Massachusetts · Nonprofit
SPONSOR INC
SPONSOR INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $868,189 to it, the largest being CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($183,413). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $868k
- Net assets
- $922k
What Sponsor Inc does
Mission
The mission of Mission.Earth (Sponsor, Inc.) is to empower, educate and encourage our partners so as to enable maximum impact on progressive social innovation. We provide a platform and collaborative community so that administration and regulation does not impede positive social action. Our vision is a world where innovative passion for socially positive action can be executed immediately and cost-effectively.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The Farmers Land Trust (TFLT) exists to facilitate the preservation of farms and the transition of land ownership into community stewardship for a resilient and just future. Our organization is founded on a heritage of innovating the Farmland Commons model to serve local and regional farming communities. We exist to continue building on this heritage by developing the principles and practices needed to allow this mission to grow, evolve and live on to meet the needs and opportunities that this generational transition of land requires. The Farmers Land Trust exists in service to key members of the ecosystem the Land itself, transitioning Landowners, and Community-based Farmers.
$229,834 spentof which $229,834 as grants$244,318 earned by the program19% of program spendingThe Cambridge Nonprofit Coalition advances equity and justice in the community by strengthening the Cambridge nonprofit sector, building collective voice, and promoting collaboration.
$174,179 spentof which $174,179 as grants$162,168 earned by the program15% of program spendingKindling Collective provides access to outdoor recreation for those new to recreating in the outdoors by maintaining a library of loaner outdoor gear. Kindling Collective also hosts adult participants on outdoor trips including hiking, backpacking, canoeing, sailing, etc. Kindling Collective partners with qualified providers to provide opportunities for education in wilderness medicine and wilderness skills.
$150,980 spentof which $150,980 as grants$155,726 earned by the program13% of program spendingCORE Mental Health: CORE Mental Health supports the work of mental health providers serving people and communities of color by providing networking and educational opportunities in partnership with institutions. CORE Mental Health provides fellowships to financially support students in the mental health fields. CORE Mental Health produces surveys and reports regarding the state of mental health accessibility. Cambridge Volunteers: Cambridge Volunteers suppors the Cambridge, MA nonprofit sector by cultivating a corps of volunteers to support Cambridge, MA nonprofits. Cambridge Volunteers maintains an online database of volunteer opportunities, a mailing list, and annual volunteer fairs to showcase opportunities to potential volunteers. Cambridge Volunteers also provides workshops for Cambridge-area nonprofits on utilizing volunteers. JOYweavers: JOYweavers five-week summer camp provides community, mentoring relationships, and programming that promotes social-emotional development for children. JOYweavers also provides consultation and caregiver support for families of children with higher support needs. JOYweavers, Inc. is an independent MA nonprofit corporation. Mission.Earth…
$629,128 spentof which $644,920 as grants$721,675 earned by the program53% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,184,121.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 $493k to $864k (+75%).
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: 2022 1% · 2023 19% · 2024 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of SPONSOR INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 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
Harry Meltzer
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 11 funders, grant income rose $10k → $298k.
11 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 64% 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 SPONSOR 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
SPONSOR INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
72% 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 SPONSOR INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 72% · 2022 45% · 2023 50% — 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
67% of SPONSOR INC's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 38% 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
64% of SPONSOR 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 $316k that is directly attributable, 52% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $552k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
SPONSOR INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 4,203 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding SPONSOR INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $67k on record.
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$67k
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 SPONSOR 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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SPONSOR 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 SPONSOR INC?
- SPONSOR INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $868,189 to it, the largest being CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($183,413). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SPONSOR INC have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $868,189 in grants to SPONSOR INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SPONSOR INC?
- CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $183,413 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SPONSOR 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 FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 24 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