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Old Methodist Episcopal Church of Berlin Inc dba 19 Carter

Old Methodist Episcopal Church of Berlin Inc dba 19 Carter (Massachusetts) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $107,131 to it, the largest being THE STEVENS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($35,256). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$186k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$107k
Net assets
$811k
3/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 22%
01What it does

What Old Methodist Episcopal Church of Berlin Inc dba 19 Carter does

Mission

OMEC's mission is to restore, preserve and maintain the historic 1887 former Methodist Episcopal Church building for the benefit, use and enjoyment of the citizens of Berlin, MA and surrounding communities

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Provide meeting space and programs to benefit the residents of Berlin Massachusetts and the surrounding communities.

    $87,877 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $87,877.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($96k) Expenses 100 ($37k) Net assets 100 ($688k)2019 Revenue 79 ($76k) Expenses 140 ($51k) Net assets 104 ($713k)2020 Revenue 48 ($46k) Expenses 120 ($44k) Net assets 104 ($715k)2021 Revenue 101 ($96k) Expenses 149 ($54k) Net assets 110 ($757k)2022 Revenue 97 ($92k) Expenses 255 ($94k) Net assets 110 ($755k)2023 Revenue 189 ($181k) Expenses 408 ($150k) Net assets 114 ($786k)2024 Revenue 194 ($186k) Expenses 437 ($160k) Net assets 118 ($811k)
2018201920202021202220232024
Revenue (194)Expenses (437)Net assets (118)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 $757k to $790k (+4%).

$732k
$742k
$733k
$760k
$757k
$790k
$814k
2018201920202021202220232024
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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 21%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

98% of Old Methodist Episcopal Church of Berlin Inc dba 19 Carter’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$59k
’18
$25k
’19
$2k
’20
$42k
’21
−$1k
’22
$31k
’23
$25k
’24
8.4
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.

2018201920202021202220232024
Listed5555778
Joined·+0+0+0+2+0+2
No longer listed·000001
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $12k → $40k.

2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 48% 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 Old Methodist Episcopal Church of Berlin Inc dba 19 Carter’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

Old Methodist Episcopal Church of Berlin Inc dba 19 Carter leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

48% 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 Old Methodist Episcopal Church of Berlin Inc dba 19 Carter.

33%
largest funder
82%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 88% — 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

99% of Old Methodist Episcopal Church of Berlin Inc dba 19 Carter's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.

MA
NJ

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

’21
’22
’23
Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $51k 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

Old Methodist Episcopal Church of Berlin Inc dba 19 Carter runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin14% · above the median
Months of reserve8.4mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)12% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Government funding Old Methodist Episcopal Church of Berlin Inc dba 19 Carter receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $20k on record.

State$20k
Top programs
  • (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$20k

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 Old Methodist Episcopal Church of Berlin Inc dba 19 Carter

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

38% of spending goes to programs.

Program 38%Management 58%Fundraising 3%

Governance

8
board members
50%
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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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Old Methodist Episcopal Church of Berlin Inc dba 19 Carter: 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 Old Methodist Episcopal Church of Berlin Inc dba 19 Carter?
Old Methodist Episcopal Church of Berlin Inc dba 19 Carter (Massachusetts) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $107,131 to it, the largest being THE STEVENS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($35,256). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Old Methodist Episcopal Church of Berlin Inc dba 19 Carter have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $107,131 in grants to Old Methodist Episcopal Church of Berlin Inc dba 19 Carter, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Old Methodist Episcopal Church of Berlin Inc dba 19 Carter?
THE STEVENS FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $35,256 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Old Methodist Episcopal Church of Berlin Inc dba 19 Carter 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 5 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