Massachusetts · Nonprofit
WHEELOCK COLLEGE
WHEELOCK COLLEGE (Massachusetts) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,405,174 to it, the largest being THE HELENA FOUNDATION INC ($1,119,279). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $50M
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $94M
What Wheelock College does
Mission
Wheelock's mission is to improve the lives of children and families. As a private college with a public mission, Wheelock College strives to be the premier college that educates people to create a safe, caring, and just world for all children and families. Wheelock College cultivates a passion for learning among all members of its community. We are a diverse learning community whose members respect differences among people, their ideas, and their ways of acting in the world.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Program
Social Science and Related Studies: Instructional programs for undergraduate and graduate students in the areas of education, social work and child life. Programs include classroom instruction as well as practical experience at school and social service agencies.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base narrowed from 20 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $805k → $261k.
7 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 WHEELOCK COLLEGE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 22 of 23 funders by total. 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
WHEELOCK COLLEGE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 62%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
25% 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 WHEELOCK COLLEGE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 16% · 2018 34% · 2019 94% · 2020 77% · 2021 80% · 2022 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
10% of WHEELOCK COLLEGE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 39% 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 FY2022, 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
WHEELOCK COLLEGE draws 60% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $272k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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 WHEELOCK COLLEGE
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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Emeriti Retiree Health Plan for Wheelock College · exempt
- Wheelock College Alumni Association · exempt
- Charitable Remainder Trust (2) · corp_trust
- Pooled Income Fund · corp_trust
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WHEELOCK COLLEGE: 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 WHEELOCK COLLEGE?
- WHEELOCK COLLEGE (Massachusetts) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,405,174 to it, the largest being THE HELENA FOUNDATION INC ($1,119,279). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WHEELOCK COLLEGE have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $2,405,174 in grants to WHEELOCK COLLEGE, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WHEELOCK COLLEGE?
- THE HELENA FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,119,279 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WHEELOCK COLLEGE 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 23 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