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BARNSTABLE ASSOCIATION FOR RECREATIONAL SHELLFISHING INC

BARNSTABLE ASSOCIATION FOR RECREATIONAL SHELLFISHING INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,052 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($19,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$31k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$19k
Net assets
$43k
2/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 36%
01What it does

What Barnstable Association for Recreational Shellfishing Inc does

Mission

To protect and promote responsible shellfishing in the town of barnstable.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. We held meetings, events and other activities to promote the organization and responsible shellfishing practices in barnstable and cape cod.

    $13,008 spent
    69% of program spending
  2. We awarded scholarships to college students pursuing studies in the fields of biology, ecology or environmental studies.

    $5,950 spentof which $5,950 as grants
    31% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $18,958.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($28k) Expenses 100 ($16k) Net assets 100 ($32k)2022 Revenue 97 ($27k) Expenses 132 ($21k) Net assets 121 ($39k)2023 Revenue 100 ($28k) Expenses 205 ($32k) Net assets 108 ($35k)2024 Revenue 115 ($32k) Expenses 213 ($33k) Net assets 105 ($34k)2025 Revenue 110 ($31k) Expenses 134 ($21k) Net assets 136 ($43k)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (110)Expenses (134)Net assets (136)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $34k to $43k (+29%).

$32k
$39k
$35k
$34k
$43k
20212022202320242025
Total assets

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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

43% of BARNSTABLE ASSOCIATION FOR RECREATIONAL SHELLFISHING INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 6,580 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$12k
’21
$7k
’22
−$4k
’23
−$1k
’24
$10k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $8 → $10k.

Funder
'20
'21
'22
'23
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
2
1

2 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 BARNSTABLE ASSOCIATION FOR RECREATIONAL SHELLFISHING INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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

BARNSTABLE ASSOCIATION FOR RECREATIONAL SHELLFISHING INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

100% 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 BARNSTABLE ASSOCIATION FOR RECREATIONAL SHELLFISHING INC.

100%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“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.

Where its funders are

100% of BARNSTABLE ASSOCIATION FOR RECREATIONAL SHELLFISHING INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $19k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

BARNSTABLE ASSOCIATION FOR RECREATIONAL SHELLFISHING INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,315 animals nonprofits its size.

Operating margin32% · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)2% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,315 animals nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds BARNSTABLE ASSOCIATION FOR RECREATIONAL SHELLFISHING INC?
BARNSTABLE ASSOCIATION FOR RECREATIONAL SHELLFISHING INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,052 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($19,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does BARNSTABLE ASSOCIATION FOR RECREATIONAL SHELLFISHING INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $19,052 in grants to BARNSTABLE ASSOCIATION FOR RECREATIONAL SHELLFISHING INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BARNSTABLE ASSOCIATION FOR RECREATIONAL SHELLFISHING INC?
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $19,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BARNSTABLE ASSOCIATION FOR RECREATIONAL SHELLFISHING 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 2 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing