Massachusetts · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE HARVARD CRIMSON
FRIENDS OF THE HARVARD CRIMSON (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being THE HARVARD CRIMSON INC ($0). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $0
- Net assets
- $7.6M
What Friends of the Harvard Crimson does
Mission
To provide financial funding and operational assistance to the harvard crimson, inc., a related party.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
To provide financial funding and operational assistance to the harvard crimson, inc., a related party.
$135,000 spentof which $135,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $135,000.
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 and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $3.1M to $5.8M (+89%).
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 THE HARVARD CRIMSON’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 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.
Against its field
FRIENDS OF THE HARVARD CRIMSON runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,752 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE HARVARD CRIMSON
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In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
60% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- The Harvard Crimson Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRIENDS OF THE HARVARD CRIMSON: 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 THE HARVARD CRIMSON?
- FRIENDS OF THE HARVARD CRIMSON (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being THE HARVARD CRIMSON INC ($0). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE HARVARD CRIMSON have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $0 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE HARVARD CRIMSON, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE HARVARD CRIMSON?
- THE HARVARD CRIMSON INC is the largest funder on record, with $0 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE HARVARD CRIMSON 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 FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 1 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