Massachusetts · Nonprofit
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GREATER LAWRENCE INC
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GREATER LAWRENCE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $211,355 to it, the largest being CUMMINGS FOUNDATION GRANTS INC (FKA ONEWORLD BOSTON INC) ($150,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $211k
- Net assets
- $952k
What International Institute of Greater Lawrence Inc does
Mission
The international institute of greater lawrence exists to help integrate newcomers (immigrants, refugees, limited-english proficient people) into the us mainstream. Towards that end, it provides services that contribute to newcomers' access to, and knowledge of the english language, us civic requirements, basic legal tools, child care, occupational skills and health and safety systems.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The institute's child care center provides daycare for 44 multi-cultural, low income families' pre-school children while parents are working or job training.
$821,054 spent$89,589 earned by the program46% of program spendingImmigration services program provides assistance with obtaining citizenship and other legal support.
$78,271 spent$81,680 earned by the program4% of program spendingAdult basic education program is to teach english to limited english proficient students to promote integration into the us mainstream.
$891,791 spent50% of program spendingEmergency response readiness is to manage the regional emergency reponse planning initiative. Iigl uses the government grants to purchase and disburse supplies and equipment to the surrounding communities be used for homeland security and emergency response preparedness.
$1,300 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,792,416.
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 2019 to 2020, from $891k to $1.3M (+46%).
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: 2017 89% · 2018 91% · 2019 80% · 2020 80% · 2021 86% · 2022 90% · 2023 91% · 2024 86% · 2025 84%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GREATER LAWRENCE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% 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.
Chief executive
Jennifer Connolly
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $50k → $80k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GREATER LAWRENCE 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
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GREATER LAWRENCE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% 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: 2019 100% · 2020 99% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 94% — 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
97% of INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GREATER LAWRENCE INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $355 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GREATER LAWRENCE INC is better cushioned than half of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GREATER LAWRENCE 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
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GREATER LAWRENCE 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 INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GREATER LAWRENCE INC?
- INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GREATER LAWRENCE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $211,355 to it, the largest being CUMMINGS FOUNDATION GRANTS INC (FKA ONEWORLD BOSTON INC) ($150,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GREATER LAWRENCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $211,355 in grants to INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GREATER LAWRENCE INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GREATER LAWRENCE INC?
- CUMMINGS FOUNDATION GRANTS INC (FKA ONEWORLD BOSTON INC) is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GREATER LAWRENCE 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 4 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