Massachusetts · Nonprofit
MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATIO
MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATIO (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $140,175 to it, the largest being NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS ($110,800). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATIO runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,184 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,184 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- The Maryland Association of Soil Conservation Districts Incorporatedshared funders
- William P Wharton Trust UW Art 2(D)portfolio match
- Fields Pond Foundation Incportfolio match
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.
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 95% · 2018 95% · 2019 95% · 2020 94% · 2021 99% · 2022 95% · 2023 94% · 2024 96%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
106% of MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATIO’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2020: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $75k → $11k.
From the IRS filings of MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATIO’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
MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATIO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 79% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATIO.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 91% · 2019 94% · 2020 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATIO draws 79% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.
- The Maryland Association of Soil Conservation Districts Incorporatedshared fundersDE · backs 6 organizations that share your funders
- William P Wharton Trust UW Art 2(D)portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Fields Pond Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forestsportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Bafflin Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Edward C Johnson Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Carl Siemon Family Charitable Trust Cynthia Wyatt Et Al Tteeportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Plourde Family Charitable Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Rhoads Jr Jay-Environmental Fund Trportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Davis Conservation Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Appalachian Trail Conservancyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Echo Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Government funding MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATIO receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.8M on record.
- Department of Agriculture$1.8M
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 MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATIO
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of 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
97% 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 MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATIO: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATIO?
- MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATIO (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $140,175 to it, the largest being NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS ($110,800). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATIO have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $140,175 in grants to MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATIO, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATIO?
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS is the largest funder on record, with $110,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATIO 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 4funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing