Blanche M Walsh Charity Trust

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
046311841
IRS 990-PF coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2024
Location
Lowell, MA, USA
Phone
9784520040
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,504,046
Expenses
$406,880

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Blanche M Walsh Charity Trust is a nonprofit. Location: Lowell, MA. EIN 046311841. Tax year 2024 Form 990-PF reports $1.5M revenue and $407K expenses.

What it reported funding in 2024

The foundation reported 75 grants totaling $303,350. The stated grant purposes included financial aid to deserving students, full tuition for bellesini academy students, and financial aid to needy students., plus 72 other reported purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 75% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filed numbers largely add up. No material rating questions were generated from the available inputs.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 99
  • Cost Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 100
  • Endowment Health: 77

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 99.4%; rating input score 99; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 74.6%; rating input score 75; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 19 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 22.91; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: 99.4% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 77th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 78 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.