Massachusetts · Nonprofit
MASSACHUSETTS WONDERFUND INC
MASSACHUSETTS WONDERFUND INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 92 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,767,794 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,786,090). 43 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.4M
- Funders on record
- 92
- Grants received
- $15M
- Net assets
- $19M
What Massachusetts Wonderfund Inc does
Mission
The wonderfund invests in children receiving services from dcf by providing enrichment opportunities and access to emergency aid and transitional necessities.the wonderfund is a private, nonprofit 501(c)3 that serves children engaged with the massachusetts department of children and families by bringing comfort and dignity in traumatic situations, and enriching childhoods that have been impacted by abuse and neglect.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Enrichment grants (the fun stuff):we invest in moments: music lessons, sat prep, soccer camp. These moments build confidence, character, and foster life-long respect for self and others through keeping children's minds and bodies active outside of school. We believe every kid deserves to do the things they love and our goal is to enrich the lives of our kids. We want them to have some of the same moments of joy as our own families.emergency removal kits and basic necessities (the tough stuff):we provide funds for the first night when a child is removed from their home, a moment that is difficult for all involved. We provide a duffel bag and funds for necessities like season-appropriate clothing and pajamas to give them something of their own in a strange new place. We also provide emergency funds for winter coats and other necessities for children across massachusetts.holiday drive (the presents and stuff):we believe that everybody deserves a gift during the holidays and we arrange donated gifts across the state and raise funds to provide gifts for children and teens.
$5,182,834 spentof which $4,773,922 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $5,182,834.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2022 to 2023, from $11M to $17M (+63%).
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.
88% of MASSACHUSETTS WONDERFUND INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Lauren Schadt Baker
CEO
Board chair
Lawrence Begley
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 32 funders, grant income rose $471k → $2.3M.
17 of 92 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% 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 WONDERFUND INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 92 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 WONDERFUND INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
61% 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 WONDERFUND INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 52% · 2018 26% · 2019 37% · 2020 40% · 2021 21% · 2022 22% · 2023 27% — 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
42% of MASSACHUSETTS WONDERFUND INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% 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
52% of MASSACHUSETTS WONDERFUND 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 $7.0M that is directly attributable, 70% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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 WONDERFUND INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
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In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MASSACHUSETTS WONDERFUND INC?
- MASSACHUSETTS WONDERFUND INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 92 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,767,794 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,786,090). 43 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MASSACHUSETTS WONDERFUND INC have?
- IRS filings report 92 organizations giving $14,767,794 in grants to MASSACHUSETTS WONDERFUND INC, 43 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MASSACHUSETTS WONDERFUND INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $3,786,090 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MASSACHUSETTS WONDERFUND 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 FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 92 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