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THE OPERATION PROGRESS FOUNDATION INC

THE OPERATION PROGRESS FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being THE MARK WAHLBERG YOUTH FOUNDATION INC ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2018
$75k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$10k
Net assets
$-5717
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 13%
01What it does

What The Operation Progress Foundation Inc does

Mission

To provide educational scholarships to inner city students

As stated on its FY2018 Form 990-EZ.

Program

Tuition assistance ranging from $500 to $15000 was provided to students in inner city schools as they advanceto college. Fifty-five graduates are presently in the program, with six to ten entering the program while six to eight graduate college each year

The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($81k) Expenses 100 ($78k) Net assets 100 ($3k)2018 Revenue 92 ($75k) Expenses 103 ($80k) Net assets -175 ($-5717)
20172018
Revenue (92)Expenses (103)Net assets (-175)

Balance sheet

Total assets at each year end, in dollars.

$0
$0
20172018
Total assets

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.

2017
2018
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.

$3k
’17
−$6k
’18
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'18
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of THE OPERATION PROGRESS FOUNDATION 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.

Where its funders are

THE OPERATION PROGRESS FOUNDATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 1 state in all.

NY

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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like THE OPERATION PROGRESS FOUNDATION 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

05Profile & governance

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

Public support

95%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 2 states

MA
CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE OPERATION PROGRESS FOUNDATION INC?
THE OPERATION PROGRESS FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being THE MARK WAHLBERG YOUTH FOUNDATION INC ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE OPERATION PROGRESS FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,000 in grants to THE OPERATION PROGRESS FOUNDATION INC.
Who is the largest funder of THE OPERATION PROGRESS FOUNDATION INC?
THE MARK WAHLBERG YOUTH FOUNDATION INC 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 THE OPERATION PROGRESS FOUNDATION 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 FY2018 (financials across 2017–2018), and the filings of 1 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