Massachusetts · Nonprofit
THE SOMERVILLE FOUNDATION INC
THE SOMERVILLE FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $518,713 to it, the largest being EASTERN BANK FOUNDATION ($202,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $209k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $519k
- Net assets
- $157k
What The Somerville Foundation Inc does
Mission
The mission of the somerville education foundation (sef) is to promote learning opportunities for all somerville residents.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The mission of the somerville education foundation (sef) is to promote learning opportunities for all somerville residents with the following focus areas:1) basic needs - prioritize community resources to first ensure that all children and young people are secure in basic needs for food, shelter, clothing, support for residence status, health, mental health, and are ready to learn.2) year-round learning - provide financial support that will enable all of somerville's children and young people to benefit from enhanced learning experiences that will enable them to reach their full potential by - encouraging the development of innovative instructional methods, the acquisition and use of enriched teaching materials, and the piloting of new technology and community partnerships in the classroom. - expanding access to high quality out-of-school time programs for all of somerville's children and young people. 3) applied learning - ensure all high school students have the opportunity to access internships, summer jobs, coops, and project based applied learning opportunities.
$418,711 spentof which $179,688 as grants$74,098 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $418,711.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2024 to 2025, from $380k to $157k (−59%).
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.
63% of THE SOMERVILLE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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.
Chief executive
Rafael Vieira
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $500 → $53k.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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 SOMERVILLE 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.
How concentrated its funding is
THE SOMERVILLE FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
60% 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 SOMERVILLE FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 88% · 2021 94% · 2022 52% · 2023 94% — 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
20% of THE SOMERVILLE FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% give in more than one year at all.
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
88% of THE SOMERVILLE FOUNDATION 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. $219k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Against its field
THE SOMERVILLE FOUNDATION INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 3 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding THE SOMERVILLE FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $28k on record.
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$28k
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.
Organizations like THE SOMERVILLE 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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE SOMERVILLE FOUNDATION 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 SOMERVILLE FOUNDATION INC?
- THE SOMERVILLE FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $518,713 to it, the largest being EASTERN BANK FOUNDATION ($202,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE SOMERVILLE FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $518,713 in grants to THE SOMERVILLE FOUNDATION INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE SOMERVILLE FOUNDATION INC?
- EASTERN BANK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $202,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE SOMERVILLE 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 10 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