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Seekonk Land Conservation Trust

Seekonk Land Conservation Trust (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $100,095 to it, the largest being STEARNS CHARITABLE TRUST ($99,995). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$118k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$100k
Net assets
$4.4M
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 54%
01What it does

What Seekonk Land Conservation Trust does

Mission

Open Space preservation and education

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Open space preservation and education; mini-grants to Seekonk public schools for teacher run in-classroom and field trip programs. Continue to fund the Environmental Resource Centers at the Seekonk Public Library and the Kevin Hurley Middle School . Contiued development and maintenance of a walking trail.

    $53,023 spentof which $2,200 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $53,023.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($207k) Expenses 100 ($39k) Net assets 100 ($3.8M)2018 Revenue 37 ($76k) Expenses 151 ($59k) Net assets 98 ($3.7M)2019 Revenue 23 ($48k) Expenses 109 ($42k) Net assets 102 ($3.8M)2020 Revenue 54 ($112k) Expenses 240 ($94k) Net assets 109 ($4.1M)2021 Revenue 84 ($175k) Expenses 193 ($75k) Net assets 115 ($4.3M)2022 Revenue 35 ($73k) Expenses 152 ($59k) Net assets 106 ($4.0M)2023 Revenue 41 ($84k) Expenses 150 ($59k) Net assets 112 ($4.2M)2024 Revenue 57 ($118k) Expenses 168 ($66k) Net assets 117 ($4.4M)
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Revenue (57)Expenses (168)Net assets (117)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 2021 to 2022, from $4.3M to $4.0M (−7%).

$3.8M
$3.7M
$3.8M
$4.1M
$4.3M
$4.0M
$4.2M
$4.4M
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 19% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

49% of Seekonk Land Conservation Trust’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,629 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$168k
’17
$17k
’18
$6k
’19
$18k
’20
$99k
’21
$14k
’22
$26k
’23
$53k
’24
19
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.

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Listed1010101010101010
Joined·+0+1+0+0+2+2+0
No longer listed·0100220
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $1k → $46k.

Funder
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
2
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of Seekonk Land Conservation Trust’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

Seekonk Land Conservation Trust leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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

100%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 91% · 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

Seekonk Land Conservation Trust draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 2 states in all.

PA
NC

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. 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

Seekonk Land Conservation Trust runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin45% · top quartile
Months of reserve18.5mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−8% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Government funding Seekonk Land Conservation Trust receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $50k on record.

State$50k
Top programs
  • (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$50k

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.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

81% of spending goes to programs.

Program 81%Management 19%Fundraising 0%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

72%

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

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Seekonk Land Conservation Trust: 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 Seekonk Land Conservation Trust?
Seekonk Land Conservation Trust (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $100,095 to it, the largest being STEARNS CHARITABLE TRUST ($99,995). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Seekonk Land Conservation Trust have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $100,095 in grants to Seekonk Land Conservation Trust, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Seekonk Land Conservation Trust?
STEARNS CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $99,995 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Seekonk Land Conservation Trust 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 2017–2024), 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