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NASHUA EDUCATION FOUNDATION

NASHUA EDUCATION FOUNDATION (New Hampshire) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,600 to it, the largest being GOULDER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($3,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$86k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$8k
Net assets
$474k
3/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 6%
01What it does

What Nashua Education Foundation does

Mission

Foundation's mission is to enhance educational opportunities for nashua public school students.we accomplish this by providing resources to support and inspire innovative educational initiatives. Developing partnerships to leverage community resources to support students and teachers. Funding initiatives that are outside the scope of the school district's operating budget.working collaboratively with the nashua school district to understand educational priorities that will inform, but not dictate, funding decisions.being an efficient and responsible steward of all donations and funds.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. The Nashua Education Foundation is committed to raising resources to enhance education excellence in the nashua school district. The program provides additional resources needed to bring books and materials along with an expansive educational experience to the students of the nashua school district.

    $0 spentof which $45,751 as grants

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($54k) Expenses 100 ($32k) Net assets 100 ($130k)2019 Revenue 123 ($66k) Expenses 133 ($42k) Net assets 118 ($153k)2020 Revenue 126 ($68k) Expenses 48 ($15k) Net assets 158 ($206k)2021 Revenue 137 ($74k) Expenses 167 ($53k) Net assets 174 ($226k)2022 Revenue 155 ($83k) Expenses 97 ($31k) Net assets 214 ($278k)2023 Revenue 179 ($96k) Expenses 91 ($29k) Net assets 265 ($345k)2024 Revenue 212 ($114k) Expenses 156 ($50k) Net assets 314 ($410k)2025 Revenue 159 ($86k) Expenses 68 ($22k) Net assets 364 ($474k)
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Revenue (159)Expenses (68)Net assets (364)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 2022 to 2023, from $278k to $345k (+24%).

$130k
$153k
$206k
$226k
$278k
$345k
$410k
$474k
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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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

95% of NASHUA EDUCATION FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (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. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$22k
’18
$24k
’19
$52k
’20
$20k
’21
$52k
’22
$67k
’23
$64k
’24
$64k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $3k → $2k.

From the IRS filings of NASHUA EDUCATION FOUNDATION’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

NASHUA EDUCATION FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

39%
largest funder
80%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2022 77% · 2023 59% — 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.

Where its funders are

NASHUA EDUCATION FOUNDATION draws 61% of its grant income from funders outside New Hampshire, across 3 states in all.

NH
MA
NJ

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

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’22
’23
New Hampshire 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

NASHUA EDUCATION FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin75% · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)7% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

Organizations like NASHUA EDUCATION FOUNDATION

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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

97%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NH

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Questions and answers

Who funds NASHUA EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
NASHUA EDUCATION FOUNDATION (New Hampshire) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,600 to it, the largest being GOULDER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($3,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does NASHUA EDUCATION FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $7,600 in grants to NASHUA EDUCATION FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of NASHUA EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
GOULDER FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NASHUA EDUCATION FOUNDATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Hampshire. 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 4 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