Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 1977.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
81 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
12 people listed on the 990.
Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo
Programs and updates
Preserves open land in Stow, Massachusetts.
Questions for Stow Conservation Trust INC
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Land Conservation and Outreach
The trust acquires or facilitates acquisition of land in stow, ma, to preserve it as open space. Trust members work with land owners, local governments, and other land trusts to provide expertise in planning, organizing, and presenting cases for future land acquisitions or conservation restrictions.
Stewardship
SCT actively stewards several conservation properties in town, monitoring for encroachments and maintaining trails for use by the general public. This year we commissioned property boundary surveys on several of our properties; replaced a boardwalk over a small stream on one of our properties; and paid for a baseline document to be…
Education
SCT seeks to educate the public about the importance of preserving land for the future via various community events and awareness- generating activities. This year we installed two different storywalk books in our leggett property, which was designed to get families with young children out exploring the trails, following the story along…
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2022 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY22 | End FY22 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $299K | $321K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $1.9M | $1.9M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $2.2M | $2.3M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $0 | $0 |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $2.2M | $2.3M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $1K | $1K | ||
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $1K | $1K | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $3K | $859 | $2K | |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $334 | $334 | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $3K | $3K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $37K | $36K | $500 | $150 |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $70 | $50 | $20 | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $44K | $36K | $6K | $2K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Feb 26, 2026 | $81K | $62K | $19K | $2.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Feb 11, 2025 | $66K | $13K | $53K | $2.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Dec 15, 2023 | $87K | $107K | −$20K | $2.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 ViewingFiled with the IRS Jan 12, 2023 | $66K | $44K | $22K | $2.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Jan 20, 2022 | $69K | $29K | $40K | $2.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Feb 11, 2021 | $30K | $10K | $19K | $2.3M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2022 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $66,190 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, 1 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $66,190 across 6 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $44,495 across 7 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $2,269,231 assets, 9 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,269,231 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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