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EAST QUABBIN LAND TRUST INC

EAST QUABBIN LAND TRUST INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,198,396 to it, the largest being CARDINAL BROOK TRUST ($620,200). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$2.5M
Funders on record
23
Grants received
$1.2M
Net assets
$8.7M
18/23 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 57%
01What it does

What East Quabbin Land Trust Inc does

Mission

To foster the sustainable use of our natural and historic resources for the benefit of all generations through the conservation and stewardship of the farmlands, woodlands, and water in our region of massachusetts.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Acquired land, performed land management activities, and provided education to the public regarding land conservation & stewardship.

    $1,938,865 spentof which $138,480 as grants$52,742 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,938,865.

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 ($199k) Expenses 100 ($242k) Net assets 100 ($5.2M)2018 Revenue 248 ($493k) Expenses 108 ($261k) Net assets 104 ($5.4M)2019 Revenue 261 ($519k) Expenses 151 ($366k) Net assets 112 ($5.8M)2020 Revenue 234 ($465k) Expenses 171 ($413k) Net assets 120 ($6.3M)2021 Revenue 359 ($715k) Expenses 194 ($469k) Net assets 131 ($6.9M)2022 Revenue 467 ($929k) Expenses 178 ($430k) Net assets 134 ($7.0M)2023 Revenue 325 ($648k) Expenses 175 ($423k) Net assets 144 ($7.5M)2024 Revenue 373 ($743k) Expenses 215 ($521k) Net assets 154 ($8.1M)2025 Revenue 1251 ($2.5M) Expenses 838 ($2.0M) Net assets 166 ($8.7M)
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Revenue (1251)Expenses (838)Net assets (166)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 2023 to 2024, from $7.5M to $9.3M (+24%).

$5.2M
$5.4M
$5.9M
$6.3M
$6.9M
$7.0M
$7.5M
$9.3M
$10M
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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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2020
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2022
2023
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2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 11% · 2018 1% · 2019 13% · 2020 15% · 2021 25% · 2022 38% · 2023 7% · 2024 1% · 2025 52%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

92% of EAST QUABBIN LAND TRUST INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,293 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$43k
’17
$231k
’18
$153k
’19
$52k
’20
$246k
’21
$499k
’22
$224k
’23
$222k
’24
$463k
’25
2.0
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.

Chief executive

Cynthia Henshaw

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Joined·+2+1+0+0+3+0+2+0
No longer listed·00000020
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $113k → $156k.

6 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 EAST QUABBIN LAND TRUST 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

EAST QUABBIN LAND TRUST INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

52%
largest funder
68%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 89% · 2018 92% · 2019 82% · 2020 79% · 2021 54% · 2022 26% · 2023 38% — 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

83% of EAST QUABBIN LAND TRUST INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 78% 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

88% of EAST QUABBIN LAND TRUST INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.

MA
PA
RI
DC
TX

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. $102k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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

EAST QUABBIN LAND TRUST INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,074 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin19% · above the median
Months of reserve2.0mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)37% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,074 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Government funding EAST QUABBIN LAND TRUST INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.3M on record — $252k federal, $3.1M state.

Federal$252k
grants $252kcontracts $0
Top agencies
  • Department of Agriculture$252k
State$3.1M
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Top programs
  • (NN) INFRASTRUCTURE:$2.1M
  • (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$1.0M

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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

96% of spending goes to programs.

Program 96%Management 3%Fundraising 1%

Governance

16
board members
94%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

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 2 states

MA
CT

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Questions and answers

Who funds EAST QUABBIN LAND TRUST INC?
EAST QUABBIN LAND TRUST INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,198,396 to it, the largest being CARDINAL BROOK TRUST ($620,200). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does EAST QUABBIN LAND TRUST INC have?
IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $1,198,396 in grants to EAST QUABBIN LAND TRUST INC, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of EAST QUABBIN LAND TRUST INC?
CARDINAL BROOK TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $620,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like EAST QUABBIN 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 23 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