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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by COLLEGES OF THE FENWAY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,168,077
Total expenses
$3,171,538
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$3,099,981
Investment income
$68,096
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,905,533
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,257,135
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$648,398
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,343,237
Management and general expenses
$828,301
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,343,237

Program services were 73.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $3,099,981 · related or exempt $3,099,981

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $68,096 · excluded $68,096

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $298,255 · program services $98,424 · management and general $199,831

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $832,547 · program services $643,830 · management and general $188,717

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $81,726 · program services $56,849 · management and general $24,877

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $227,538 · program services $192,277 · management and general $35,261

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $93,513 · program services $70,197 · management and general $23,316

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $21,500 · management and general $21,500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $123,229 · program services $24,603 · management and general $98,626

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $223,820 · program services $210,182 · management and general $13,638

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $55,231 · program services $44,096 · management and general $11,135

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $93,768 · program services $3,900 · management and general $89,868

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $29,437 · program services $12,545 · management and general $16,892

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $52,957 · program services $52,957

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $34,787 · management and general $34,787

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACT SERVICES

    total $981,640 · program services $917,600 · management and general $64,040

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $15,879 · program services $12,384 · management and general $3,495

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRINTING

    total $3,461 · program services $3,391 · management and general $70

  • 24d · Other expenses: STAFFING CHARGES

    total $2,221 · management and general $2,221

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $29 · program services $2 · management and general $27

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $745,944 · end of year $896,912

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,275,198 · end of year $1,343,292

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $274,144 · end of year $101,421

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $102,489 · end of year $84,934

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $665,920

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $509,505

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $209,373 · end of year $156,415

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $397,523 · end of year $322,559

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $361,131 · end of year $135,933

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,591,742 · end of year $1,791,674

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $399,939 · end of year $329,528

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $564,893 · end of year $563,760

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $86,966 · end of year $84,638

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

A COLLABORATIVE OF FIVE NEIGHBORING BOSTON-BASED COLLEGES CREATED TO ADD VALUE TO STUDENT ACADEMIC AND CO-CURRICULAR OPPORTUNITIES WHILE SEEKING INNOVATIVE METHODS OF INVESTING IN SERVICES AND CONTAINING THE COSTS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

A COLLABORATIVE OF FIVE NEIGHBORING BOSTON-BASED COLLEGES CREATED TO ADD VALUE TO STUDENTS ACADEMIC AND CO-CURRICULAR OPPORTUNITIESWHILE SEEKING INNOVATIVE METHODS OF INVESTING IN SERVICES AND CONTAINING THE COSTS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

  • OPERATIONS AND COLLABORATIVE SERVICES/COFAN-SEE ATTACHED DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

    Expenses $1,023,562 · Revenue $1,012,871

  • ACADEMIC PROGRAMS-SEE ATTACHED DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

    Expenses $644,801 · Revenue $639,801

  • STUDENT ACTIVITIES, RESIDENTIAL LIFE, INTRAMAURALS, AND ADMISSIONS-SEE ATTACHED DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

    Expenses $365,617 · Revenue $365,617

  • PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE FOR HUMAN RESOURCES THAT ENHANCES THE ENVIRONMENT FOR FACULTY AND STAFF, FINDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXPANDING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS, REDUCING COSTS THROUGH JOINT CONTRACTS, INCREASING THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF THE COLLEGES AS EMPLOYERS, IN ORDER TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN A STRONG WORKFORCE

    Expenses $117,700 · Revenue $117,700

  • PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ADMINISTRATIVE SALARIES AND BENEFITS, HR AND ACCOUNTING SUPPORT, INSURANCE, OFFICE SUPPLIES, TRAVEL, CONFERENCES AND MEALS.

    Revenue $772,435

  • EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS -SEE ATTACHED DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

    Expenses $191,557 · Revenue $191,557

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Rick Lessard

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mary Grant

    CLERK/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mark Thompson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lynn Perry Wooten

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Beth Ross

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Claire Ramsbottom

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $265,955
    From this org
    $212,808
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,147
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $212,808
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,803
    Filer's total
    $247,611
  • Robert Perry

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Susan Mason

    SR. DIRECTOR OPERATIONS AN

    Total calculated
    $164,671
    From this org
    $139,719
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,952
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,719
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,372
    Filer's total
    $153,091
  • Alexander Koch

    DIRECTO OF EMERGENCY PREPA

    Total calculated
    $146,444
    From this org
    $122,264
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,180
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
8 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511359349313921

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