Massachusetts · Nonprofit
THE SONTAG PRIZE IN URBAN EDUCATION INC
THE SONTAG PRIZE IN URBAN EDUCATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $475,000 to it, the largest being THE LYNCH FOUNDATION ($400,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2019
- $34k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $475k
- Net assets
- $0
What The Sontag Prize in Urban Education Inc does
Mission
Our mission is to celebrate excellent teachers and to spark dramatic academic growth for students from low-income communities by helping school districts across the country access untapped resources of teaching talent and instructional time. We provide a key turnaround strategy to school districts and charter management organizations, elevate the practice of teaching in urban schools, and further promote confidence and a growth mindset for our most underserved students.
As stated on its FY2019 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Educators chosen for the sontag prize will lead classes as part of the acceleration academy, a program designed to provide targeted small group support for students in schools north of boston. Any educator from across the country is eligible to apply for the sontag prize. In addition to an honorarium, new sontag prize awardees will participate in a weekend of professional development at harvard university. The opportunity provides motivated and successful educators the chance to share best practices with their fellow awardees. Most importantly, this award recognizes excellence in teaching and provides students with an extra week of high-quality instruction.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $233k to $0 (−100%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2018: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $200k → $275k.
From the IRS filings of THE SONTAG PRIZE IN URBAN EDUCATION 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 SONTAG PRIZE IN URBAN EDUCATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% 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: 2017 100% · 2018 73% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of THE SONTAG PRIZE IN URBAN EDUCATION 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.
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In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE SONTAG PRIZE IN URBAN EDUCATION INC?
- THE SONTAG PRIZE IN URBAN EDUCATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $475,000 to it, the largest being THE LYNCH FOUNDATION ($400,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE SONTAG PRIZE IN URBAN EDUCATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $475,000 in grants to THE SONTAG PRIZE IN URBAN EDUCATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE SONTAG PRIZE IN URBAN EDUCATION INC?
- THE LYNCH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $400,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE SONTAG PRIZE IN URBAN EDUCATION 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 FY2019 (financials across 2017–2019), and the filings of 3 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