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General John Nixon School Parent Teacher Organizat

General John Nixon School Parent Teacher Organizat (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $950 to it, the largest being LPL Financial Foundation Inc ($515). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$118k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$950
Net assets
$72k
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What General John Nixon School Parent Teacher Organizat does

Mission

Form 990-ez, part iii, primary exempt purpose - nixon pto is organized exclusively for the purpose of advocating and promoting the education and general welfare of the students of the general john nixon elementary school in sudbury, ma. Form 990-ez, part iii, line 28, program service accomplishments - the organization supports the educational activities of the general john nixon elementary school in sudbury, ma. This includes fundraising in enrichment activities and funding special projects.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($80k) Expenses 100 ($65k) Net assets 100 ($96k)2018 Revenue 85 ($68k) Expenses 112 ($73k) Net assets 95 ($91k)2019 Revenue 80 ($64k) Expenses 87 ($56k) Net assets 103 ($99k)2020 Revenue 28 ($22k) Expenses 43 ($28k) Net assets 97 ($93k)2021 Revenue 10 ($8k) Expenses 29 ($19k) Net assets 84 ($81k)2022 Revenue 102 ($82k) Expenses 132 ($85k) Net assets 81 ($78k)2023 Revenue 115 ($92k) Expenses 143 ($93k) Net assets 80 ($77k)2024 Revenue 126 ($101k) Expenses 189 ($122k) Net assets 58 ($56k)2025 Revenue 147 ($118k) Expenses 157 ($102k) Net assets 75 ($72k)
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Revenue (147)Expenses (157)Net assets (75)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 $77k to $57k (−26%).

$96k
$91k
$99k
$93k
$82k
$83k
$77k
$57k
$72k
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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.

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2018
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2021
2022
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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

33% of General John Nixon School Parent Teacher Organizat’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$16k
’17
−$5k
’18
$8k
’19
−$6k
’20
−$11k
’21
−$3k
’22
−$878
’23
−$21k
’24
$16k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $120 → $200.

Funder
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1
2

From the IRS filings of General John Nixon School Parent Teacher Organizat’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

General John Nixon School Parent Teacher Organizat leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

54%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“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

100% of General John Nixon School Parent Teacher Organizat's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.

MA

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

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’23
Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

General John Nixon School Parent Teacher Organizat runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin14% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)5% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for General John Nixon School Parent Teacher Organizat: 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 General John Nixon School Parent Teacher Organizat?
General John Nixon School Parent Teacher Organizat (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $950 to it, the largest being LPL Financial Foundation Inc ($515). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does General John Nixon School Parent Teacher Organizat have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $950 in grants to General John Nixon School Parent Teacher Organizat, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of General John Nixon School Parent Teacher Organizat?
LPL Financial Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $515 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like General John Nixon School Parent Teacher Organizat 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 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