Massachusetts · Nonprofit
UNITY FARM SANCTUARY
UNITY FARM SANCTUARY (Massachusetts) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,523,646 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($3,903,170). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $4.5M
- Net assets
- $2.9M
What Unity Farm Sanctuary does
Mission
To provide a safe, loving, lifelong home for animals, to offer educational programs to the public, and promote a culture of kindness and connection. To support the new england community and make a difference in the lives of animals, people, and the world around us.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Education and internships: offers opportunities for local schools and colleges to include Unity Farm Sanctuary experiences in their coursework offerings. Interns work closely with the founders of the santuary to learn the details of running a large non-profit operation, coordinating medical care, partcipating in hands on daily events, and developing relationships with the animals.
$208,494 spent25% of program spendingAnimal and farm support: Unity Farm Sanctuary has networked with community and other organizations to help provide lifelong homes to as many farm animals as possible. Unity Farm Sanctuary has also worked with the community on topics such as farm animal care and sustainable organic farming practices.
$416,988 spent50% of program spendingCommunity service: building daily community offerings including yoga, meditation, and tai chi classes. Unity Farm Sanctuary hosted the council on aging, norfolk county beekeepers association, and the northeast organic farmers association. Our facility is the host site for several wellness and art retreats.
$208,494 spent$35,845 earned by the program25% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $833,976.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $1.1M to $2.1M (+88%).
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 33% · 2021 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of UNITY FARM SANCTUARY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 11 funders, grant income rose $774k → $1.1M.
8 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 96% 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 UNITY FARM SANCTUARY’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
UNITY FARM SANCTUARY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
96% 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 UNITY FARM SANCTUARY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 60% · 2021 90% · 2022 89% · 2023 92% — 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
33% of UNITY FARM SANCTUARY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
96% of UNITY FARM SANCTUARY'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 $173k that is directly attributable, 91% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
UNITY FARM SANCTUARY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,130 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,130 food & nutrition nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like UNITY FARM SANCTUARY
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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
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 UNITY FARM SANCTUARY: 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 UNITY FARM SANCTUARY?
- UNITY FARM SANCTUARY (Massachusetts) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,523,646 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($3,903,170). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does UNITY FARM SANCTUARY have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $4,523,646 in grants to UNITY FARM SANCTUARY, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITY FARM SANCTUARY?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,903,170 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITY FARM SANCTUARY 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 21 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