Massachusetts · Nonprofit
MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATIO
MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATIO (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $163,982 to it, the largest being NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS ($134,607). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $164k
- Net assets
- $291k
What Massachusetts Association of Conservatio does
Mission
The organization represents 14 conservation districts. It is committed to build on partnerships with the state and federal government to protect and conserve the commonwealth's natural resources.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Accelerated conservation planning project - to improve the delivery of federal and state conservation programs and services to massachusetts farmers and other landowners. Local work groups - to establish local working groups within conservation districts of the commonwealth of massachusetts to more effectively deliver federal, state and local resources to meet highest priority conservation needs within the state. Monitoring program - provide monitoring services for frpp contracrs, and other ancillary services, to administer cooperative agreements between and among various conservation related parties.
$605,517 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2022 Form 990. Program spending in total: $605,517.
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 2023 to 2024, from $225k to $336k (+49%).
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
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.
Chief executive
Michael Leff
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
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 82% 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 82% 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.
Against its field
MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATIO runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,186 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
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
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
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.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATIO?
- MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATIO (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $163,982 to it, the largest being NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS ($134,607). 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 $163,982 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 $134,607 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.
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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 4 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