Massachusetts · Nonprofit
THE SHARON COOPERATIVE SCHOOL INC
THE SHARON COOPERATIVE SCHOOL INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,540 to it, the largest being FRANCES R DEWING FOUNDATION 7600-XXXXXX15480 ($6,250). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $7k
- Net assets
- $2.4M
What The Sharon Cooperative School Inc does
Mission
We are an early childhood organization that serves preschool children and families in two locations: the Sharon Cooperative School and the Cooperative Nature School; together these schools form the Cooperative Learning Community. We offer full time programming in unique environments that encourage child-driven experiences, growth and love of learning and community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Promote cognitive, emotional, social and physical development of children through a variety of affordable preschool programs.
$1,235,449 spentof which $17,300 as grants$1,647,133 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,235,449.
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 2022 to 2023, from $1.9M to $2.8M (+48%).
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: 2019 5% · 2020 1% · 2021 26% · 2022 19% · 2023 11% · 2024 8% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
4% of THE SHARON COOPERATIVE SCHOOL INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2018 and FY2019, and between the FY2019 and FY2020, and between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $23 → $83.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 SHARON COOPERATIVE SCHOOL 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 SHARON COOPERATIVE SCHOOL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% 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: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 99% · 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 SHARON COOPERATIVE SCHOOL INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $290 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 SHARON COOPERATIVE SCHOOL INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE SHARON COOPERATIVE SCHOOL INC
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In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE SHARON COOPERATIVE SCHOOL INC: 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.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE SHARON COOPERATIVE SCHOOL INC?
- THE SHARON COOPERATIVE SCHOOL INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,540 to it, the largest being FRANCES R DEWING FOUNDATION 7600-XXXXXX15480 ($6,250). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE SHARON COOPERATIVE SCHOOL INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $6,540 in grants to THE SHARON COOPERATIVE SCHOOL INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE SHARON COOPERATIVE SCHOOL INC?
- FRANCES R DEWING FOUNDATION 7600-XXXXXX15480 is the largest funder on record, with $6,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE SHARON COOPERATIVE SCHOOL 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 2017–2025), 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