Massachusetts · Nonprofit
THE CLARKE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF CLARKE SCHOOLS FOR HEARING AND SPEECH
THE CLARKE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF CLARKE SCHOOLS FOR HEARING AND SPEECH (Massachusetts) receives grants from 65 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,020,434 to it, the largest being LEONORA H KNOWLES TRUST B ($734,272). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $10.0M
- Funders on record
- 65
- Grants received
- $4.0M
- Net assets
- $41M
What The Clarke School for the Deaf Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech does
Mission
Clarke provides children who are deaf and hard of hearing with the listening, learning and spoken language skills they need to succeed.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Clarke school programs: clarke educational programs are led by creative and committed professionals trained in childhood education, speech-language pathology, education of the deaf and listening and spoken language development. Children receive daily auditory speech and language therapy; small class sizes provide individualized attention and classrooms are designed for the unique acoustical needs of children with hearing loss. Curriculum for all ages is aligned with state and national standards and families are actively involved in learning through frequent communication and classroom observations. Clarke's preschool program is comprised of schools in multiple locations: canton, ma, northampton, ma, and new york, ny; through clarke pennsylvania, inc., located in philadelphia, pa and through clarke school for hearing and speech florida, located in jacksonville, fl. Several sites offer onsite summer and literacy-based school year services during the school year in addition to on-site audiological services. Each child receives individual attention according to their needs, with goals of developing audition, speech and age-appropriate language as well as developing sensory awareness,…
$3,118,806 spentof which $24,500 as grants$3,969,164 earned by the program50% of program spendingClarke mainstream services: through a variety of customizable sevices, clarke professionals help children with hearing loss make successful transitions into their neighborhood schools and thrive among their hearing peers. Clarke's itinerant teacher program sends teachers of the deaf to mainstream schools to work with children with hearing loss and to support and train the educators working with those students. Clarke's comprehensive educational evaluations are designed specifically for students with hearing loss in preschool through high school. Clarke's professional development services provide schools, districts and professionals with assistance in planning, direct instruction, staff orientations, teacher consultations and adjustment counseling. Clarke's mainstream publications issue resources (books, pamphlets and newsletters) geared specifically for students, parents and professionals. Approximately 326 children served.
$1,506,901 spent$1,797,822 earned by the program24% of program spendingClarke early intervention programs: clarke's early childhood/parent infant programs serve children who are deaf or hard of hearing from birth through three years of age. The innovative program helps parents learn to use listening and spoken language techniques to enhance their child's communication skills and offers support and education, on-site audiological services and assessments for sensory aids such as cochlear implants. In addition to the center and home-based programs, families are able to access these services through clarke's televisit program in which speech and language professionals coach parents and observe infants via webcam. Approximately 141 children served.
$812,170 spentof which $101,962 as grants$238,545 earned by the program13% of program spendingTvisit teleservices program offers a full range of customized listening and spoken language (lsl) services virtually for children of all ages and their families. Approximately 20 children served.
$785,708 spentof which $2,799 as grants$25,406 earned by the program13% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,223,585.
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 2020 to 2021, from $33M to $39M (+21%).
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 8% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 0% · 2021 16% · 2022 9% · 2023 7% · 2024 1% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
19% of THE CLARKE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF CLARKE SCHOOLS FOR HEARING AND SPEECH’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Shawn Naugle
President & CEO
Board chair
Michael A Budner
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024, and between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 29 funders, grant income rose $258k → $529k.
14 of 65 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% 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 THE CLARKE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF CLARKE SCHOOLS FOR HEARING AND SPEECH’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 65 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
THE CLARKE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF CLARKE SCHOOLS FOR HEARING AND SPEECH has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
39% 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 THE CLARKE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF CLARKE SCHOOLS FOR HEARING AND SPEECH.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 39% · 2018 36% · 2019 52% · 2020 27% · 2021 41% · 2022 28% · 2023 35% — 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.
How long its funders stay
47% of THE CLARKE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF CLARKE SCHOOLS FOR HEARING AND SPEECH's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% give in more than one year at all.
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
THE CLARKE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF CLARKE SCHOOLS FOR HEARING AND SPEECH draws 93% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 16 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
THE CLARKE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF CLARKE SCHOOLS FOR HEARING AND SPEECH's funding base is broadening — from 15 funders to 29 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding THE CLARKE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF CLARKE SCHOOLS FOR HEARING AND SPEECH receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.7M on record.
- MA$1.7M
- DE$3k
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 THE CLARKE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF CLARKE SCHOOLS FOR HEARING AND SPEECH
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
60% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 12 states
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Clarke Pennsylvania Inc · exempt
- Clarke School for Hearing and Speech Florida Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE CLARKE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF CLARKE SCHOOLS FOR HEARING AND SPEECH?
- THE CLARKE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF CLARKE SCHOOLS FOR HEARING AND SPEECH (Massachusetts) receives grants from 65 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,020,434 to it, the largest being LEONORA H KNOWLES TRUST B ($734,272). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE CLARKE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF CLARKE SCHOOLS FOR HEARING AND SPEECH have?
- IRS filings report 65 organizations giving $4,020,434 in grants to THE CLARKE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF CLARKE SCHOOLS FOR HEARING AND SPEECH, 37 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CLARKE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF CLARKE SCHOOLS FOR HEARING AND SPEECH?
- LEONORA H KNOWLES TRUST B is the largest funder on record, with $734,272 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CLARKE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF CLARKE SCHOOLS FOR HEARING AND SPEECH 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 65 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