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UNICO MERRIMACK VALLEY FOUNDATION INC CO LAWRENCE J ARDITO
UNICO MERRIMACK VALLEY FOUNDATION INC CO LAWRENCE J ARDITO (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,909 to it, the largest being The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc ($3,309). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $45k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $4k
- Net assets
- $160k
What Unico Merrimack Valley Foundation Inc Co Lawrence J Ardito does
Mission
To raise funds through various fundraising events such as a golf tournament, silent auction & dinner. All funds raised are used for charitable or educational activities. This includes educational scholarships and grants to local charities
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Granting of scholarships to students
$18,750 spentof which $18,750 as grants50% of program spendingGranting awards to various local charities/organizations/schools who support the merrimack valley community
$18,500 spentof which $18,500 as grants50% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $37,250.
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 2024 to 2025, from $156k to $162k (+4%).
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.
68% of UNICO MERRIMACK VALLEY FOUNDATION INC CO LAWRENCE J ARDITO’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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 held at 1 funder, grant income fell $509 → $400.
From the IRS filings of UNICO MERRIMACK VALLEY FOUNDATION INC CO LAWRENCE J ARDITO’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
UNICO MERRIMACK VALLEY FOUNDATION INC CO LAWRENCE J ARDITO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% 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 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 55% · 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
UNICO MERRIMACK VALLEY FOUNDATION INC CO LAWRENCE J ARDITO draws 85% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 2 states in all.
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.
Against its field
UNICO MERRIMACK VALLEY FOUNDATION INC CO LAWRENCE J ARDITO runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like UNICO MERRIMACK VALLEY FOUNDATION INC CO LAWRENCE J ARDITO
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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UNICO MERRIMACK VALLEY FOUNDATION INC CO LAWRENCE J ARDITO?
- UNICO MERRIMACK VALLEY FOUNDATION INC CO LAWRENCE J ARDITO (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,909 to it, the largest being The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc ($3,309). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNICO MERRIMACK VALLEY FOUNDATION INC CO LAWRENCE J ARDITO have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $3,909 in grants to UNICO MERRIMACK VALLEY FOUNDATION INC CO LAWRENCE J ARDITO, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNICO MERRIMACK VALLEY FOUNDATION INC CO LAWRENCE J ARDITO?
- The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $3,309 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNICO MERRIMACK VALLEY FOUNDATION INC CO LAWRENCE J ARDITO 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