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← GREATER WORCESTER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by GREATER WORCESTER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$39,358,593
Total expenses
$13,752,606
Contributions and grants received
$22,499,828
Grants paid
$9,464,123
Program service revenue
$428,898
Investment income
$16,429,867
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$273,512,685
Total liabilities, end of year
$64,104,088
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$209,408,597
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$12,078,629
Management and general expenses
$582,432
Fundraising expenses
$1,091,545
Program service expenses (Part III)
$12,078,629

Program services were 87.8% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $75,876

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $22,423,952

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,412,665

  • 2a · Program service revenue: AGENCY FUND FEES

    total $428,898 · related or exempt $428,898

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,630,068 · excluded $4,630,068

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $100,663,355

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $88,863,556

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $11,799,799

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $11,799,799 · excluded $11,799,799

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $9,410,558 · program services $9,410,558

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $53,565 · program services $53,565

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $927,815 · program services $377,385 · management and general $182,332 · fundraising $368,098

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $748,503 · program services $408,251 · management and general $110,248 · fundraising $230,004

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $51,796 · program services $28,229 · management and general $7,671 · fundraising $15,896

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $132,357 · program services $58,444 · management and general $24,544 · fundraising $49,369

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $131,088 · program services $61,490 · management and general $22,916 · fundraising $46,682

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $131,039 · management and general $131,039

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $61,864 · program services $29,003 · management and general $10,797 · fundraising $22,064

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,264,564 · program services $1,264,564

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $260,551 · program services $145,300 · management and general $24,499 · fundraising $90,752

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $118,766 · program services $59,383 · fundraising $59,383

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $52,115 · program services $13,920 · management and general $5,182 · fundraising $33,013

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $95,750 · program services $44,889 · management and general $16,711 · fundraising $34,150

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $110,873 · program services $35,668 · fundraising $75,205

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $13,742 · management and general $13,742

  • 24a · Other expenses: SOFTWARE LICENSING AND

    total $92,993 · program services $43,597 · management and general $16,230 · fundraising $33,166

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $54,113 · program services $25,370 · management and general $9,444 · fundraising $19,299

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIPS AND SUBSCRI

    total $40,554 · program services $19,013 · management and general $7,077 · fundraising $14,464

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,734,489 · end of year $540,704

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,061,535 · end of year $7,860,893

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $18,518 · end of year $135,155

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $400,997 · end of year $1,002,650

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $60,666 · end of year $149,036

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

    $94,810

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

    $83,216

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $25,336 · end of year $11,594

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $109,396,066 · end of year $163,277,382

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $111,301,182 · end of year $100,206,965

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $400,060 · end of year $328,306

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $173,959 · end of year $168,118

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $1,502,150 · end of year $1,623,005

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $54,453,054 · end of year $62,312,965

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,256,206 · end of year $42,933,598

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $161,013,480 · end of year $166,474,999

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO ENHANCE OUR WORCESTER COUNTY COMMUNITY, NOW AND IN THE FUTURE, THROUGH PHILANTHROPIC LEADERSHIP.

  • DONOR ADVISED, AGENCY AND DESIGNATED GRANTMAKING: FORMALLY STRUCTURED TO ALLOW THE DONOR TO GRANT FROM THEIR FUND TO SPECIFIED CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS. THESE FUNDS MAY BE EITHER ENDOWED AND NON-ENDOWED.

    Expenses $5,940,088 · Grants $5,291,828 · Revenue $428,898

  • DISCRETIONARY AND FIELD OF INTEREST GRANTMAKING: THESE FUNDS HAVE NO DONOR RELATED RESTRICTIONS ON THEIR GRANT PURPOSE. THE FOUNDATION SELECTS THE GRANTEES BASED ON THE RELATED FUND'S GENERAL OBJECTIVES, THIS MAY INCLUDE A COMPETITIVE PROCESS FOR AWARDS. THESE FUNDS ARE TYPICALLY ENDOWED.

    Expenses $3,405,900 · Grants $2,273,974

  • OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES INCLUDE: SCHOLARSHIPS, COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP SERVICES, NON-PROFIT MANAGEMENT EDUCATION AND SUPPORT, DONOR EDUCATION AND OPERATING ACTIVITIES.

    Expenses $2,732,641 · Grants $1,898,321

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Maria A Heskes-Allard

    CHAIR ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Joycelyn Augustus

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Thomas J Bartholomew

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dennis F Kerrigan

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michael Angelini

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Linda Cammuso

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric Torkornoo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Che Anderson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • German Chiriboga

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ronald Waddell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Valerie Zolezzi-Wyndham

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Naomi Sleeper

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ann Tripp

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marybeth Campbell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kola Akindele

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christine Cassidy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ross Dik

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charran Fisher

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julian Davis Wade

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Wambui

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Peter Dunn

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $398,312
    From this org
    $350,680
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,632
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $298,186
    Bonus
    $28,090
    Other
    $24,404
    Deferred
    $23,107
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,525
    Filer's total
    $398,312
  • Jonathan Cohen

    VICE PRESIDENT COMMUNITY IMPACT

    Total calculated
    $178,230
    From this org
    $144,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,230
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,208
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,022
    Filer's total
    $178,230
  • Kelly Stimson

    VP PHILANTHROPY

    Total calculated
    $168,941
    From this org
    $148,154
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,787
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,154
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,501
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,286
    Filer's total
    $168,941
  • Sandra Flynn

    VP OF FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION

    Total calculated
    $182,332
    From this org
    $160,615
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,717
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,615
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,959
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,758
    Filer's total
    $182,332
  • Melody MacLean

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $154,533
    From this org
    $123,461
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,072
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $123,461
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,702
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,370
    Filer's total
    $154,533
  • Sarah Shugrue

    DIRECTOR OF GRANT MAKING

    Total calculated
    $127,927
    From this org
    $103,115
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,812
    Hours/week
    37.5

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

  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
24 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202602059349300905

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