Massachusetts · Nonprofit
NATICK CENTER ASSOCIATES INC
NATICK CENTER ASSOCIATES INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $37,687 to it, the largest being METROWEST HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ($15,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $248k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $38k
- Net assets
- $145k
What Natick Center Associates Inc does
Mission
To work in partnership with the town of natick and committed nca members to cultivate a lively and diverse downtown neighborhood by enhancing the cultural, economic, and social life of our community. Nca's private-public partnership represents innovative cultural voices from merchants and property owners, to arts and cultural organizations, local artists, and concerned citizens. Together we work to build capacity for cultural programming and creative spaces, and to foster creative partnerships, pivotal to the continued renaissance of natick center.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Schedule, plan and manage all events on, and around, natick common such as art helps, art walk/restaurant week, farmers market, natick artist's open studios, natick days, spooktacular, streetscapes and winter market.
$164,508 spentof which $7,500 as grants$91,570 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $164,508.
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 2022 to 2023, from $177k to $192k (+9%).
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: 2017 55% · 2018 41% · 2019 26% · 2021 51% · 2022 36% · 2023 47% · 2024 46%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
62% of NATICK CENTER ASSOCIATES INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $14k → $23.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 NATICK CENTER ASSOCIATES 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
NATICK CENTER ASSOCIATES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 63% · 2021 97% · 2022 78% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
81% of NATICK CENTER ASSOCIATES 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. $84 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
NATICK CENTER ASSOCIATES INC is better cushioned than half of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding NATICK CENTER ASSOCIATES INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $142k on record.
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$142k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like NATICK CENTER ASSOCIATES 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
56% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 NATICK CENTER ASSOCIATES 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 NATICK CENTER ASSOCIATES INC?
- NATICK CENTER ASSOCIATES INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $37,687 to it, the largest being METROWEST HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ($15,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATICK CENTER ASSOCIATES INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $37,687 in grants to NATICK CENTER ASSOCIATES INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATICK CENTER ASSOCIATES INC?
- METROWEST HEALTH FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATICK CENTER ASSOCIATES 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.
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 6 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