Massachusetts · Nonprofit
THE GREAT BLIZZARDS OF MASSACHUSETTS SPECIAL HOCKEY INC
THE GREAT BLIZZARDS OF MASSACHUSETTS SPECIAL HOCKEY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,600 to it, the largest being LYNDON PAUL LORUSSO CHARITABLE FOUNDATIO ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $127k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $6k
- Net assets
- $51k
What The Great Blizzards of Massachusetts Special Hockey Inc does
Mission
to provide the opportunity for special needs people ages 5 through adulthood all genders on the South Shore of Massachusetts Cape Cod Winthrop and Marthas Vineyard to learn to play ice hockey and travel to play other special teams
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Prepared players to travel to usa hockey tournaments in maine new jersey ocean city md toronto worcester providence ri and rockland ma
$26,329 spent55% of program spendingProvided weekly ice time in four locations from september through april for nearly 100 special needs players
$14,180 spent30% of program spendingProvide protective hockey equipment on loan to all players
$7,076 spent15% of program spendingIce time
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $47,585.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $37k to $80k (+114%).
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.
54% of THE GREAT BLIZZARDS OF MASSACHUSETTS SPECIAL HOCKEY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Steven C Nearman
Board president
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $600 → $5k.
From the IRS filings of THE GREAT BLIZZARDS OF MASSACHUSETTS SPECIAL HOCKEY 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
THE GREAT BLIZZARDS OF MASSACHUSETTS SPECIAL HOCKEY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 89% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 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
100% of THE GREAT BLIZZARDS OF MASSACHUSETTS SPECIAL HOCKEY 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. 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 GREAT BLIZZARDS OF MASSACHUSETTS SPECIAL HOCKEY INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE GREAT BLIZZARDS OF MASSACHUSETTS SPECIAL HOCKEY INC
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In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE GREAT BLIZZARDS OF MASSACHUSETTS SPECIAL HOCKEY INC?
- THE GREAT BLIZZARDS OF MASSACHUSETTS SPECIAL HOCKEY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,600 to it, the largest being LYNDON PAUL LORUSSO CHARITABLE FOUNDATIO ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE GREAT BLIZZARDS OF MASSACHUSETTS SPECIAL HOCKEY INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $5,600 in grants to THE GREAT BLIZZARDS OF MASSACHUSETTS SPECIAL HOCKEY INC.
- Who is the largest funder of THE GREAT BLIZZARDS OF MASSACHUSETTS SPECIAL HOCKEY INC?
- LYNDON PAUL LORUSSO CHARITABLE FOUNDATIO is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE GREAT BLIZZARDS OF MASSACHUSETTS SPECIAL HOCKEY 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 2022–2025), 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