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North Shore Community College Foundation Inc

North Shore Community College Foundation Inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,550,987 to it, the largest being BERTOLON FAMILY FOUNDATION ($2,015,000). 12 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
$1.1M
Funders on record
22
Grants received
$4.6M
Net assets
$16M
12/22 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 68%
01What it does

What North Shore Community College Foundation Inc does

Mission

The mission of The North Shore Community College Foundation, Inc. is to secure resources to promote, improve and maintain access to a high-quality education. The North Shore Community College Foundation sees higher education as a catalyst and an agent of change for individuals, families and communities. It envisions a community that recognizes the importance of educational opportunities and assures positive educational outcomes are accessible to all, regardless of economic or any other circumstance.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Various grants received for the benefit of the north shore community college and paid to the college as required by the donor.

    $794,289 spentof which $794,289 as grants
    69% of program spending
  2. Scholarships awarded to students of north shore community college.

    $350,597 spentof which $350,597 as grants
    31% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,144,886.

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 ($739k) Expenses 100 ($363k) Net assets 100 ($8.1M)2018 Revenue 130 ($959k) Expenses 229 ($830k) Net assets 104 ($8.4M)2019 Revenue 204 ($1.5M) Expenses 190 ($690k) Net assets 122 ($9.8M)2020 Revenue 137 ($1.0M) Expenses 250 ($908k) Net assets 126 ($10M)2021 Revenue 206 ($1.5M) Expenses 403 ($1.5M) Net assets 150 ($12M)2022 Revenue 724 ($5.3M) Expenses 278 ($1.0M) Net assets 135 ($11M)2023 Revenue 389 ($2.9M) Expenses 318 ($1.2M) Net assets 169 ($14M)2024 Revenue 262 ($1.9M) Expenses 545 ($2.0M) Net assets 186 ($15M)2025 Revenue 151 ($1.1M) Expenses 358 ($1.3M) Net assets 198 ($16M)
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Revenue (151)Expenses (358)Net assets (198)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 $11M to $14M (+25%).

$8.3M
$8.7M
$10.0M
$10M
$12M
$11M
$14M
$15M
$16M
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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

50% of North Shore Community College Foundation Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,352 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$376k
’17
$129k
’18
$818k
’19
$104k
’20
$60k
’21
$4.3M
’22
$1.7M
’23
−$40k
’24
−$180k
’25
14
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.

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Listed161719192017181617
Joined·+4+4+2+1+2+1+0+1
No longer listed·32205020
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $73k → $551k.

9 of 22 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 North Shore Community College Foundation Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 21 of 22 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

North Shore Community College Foundation Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

54% 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 North Shore Community College Foundation Inc.

44%
largest funder
90%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 42% · 2018 66% · 2019 88% · 2020 83% · 2021 53% · 2022 44% · 2023 49% — 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.

How long its funders stay

64% of North Shore Community College Foundation Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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 North Shore Community College Foundation 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 $2.2M that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.

NY
MA
NJ
CT
DE

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

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’23
Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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

North Shore Community College Foundation Inc holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−16% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve13.9mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)5% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like North Shore Community College Foundation Inc

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

88% of spending goes to programs.

Program 88%Management 8%Fundraising 3%

Governance

16
board members
94%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

63%

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

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • north shore community college · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds North Shore Community College Foundation Inc?
North Shore Community College Foundation Inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,550,987 to it, the largest being BERTOLON FAMILY FOUNDATION ($2,015,000). 12 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 North Shore Community College Foundation Inc have?
IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $4,550,987 in grants to North Shore Community College Foundation Inc, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of North Shore Community College Foundation Inc?
BERTOLON FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,015,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like North Shore Community College Foundation 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 22 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