Massachusetts · Nonprofit
SALEM SOUND 2000 INC
SALEM SOUND 2000 INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $280,026 to it, the largest being NORTH AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCA ($109,205). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $647k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $280k
- Net assets
- $990k
What Salem Sound 2000 Inc does
Mission
The mission of the organization is to protect and improve the environment quality of salem sound and its watershed.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
As regional service provider for the massachusetts bays national estuary program (mbp) salem sound coastwatch assisted mbp in the implementation of the ccmp and work plans with the following priorities: 1. Reduce bacterial contamination in salem sound 2. Protect and restore eelgrass habitats 3. Enhance understanding of the transport, population dynamics, and impacts of invasive species 4. Prepare for and understand the potential impacts of climate change and sea level rise on coastal ecosystems and communties and enhance education and adaptation efforts 5. Protect and restore emergent wetland habitats (improve condition of salt marsh with buffer habitat improvements, tidal restrictions, protection)
$60,000 spent$60,000 earned by the program11% of program spendingSalem sound coastwatch has a grant from costal habitat and water quality grant from massachusetts office of costal zone management to complete the "north river rain gardens case study". The north river rain gardens were built at commercial street, under salem's north river low impact development retrofit project- cpr env13 czm02(design) and cpr env15 cxm01 (construction). Salem sound coastwatch has been a partner in this project from the beginning and continues to promote and maintain these rain gardens. The capacity building project developed three online products that showcase the north river rain gardens' success: an executive summary, an ersi story map, and 2 videos in english and spanish as well as the challenges and lessons learned. These products promote the use of stormwater green infrastructure in urban and costal areas to increase equity and access to clean costal waters and associated uses across the commonwealth.
$102,810 spent$102,810 earned by the program19% of program spendingSalem sound coastwatch received a ms4 municipal grant from the massachusetts department of environmental protection to research startegies that would result in behavioral changes to reduce stormwater pollution from pet waste in public areas and near drinking water resources. Salem sound coastwatch conducted community-based social marketing research consisting of a series of interviews and mapping to guide piolet strategies to combat dog waste and improve the effectiveness of ms4 stormwater outreach and education.
$28,579 spent$28,579 earned by the program5% of program spendingThe organization conducts research, monitoring and education related to the protection and preservation of the natural resources. Programs include wetlands monitoring, adopt a beach, and invasive specices monitoring and removal. In addition, the organization works with north shore municipalities under its fee for service greenscapes program. School to sea is a watershed and literacy program that works with teachers and students to foster watershed learning and expand ocean and climate literacy. To engage members of the community, sscw sends out monthly e-newsletters, hosts public presentations and holds an annual fundraising and outreach event race for salem sound. Through the year, free public lectures, trainings, walks and school events are conducted.
$342,355 spent$68,485 earned by the program64% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $533,744.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $473k to $744k (+57%).
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 61% · 2022 43% · 2023 21% · 2024 44% · 2025 34%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
55% of SALEM SOUND 2000 INC’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. 0 of the last 5 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 5 funders, grant income fell $20k → $19k.
3 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% 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 SALEM SOUND 2000 INC’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
SALEM SOUND 2000 INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
90% 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 SALEM SOUND 2000 INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 38% · 2021 66% · 2022 76% · 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.
How long its funders stay
50% of SALEM SOUND 2000 INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 77% 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
SALEM SOUND 2000 INC draws 82% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $123k 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
SALEM SOUND 2000 INC runs a healthier operating margin 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 SALEM SOUND 2000 INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $996k on record — $177k federal, $819k state.
- Department of Commerce$177k
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$758k
- (NN) INFRASTRUCTURE:$61k
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 SALEM SOUND 2000 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
94% 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 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SALEM SOUND 2000 INC?
- SALEM SOUND 2000 INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $280,026 to it, the largest being NORTH AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCA ($109,205). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SALEM SOUND 2000 INC have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $280,026 in grants to SALEM SOUND 2000 INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SALEM SOUND 2000 INC?
- NORTH AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCA is the largest funder on record, with $109,205 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SALEM SOUND 2000 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.
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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 2021–2025), and the filings of 13 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