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BARNSTABLE LAND TRUST INC

BARNSTABLE LAND TRUST INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 51 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,197,048 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,312,510). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$5.5M
Funders on record
51
Grants received
$4.2M
Net assets
$43M
35/51 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 49%
01What it does

What Barnstable Land Trust Inc does

Mission

Preservation of undeveloped land in the town of barnstable and nearby areas

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Conservation of land for preservation in the town of barnstable and nearby areas; stewardship of conservation land in the town of barnstable and nearby areas; education and outreach to the public through walks and talks and other outdoor programming.

    $877,097 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $877,097.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($877k) Expenses 100 ($489k) Net assets 100 ($31M)2018 Revenue 209 ($1.8M) Expenses 108 ($529k) Net assets 104 ($32M)2019 Revenue 73 ($637k) Expenses 98 ($480k) Net assets 105 ($33M)2020 Revenue 87 ($764k) Expenses 106 ($518k) Net assets 106 ($33M)2021 Revenue 119 ($1.0M) Expenses 126 ($617k) Net assets 108 ($34M)2022 Revenue 135 ($1.2M) Expenses 142 ($694k) Net assets 108 ($34M)2023 Revenue 193 ($1.7M) Expenses 156 ($763k) Net assets 112 ($35M)2024 Revenue 456 ($4.0M) Expenses 186 ($909k) Net assets 122 ($38M)2025 Revenue 627 ($5.5M) Expenses 235 ($1.2M) Net assets 137 ($43M)
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Revenue (627)Expenses (235)Net assets (137)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $38M to $43M (+13%).

$31M
$32M
$33M
$33M
$34M
$34M
$35M
$38M
$43M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

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2018
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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 5% · 2021 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

93% of BARNSTABLE LAND TRUST INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,303 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$388k
’17
$1.3M
’18
$157k
’19
$246k
’20
$427k
’21
$493k
’22
$929k
’23
$3.1M
’24
$4.4M
’25
19
months of
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.

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Listed121213141416161615
Joined·+0+3+3+2+3+1+2+2
No longer listed·02221123
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $140k → $590k.

10 of 51 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% 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 LAND TRUST INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 51 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

BARNSTABLE LAND TRUST INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 31% 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

41% 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 LAND TRUST INC.

31%
largest funder
55%
top three
~7
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 36% · 2018 79% · 2019 42% · 2020 21% · 2021 54% · 2022 28% · 2023 42% — growing more concentrated.

“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

57% of BARNSTABLE LAND TRUST INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

85% of BARNSTABLE LAND TRUST INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.

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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.7M 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

BARNSTABLE LAND TRUST INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,209 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin79% · top quartile
Months of reserve18.7mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)26% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,209 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Government funding BARNSTABLE LAND TRUST INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $756k on record.

State$756k
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Top programs
  • (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$751k
  • (HH) CONSULTANT SVCS (TO DEPTS)$5k

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 BARNSTABLE LAND TRUST 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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

76% of spending goes to programs.

Program 76%Management 7%Fundraising 16%

Governance

14
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

73%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds BARNSTABLE LAND TRUST INC?
BARNSTABLE LAND TRUST INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 51 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,197,048 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,312,510). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BARNSTABLE LAND TRUST INC have?
IRS filings report 51 organizations giving $4,197,048 in grants to BARNSTABLE LAND TRUST INC, 35 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BARNSTABLE LAND TRUST INC?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,312,510 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BARNSTABLE LAND TRUST 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.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 51 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