Nonprofit · EIN 04-3469549
MANCHESTER ESSEX CONSERVATION TR INV
Tax-exempt · MANCHESTER, MA 01944
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $787,753 | $504,984 | $282,769 | $9,836,407 | $14,518 | $9,821,889 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $1,246,499 | $390,153 | $856,346 | $9,356,147 | $15,365 | $9,340,782 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $708,114
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $79,639
- Net gain from sales of assets
- -$1,396
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Other salaries and wages
- $158,948
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $171,828
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $30,734
- Occupancy
- $9,763
- Depreciation
- $1,254
- Program services (functional)
- $396,170
- Management and general (functional)
- $64,191
- Fundraising (functional)
- $44,623
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $9,356,147
- Total assets, end of year
- $9,836,407
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $14,518
- Net assets, end of year
- $9,821,889
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $6,255,933
- Publicly traded securities
- $2,942,510
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $7,845,170
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $1,976,719
- Gross receipts
- $817,020
- Employees
- 6
- Volunteers
- 30
- Year formed
- 1963
- State of legal domicile
- MA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JEFFREY COCHAND | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 4 | $4 |
| MATTHIAS PLUM | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 15 | $0 |
| JONATHAN CALDER | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| MORY CREIGHTON | V PRES/SECRE Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| LYNN ATKINSON | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| THOMAS BARRIEAU | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| SEAN BEAUSOLEIL | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MIKE CARVALHO | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| GREGORY A CROCKETT | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| GEORGE E DAVIS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| VICTORA ESSER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| GARLAN MORSE JR | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JULIE SCOFIELD | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| GEORGE P SMITH | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| LESLIE WALDORF | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 14 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATTHIAS PLUM | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 15 | $0 |
| JONATHAN CALDER | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| MORY CREIGHTON | V PRES/SECRE Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| LYNN ATKINSON | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| THOMAS BARRIEAU | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| FRANCES R CAUDILL | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MIKE CARVALHO | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| JEFFREY COCHAND | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| GREGORY A CROCKETT | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| GEORGE E DAVIS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| MICHAEL DYER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| GARLAN MORSE JR | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JULIE SCOFIELD | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| GEORGE P SMITH | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 1486, MANCHESTER, MA 01944-0856
- In care of
- % EDWARD F JEFFRIES
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- JONATHAN CALDER, 65 EASTERN AVENUE, ESSEX, MA 01929
- Signed the 990
- JONATHAN CALDER, TREASURER
- Phone
- (978) 890-7153
- Website
- MECT.ORG
- Return prepared by
- BACALLCONNIFF INC
Mission
MANCHESTER ESSEX CONSERVATION TRUST PRESERVES IN PERPETUITY THE NATURAL BEAUTY, WILDLIFE HABITAT, AND OPEN SPACE RESOURCES IN OUR TWO TOWNS AND ADJACENT COMMUNITIES. WE PROTECT THIS LAND THROUGH ACQUISITIONS, CONSERVATION RESTRICTIONS, DONATIONS AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PUBLIC. THROUGH SHARING THIS LAND, WE ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT EXPLORATION OF NATURE, EDUCATION, AND SCIENTIFIC STUDY.
Program accomplishments
- MECT CONSERVES LAND THROUGH ACQUISITIONS OF FEE INTEREST AND CONSERVATION RESTRICTIONS IN ESSEX AND MANCHESTER MA. IN 2024, WE ACQUIRED SEVERAL PARCELS FOR A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY 20 ACRES. WE PARTNERED WITH ESSEX COUNTY GREENBELT ON TWO STATE GRANTS, ACQUIRING OVER 100 ACRES IN CONSERVATION RESTRICTIONS IN ESSEX AND GLOUCESTER. WE ARE CONDUCTING INTENSE DEED RESEARCH IN SEVERAL AREAS TO DETERMINE OWNERSHIP FOR CONSERVATION ACQUISITION PURPOSES, INCLUDING A 30+ ACRE PARCEL IN ESSEX, WHICH WILL BE A DONATION. WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH SELLERS AND TO MONITOR OUR HOLDINGS. WE HAVE CONTINUED TO PURSUE OUR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN GOAL OF 5M FOR LAND ACQUISITION AND DEFENSE. WE CONTINUED TO DEFEND OUR CONSERVATION LAND FROM A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AT OUR BORDERS, AND FILED AN APPEAL AT MA SUPERIOR COURT TO FURTHER THESE EFFORTS.Expenses $396,170
- OUR ANNUAL MEETING, KEYNOTED BY SARA LEWIS, PHD ON FIREFLIES, DREW IN APPROX 150 PEOPLE TO LEARN ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION, AND FIREFLIES. DR. LEWIS PARTICIPATES WORLDWIDE IN PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT OF FIREFLY HABITAT. WE HELD 10 HIKES ON BOTANY, VERNAL POOLS, MUSHROOMS AND OTHERS HIGHLIGHTING THE EXPANSIVE TRAIL NETWORK ON CONSERVATION LAND. OUR OUTREACH THROUGH NEWSLETTERS, E-NEWSLETTERS AND SOCIAL MEDIA HAS INCREASED OUR EFFECTIVENESS AND EDUCATION. A HIGH-TIER DONOR COCKTAIL PARTY INCREASED FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE ORGANIZATION.
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 04-3469549
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1999
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Environment (C340)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $9,836,407
- Income (IRS master file)
- $817,020
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $787,753 | $504,984 | $9,836,407 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $1,246,499 | $390,153 | $9,356,147 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $518,059 | $427,439 | $8,341,092 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 04-3469549).
Questions about MANCHESTER ESSEX CONSERVATION TR INV
- What is the EIN of MANCHESTER ESSEX CONSERVATION TR INV?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of MANCHESTER ESSEX CONSERVATION TR INV is 04-3469549.
- Is MANCHESTER ESSEX CONSERVATION TR INV tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1999.
- Are donations to MANCHESTER ESSEX CONSERVATION TR INV tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does MANCHESTER ESSEX CONSERVATION TR INV file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of MANCHESTER ESSEX CONSERVATION TR INV due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did MANCHESTER ESSEX CONSERVATION TR INV last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of MANCHESTER ESSEX CONSERVATION TR INV?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names JONATHAN CALDER.
- Who are the officers and directors of MANCHESTER ESSEX CONSERVATION TR INV?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 15 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $4 (JEFFREY COCHAND, TRUSTEE).
- How much revenue does MANCHESTER ESSEX CONSERVATION TR INV have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $787,753, expenses of $504,984 and total assets of $9,836,407 at year end.
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