Massachusetts · Nonprofit
ASSOCIATION TO PRESERVE CAPE COD INC
ASSOCIATION TO PRESERVE CAPE COD INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 64 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,583,540 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($948,258). 41 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.3M
- Funders on record
- 64
- Grants received
- $4.6M
- Net assets
- $3.1M
What Association to Preserve Cape Cod Inc does
Mission
To promote policies and programs that foster the preservation of the natural resources of cape cod.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
For over five decades, apcc has been cape cod's advocate for the environment, working on behalf of the cape's residents and visitors to protect the natural resources that define our region. The success of apcc's advocacy is grounded in our reliance on sound science, in our ability to forge effective collaborations with a diverse group of partners, and in our long history of working with policy makers on the local, regional, state and federal levels. Through our work that results in positive changes to laws and public policy, our efforts to promote responsible environmental stewardship, and our vigilance in safeguarding the cape's environment against actions that would threaten it, apcc's advocacy has earned us the distinction of being the leading environmental voice in the region.
$380,863 spent$19,704 earned by the program7% of program spendingSince its inception, apcc has been a science-driven organization for environmental protection and advocacy by applying our scientific knowledge to solving the cape's environmental issues. Scientifically trained and experienced staff use well-vetted scientific information to evaluate issues, provide recommendations, and plan and implement projects. Our decisions are informed by input from scientists, technical experts and other professionals outside the organization. Partnerships are key for sharing of information to achieve goals. Results of projects are used to evaluate progress in addressing problems. Monitoring programs utilize rigorous quality assurance procedures and are designed to be transparent in order to promote public understanding of the issues. Science-based projects are designed to address major environmental problems by informing actions such as policies, outreach, or additional scientific activities to achieve results. Our science programs include: state of the waters: cape cod, herring monitoring, cyanobacteria monitoring, ecosystem restoration program, critical habitat protection, climate change, and cape cod pond monitoring program.
$4,696,725 spent92% of program spendingFrom the very beginnings of apcc, science-based education and outreach have been one of the pillars of the organization. Our education programming initiatives seek to address the regional environmental issues that face the cape in an informative and engaging manner, offering direction and constructive actions needed to care for the cape's living resources. In our mission to inspire a regional environmental ethic, we engage the public through workshops and lectures, our volunteer program and two citizen scientist programs: herring count monitoring and cyanobacteria monitoring. Apcc's speakers bureau is a resource for civic groups looking for a speaker.
$9,053 spent$24,667 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,086,641.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $2.4M to $3.0M (+28%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2024 37% · 2025 63%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of ASSOCIATION TO PRESERVE CAPE COD INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Andrew Gottlieb
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 32 funders, grant income rose $28k → $924k.
13 of 64 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ASSOCIATION TO PRESERVE CAPE COD INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 64 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ASSOCIATION TO PRESERVE CAPE COD INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
61% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ASSOCIATION TO PRESERVE CAPE COD INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 44% · 2018 44% · 2019 60% · 2020 54% · 2021 34% · 2022 29% · 2023 37% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
55% of ASSOCIATION TO PRESERVE CAPE COD INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
52% of ASSOCIATION TO PRESERVE CAPE COD INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ASSOCIATION TO PRESERVE CAPE COD INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,209 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,209 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding ASSOCIATION TO PRESERVE CAPE COD INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $19.3M on record — $17.6M federal, $1.7M state.
- Department of Commerce$17.6M
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$1.5M
- (NN) INFRASTRUCTURE:$143k
- (HH) CONSULTANT SVCS (TO DEPTS)$10k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like ASSOCIATION TO PRESERVE CAPE COD INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ASSOCIATION TO PRESERVE CAPE COD INC?
- ASSOCIATION TO PRESERVE CAPE COD INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 64 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,583,540 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($948,258). 41 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ASSOCIATION TO PRESERVE CAPE COD INC have?
- IRS filings report 64 organizations giving $4,583,540 in grants to ASSOCIATION TO PRESERVE CAPE COD INC, 41 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ASSOCIATION TO PRESERVE CAPE COD INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $948,258 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ASSOCIATION TO PRESERVE CAPE COD INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 64 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing