Massachusetts · Nonprofit
PLANET AID INC
PLANET AID INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $122,238 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($56,872). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $34M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $122k
- Net assets
- $12M
What Planet Aid Inc does
Mission
Protect the environment, reduce waste, and increase the efficient use of vital resources. Strengthen and organize communities, reduce poverty and promote small enterprise development, support sustainable local food production, improve access to training and quality education, increase health awareness and encourage healthy lifestyles, foster direct cooperation and understanding among people across the planet and help disadvantaged populations of the world create lasting positive change.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
U.s. Clothing collection and habitat protection: planet aid collected and processed 32,660 tons of used clothes, shoes and textile in states from maine to missouri. Collecting unwanted clothes saves landfill space and reduces production of methane. Reusing already manufactured clothing and other textiles saves millions of gallons of water and reduces the use of fertilizer and pesticides (in cotton production).
$25,760,757 spent97% of program spendingDomestic charitable activities: the organization supports various charitable activities in the united states through payments to a number of schools and other nonprofits.
$436,872 spent$264,067 earned by the program2% of program spendingInternational aid: in 2025, planet aid continued with its support to organizations and communities in africa, asia, and latin america.
$251,059 spentof which $251,059 as grants1% of program spendingInternational training and capacity building: as part of its commitmeent to international development, planet aid undertakes programs of international exchange and training. Planet aid works closely with non-governmental organizations in a number of developing countries to build local capacity and move towards self-sustainability. Planet aid also provides information for the us public in matters related to international development and supports education programs in cooperation with public and private schools.
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $26,448,688.
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 2021 to 2022, from $17M to $23M (+30%).
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: 2020 9% · 2021 7% · 2023 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of PLANET AID INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (96% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Chief executive
Fred Olsson
President, CEO, director
Board chair
Mikael Norling
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $8k → $2k.
5 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 85% 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 PLANET AID INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 9 of 10 funders by total. 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
PLANET AID INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
85% 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 PLANET AID INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 99% · 2021 84% · 2022 59% · 2023 91% — 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.
How long its funders stay
50% of PLANET AID INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 40% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
85% of PLANET AID 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 $19k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Massachusetts, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $104k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
PLANET AID INC receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $122k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 190 international nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding PLANET AID INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $547k on record — $378k federal, $169k state.
- Agency for International Development$378k
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$169k
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 PLANET AID 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
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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 11 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Irwin Building LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PLANET AID INC: 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 PLANET AID INC?
- PLANET AID INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $122,238 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($56,872). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does PLANET AID INC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $122,238 in grants to PLANET AID INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PLANET AID INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $56,872 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PLANET AID 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 10 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