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NANTUCKET YACHT CLUB

NANTUCKET YACHT CLUB (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,100 to it, the largest being HL BROWN JR FAMILY FOUNDATION ($20,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$8.2M
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$21k
Net assets
$20M
2/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Nantucket Yacht Club does

Mission

To provide means for the recreation and entertainment of its members, by establishing and maintaining a club with the proper buildings, grounds, and facilities to promote yachting, sports and social activities.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Conducting normal operations of a yacht club for the benefit of its members.

  2. Waterfront facilities for the use of members to launch their boats.

  3. Tennis tournaments, junior programs, lessons and clinics are offered to all members.

  4. Entertainment, racing and sailing are offered for the members to enjoy.

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($8.6M) Expenses 100 ($5.5M) Net assets 100 ($15M)2018 Revenue 73 ($6.3M) Expenses 119 ($6.6M) Net assets 98 ($15M)2019 Revenue 78 ($6.7M) Expenses 109 ($6.0M) Net assets 103 ($16M)2020 Revenue 71 ($6.1M) Expenses 95 ($5.3M) Net assets 114 ($17M)2021 Revenue 78 ($6.7M) Expenses 111 ($6.1M) Net assets 118 ($18M)2022 Revenue 80 ($6.9M) Expenses 119 ($6.6M) Net assets 120 ($18M)2023 Revenue 82 ($7.0M) Expenses 124 ($6.8M) Net assets 121 ($18M)2024 Revenue 106 ($9.1M) Expenses 132 ($7.3M) Net assets 133 ($20M)2025 Revenue 95 ($8.2M) Expenses 143 ($7.9M) Net assets 135 ($20M)
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Revenue (95)Expenses (143)Net assets (135)

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 $19M to $21M (+8%).

$20M
$20M
$20M
$20M
$20M
$19M
$19M
$21M
$21M
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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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$3.1M
’17
−$314k
’18
$671k
’19
$811k
’20
$573k
’21
$264k
’22
$190k
’23
$1.8M
’24
$245k
’25
1.9
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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Listed272727282827282828
Joined·+0+4+4+4+4+4+4+4
No longer listed·04345344
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $500 → $10k.

From the IRS filings of NANTUCKET YACHT CLUB’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

NANTUCKET YACHT CLUB leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% 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

95%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 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

NANTUCKET YACHT CLUB draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 3 states in all.

MA
CA
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’19
’22
’23
Massachusetts out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like NANTUCKET YACHT CLUB

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

05Profile & governance

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

Governance

22
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • Nantucket Yacht Club Foundation Inc · exempt
  • Nantucket Race Week LLC · partnership

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Questions and answers

Who funds NANTUCKET YACHT CLUB?
NANTUCKET YACHT CLUB (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,100 to it, the largest being HL BROWN JR FAMILY FOUNDATION ($20,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does NANTUCKET YACHT CLUB have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $21,100 in grants to NANTUCKET YACHT CLUB, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of NANTUCKET YACHT CLUB?
HL BROWN JR FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NANTUCKET YACHT CLUB 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 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