Massachusetts · Nonprofit
THE FRIENDS OF NORTH SHORE CHILDRENS MUSEUM
THE FRIENDS OF NORTH SHORE CHILDRENS MUSEUM (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being Institution for Savings in Newburyport & Its Vicinity Charitable Foundation Inc ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE FRIENDS OF NORTH SHORE CHILDRENS MUSEUM runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,650 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,650 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Edward S & Winifred G Moseley Foundationshared funderslocal
- Enable Hope Foundationportfolio match
- William T & Ann D McCormick Educational and Charitable Foundationportfolio match
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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.
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.
30% of THE FRIENDS OF NORTH SHORE CHILDRENS MUSEUM’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of THE FRIENDS OF NORTH SHORE CHILDRENS MUSEUM’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.
Where its funders are
100% of THE FRIENDS OF NORTH SHORE CHILDRENS MUSEUM's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.
- Edward S & Winifred G Moseley Foundationshared funderslocalMA · backs 34 organizations that share your funders · funds 60 organizations near you
- Enable Hope Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- William T & Ann D McCormick Educational and Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Association of Children's Museums Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Bear Foundation- Trportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Wallace Family Foundation Co Richard C Wallaceportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Cordon Family Foundation Charitable Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Mabee Family Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- William Thomas & May Pitman Hennessy Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Linda and Harvey Saligman Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- New York Physicians Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Great Lakes Castings Corporation Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like THE FRIENDS OF NORTH SHORE CHILDRENS MUSEUM
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of 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
0% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE FRIENDS OF NORTH SHORE CHILDRENS MUSEUM: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE FRIENDS OF NORTH SHORE CHILDRENS MUSEUM?
- THE FRIENDS OF NORTH SHORE CHILDRENS MUSEUM (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being Institution for Savings in Newburyport & Its Vicinity Charitable Foundation Inc ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE FRIENDS OF NORTH SHORE CHILDRENS MUSEUM have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,000 in grants to THE FRIENDS OF NORTH SHORE CHILDRENS MUSEUM.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FRIENDS OF NORTH SHORE CHILDRENS MUSEUM?
- Institution for Savings in Newburyport & Its Vicinity Charitable Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FRIENDS OF NORTH SHORE CHILDRENS MUSEUM 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 2024–2025), and the filings of 1funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing