Education Fund of the Order of the Eastern Star of Mass

Analysis

Education Fund of the Order of the Eastern Star of Mass is a registered charity in United States, based in Auburn, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1956, 70 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending March 2024, Education Fund of the Order of the Eastern Star of Mass reported income of $125k and spending of $59k, leaving 53% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2020 to March 2024, income fell from $153k to $125k (-18%), an average of -4.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 61% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Education Fund of the Order of the Eastern Star of Mass sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile, and in the 48th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Greater Lansing Area Holiday Commission ($125k), Kenrose Elementary PTO ($125k) and Western Ky Heart & Lung Research Found & Ed Trust Inc ($125k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending March 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 48% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.7m.