Hull Land Conservation Trust

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
020800781
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Hull, MA, USA
Phone
7819250101
Rating
40
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Natural Resources Conservation and Protection

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,326
Expenses
$50
Assets
$238,792
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Scott Plympton (President)
  • Judeth Van Hamm (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Scott Plympton (President)
  • Judeth Van Hamm (Vice President)
  • Sharon Prehn (Treasurer)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Hull Land Conservation Trust, Inc. was formed to carry out land conservation in the town of Hull, Massachusetts, including implementing the land conservation goals and operating policies of the Hull Open Space and Recreation Plan, and the Weir River Estuary Land Protection Plan. It dedicates itself to the creation of a non-profit, charitable, educational and scientific institution, land conservation trust, and is a supporting organization to the Town of Hull.

What it reported doing in 2025

Part III, Line 28: Worked with the Hull Conservation Commission, Hull Select Board, Hull DPW, and Community Preservation Committee on obtaining funding for a trail from West Corner along Straits Pond to create access to the Straits Pond Island. Part III, Line 29: Organizing and leading a field trip for the Hull 5th graders to the Weir River Estuary and the Weir River Woods on October 9, 2025. Part III, Line 30: Coordinated with Hull Boy Scouts to plan the rebuilding of the Weir River Woods kiosk.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 80% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 91
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 97.9%; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4,775.84; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 43% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.