Massachusetts · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE STONE CHURCH
FRIENDS OF THE STONE CHURCH (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $73,259 to it, the largest being THE DONOVAN FOUNDATION ($19,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $116k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $73k
- Net assets
- $479k
What Friends of the Stone Church does
Mission
Form 990, part iii, line 1, description of organization mission:place of cultural and community enrichment. Working collaborativelywith individuals and private and public organizations, fosc seeks toimprove the lives of those in our community and region.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Restore and preserve historic building
$112,192 spent89% of program spendingSupport musical arts; create community through music.
$14,171 spent$7,635 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $126,363.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $66k to $499k (+651%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2024 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of FRIENDS OF THE STONE CHURCH’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. 2 of the last 4 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
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $1k → $20k.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 STONE CHURCH’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 STONE CHURCH has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
51% 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 STONE CHURCH.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 88% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 62% · 2023 41% — 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.
Where its funders are
71% of FRIENDS OF THE STONE CHURCH's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $22k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 THE STONE CHURCH is better cushioned than half of the 12,816 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,816 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding FRIENDS OF THE STONE CHURCH receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $178k on record.
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$178k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE STONE CHURCH
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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
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 THE STONE CHURCH: 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 STONE CHURCH?
- FRIENDS OF THE STONE CHURCH (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $73,259 to it, the largest being THE DONOVAN FOUNDATION ($19,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE STONE CHURCH have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $73,259 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE STONE CHURCH, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE STONE CHURCH?
- THE DONOVAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $19,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE STONE CHURCH 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 FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 7 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