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Massachusetts · Nonprofit
HOBART AMES FOUNDATION (Massachusetts) is funded by 2 grantmakers whose IRS filings report $3,200 in grants to it, the largest being Stephen B Smith Charitable Foundation ($2,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
HOBART AMES FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 116 unclassified nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 116 unclassified nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Revenue, expenses and net assets — each indexed to 100 at its first filing year, so you read the trajectory, not the magnitude. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
The funding model — what share of revenue comes from contributions, programs, investments and other sources — and whether it's shifting.
5% of HOBART AMES FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (55% for the typical peer).
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
Grant income rose $1k → $2k on a roughly flat funder count — a concentrated base.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 HOBART AMES FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation.
HOBART AMES FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration.
HOBART AMES FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts — its reputation reaches beyond the state, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
97% of spending goes to programs.
61%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Operates in 1 state
Every figure is read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML — this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 2funders 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. view filing