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COLLEGES OF THE FENWAY INC

EIN 11-3682703 BOSTON, MA

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Revenue 2024
$3,615,419
Expenses 2024
$3,620,629

Program services were 74.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B12
Classification
2000
Street
375 LONGWOOD AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

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 $1,242,108 · Revenue $1,231,418

  • ACADEMIC PROGRAMS-SEE ATTACHED DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

    Expenses $719,312 · Revenue $711,712

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

    Expenses $406,111 · Revenue $406,111

  • 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

  • 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..

    Expenses $310,962 · Revenue $1,203,777

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • 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
    $264,809
    From this org
    $215,801
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,008
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $215,801
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,971
    Filer's total
    $245,772
  • Robert Perry

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jessica Williams

    DIRECTOR, PROGRAMS, STUDENT EVENTS AND COMMUNICATI

    Total calculated
    $139,721
    From this org
    $102,085
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,636
    Hours/week
    40
  • Alexander Koch

    DIRECTO OF EMERGENCY PREPA

    Total calculated
    $144,321
    From this org
    $130,010
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,311
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,615,419
    Expenses
    $3,620,629
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,168,077
    Expenses
    $3,171,538
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,489,040
    Expenses
    $3,478,467
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,481,584
    Expenses
    $3,457,722
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,530,798
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,391,720
    Expenses
    $3,551,958
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,185,808
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,133,218
    Expenses
    $3,229,735
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,140,988

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility SOUNK.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.