Massachusetts · Nonprofit
MASSACHUSETTS PROJECT 351 INC
MASSACHUSETTS PROJECT 351 INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,045,920 to it, the largest being MARTIN W RICHARD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($1,376,066). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 42
- Grants received
- $4.0M
- Net assets
- $257k
What Massachusetts Project 351 Inc does
Mission
Educate youth from 351 cities and towns in massachusetts in connection with the development of leadership and other related skills, to educate youth on emerging community service trends, innovations and opportunities at the state and federal level.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Project 351 engages eighth grade ambassadors representing each of the 351 cities and towns in massachusetts in a unique 12-month program that combines immersive service leadership, near-peer mentorship, civic engagement, and training on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Annual program highlights include the service leadership academy, a virtual forum for service learning, skills development, and civic engagement; near-peer mentorship by high school alumni; execution of statewide service campaigns; and two "unity" events (launch day and leadership reunion) with the governor of the commonwealth.
$660,037 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $660,037.
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 $41k to $522k (+1171%).
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: 2021 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of MASSACHUSETTS PROJECT 351 INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Chief executive
Carolyn Casey
Treasurer/exec director
Board chair
Charlie Rose
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $174k → $571k.
13 of 42 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% 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 PROJECT 351 INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 42 funders by total. 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 PROJECT 351 INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 34% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
87% 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 PROJECT 351 INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 52% · 2019 69% · 2020 54% · 2021 77% · 2022 41% · 2023 26% — 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.
How long its funders stay
38% of MASSACHUSETTS PROJECT 351 INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 43% 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
91% of MASSACHUSETTS PROJECT 351 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. $1.5M 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 PROJECT 351 INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,928 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,928 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like MASSACHUSETTS PROJECT 351 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
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
59%
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 PROJECT 351 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 PROJECT 351 INC?
- MASSACHUSETTS PROJECT 351 INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,045,920 to it, the largest being MARTIN W RICHARD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($1,376,066). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MASSACHUSETTS PROJECT 351 INC have?
- IRS filings report 42 organizations giving $4,045,920 in grants to MASSACHUSETTS PROJECT 351 INC, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MASSACHUSETTS PROJECT 351 INC?
- MARTIN W RICHARD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,376,066 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MASSACHUSETTS PROJECT 351 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 42 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