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GLOUCESTER TOURISM ALLIANCE INC DBA DISCOVER GLOUCESTER

GLOUCESTER TOURISM ALLIANCE INC DBA DISCOVER GLOUCESTER (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,500 to it, the largest being INSTITUTION FOR SAVINGS IN NEWBURYPORT & ITS VICINITY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($3,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$268k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$4k
Net assets
$267k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Gloucester Tourism Alliance Inc Dba Discover Gloucester does

Mission

To promote tourism and the visitor-based economy by increasing awareness of the seaport of gloucester massachusetts through the use of visitor guides and a website.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The production and distribution of visitor guides

    $101,917 spent$140,720 earned by the program
    55% of program spending

  2. Advertising and consumer trade show expense

    $83,698 spent$27,473 earned by the program
    45% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $185,615.

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 ($194k) Expenses 100 ($173k) Net assets 100 ($103k)2018 Revenue 109 ($211k) Expenses 107 ($186k) Net assets 142 ($146k)2019 Revenue 115 ($223k) Expenses 124 ($215k) Net assets 150 ($154k)2020 Revenue 112 ($217k) Expenses 115 ($200k) Net assets 166 ($171k)2021 Revenue 143 ($276k) Expenses 114 ($198k) Net assets 243 ($250k)2022 Revenue 140 ($271k) Expenses 141 ($244k) Net assets 269 ($277k)2023 Revenue 137 ($265k) Expenses 148 ($257k) Net assets 277 ($285k)2024 Revenue 144 ($279k) Expenses 178 ($308k) Net assets 248 ($256k)2025 Revenue 138 ($268k) Expenses 148 ($256k) Net assets 260 ($267k)
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Revenue (138)Expenses (148)Net assets (260)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 2020 to 2021, from $175k to $257k (+47%).

$107k
$148k
$154k
$175k
$257k
$280k
$294k
$269k
$272k
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2018 50% · 2019 47% · 2020 46% · 2021 36% · 2022 39% · 2023 38% · 2025 28%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

34% of GLOUCESTER TOURISM ALLIANCE INC DBA DISCOVER GLOUCESTER’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,439 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.

$20k
’17
$25k
’18
$8k
’19
$17k
’20
$79k
’21
$27k
’22
$8k
’23
−$30k
’24
$12k
’25
11
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.

Board chair

Michael Dekoster

Chairperson

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed1717171718181815
Joined·+5+5+0+3+6+5+1
No longer listed·5502654
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'23
'25*
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of GLOUCESTER TOURISM ALLIANCE INC DBA DISCOVER GLOUCESTER’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.

Where its funders are

100% of GLOUCESTER TOURISM ALLIANCE INC DBA DISCOVER GLOUCESTER's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.

MA

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

GLOUCESTER TOURISM ALLIANCE INC DBA DISCOVER GLOUCESTER is better cushioned than half of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.

Operating margin4% · below the median
Months of reserve11.0mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)4% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Government funding GLOUCESTER TOURISM ALLIANCE INC DBA DISCOVER GLOUCESTER receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $74k on record.

State$74k
21
22
Top programs
  • (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$74k

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 GLOUCESTER TOURISM ALLIANCE INC DBA DISCOVER GLOUCESTER

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.

In Massachusetts

Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc79%Worcester Regional Tourism and Visitors Corporation79%Gloucester Fishing Community Preservation Fund Inc79%The Gloucester Adventureinc78%Tourism Cares Inc78%North Shore Arts Association of Gloucester Inc77%Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce77%1berkshire Strategic Alliance Inc77%

Nationally

Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc79%Worcester Regional Tourism and Visitors Corporation79%Gloucester Fishing Community Preservation Fund Inc79%Gig Harbor Waterfront Alliance79%Georgia Transportation Alliance Inc79%The Gloucester Adventureinc78%Tourism Cares Inc78%Gaston Business Association Inc78%
05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

72% of spending goes to programs.

Program 72%Management 28%Fundraising 0%

Governance

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

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds GLOUCESTER TOURISM ALLIANCE INC DBA DISCOVER GLOUCESTER?
GLOUCESTER TOURISM ALLIANCE INC DBA DISCOVER GLOUCESTER (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,500 to it, the largest being INSTITUTION FOR SAVINGS IN NEWBURYPORT & ITS VICINITY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($3,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does GLOUCESTER TOURISM ALLIANCE INC DBA DISCOVER GLOUCESTER have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $3,500 in grants to GLOUCESTER TOURISM ALLIANCE INC DBA DISCOVER GLOUCESTER, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of GLOUCESTER TOURISM ALLIANCE INC DBA DISCOVER GLOUCESTER?
INSTITUTION FOR SAVINGS IN NEWBURYPORT & ITS VICINITY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GLOUCESTER TOURISM ALLIANCE INC DBA DISCOVER GLOUCESTER find more funders?
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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 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 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