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Massequality Education Fund Org Inc

Massequality Education Fund Org Inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $153,029 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($85,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$232k
Funders on record
11
Grants received
$153k
Net assets
$115k
6/11 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 41%
01What it does

What Massequality Education Fund Org Inc does

Mission

The MassEquality Education Fund was organized to advance lesbian gay bisexual and transgender rights through public education and strategic partnerships.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. During 2024-2025 the MassEquality Education Fund conducted public education community outreach educational programming and media and research activities to increase understanding of LGBTQ+ issues and promote safe inclusive communities throughout Massachusetts. The Education Fund provided education and outreach concerning transgender equality LGBTQ+ youth inclusive schools and comprehensive sex education LGBTQ+ healthcare housing elder care and the experiences of LGBTQ+ people facing discrimination and violence. Through educational resources public communications trainings community programs and outreach to diverse audiences the Education Fund worked to increase public understanding of the needs and experiences of LGBTQ+ people and connect individuals and communities with supportive resources. Programming included educational trainings such as LGBTQIA+ fundamentals Fighting for Our Kids, Faithful Allies healthcare housing and sex education as well as public education addressing the safety and well-being of transgender people and LGBTQ+ youth. The Education Fund also used public education and media engagement to raise awareness of threats facing LGBTQ+ communities including attacks…

    $114,901 spent
    100% of program spending
  2. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  3. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $114,901.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($134k) Expenses 100 ($212k) Net assets 100 ($30k)2018 Revenue 106 ($143k) Expenses 79 ($168k) Net assets 14 ($4k)2019 Revenue 113 ($152k) Expenses 63 ($135k) Net assets 68 ($20k)2020 Revenue 89 ($119k) Expenses 45 ($96k) Net assets 138 ($41k)2021 Revenue 94 ($126k) Expenses 34 ($73k) Net assets 320 ($96k)2022 Revenue 92 ($124k) Expenses 83 ($176k) Net assets 145 ($43k)2023 Revenue 95 ($128k) Expenses 60 ($128k) Net assets 147 ($44k)2024 Revenue 86 ($115k) Expenses 52 ($111k) Net assets 159 ($48k)2025 Revenue 173 ($232k) Expenses 78 ($165k) Net assets 384 ($115k)
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Revenue (173)Expenses (78)Net assets (384)Peer revenue range

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 $76k to $119k (+56%).

$116k
$89k
$64k
$91k
$110k
$118k
$96k
$76k
$119k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

107% of Massequality Education Fund Org Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (99% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,984 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$78k
’17
−$26k
’18
$17k
’19
$23k
’20
$53k
’21
−$52k
’22
$106
’23
$4k
’24
$67k
’25
5.0
months of
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

Tanya Neslusan

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $28k → $53k.

3 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 66% 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 Massequality Education Fund Org 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

Massequality Education Fund Org Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

81% 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 Massequality Education Fund Org Inc.

56%
largest funder
74%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 91% · 2021 69% · 2022 44% · 2023 76% — 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

50% of Massequality Education Fund Org Inc's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y

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

66% of Massequality Education Fund Org 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 $52k that is directly attributable, 59% of it comes from funders outside Massachusetts, across 4 states.

IL
MA
OR
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20
’21
’22
’23
Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $101k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Massequality Education Fund Org Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 979 civil rights nonprofits its size.

Operating margin29% · top quartile
Months of reserve5.0mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)7% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 979 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

70% of spending goes to programs.

Program 70%Management 13%Fundraising 18%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

57%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

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Questions and answers

Who funds Massequality Education Fund Org Inc?
Massequality Education Fund Org Inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $153,029 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($85,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does Massequality Education Fund Org Inc have?
IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $153,029 in grants to Massequality Education Fund Org Inc, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Massequality Education Fund Org Inc?
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $85,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Massequality Education Fund Org 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 11 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