Massachusetts · Nonprofit
Garrison Trotter Neighborhood Association Inc
Garrison Trotter Neighborhood Association Inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $329,000 to it, the largest being MYSTIC RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC ($179,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $261k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $329k
- Net assets
- $80k
What Garrison Trotter Neighborhood Association Inc does
Mission
The Garrison-Trotter Neighborhood Associations mission is to foster community empowerment and to improve the quality of life for Roxbury MA residents living in the GTNA catchment area.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
During the tax year the organization advanced its mission by working to transform two unbillable plots of land obtained from the City of Boston into community gardens using grant funding provided by the city. These spaces are being developed to offer residents green areas for recreation and community engagement. The project directly supports the organizations purpose of enhancing the quality of life for individuals living within the catchment area. Both garden sites are expected to reach completion within the current year. | Explanation:| During the tax year the organization continued the work to convert two small parcels of land into community gardens. The construction was launched using grant funding from the City of Boston and is intended to provide tenants greens space for recreation and community engagement. The project aligns with the organizations mission to enhance the quality of life in the community.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
The organization identifies and develops small unused city-owned parcels into community green spaces. Activities include planning site preparation and coordinating grant-funded improvements to create accessible community areas for neighborhood use.
$200,789 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $200,789.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $50k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 46% 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 Garrison Trotter Neighborhood Association 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
Garrison Trotter Neighborhood Association Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% 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 Garrison Trotter Neighborhood Association Inc.
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 Garrison Trotter Neighborhood Association 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. $150k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
Garrison Trotter Neighborhood Association Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding Garrison Trotter Neighborhood Association Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $8k on record.
- (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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In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Garrison Trotter Neighborhood Association Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Garrison Trotter Neighborhood Association Inc?
- Garrison Trotter Neighborhood Association Inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $329,000 to it, the largest being MYSTIC RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC ($179,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Garrison Trotter Neighborhood Association Inc have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $329,000 in grants to Garrison Trotter Neighborhood Association Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Garrison Trotter Neighborhood Association Inc?
- MYSTIC RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $179,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Garrison Trotter Neighborhood Association 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 2025–2025), 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