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THE LOOP LAB INC

THE LOOP LAB INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,740,242 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS ($1,015,001). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.9M
Funders on record
33
Grants received
$3.7M
Net assets
$1.3M
24/33 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 97%
01What it does

What The Loop Lab Inc does

Mission

To empower women and people of color in the media arts to develop careers in audio/video through job training and placement.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Loop lab academy- our organization operates a free high school pre-apprenticeship program which prepares students for careers in the media arts/av industries. In addition, we provide summer programming for high school students. We also run a state-registered media arts apprenticeship for 18-26 year olds that provides paid internships and on-the-job training for participants.

    $619,237 spent
    85% of program spending
  2. Loop lab studio- our organization operates a video production studio that provides low cost and high-quality video services to cultural arts organizations and companies in greater boston. The studio hires many of our alumni, futhers their training, and generates revenue for the organization.

    $109,277 spent$106,114 earned by the program
    15% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $728,514.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($133k) Expenses 100 ($200k) Net assets 100 ($70k)2020 Revenue 286 ($382k) Expenses 168 ($335k) Net assets 189 ($132k)2021 Revenue 653 ($870k) Expenses 316 ($632k) Net assets 531 ($370k)2022 Revenue 975 ($1.3M) Expenses 389 ($778k) Net assets 1279 ($891k)2023 Revenue 592 ($789k) Expenses 570 ($1.1M) Net assets 776 ($541k)2024 Revenue 917 ($1.2M) Expenses 693 ($1.4M) Net assets 542 ($377k)2025 Revenue 1437 ($1.9M) Expenses 515 ($1.0M) Net assets 1812 ($1.3M)
2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue (1437)Expenses (515)Net assets (1812)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $673k to $1.4M (+114%).

$70k
$248k
$505k
$1.1M
$796k
$673k
$1.4M
2019202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 6% · 2021 7% · 2022 0% · 2024 8% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

95% of THE LOOP LAB INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (16% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,616 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$67k
’19
$47k
’20
$238k
’21
$521k
’22
−$350k
’23
−$163k
’24
$885k
’25
8.8
months of
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

Christopher Hope

Executive director

Board chair

Jonathan Wyner

Board chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

202020212022202320242025
Listed413129811
Joined·+9+0+4+1+3
No longer listed·01720
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 18 funders, grant income rose $25k → $768k.

7 of 33 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 LOOP LAB INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 33 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 LOOP LAB INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders 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 THE LOOP LAB INC.

27%
largest funder
51%
top three
~8
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 49% · 2021 21% · 2022 23% · 2023 22% — 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

57% of THE LOOP LAB INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

93% of THE LOOP LAB INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.

IL
WI
NY
MA
RI
VA
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE LOOP LAB INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,060 employment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin46% · top quartile
Months of reserve8.8mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)56% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,060 employment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Government funding THE LOOP LAB INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $122k on record — $20k federal, $102k state.

Federal$20k
grants $20kcontracts $0
Top agencies
  • National Endowment for the Arts$20k
State$102k
21
23
25
Top programs
  • (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$102k

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.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

71% of spending goes to programs.

Program 71%Management 21%Fundraising 8%

Governance

10
board members
90%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

53%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE LOOP LAB INC?
THE LOOP LAB INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,740,242 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS ($1,015,001). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE LOOP LAB INC have?
IRS filings report 33 organizations giving $3,740,242 in grants to THE LOOP LAB INC, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE LOOP LAB INC?
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS is the largest funder on record, with $1,015,001 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE LOOP LAB 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 33 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