
$88k
$125k
$109k
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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

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$5k
’17
−$8k
’18
−$143
’19
$7k
’20
$52k
’21
−$44k
’22
$46k
’23
$37k
’24
−$16k
’25
10
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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Listed1111991214151312
Joined·+2+0+3+3+2+5+0+1
No longer listed·22300422
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $19k → $58k.

5 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 55% 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 THE COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER 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 THE COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

55% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund FRIENDS OF THE COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER INC.

43%
largest funder
87%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 60% · 2019 65% · 2020 74% · 2021 57% · 2022 58% · 2023 43% — 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 FRIENDS OF THE COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

55% of FRIENDS OF THE COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $149k that is directly attributable, 90% of it comes from funders outside Massachusetts, across 4 states.

IL
NY
MA
NJ

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

’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $185k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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

Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER 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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

99%

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 FRIENDS OF THE COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER INC?
FRIENDS OF THE COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $333,666 to it, the largest being CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($144,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER INC have?
IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $333,666 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER INC?
CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $144,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER 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 13 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