Massachusetts · Nonprofit
WORCESTER EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC
WORCESTER EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,993,662 to it, the largest being FIDELITY NON-PROFIT MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION ($810,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $641k
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $595k
What Worcester Educational Development Foundation Inc does
Mission
To collaborate with the worcester public schools to provide programs and resources to improve learning and success for students. We are working to eliminate barriers to students reaching their full academic potential by supporting rich opportunities for students including arts and culture, athletics, and health and wellness.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Culture and arts programs including student concerts and other supports of arts and music programs. Curriculum-based field trips for 20,000+ students.
$325,167 spent43% of program spendingScience and technology programs includes procure equipment for vocational programs at the worcester technical high school and provide computers for graduating seniors through connected scholars.
$337,021 spentof which $11,025 as grants45% of program spendingCollege/career readiness programs including educational programs, materials & supplies and scholarships.
$74,795 spentof which $12,000 as grants10% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$13,318 spentof which $994 as grants2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $750,301.
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 2023 to 2024, from $439k to $796k (+81%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of WORCESTER EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 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. 4 of the last 9 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
Louise Clarke
Interim executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $2k → $719k.
4 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 WORCESTER EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 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
WORCESTER EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
43% 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 WORCESTER EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 83% · 2019 88% · 2020 68% · 2021 56% · 2022 65% · 2023 71% — 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
23% of WORCESTER EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
100% of WORCESTER EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 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. $28k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
WORCESTER EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC is better cushioned than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like WORCESTER EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 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
90% 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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WORCESTER EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC?
- WORCESTER EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,993,662 to it, the largest being FIDELITY NON-PROFIT MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION ($810,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WORCESTER EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $1,993,662 in grants to WORCESTER EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WORCESTER EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC?
- FIDELITY NON-PROFIT MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $810,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WORCESTER EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 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.
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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 20 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