Massachusetts · Nonprofit
HARVARD STUDENT AGENCIES INC
HARVARD STUDENT AGENCIES INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $126,708 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($55,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 99% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $3.6M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $127k
- Net assets
- $12M
What Harvard Student Agencies Inc does
Mission
Harvard student agencies, inc. Was incorporated on september 10, 1957, undermassachusetts law to "conduct business enterprises for the benefit ofstudents of harvard university who are in need of financial assistance todefray the expenses of their education; to employ such students in theconduct of such enterprises:...to perform all of its activities primarilyfor the benefit and convenience of the students, faculty members andemployees of harvard university subject to the control of the facultymembers, administrative personnel and students of harvard university throughthe board of directors of the corporation...to contribute to, and further,the educational program of harvard university;."the income from the business enterprises (agencies) is considered to be totally exempt in accordance with reg 1.513 (e) (2) of the code except forthose instances where goods and services are provided to the general publicthe following agencies
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Program
Statement of program service accomplishmentsdistribution services agency: revenue 56,026 expenses 19,330cleaners agency: revenue 1,045,429, expenses 957,988tutoring agency: revenue 398,370, expenses 547,788academy agency: revenue 1,804,206, expenses 1,096105campus insights: revenue 9,950, expenses 13,392totals: revenue 3,313,891, expenses 2,634,603
$2,634,603 spent$3,313,981 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,634,603.
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 2021 to 2022, from $8.6M to $11M (+26%).
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 11% · 2022 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
3% of HARVARD STUDENT AGENCIES INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 10 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.
Chief executive
Todd Brisky
General mgr/CEO
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2021: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $35k → $65k.
4 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 99% 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 HARVARD STUDENT AGENCIES 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
HARVARD STUDENT AGENCIES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
99% 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 HARVARD STUDENT AGENCIES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 77% — 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
99% of HARVARD STUDENT AGENCIES 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 $2k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $125k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
HARVARD STUDENT AGENCIES INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 88 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 88 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2026
Organizations like HARVARD STUDENT AGENCIES INC
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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Let's Go Inc · corp_trust
- The Harvard Shop Inc · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HARVARD STUDENT AGENCIES INC: 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 HARVARD STUDENT AGENCIES INC?
- HARVARD STUDENT AGENCIES INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $126,708 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($55,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 99% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does HARVARD STUDENT AGENCIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $126,708 in grants to HARVARD STUDENT AGENCIES INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HARVARD STUDENT AGENCIES INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $55,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HARVARD STUDENT AGENCIES 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 5 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