Massachusetts · Nonprofit
MASSACHUSETTS PEARLS OF DISTINCTION FOUNDATION CORPORATION
MASSACHUSETTS PEARLS OF DISTINCTION FOUNDATION CORPORATION (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $33,029 to it, the largest being PEARLS OF DISTINCTION FOUNDATION INC ($33,029). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $18k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $33k
- Net assets
- $80k
What Massachusetts Pearls of Distinction Foundation Corporation does
Mission
The foundation's initiatives, which aim to empower and uplift underserved communities through education, mentorship, and scholarship programs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Awarding college scholarships to several high school seniors in southeastern massachusetts
$9,328 spentof which $8,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $9,328.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2024 to 2025, from $107k to $80k (−25%).
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.
100% of MASSACHUSETTS PEARLS OF DISTINCTION FOUNDATION CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
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 MASSACHUSETTS PEARLS OF DISTINCTION FOUNDATION CORPORATION’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 MASSACHUSETTS PEARLS OF DISTINCTION FOUNDATION CORPORATION's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
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.
Against its field
MASSACHUSETTS PEARLS OF DISTINCTION FOUNDATION CORPORATION's revenue fell 83% between 2022 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like MASSACHUSETTS PEARLS OF DISTINCTION FOUNDATION CORPORATION
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.
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MASSACHUSETTS PEARLS OF DISTINCTION FOUNDATION CORPORATION: 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 PEARLS OF DISTINCTION FOUNDATION CORPORATION?
- MASSACHUSETTS PEARLS OF DISTINCTION FOUNDATION CORPORATION (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $33,029 to it, the largest being PEARLS OF DISTINCTION FOUNDATION INC ($33,029). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MASSACHUSETTS PEARLS OF DISTINCTION FOUNDATION CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $33,029 in grants to MASSACHUSETTS PEARLS OF DISTINCTION FOUNDATION CORPORATION.
- Who is the largest funder of MASSACHUSETTS PEARLS OF DISTINCTION FOUNDATION CORPORATION?
- PEARLS OF DISTINCTION FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $33,029 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MASSACHUSETTS PEARLS OF DISTINCTION FOUNDATION CORPORATION 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 2022–2025), 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