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MAFLA INC

MAFLA INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25 to it, the largest being AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION FOUNDATION INC ($25). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$207k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$25
Net assets
$371k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Mafla Inc does

Mission

To empower a diverse community of language educators through advocacy, learning, and support of world class language instruction.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Other programs including newsletter, website maintenance, etc.

    $4,100 spent
    3% of program spending
  2. During the summer months, members can participate in annual immersion workshops, which provide participants the opportunity to spend up to three days in an immersion setting to enhance their language and cultural skills as well as learn of new pedagogies.

    $43,559 spent
    27% of program spending
  3. Preparation to host a conference with over 800 foreign language teachers about linguistics, culture, and pedagogy.

    $114,549 spent
    71% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $162,208.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($255k) Expenses 100 ($242k) Net assets 100 ($335k)2018 Revenue 118 ($302k) Expenses 118 ($286k) Net assets 105 ($352k)2019 Revenue 105 ($269k) Expenses 114 ($276k) Net assets 103 ($344k)2020 Revenue 33 ($84k) Expenses 31 ($75k) Net assets 105 ($353k)2021 Revenue 27 ($69k) Expenses 21 ($52k) Net assets 110 ($370k)2022 Revenue 62 ($159k) Expenses 64 ($154k) Net assets 112 ($375k)2023 Revenue 75 ($190k) Expenses 86 ($208k) Net assets 107 ($357k)2024 Revenue 81 ($207k) Expenses 80 ($193k) Net assets 111 ($371k)
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Revenue (81)Expenses (80)Net assets (111)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 2020 to 2021, from $355k to $373k (+5%).

$336k
$352k
$344k
$355k
$373k
$375k
$357k
$371k
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

25% of MAFLA INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$13k
’17
$16k
’18
−$8k
’19
$9k
’20
$17k
’21
$5k
’22
−$18k
’23
$14k
’24
23
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.

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Listed2727282828282626
Joined·+3+3+4+5+9+7+6
No longer listed·3245996
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

From the IRS filings of MAFLA 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.

Where its funders are

100% of MAFLA INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.

MA

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

MAFLA INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin7% · above the median
Months of reserve23.0mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−3% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like MAFLA 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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

84% of spending goes to programs.

Program 84%Management 16%Fundraising 0%

Governance

26
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

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

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MAFLA 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 MAFLA INC?
MAFLA INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25 to it, the largest being AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION FOUNDATION INC ($25). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MAFLA INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $25 in grants to MAFLA INC.
Who is the largest funder of MAFLA INC?
AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $25 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MAFLA 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 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