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THE PERMACULTURE PLACE INC

THE PERMACULTURE PLACE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $29,000 to it, the largest being THE NORD FAMILY FOUNDATION ($29,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$27k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$29k
Net assets
$12k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 38%
01What it does

What The Permaculture Place Inc does

Mission

Education

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. The permaculture place, inc maintains an educational community resource center for all things related to regenerative agriculture, community resilience, and permaculture design. We maintain exhibits and demonstrations for the general public, and provide a rental space for educational programming. Fundraising events boost community connections and raise awareness about local resources. In 2022 over four hundred people visited the center.

    $17,244 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $17,244.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($32k) Expenses 100 ($14k) Net assets 100 ($19k)2022 Revenue 33 ($11k) Expenses 132 ($18k) Net assets 60 ($11k)2023 Revenue 90 ($29k) Expenses 198 ($27k) Net assets 66 ($13k)2024 Revenue 85 ($27k) Expenses 199 ($28k) Net assets 63 ($12k)
2021202220232024
Revenue (85)Expenses (199)Net assets (63)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $19k to $11k (−40%).

$19k
$11k
$13k
$12k
2021202220232024
Total assets

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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

62% of THE PERMACULTURE PLACE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 26,798 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$18k
’21
−$8k
’22
$1k
’23
−$690
’24
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $2k → $10k.

Funder
'20
'21
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of THE PERMACULTURE PLACE 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.

Where its funders are

THE PERMACULTURE PLACE INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 1 state in all.

OH

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20
’21
’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

THE PERMACULTURE PLACE INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.

Operating margin−3% · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−5% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,859 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

Government funding THE PERMACULTURE PLACE INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3k on record.

State$3k
Top programs
  • (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$3k

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 THE PERMACULTURE PLACE 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

05Profile & governance

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

Public support

87%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE PERMACULTURE PLACE INC?
THE PERMACULTURE PLACE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $29,000 to it, the largest being THE NORD FAMILY FOUNDATION ($29,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE PERMACULTURE PLACE INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $29,000 in grants to THE PERMACULTURE PLACE INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE PERMACULTURE PLACE INC?
THE NORD FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $29,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE PERMACULTURE PLACE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 1 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