Massachusetts · Nonprofit
TUFTS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC
TUFTS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $403,480 to it, the largest being THE PAKIS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($150,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $351k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $403k
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Tufts University Alumni Association Inc does
Mission
The mission of the tufts university alumni association is to promote the university and its alumni by (a) encouraging and providing active support and counsel to the alumni constituency and organized alumni groups to ensure effective support of the university; (b) serving as a conduit for communication and interaction between the university and its alumni constituencies to ensure a mutually beneficial relationship; and (c) cooperating in mutual efforts with individual alumni and organized alumni groups, with the student body, with the trustees, and with the administration, faculty, and staff to foster and cultivate a continuing sense of community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Sponsor of senior awards program ($17,059), sponsor of student events to support campus initiatives ($60,000), support of alumni networking platforms ($22,500)
$99,559 spentof which $13,000 as grants45% of program spendingTo support development projects ($45,000) and sponsor of alumni projects ($7,000)
$52,000 spent23% of program spendingTo support career services for graduating seniors and alumni.
$35,937 spent16% of program spendingSupport tisch college ($10,000), support undergradute internships ($16,500), support current & former tufts newpaper writers & editors ($6,000) and support summer internships ($2,064)
$34,564 spentof which $10,000 as grants16% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $222,060.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2020 to 2021, from $857k to $1.0M (+22%).
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. 0 of the last 8 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 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $11k → $25k.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% 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 TUFTS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 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
TUFTS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 TUFTS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 92% · 2019 50% · 2020 87% · 2021 100% · 2022 55% · 2023 53% — 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
56% of TUFTS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $178k that is directly attributable, 85% of it comes from funders outside Massachusetts, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $225k 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.
Organizations like TUFTS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
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 TUFTS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 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 TUFTS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC?
- TUFTS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $403,480 to it, the largest being THE PAKIS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($150,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does TUFTS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $403,480 in grants to TUFTS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TUFTS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC?
- THE PAKIS FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TUFTS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 7 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