Massachusetts · Nonprofit
PTA MASSACHUSETTS PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION INC
PTA MASSACHUSETTS PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,723 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($16,384). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $120k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $24k
- Net assets
- $102k
What PTA Massachusetts Parent-Teacher Association Inc does
Mission
To bring together the community of educators families and students of the Albert F. Argenziano School in support of children as they grow and learn.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
he PTA funded grade-level field trips for approximately 500 students in Pre-K through 8th grade including bus transportation averaging 600 or more per trip and admission fees to museums science centers performance venues and other educational destinations. The PTA also funded the annual 6th grade overnight residential field trip to Natures Classroom in Charlton Massachusetts. In addition the PTA provided classroom supplies for general education and specialist teachers art music library physical education English Language Learner instruction reading intervention counseling and math intervention supported visits from authors artists and musicians and funded special class events including pizza parties pumpkin celebrations and the 8th grade banquet.
$20,283 spent43% of program spendingThe PTA provided Argenziano School t-shirts to students for use at school concerts field trips and community events. The shirts foster school identity and serve as a visible group marker when students travel off campus. The PTA also operates an online team store offering t-shirts sweatshirts and hats year-round.
$11,427 spent24% of program spendingThe PTA hosted seven community-building events during the fiscal year: Fall Ball Family Fun Day Heritage Night partially supported by a grant from the Somerville Arts Council Literacy Night Movie Night Parent Coffee Hours and Spring Fling. These events brought together students families and educators outside of regular school hours to celebrate the diversity of the school community support student literacy and provide informal forums for parents to connect with each other and with school leadership.
$9,396 spent20% of program spendingTeacher and staff appreciation: catered meals gifts and recognition events for the educators and support staff of the Argenziano School. Family emergency assistance: grocery store gift cards and contributions toward utility and internet bills for families experiencing food insecurity or financial hardship; the PTA partners with the schools family liaisons to identify families in need.
$5,553 spentof which $2,656 as grants12% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $46,659.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $362 → $202.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 74% 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 PTA MASSACHUSETTS PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION 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
PTA MASSACHUSETTS PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
74% 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 PTA MASSACHUSETTS PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
74% of PTA MASSACHUSETTS PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION 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 $6k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $18k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
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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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PTA MASSACHUSETTS PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION INC?
- PTA MASSACHUSETTS PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,723 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($16,384). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does PTA MASSACHUSETTS PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $23,723 in grants to PTA MASSACHUSETTS PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PTA MASSACHUSETTS PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION INC?
- PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $16,384 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PTA MASSACHUSETTS PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 3 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