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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING AGRICULTURE.

Totals

Total revenue
$394,947
Total expenses
$290,825
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$232,250
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$394,947
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$5,818,240
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,818,240
Program services expenses (Part IX)
not reported
Management and general expenses
not reported
Fundraising expenses
not reported
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $131,857 · related or exempt $131,857

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,427,747

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $1,164,657

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $263,090

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $263,090 · related or exempt $263,090

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $232,250

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $49,643

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,200

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,445

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,127

  • 24a · Other expenses: FOREIGN TAXES

    total $946

  • 24b · Other expenses: ADR TAX RECLAIM FEE

    total $129

  • 24c · Other expenses: ANNUAL REPORT FILING FE

    total $85

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $95,508 · end of year $364,481

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $5,586,610 · end of year $5,421,759

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $30,000 · end of year $30,000

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,000 · end of year $2,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,714,118 · end of year $5,818,240

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING AGRICULTURE WAS INCORPORATED ON MARCH 7, 1792 BY AN ACT OF THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT ASSEMBLED IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. THE PURPOSE OF THE SOCIETY IS TO ALLOCATE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS IN THE WAY WHICH THE SOCIETY BELIEVES WILL BE OF GREATEST BENEFIT TO AGRICULTURE IN MASSACHUSETTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO INCREASE THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF AGRICULTURE AND STIMULATE RESEARCH IN NEW FIELDS RELATED TO AGRICULTURE

  • SEE STATEMENT ATTACHED FOR GRANTS PAID

    Grants $232,250

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • FREDERIC WINTHROP JR

    HONORARY TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • TIMOTHY K HOLLANDER

    HONORARY TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • DUDLEY H WILLIS

    2ND VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JONATHAN L HEALY

    HONORARY TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JEROME C HUNSAKER III

    HONORARY TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ROBERT T HALL

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN D LEE

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • FREDERICK L DABNEY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ROBERT W MACLEOD

    HONORARY TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ALLEN D BERRY

    HONORARY TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • J PHILIP LEE

    1ST VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SCOTT J SOARES

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • FREDERICK AMES

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • DUDLEY H WILLIS JR

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JENNIFER B HASHLEY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • DOROTHY SUPUT

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
1 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202432769349300503

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