Massachusetts · Nonprofit
Green Newton Inc
Green Newton Inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $214,817 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($101,432). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $213k
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $215k
- Net assets
- $284k
What Green Newton Inc does
Mission
To create a city in better balance with the natural world by making significant and measurable improvements in the way we, in Newton, use resources.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Providing environmental education - at our Greening Our Community Series bringing environmental speakers to the Newton Free Library. Sponsoring our Students for a Greener World programs. Our School Outreach program focused on waste reduction, agriculture, garden and food initiatives. Green Newton also provided grant funding to the Environmental Science Program, "Envirothon and to Bike Newton.
$28,690 spentof which $21,707 as grants$57,316 earned by the program84% of program spendingEarth Day program. Enjoy live music and great food while learning about all the ways you can make a difference. Learn about going solar, electric vehicles, insulating your home, starting composting, and much more.
$3,311 spent$2,500 earned by the program10% of program spendingContinue the program, which began in 2015, to complete 1,000 Mass Save Home Energy Assessments for residents of the City of Newton. The goal was surpassed in October 2016.
$1,952 spent$3,250 earned by the program6% of program spendingSupport for/collaboration with Newton Solar initiatives to assist residents of Newton with the education and installation of rooftop solar arrays.
House Party - where neighbors and friends join together in an event focused on greening your home. Topics covered include: benefits of solar, heat pumps, insulation, and EV's. Where to start your project and helpful resources that are available. How a sustainable home saves you money. And learn about available rebates and programs.
$12,115 earned by the program
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $33,953.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $239k to $281k (+18%).
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.
96% of Green Newton Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
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
Dan Ruben
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $100 → $24k.
5 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 81% 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 Green Newton 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
Green Newton Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
88% 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 Green Newton Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 84% · 2021 84% · 2022 49% · 2023 45% — 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
43% of Green Newton Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% give in more than one year at all.
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
81% of Green Newton Inc's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $41k that is directly attributable, 52% of it comes from funders outside Massachusetts, across 6 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $174k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Against its field
Green Newton Inc has grown faster than three-quarters of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Green Newton 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.
In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
14% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
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 Green Newton 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 Green Newton Inc?
- Green Newton Inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $214,817 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($101,432). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Green Newton Inc have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $214,817 in grants to Green Newton Inc, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Green Newton Inc?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $101,432 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Green Newton 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 18 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