Massachusetts · Nonprofit
NORTHEAST JUDGING CENTER OF THE AMERICAN ORCHID SOCIETY
NORTHEAST JUDGING CENTER OF THE AMERICAN ORCHID SOCIETY (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $550 to it, the largest being AETNA FOUNDATION INC ($400). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $550
- Net assets
- $21k
What Northeast Judging Center of the American Orchid Society does
Mission
To serve the orchid-growing public by providing opportunities to have plants evaluated for award recognition and promote passion for orchids through education, conservation, and research throughout the year.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Monthly Gatherings at 2 sites (MA & NJ) to provide education and judging opportunities to the orchid growing public in the Northeast Judging Center - approximately 30 - 50 people benefit from these activities each month.
$0 spentProvide education and judging assistance to orchid societies at their annual orchid society shows throughout the Northeast Judging Center. There are 8 orchid societies who sponsor shows; these shows serve a membership of around 50 - 150 individuals in each society. Each show is attended by between 500 and 2000 visitors.
$0 spentOutreach Education about orchids (judging, conservation, etc.) as requested by orchid societies throughout the Northeast Judging Center. These events are attended by members of the sponsoring orchid society, with attendance between 40 - 75 individuals at the event.
$0 spent
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $24k to $19k (−19%).
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.
100% of NORTHEAST JUDGING CENTER OF THE AMERICAN ORCHID SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (92% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Wayne Wiegand
Director/Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $400 → $150.
From the IRS filings of NORTHEAST JUDGING CENTER OF THE AMERICAN ORCHID SOCIETY’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
NORTHEAST JUDGING CENTER OF THE AMERICAN ORCHID SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 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
NORTHEAST JUDGING CENTER OF THE AMERICAN ORCHID SOCIETY draws 100% 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
NORTHEAST JUDGING CENTER OF THE AMERICAN ORCHID SOCIETY has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,195 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,195 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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 NORTHEAST JUDGING CENTER OF THE AMERICAN ORCHID SOCIETY: 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 NORTHEAST JUDGING CENTER OF THE AMERICAN ORCHID SOCIETY?
- NORTHEAST JUDGING CENTER OF THE AMERICAN ORCHID SOCIETY (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $550 to it, the largest being AETNA FOUNDATION INC ($400). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORTHEAST JUDGING CENTER OF THE AMERICAN ORCHID SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $550 in grants to NORTHEAST JUDGING CENTER OF THE AMERICAN ORCHID SOCIETY.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTHEAST JUDGING CENTER OF THE AMERICAN ORCHID SOCIETY?
- AETNA FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTHEAST JUDGING CENTER OF THE AMERICAN ORCHID SOCIETY 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 2020–2025), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing