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MNLA FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC

MNLA FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being THE MEZITT HORTICULTURAL FOUNDATION ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2021
$11k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$5k
Net assets
$259k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 5%
01What it does

What Mnla Foundation for Educational Excellence Inc does

Mission

Providing scholarships to students pursuing degrees in landscape horticulture and related fields.

As stated on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ.

Program

Scholarships to students pursuing degrees in landscape contracting, landscape horticulture, turf grass management and environmental horticulture.

The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($13k) Expenses 100 ($15k) Net assets 100 ($218k)2020 Revenue 114 ($14k) Expenses 13 ($2k) Net assets 106 ($230k)2021 Revenue 87 ($11k) Expenses 34 ($5k) Net assets 119 ($259k)
201920202021
Revenue (87)Expenses (34)Net assets (119)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 2020 to 2021, from $230k to $259k (+12%).

$218k
$230k
$259k
201920202021
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.

2019
2020
2021
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

5% of MNLA FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (65% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 26,798 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

−$3k
’19
$13k
’20
$6k
’21
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $1k → $500.

Funder
'18
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of MNLA FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE 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.

Where its funders are

100% of MNLA FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.

MA

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

’18
’20
’21
’22
’23
Massachusetts out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

MNLA FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 20,681 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin54% · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−7% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 20,681 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2021

Organizations like MNLA FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC

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In Massachusetts

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

6%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds MNLA FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC?
MNLA FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being THE MEZITT HORTICULTURAL FOUNDATION ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MNLA FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $5,000 in grants to MNLA FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MNLA FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC?
THE MEZITT HORTICULTURAL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MNLA FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE 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 FY2021 (financials across 2019–2021), 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