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GLOUCESTER CELEBRATION CORPORATION CO ROBERT J GILLIS JR

GLOUCESTER CELEBRATION CORPORATION CO ROBERT J GILLIS JR (Massachusetts) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $141,498 to it, the largest being INSTITUTION FOR SAVINGS IN NEWBURYPORT & ITS VICINITY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($52,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$141k
Funders on record
9
Grants received
$141k
Net assets
$148k
3/9 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 21%
01What it does

What Gloucester Celebration Corporation Co Robert J Gillis Jr does

Mission

The mission of the Organization is to advance, preserve, and celebrate the history and rich culture of Gloucester, Massachusetts through educational programs, activities, and commemorative events.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. 400th celebration of gloucester activities & programs

    $104,477 spentof which $30,000 as grants
    78% of program spending
  2. Preservation of the cenotaph memorial monument

    $3,802 spent
    3% of program spending
  3. Fiscal sponsor for city celebration of gloucester preservation project

    $26,383 spent
    20% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $134,662.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($67k) Expenses 100 ($136k) Net assets 100 ($441k)2021 Revenue 362 ($243k) Expenses 78 ($106k) Net assets 131 ($577k)2022 Revenue 561 ($376k) Expenses 426 ($580k) Net assets 85 ($372k)2023 Revenue 983 ($658k) Expenses 599 ($816k) Net assets 49 ($215k)2024 Revenue 210 ($141k) Expenses 152 ($208k) Net assets 34 ($148k)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (210)Expenses (152)Net assets (34)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 2021 to 2022, from $577k to $372k (−35%).

$441k
$577k
$372k
$217k
$148k
20202021202220232024
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2022 35% · 2023 64%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

99% of GLOUCESTER CELEBRATION CORPORATION CO ROBERT J GILLIS JR’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 23,870 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

−$69k
’20
$136k
’21
−$204k
’22
−$157k
’23
−$67k
’24
1.5
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.

2020202120222023
Listed44109
Joined·+0+6+1
No longer listed·002
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $3k → $16k.

2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% 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 GLOUCESTER CELEBRATION CORPORATION CO ROBERT J GILLIS JR’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

GLOUCESTER CELEBRATION CORPORATION CO ROBERT J GILLIS JR leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

57% 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 GLOUCESTER CELEBRATION CORPORATION CO ROBERT J GILLIS JR.

37%
largest funder
89%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 88% · 2023 55% — 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

25% of GLOUCESTER CELEBRATION CORPORATION CO ROBERT J GILLIS JR's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 33% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y

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

52% of GLOUCESTER CELEBRATION CORPORATION CO ROBERT J GILLIS JR'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 $68k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.

MA

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

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

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $74k 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

GLOUCESTER CELEBRATION CORPORATION CO ROBERT J GILLIS JR has grown faster than three-quarters of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−47% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)20% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

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 GLOUCESTER CELEBRATION CORPORATION CO ROBERT J GILLIS JR?
GLOUCESTER CELEBRATION CORPORATION CO ROBERT J GILLIS JR (Massachusetts) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $141,498 to it, the largest being INSTITUTION FOR SAVINGS IN NEWBURYPORT & ITS VICINITY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($52,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does GLOUCESTER CELEBRATION CORPORATION CO ROBERT J GILLIS JR have?
IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $141,498 in grants to GLOUCESTER CELEBRATION CORPORATION CO ROBERT J GILLIS JR, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of GLOUCESTER CELEBRATION CORPORATION CO ROBERT J GILLIS JR?
INSTITUTION FOR SAVINGS IN NEWBURYPORT & ITS VICINITY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $52,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GLOUCESTER CELEBRATION CORPORATION CO ROBERT J GILLIS JR 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 9 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