Boston Architectural College

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Boston, MA501(c)(3)Since 1889EIN 04-2271070Revenue $22.5M in FY2025

On file with the IRSthe-bac.edu320 Newbury St, 02115-2703 · Boston, MATax-exempt since Aug 1935School — 170(b)(1)(A)(ii)

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Founded 131 years ago, the Boston Architectural College is a recognized institution providing excellence in practice-integrated design education to members of diverse communities with students representing 35 countries. The bac offers on-site and online bachelors and graduate degrees in architecture, interior architecture, landscape architecture, design studies, and continuing education. In 2005, the bac became the first institution in the u.s. To offer an accredited online degree in architecture. Ranked #1 for best graduate school for earning potential and #4 for best architecture school offering bachelor's degrees in the u.s. In 2020 by gradreports, the bac upholds the importance of inclusive admission, diversity, innovation, dedicated faculty, and the intrinsic value of both academic and experiential education.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
63¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.8M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $327K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
63%
of spending
Worth a look: 63% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.8M
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.9 months of spending in cash; under 1.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $62K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$23.1M
58% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 58% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
20
of 20 voting members
Looks good: 20 of 20 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$22.5M
+10% vs prior year
Spent
$23.1M
To programs
63%
Net assets
$16.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$22.5M
FY2025▲ +10%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$18.3M
FY2021$21.1M
FY2022$21.2M
FY2023$19.6M
FY2024$20.5M
FY2025$22.5M
Expenses
$23.1M
FY2025▲ +6%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$18.8M
FY2021$18.7M
FY2022$20.4M
FY2023$22.3M
FY2024$21.8M
FY2025$23.1M
Net assets
$16.8M
FY2025▲ +3%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$18.5M
FY2021$23.1M
FY2022$21.4M
FY2023$16.5M
FY2024$16.4M
FY2025$16.8M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 1935.

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Where the money goes

63 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 63% · $14.6M Management & general 35% · $8.0M Fundraising 2% · $489K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

32 people listed on the 990; $1.8M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
President
$425,000Pt VII · Sec A
VP of Finance
$190,000Pt VII · Sec A
VP for Strategic Growth
$170,000Pt VII · Sec A
VP of Academic Affairs
$170,000Pt VII · Sec A
Director Information Techn
$120,310Pt VII · Sec A
VP of Institutional Advanc
$117,888Pt VII · Sec A
Avp of Dean of Students
$116,906Pt VII · Sec A
Interim VP of Institutional Advancement
$116,854Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Mahesh Daas$425,000$426,806$415,551$450,806$440,791$416,181
Sydney Leo———$181,935$204,946$118,389
Maria Chapian$190,000$168,271$158,338$141,173$121,189—
James Ryan$170,000$170,378$158,435$142,686$125,680$119,875
Kellie Bean$170,000$170,000$168,760———
Lindsay Hummer$117,888$170,000$166,160———
Mvictoria Liptak———$159,992$140,000$88,846
Heather Sullivan————$140,414$46,716

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Educates diverse students in practice-integrated design through on-site and online degrees.

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1 program · $14.6M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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The boston architectural college provides excellence in design education emerging from practice and accessibility to diverse communities. The boston architectural college's fall 2024 enrollment was 696 students.

$14.6Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$62K
Grants paid · 4 grants · $8.4M · 2021–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$2,633,770
Unitemized GrantFY2023$2,383,369
Unitemized GrantFY2022$1,864,819
Unitemized GrantFY2021$1,492,620

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$22.5M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$21.3M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$934K
Investment incomeLn 3$295K
Money outPt IX
$23.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$14.6M
Managementcol C$8.0M
Fundraisingcol D$489K
Owns and owesPt X
$16.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.8M
Total assetsLn 16$40.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$23.1M
PeoplePt VI, VII
32
listed · VII A
PaidVII A11
Voting boardVI 1a20
IndependentVI 1b20
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$934K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$21.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$295K
Total revenueLn 12$22.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.8M
SavingsLn 2$9K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$12.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$15.3M
Total assetsLn 16$40.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$23.1M
Net assetsLn 32$16.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5474
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.5M$1.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$11.1M$12.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$15.9M$15.3M
Total assetsLn 16$38.0M$40.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$21.6M$23.1M
Net assetsLn 32$16.4M$16.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$2.6M$2.6M
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$247K$247K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$1.3M$247K$911K$137K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$9.2M$4.9M$4.0M$195K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$2.2M$1.1M$1.0M$60K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1.2M$608K$557K$38K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$606K$6K$596K$3K
Office expensesLn 13$370K$307K$60K$3K
Information technologyLn 14$1.4M$1.2M$159K$16K
OccupancyLn 16$591K$473K$108K$10K
TravelLn 17$45K$32K$12K$646
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$165K$120K$34K$11K
InterestLn 20$442K$356K$83K$4K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$1.3M$1.0M$239K$11K
InsuranceLn 23$158K$127K$30K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.3M$1.2M$94K$741
All other expensesLn 24e$56K$24K$32K
Total functional expensesLn 25$23.1M$14.6M$8.0M$489K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $22.5M$23.1M−$609K$16.8M 990 PDF
FY2024 $20.5M$21.8M−$1.3M$16.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $19.6M$22.3M−$2.7M$16.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $21.2M$20.4M$815K$21.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $21.1M$18.7M$2.4M$23.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $18.3M$18.8M−$532K$18.5M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $22,487,017 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,859,293$933,979
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $18,400,078$21,258,420
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $269,897$294,618
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $20,529,268$22,487,017
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $2,642,547$2,880,862
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $12,228,729$12,691,771
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $6,963,584$7,523,326
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $21,834,860$23,095,959
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$1,305,592−$608,942
Part VI · Governance 20 of 20 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body20
VI-1b Independent voting members20
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $22,487,017 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$933,979
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$933,979
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $21,258,420$21,258,420
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $294,618$294,618
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $21,258,420 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $294,618$22,487,017
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $23,095,959 across 17 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $2,633,770$2,633,770
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $247,092$247,092
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $246,863 · Management $911,218 · Fundraising $137,111$1,295,192
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $4,933,709 · Management $4,047,850 · Fundraising $194,846$9,176,405
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,148,079 · Management $1,012,068 · Fundraising $60,027$2,220,174
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $608,030 · Management $557,135 · Fundraising $37,678$1,202,843
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $6,500 · Management $596,272 · Fundraising $2,953$605,725
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $306,536 · Management $59,988 · Fundraising $3,011$369,535
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,175,627 · Management $159,092 · Fundraising $15,678$1,350,397
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $473,319 · Management $107,774 · Fundraising $10,340$591,433
IX-17 TravelPrograms $31,952 · Management $11,959 · Fundraising $646$44,557
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $120,254 · Management $34,403 · Fundraising $10,715$165,372
IX-20 InterestPrograms $355,852 · Management $82,663 · Fundraising $3,645$442,160
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,027,378 · Management $238,656 · Fundraising $10,524$1,276,558
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $127,292 · Management $29,570 · Fundraising $1,304$158,166
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,165,785 · Management $93,787 · Fundraising $741$1,260,313
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $23,990 · Management $32,277$56,267
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $14,632,028 · Management $7,974,712 · Fundraising $489,219$23,095,959
Part X · Balance sheet $39,965,590 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,475,532$1,810,517
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $9,388$8,696
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $582,354$450,970
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $8,674,748$9,978,981
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $239,835$296,881
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $15,910,124$15,254,382
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $11,079,499$12,165,163
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $37,971,480$39,965,590
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $712,631$1,184,419
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $10,185,699$11,964,948
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $10,675,611$9,972,874
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $21,573,941$23,122,241
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $6,693,581$6,450,809
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $9,703,958$10,392,540
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $16,397,539$16,843,349
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $37,971,480$39,965,590
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $16,843,349 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$22,487,017
XI-2 Total expenses$23,095,959
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$608,942
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$16,397,539
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$1,054,752
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$16,843,349

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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