Massachusetts · Nonprofit
SHED INC
SHED INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $392 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($292). 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
- $5.0M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $392
- Net assets
- $9.9M
What Shed Inc does
Mission
To build relationships with families and the community through the creation of an affirming and empowering climate where children learn to use their imaginations and thinking skills to foster creativity and learning
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Kids club before and after school program offers structured care and enrichment during out-of-school hours. Reggio emilia-inspired learning; fosters independence, responsibility, conflict resolution, and decision-making skills.
$817,005 spent$830,806 earned by the program26% of program spendingSummer adventures provides a full day, engaging summer experience aligned with sheds values of play, exploration, and growth. Includes clubs, sports, swimming, field trips, special events, and open-ended play in a well-balanced curriculum.
$540,371 spent$869,274 earned by the program17% of program spendingMonarch preschool prepares children for kindergarten through and emergent thematic curriculum. Inspired by reggio emilia approach and howard gardners theory of multiple intelligences; follows childrens interests and promotes meaningful learning.
$869,467 spent$1,516,455 earned by the program28% of program spendingSpringboard to kindergarten program readies children for kindergarten by supporting social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development.
$239,068 spent$348,666 earned by the program8% of program spendingForest kindergarten provides a nature-immersive early learning experience that prioritizes emotional resilience and social collaboration.
$88,322 spent$45,700 earned by the program3% of program spendingToddler program introduces toddlers to community life in a safe, nurturing environment.
$595,366 spent$663,702 earned by the program19% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,149,599.
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 2023 to 2024, from $7.6M to $9.3M (+23%).
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: 2021 9% · 2022 14% · 2023 6% · 2024 5% · 2025 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
10% of SHED INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Linda Shottes-Bouchard
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $14 → $198.
1 of 2 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 SHED 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
SHED INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% 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 SHED INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 51% — 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
74% of SHED 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 $100 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Massachusetts, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $292 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
SHED INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like SHED 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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SHED 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 SHED INC?
- SHED INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $392 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($292). 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 SHED INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $392 in grants to SHED INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SHED INC?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $292 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SHED 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 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