Massachusetts Forest Trust Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237119602
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Marlborough, MA, USA
Phone
6174559918
Rating
96
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Forest Conservation

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$138,896
Expenses
$115,480
Assets
$174,002
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Christopher Egan (Executive Director)
  • James Dicken Crane (President)

People named in this filing

  • Holly Robert (Director)
  • Chris Mossman (Director)
  • William Pike (Director)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Forest conservation and education

What it reported doing in 2024

Educational programs, workshops, tours, continuing ed, online info, technical info for landowners, natural resource professionals, foresters, land trusts, loggers. Alone and in cooperation with other non-profits, state agencies, statewide. Persons served +/- 700.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 90% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. No material rating questions were generated from the available inputs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 70
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 94%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 92.8%; rating input score 93

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 16.9%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.51; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 94% of revenue deployed · 92.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $107K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.