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ELEMENTS LEARNING COLLABORATIVE INC

ELEMENTS LEARNING COLLABORATIVE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,410 to it, the largest being AGNES M LINDSAY TRUST ($4,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$142k
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$15k
Net assets
$24k
2/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What Elements Learning Collaborative Inc does

Mission

Education - to provide holistic, nature-based education to a diverse group of children of all ages, as well as families.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Elements nature program (enp) - enp provided 16 children with holistic, nature based programming from sept-june, 3 full days per week. Children receive hands-on, developmentally appropriate education that serves their holistic growth and development.

    $163,962 spent
    94% of program spending
  2. Summer elements nature camp - summer elements provided 60 children with holistic, nature based summer camp programming for between 1-4 weeks each. Grants totaling 5,000 were received and used for summer camp scholarships.

    $5,000 spentof which $5,000 as grants
    3% of program spending
  3. Family day - provided 44 families with holistic, nature based, programming for one or two 10 week sessions. Adults and children participate together to explore the natural environment, explore hands-on activities and learn about the ecosystem and the farm. Grants totaling 5,410 were received for family day expenses.

    $5,410 spentof which $5,410 as grants
    3% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $174,372.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($57k) Expenses 100 ($44k) Net assets 100 ($21k)2020 Revenue 117 ($67k) Expenses 148 ($65k) Net assets 111 ($23k)2021 Revenue 184 ($106k) Expenses 208 ($91k) Net assets 184 ($38k)2022 Revenue 172 ($99k) Expenses 278 ($121k) Net assets 76 ($16k)2023 Revenue 244 ($140k) Expenses 270 ($118k) Net assets 182 ($38k)2024 Revenue 267 ($154k) Expenses 309 ($135k) Net assets 270 ($56k)2025 Revenue 248 ($142k) Expenses 399 ($174k) Net assets 117 ($24k)
2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue (248)Expenses (399)Net assets (117)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 $56k to $24k (−57%).

$21k
$23k
$38k
$16k
$38k
$56k
$24k
2019202020212022202320242025
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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

19% of ELEMENTS LEARNING COLLABORATIVE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$14k
’19
$2k
’20
$15k
’21
−$22k
’22
$22k
’23
$18k
’24
−$32k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $1k → $3k.

From the IRS filings of ELEMENTS LEARNING COLLABORATIVE 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

ELEMENTS LEARNING COLLABORATIVE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 29% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

29%
largest funder
71%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 50% — 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.

Where its funders are

68% of ELEMENTS LEARNING COLLABORATIVE INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.

VT
MA
CT

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

’21
’22
’23
Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

ELEMENTS LEARNING COLLABORATIVE INC has grown faster than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−22% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)16% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Government funding ELEMENTS LEARNING COLLABORATIVE INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $8k on record.

State$8k
23
25
Top programs
  • (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$8k

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.

Public support

98%

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 ELEMENTS LEARNING COLLABORATIVE INC?
ELEMENTS LEARNING COLLABORATIVE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,410 to it, the largest being AGNES M LINDSAY TRUST ($4,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ELEMENTS LEARNING COLLABORATIVE INC have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $15,410 in grants to ELEMENTS LEARNING COLLABORATIVE INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ELEMENTS LEARNING COLLABORATIVE INC?
AGNES M LINDSAY TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $4,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ELEMENTS LEARNING COLLABORATIVE 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 6 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