Massachusetts · Nonprofit
SNOW FARM- THE NEW ENGLAND CRAFT PROGRAM INC
SNOW FARM- THE NEW ENGLAND CRAFT PROGRAM INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $375,360 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($238,400). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.2M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $375k
- Net assets
- $998k
What Snow Farm- the New England Craft Program Inc does
Mission
To provide exceptional studio craft and fine art instruction for people of all ages in an inspiring residential setting. We offer an evolving, expansive community where every experience is intended to awaken and nourish the life-changing power of creativity.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
See schedule osnow farm: the new england craft program is a non-profit, residential craft school located in the hills of western massachusetts. Snow farm is one of nine residential craft schools in the united states and the only one in massachusetts. The organization offers 2-, 3-, 4-, and 5-day workshops from late april through late october across eight studios: wood, ceramics, kiln/stained glass, painting/drawing, metals/jewelry, 3d, 2d, and textiles.2025 observations and operational highlights:opening day registration in january 2024 set a record for the highest single-day dollar amount of workshop registrations in the organization's history.snow farm continues to prioritize accessibility through programs including the work study program, workshop access program, high school scholarships, the new college craft connection initiative, and participation in the massachusetts cultural council card to culture program.a capital project that began in late 2024, was completed in early 2025. A new accessible restroom was added between the 2d and 3d studio and plumbing to these two studios and the metalsmithing studio were brought up to code. A new garage door that keeps out the elements…
$1,922,080 spent$1,644,370 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,922,080.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $1.7M to $2.0M (+22%).
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 15% · 2021 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
18% of SNOW FARM- THE NEW ENGLAND CRAFT PROGRAM INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 7 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
Mary Jo Murphy
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income fell $47k → $39k.
4 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 86% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $426k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Turkeyland Cove Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money SNOW FARM- THE NEW ENGLAND CRAFT PROGRAM INC raised.
From the IRS filings of SNOW FARM- THE NEW ENGLAND CRAFT PROGRAM 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
SNOW FARM- THE NEW ENGLAND CRAFT PROGRAM INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
86% 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 SNOW FARM- THE NEW ENGLAND CRAFT PROGRAM INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 54% · 2019 71% · 2020 61% · 2021 65% · 2022 84% · 2023 55% — 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 SNOW FARM- THE NEW ENGLAND CRAFT PROGRAM INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
86% of SNOW FARM- THE NEW ENGLAND CRAFT PROGRAM 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 $54k that is directly attributable, 55% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $321k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
SNOW FARM- THE NEW ENGLAND CRAFT PROGRAM INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding SNOW FARM- THE NEW ENGLAND CRAFT PROGRAM INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $212k on record.
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$212k
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 SNOW FARM- THE NEW ENGLAND CRAFT PROGRAM 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
92% 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
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SNOW FARM- THE NEW ENGLAND CRAFT PROGRAM INC?
- SNOW FARM- THE NEW ENGLAND CRAFT PROGRAM INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $375,360 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($238,400). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SNOW FARM- THE NEW ENGLAND CRAFT PROGRAM INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $375,360 in grants to SNOW FARM- THE NEW ENGLAND CRAFT PROGRAM INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SNOW FARM- THE NEW ENGLAND CRAFT PROGRAM INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $238,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SNOW FARM- THE NEW ENGLAND CRAFT PROGRAM 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 8 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