Massachusetts · Nonprofit
SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS NETWORK OF MASSACHUSETTS INC
SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS NETWORK OF MASSACHUSETTS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $120,500 to it, the largest being CAMBRIDGE SAVINGS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($100,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $428k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $121k
- Net assets
- $-93409
What Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts Inc does
Mission
To engage massachusetts business and community leaders in building economies that are local, green and fair through educational programs, networking, and special events.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The boston local food festival is new england's largest local food event, which attracts 30,000-50,000 people annually, held at the rose kennedy greenway in boston. It features 120 vendors of local food products, and includes live music, cooking demonstrations and children's activities.
$101,747 spent$51,822 earned by the program24% of program spendingThe cambridge-somerville black business network (csbbn) brings together black entrepreneurs and identifies specific programs that can be developed or adopted to help ensure these businesses survive and thrive moving forward.
$186,245 spentof which $60,150 as grants$71,236 earned by the program45% of program spendingThe local food trade show, held annually in the spring, is a festival featuring products from local farmers, businsses, and artisans and connecting them with distributors.
$46,832 spent$40,656 earned by the program11% of program spendingMass go solars coalition's mission is to ensure significant grownth in the number of kw produced by solar panels in ma by 2030 and include minority, low income and underserved communities in the benefits of this transition. We will do this by connecting, convening and collaborating with businesses, nonprofits, government agencies and community leaders committed to promoting the solar energy industry with a particular focus on the built environment.the farmers market promotion program facilitates food businesses and farmers growing their reach and capacity. Sbn's role has been to provide connections and training for local farms and food businesses, which include marketing and business workshops, a local food trade show and more specific opportunities to connect with wholesale buyers, and one-on-one consultations.eat local month, held annually in august, is a series of sponsored virtual events to promote locally produced food, including restaurants, farmers and specialty food producers. Sbn also launched the eat local ma app in 2020 to connect consumers with these businesses.the local food promotion program is designed to enable greater incorporation of new england agricultural…
$81,990 spent$24,777 earned by the program20% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $416,814.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $156k to $17k (−89%).
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 61% · 2021 48% · 2022 39% · 2023 57% · 2024 41%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
56% of SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS NETWORK OF MASSACHUSETTS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
2021 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $11k → $100k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS NETWORK OF MASSACHUSETTS 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
SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS NETWORK OF MASSACHUSETTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 86% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
100% of SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS NETWORK OF MASSACHUSETTS INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS NETWORK OF MASSACHUSETTS INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS NETWORK OF MASSACHUSETTS 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
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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 SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS NETWORK OF MASSACHUSETTS 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 SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS NETWORK OF MASSACHUSETTS INC?
- SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS NETWORK OF MASSACHUSETTS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $120,500 to it, the largest being CAMBRIDGE SAVINGS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($100,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS NETWORK OF MASSACHUSETTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $120,500 in grants to SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS NETWORK OF MASSACHUSETTS INC.
- Who is the largest funder of SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS NETWORK OF MASSACHUSETTS INC?
- CAMBRIDGE SAVINGS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS NETWORK OF MASSACHUSETTS 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 4 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