Massachusetts · Nonprofit
SIRIUS INC
SIRIUS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,067 to it, the largest being SUSAN A & DONALD P BABSON FOUNDATION ($10,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $326k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $19k
- Net assets
- $494k
What Sirius Inc does
Mission
Spiritual and holistic education.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Long-term residential programssirius resident program-one year program offering monthly and experiential learning covering all aspects of our education program including the following topics: organic gardening/sustainable food systems, green building techniques, renewable technology, ecovillage research and projects, permaculture, intentional spiritual community living skills, governance by consensus, and conflict resolution.about 25 participants.
$154,326 spent$242,732 earned by the program65% of program spendingGuest programs-providing experiential education programs offering hands-on instruction to teach theory, techniques & experience in gardening, community living, appropriate technology and affordable green housing. Also providing training in practical skills such as carpentry & organic, sustainable gardening.about 204 participants in hosted educational events.
$65,300 spent$61,066 earned by the program28% of program spendingGardening programs - offers guests, interns, residents, and members hands-on learning in organic gardening and orcharding, permaculture, attunement to nature, and herb care. There are lessons in planning, seed ordering, greenhouse growing, companion planting, composting, bed prep, planting, transplanting and care of vegetables, herbs, fruit and nut trees, and prennials, plus classes on pest management, food preparation, and food storage.about 20 participants.
$16,322 spent$6,990 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $235,948.
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 2017 to 2018, from $719k to $658k (−8%).
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: 2020 7% · 2021 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
4% of SIRIUS INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $1k → $2k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 48% 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 SIRIUS 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
SIRIUS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% 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
48% 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 SIRIUS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 99% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 99% — 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
100% of SIRIUS 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. $9k 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.
Against its field
SIRIUS INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,917 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like SIRIUS 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
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 SIRIUS 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 SIRIUS INC?
- SIRIUS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,067 to it, the largest being SUSAN A & DONALD P BABSON FOUNDATION ($10,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SIRIUS INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $19,067 in grants to SIRIUS INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SIRIUS INC?
- SUSAN A & DONALD P BABSON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SIRIUS 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 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing