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FRONT PORCH ARTS COLLECTIVE OF BOSTON INC

FRONT PORCH ARTS COLLECTIVE OF BOSTON INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,826,116 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS ($1,014,999). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$685k
Funders on record
14
Grants received
$1.8M
Net assets
$963k
7/14 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 51%
01What it does

What Front Porch Arts Collective of Boston Inc does

Mission

The porch is a black theatre company committed to advancing racial equity in boston through theatre.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Produce theatrical events, live and digital, to advance our education efforts in job creation, representation, mentorship and apprenticeship and other endeavors as needed to support the mission of the organization.

    $206,569 spent$114,698 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $206,569.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20222022 Revenue 100 ($419k) Expenses 100 ($298k) Net assets 100 ($334k)2023 Revenue 116 ($484k) Expenses 186 ($555k) Net assets 79 ($263k)2024 Revenue 334 ($1.4M) Expenses 212 ($632k) Net assets 309 ($1.0M)2025 Revenue 163 ($685k) Expenses 252 ($752k) Net assets 289 ($963k)
2022202320242025
Revenue (163)Expenses (252)Net assets (289)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $268k to $1.0M (+292%).

$390k
$268k
$1.0M
$985k
2022202320242025
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.

2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2024 25% · 2025 52%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

83% of FRONT PORCH ARTS COLLECTIVE OF BOSTON INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$121k
’22
−$71k
’23
$768k
’24
−$68k
’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.

2022202320242025
Listed5555
Joined·+1+5+1
No longer listed·151
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base narrowed from 6 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $212k → $230k.

5 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 89% 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 FRONT PORCH ARTS COLLECTIVE OF BOSTON 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

FRONT PORCH ARTS COLLECTIVE OF BOSTON INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

96% 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 FRONT PORCH ARTS COLLECTIVE OF BOSTON INC.

56%
largest funder
83%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 63% · 2023 58% — 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

89% of FRONT PORCH ARTS COLLECTIVE OF BOSTON 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 $209k that is directly attributable, 58% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.

NY
MA
GA

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

’22
’23
Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.6M 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

FRONT PORCH ARTS COLLECTIVE OF BOSTON INC is better cushioned than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−10% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve10.1mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)18% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Government funding FRONT PORCH ARTS COLLECTIVE OF BOSTON INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $21k on record.

State$21k
23
25
Top programs
  • (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$21k

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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

27% of spending goes to programs.

Program 27%Management 69%Fundraising 3%

Governance

5
board members
80%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

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 FRONT PORCH ARTS COLLECTIVE OF BOSTON INC?
FRONT PORCH ARTS COLLECTIVE OF BOSTON INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,826,116 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS ($1,014,999). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does FRONT PORCH ARTS COLLECTIVE OF BOSTON INC have?
IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $1,826,116 in grants to FRONT PORCH ARTS COLLECTIVE OF BOSTON INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FRONT PORCH ARTS COLLECTIVE OF BOSTON INC?
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS is the largest funder on record, with $1,014,999 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FRONT PORCH ARTS COLLECTIVE OF BOSTON 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 FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 14 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