Massachusetts · Nonprofit
MASSACHUSETTS BIOTECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
MASSACHUSETTS BIOTECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,314,954 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($979,200). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.4M
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Massachusetts Biotechnology Education Foundation Inc does
Mission
Massbioed's mission is to build a sustainable life sciences workforce in the region through educational programs that engage and excite teachers, inspire and propel students, and illuminate the pathway from the classroom to career.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The bioteach program focuses on strengthening the ability of teachers to deliver lab-centered, inquiry-based lessons in biotechnology in their classrooms. The program introduces teachers to basic concepts in biology and biotechnology with specific laboratory-based curricula designed for teaching concepts. The program offers free professional development workshops for educators; training, curricula, and on and off-site mentoring to newly trained teachers; assistance to teachers with content acquisition, preparation and execution of classroom activities. The program also offers loans for lab equipment. Students are introduced to careers through college and career engagement experiences. We also bring our more intensive training of authentic science content and career awareness to low-income and high-need school districts.
$945,731 spentof which $56,227 as grants$357,369 earned by the program32% of program spendingBiotalent included several different programs focused on understanding, building, and supporting workforce development and career awareness. Activities included: a. Labor market information provide job trend analysis, and a greater understanding of the industry's workforce needs in terms of skills to educators and those in industry. The massbioed publishes the massachusetts life sciences employment outlook and convenes the life sciences workforce. B. College to career builds a critical bridge between classroom and careers. Industry experts help teachers broaden their students' horizons and encourage an interest in the life sciences. Several modes of interaction are offered, from formal career panels to small group q&a sessions.c. Career hub brings greater life sciences awareness, access, and career services to massachusetts residents through career awareness workshops and career coaching. D. Apprenticeship program grows and diversifies the workforce, offering streamlined pathways into the industry. The program combines technical training, on-site work experience, and income support. Working with leading life science employers, massbioed has designed three apprenticeships - one for…
$2,043,341 spent$342,937 earned by the program68% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,989,072.
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 2018 to 2019, from $2.6M to $4.2M (+62%).
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 6% · 2020 6% · 2021 8% · 2022 8% · 2023 27% · 2024 37%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
82% of MASSACHUSETTS BIOTECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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.
Board chair
Lauren Celano
Director/ chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $50k → $380k.
9 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 62% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $724k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Massachusetts Biotechnology Council Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money MASSACHUSETTS BIOTECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of MASSACHUSETTS BIOTECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOUNDATION 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
MASSACHUSETTS BIOTECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
86% 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 MASSACHUSETTS BIOTECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 52% · 2019 88% · 2020 27% · 2021 36% · 2022 59% · 2023 66% — 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
20% of MASSACHUSETTS BIOTECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% 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
62% of MASSACHUSETTS BIOTECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOUNDATION 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 $871k that is directly attributable, 81% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
MASSACHUSETTS BIOTECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC has grown faster than half of the 11,761 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,761 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like MASSACHUSETTS BIOTECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOUNDATION 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
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Massachusetts Biotechnology Council Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MASSACHUSETTS BIOTECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC?
- MASSACHUSETTS BIOTECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,314,954 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($979,200). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MASSACHUSETTS BIOTECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $2,314,954 in grants to MASSACHUSETTS BIOTECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MASSACHUSETTS BIOTECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $979,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MASSACHUSETTS BIOTECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOUNDATION 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.
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 20 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing