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GOVERNOR DUMMER ACADEMY THE GOVERNOR'S ACADEMY
GOVERNOR DUMMER ACADEMY THE GOVERNOR'S ACADEMY (Massachusetts) receives grants from 85 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,544,893 to it, the largest being ANNE T AND ROBERT M BASS FOUNDATION ($11,124,128). 61 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $56M
- Funders on record
- 85
- Grants received
- $30M
- Net assets
- $160M
What Governor Dummer Academy the Governor's Academy does
Mission
Together, we teach and learn skills that foster the courage to discover our voices, develop old and new passions, practice balance in the pursuit of excellence, and collaborate in building vibrant,inclusive, and sustainable communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The governor's academy operates an independent secondary boarding and day school enrolling over 400 domestic and international students. The academy combines centuries of tradition with a dedication to educational innovation. Students flourish in a diverse community distinguished by connections with teachers and peers and defined by a commitment to achieving excellence in academics, athletics, and arts. Academy graduates are life-long learners who embrace their civic duty and global responsibility.
$30,210,614 spentof which $6,829,165 as grants$29,633,161 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $30,210,614.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $152M to $175M (+16%).
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: 2021 4% · 2023 2% · 2024 1% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
14% of GOVERNOR DUMMER ACADEMY THE GOVERNOR'S ACADEMY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 21 funders to 48 funders, grant income rose $793k → $5.3M.
24 of 85 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 GOVERNOR DUMMER ACADEMY THE GOVERNOR'S ACADEMY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 85 funders by total. 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
GOVERNOR DUMMER ACADEMY THE GOVERNOR'S ACADEMY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 38% 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
35% 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 GOVERNOR DUMMER ACADEMY THE GOVERNOR'S ACADEMY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 46% · 2019 40% · 2020 36% · 2021 37% · 2022 60% · 2023 62% — growing more concentrated.
“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
64% of GOVERNOR DUMMER ACADEMY THE GOVERNOR'S ACADEMY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 72% give in more than one year at all.
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
GOVERNOR DUMMER ACADEMY THE GOVERNOR'S ACADEMY draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 21 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 15 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
GOVERNOR DUMMER ACADEMY THE GOVERNOR'S ACADEMY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding GOVERNOR DUMMER ACADEMY THE GOVERNOR'S ACADEMY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.3M on record.
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$1.3M
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 GOVERNOR DUMMER ACADEMY THE GOVERNOR'S ACADEMY
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
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GOVERNOR DUMMER ACADEMY THE GOVERNOR'S ACADEMY?
- GOVERNOR DUMMER ACADEMY THE GOVERNOR'S ACADEMY (Massachusetts) receives grants from 85 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,544,893 to it, the largest being ANNE T AND ROBERT M BASS FOUNDATION ($11,124,128). 61 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GOVERNOR DUMMER ACADEMY THE GOVERNOR'S ACADEMY have?
- IRS filings report 85 organizations giving $29,544,893 in grants to GOVERNOR DUMMER ACADEMY THE GOVERNOR'S ACADEMY, 61 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GOVERNOR DUMMER ACADEMY THE GOVERNOR'S ACADEMY?
- ANNE T AND ROBERT M BASS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $11,124,128 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GOVERNOR DUMMER ACADEMY THE GOVERNOR'S ACADEMY 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 85 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