Massachusetts · Nonprofit
MASSACHUSETTS EDUCATION & CAREER OPPORTUNITIES INC
MASSACHUSETTS EDUCATION & CAREER OPPORTUNITIES INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $347,920 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC ($177,859). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.6M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $348k
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Massachusetts Education & Career Opportunities Inc does
Mission
Massachusetts education and career opportunities, inc. (massedco, inc.) is a statewide network of service sites that provides education and career advising to over 12,000 low-income, first generation individuals each year. Massedco provides access to educational and career opportunities that empower people from low-income backgrounds to achieve their potential. Economically and educationally disadvantaged individuals are the focus of our services, which are provided free of charge. Funding for massedco comes from the federal and state education departments.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Gear up - advising services, events, workshops and field trips for low income students to stay in school and go to higher education.
$1,898,869 spentof which $1,201,770 as grants46% of program spendingEducational opportunity center - 5,830 low-income, first generation adults served throughout massachusetts, advise on college and other advanced education options and financial aid.
$1,761,811 spentof which $366,812 as grants43% of program spendingTalent search - 821 low-income, first generation students assisted in a high school setting. Services include advising, workshops and visits to colleges.
$433,797 spentof which $84,548 as grants11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,094,477.
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 $2.2M to $1.3M (−42%).
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 96% · 2018 96% · 2019 95% · 2020 96% · 2021 91% · 2022 95% · 2023 94% · 2024 99% · 2025 93%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of MASSACHUSETTS EDUCATION & CAREER OPPORTUNITIES 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. 6 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
Mark Bilotta
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $110k → $19k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 47% 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 MASSACHUSETTS EDUCATION & CAREER OPPORTUNITIES 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 EDUCATION & CAREER OPPORTUNITIES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder 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 MASSACHUSETTS EDUCATION & CAREER OPPORTUNITIES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 68% · 2020 72% · 2021 85% · 2023 53% — 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
100% of MASSACHUSETTS EDUCATION & CAREER OPPORTUNITIES 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. $165k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 EDUCATION & CAREER OPPORTUNITIES INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding MASSACHUSETTS EDUCATION & CAREER OPPORTUNITIES INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $16.6M on record.
- Department of Education$16.6M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like MASSACHUSETTS EDUCATION & CAREER OPPORTUNITIES 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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 MASSACHUSETTS EDUCATION & CAREER OPPORTUNITIES 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 MASSACHUSETTS EDUCATION & CAREER OPPORTUNITIES INC?
- MASSACHUSETTS EDUCATION & CAREER OPPORTUNITIES INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $347,920 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC ($177,859). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MASSACHUSETTS EDUCATION & CAREER OPPORTUNITIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $347,920 in grants to MASSACHUSETTS EDUCATION & CAREER OPPORTUNITIES INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MASSACHUSETTS EDUCATION & CAREER OPPORTUNITIES INC?
- UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC is the largest funder on record, with $177,859 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MASSACHUSETTS EDUCATION & CAREER OPPORTUNITIES 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 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