Massachusetts · Nonprofit
NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST OF EASTON
NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST OF EASTON (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,483,771 to it, the largest being Boston Foundation Inc ($1,420,045). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $686k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $2.9M
What Natural Resources Trust of Easton does
Mission
It is the mission of the Natural Resources Trust of Easton (nrt) to educate the public of significant natural and cultural resources and to acquire and preserve land of special character for the benefit of the public.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The Natural Resources Trust of Easton owns and maintains several properties in and around easton, massachusetts for the purposes of land and resources conservation and for the benefit of the local community. Since 1967, the nrt has focused on supporting the community in its efforts to conserve land and resources as well as educate individuals about the importance of environmental sustainability and health. The nrt has focused its efforts in conservation of natural resources, preservation of land and local culture, and implementation of exceptional environmental education programs for thousands of children and adults each year. The nrt's sheep pasture property is located on main street in easton. This location is the signature conservation area of the organization and is the primary location for community access. The sheep pasture is very well known and much loved by individuals of all ages, and the property provides access to many different forms of interaction. Passive recreational opportunties abound on the property in all seasons, and individuals from not only easton, but all over the area, come to sheep pasture to enjoy the beautiful surroundings. Each year thousands of people…
$516,485 spent$249,877 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $516,485.
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 2022 to 2023, from $2.7M to $3.0M (+11%).
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: 2021 13% · 2022 8% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
50% of NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST OF EASTON’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as 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 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $144k → $182k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 96% 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 NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST OF EASTON’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
NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST OF EASTON leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% 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
96% 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 NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST OF EASTON.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 95% — 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
96% of NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST OF EASTON'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 $63k that is directly attributable, 61% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST OF EASTON is better cushioned than half of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST OF EASTON receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $45k on record.
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$45k
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 NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST OF EASTON
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
71% 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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST OF EASTON?
- NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST OF EASTON (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,483,771 to it, the largest being Boston Foundation Inc ($1,420,045). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST OF EASTON have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $1,483,771 in grants to NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST OF EASTON, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST OF EASTON?
- Boston Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $1,420,045 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST OF EASTON 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 7 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