Massachusetts · Nonprofit
MASSACHUSETTS OYSTER PROJECT INC
MASSACHUSETTS OYSTER PROJECT INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $195,373 to it, the largest being THE SCHMIDT FAMILY FOUNDATION ($140,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $296k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $195k
- Net assets
- $211k
What Massachusetts Oyster Project Inc does
Mission
The massachusetts oyster project is a non-profit organization working to strengthen our coastal envirinment by restoring native shellfish populations to our beaches and coastal estuaries. Through oyster cultivation, shell recycling, education and advocacy we can improve water quality, increase the diversity of sea life and mitigate the effects of climate change.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Restoration - where and when we can, we work to restore native shellfish populations. In partnership with local organizations, we started and maintain oyster upwellers across massachusetts. These upwells grow our native oysters for local restoration efforts. We currently support four upwellers across massachusetts.
$96,726 spent92% of program spendingShell recycling - we work with local restaurants and events to gather and recycle oyster shells. In time, we aspire to process the shell and use it at our restoration sites.
Education - we speak to school groups, scout troops and other environmental organizations. We've also developed an effective, fast-based curriculum for educators in massachusetts. Education is vital to expose more people to the water resources of massachusetts and to build energy and momentum for the restoration of native shellfish to our coastlines.
Advocacy - massachusetts cumbersome and antiquated laws are holding back restoration. We are working to change them.
$7,900 spent8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $104,626.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2024 to 2025, from $69k to $285k (+311%).
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: 2025 41%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of MASSACHUSETTS OYSTER PROJECT 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. 3 of the last 6 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
Andrew Rosenberg
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $1k → $48k.
3 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 MASSACHUSETTS OYSTER PROJECT 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
MASSACHUSETTS OYSTER PROJECT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 91% · 2022 60% · 2023 84% — 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.
Where its funders are
MASSACHUSETTS OYSTER PROJECT INC draws 88% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $28k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
MASSACHUSETTS OYSTER PROJECT INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like MASSACHUSETTS OYSTER PROJECT 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
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MASSACHUSETTS OYSTER PROJECT 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 MASSACHUSETTS OYSTER PROJECT INC?
- MASSACHUSETTS OYSTER PROJECT INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $195,373 to it, the largest being THE SCHMIDT FAMILY FOUNDATION ($140,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MASSACHUSETTS OYSTER PROJECT INC have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $195,373 in grants to MASSACHUSETTS OYSTER PROJECT INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MASSACHUSETTS OYSTER PROJECT INC?
- THE SCHMIDT FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $140,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MASSACHUSETTS OYSTER PROJECT 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 12 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