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METHUEN FESTIVAL OF TREES INC

METHUEN FESTIVAL OF TREES INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $600 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($350). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2026
$199k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$600
Net assets
$396k
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Methuen Festival of Trees Inc does

Mission

Since 1994, the methuen festival of trees has contributed to historic preservation projects with nearly 60 preservation partners in 25 communities. These projects demonstrate the significant impact the festival has achieved to preserve unique treasures throughout the region.

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The restoration of buildings and furnishings in the greater merrimack valley.

    $97,919 spentof which $81,233 as grants$34,710 earned by the program
    99% of program spending
  2. To provide scholarships.

    $1,000 spentof which $1,000 as grants
    1% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $98,919.

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 ($246k) Expenses 100 ($277k) Net assets 100 ($341k)2018 Revenue 99 ($244k) Expenses 87 ($240k) Net assets 101 ($346k)2019 Revenue 98 ($240k) Expenses 71 ($196k) Net assets 114 ($389k)2020 Revenue 72 ($178k) Expenses 78 ($216k) Net assets 103 ($352k)2021 Revenue 6 ($14k) Expenses 44 ($122k) Net assets 67 ($230k)2022 Revenue 54 ($133k) Expenses 43 ($120k) Net assets 68 ($232k)2023 Revenue 90 ($222k) Expenses 44 ($123k) Net assets 97 ($331k)2024 Revenue 90 ($222k) Expenses 68 ($187k) Net assets 107 ($365k)2025 Revenue 90 ($223k) Expenses 67 ($184k) Net assets 118 ($404k)2026 Revenue 81 ($199k) Expenses 75 ($207k) Net assets 116 ($396k)
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Revenue (81)Expenses (75)Net assets (116)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 2022 to 2023, from $232k to $380k (+64%).

$342k
$346k
$393k
$385k
$240k
$232k
$380k
$365k
$404k
$398k
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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
2026
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 343% · 2023 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

163% of METHUEN FESTIVAL OF TREES INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,618 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 10 reported years ran a deficit.

−$30k
’17
$4k
’18
$44k
’19
−$37k
’20
−$108k
’21
$14k
’22
$99k
’23
$34k
’24
$39k
’25
−$8k
’26
21
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.

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Listed18211917152123222227
Joined·+8+2+0+0+7+6+0+5+5
No longer listed·542214150
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $250 → $203.

Funder
'19
'22
'23
total
funders
1
1
1

1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 58% 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 METHUEN FESTIVAL OF TREES 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

METHUEN FESTIVAL OF TREES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

58% 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 METHUEN FESTIVAL OF TREES INC.

58%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“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

58% of METHUEN FESTIVAL OF TREES 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 $250 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.

MA

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $350 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

METHUEN FESTIVAL OF TREES INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 630 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−4% · below the median
Months of reserve21.2mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−2% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 630 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026

Government funding METHUEN FESTIVAL OF TREES INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $72k on record.

State$72k
21
23
Top programs
  • (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$72k

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 METHUEN FESTIVAL OF TREES 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

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

48% of spending goes to programs.

Program 48%Management 52%Fundraising 0%

Governance

23
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

99%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

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Questions and answers

Who funds METHUEN FESTIVAL OF TREES INC?
METHUEN FESTIVAL OF TREES INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $600 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($350). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does METHUEN FESTIVAL OF TREES INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $600 in grants to METHUEN FESTIVAL OF TREES INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of METHUEN FESTIVAL OF TREES INC?
AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $350 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like METHUEN FESTIVAL OF TREES 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.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 2 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing