NEW ENGLAND GRASSROOTS ENVIRONMENT FUND INC: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: NEW ENGLAND GRASSROOTS ENVIRONMENT FUND INC (EIN 03-0364677)
Tax period: 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed: 2012-11-15
IRS object ID: 201223209349306472
Schema version: 2011v1.2
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule I
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-11-15T12:38:02-08:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2011-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	WALLACE W TAPIA PC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	131 MAIN ST 8TH FL	AddressLine1
City	BURLINGTON	City
State	VT	State
ZIP Code	05401	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2011-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	030364677	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	NEW ENGLAND GRASSROOTS ENVIRONMENT FUND INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	NEWE	NameControl
Phone	8022234622	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 1057	AddressLine1
City	MONTPELIER	City
State	VT	State
ZIP Code	05601	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	CHERYL KING FISCHER	Name
Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	Title
Phone	8022234622	Phone
Date Signed	2012-10-21	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	WALLACE W TAPIA CPA	Name
Phone	8028636370	Phone

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2011	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	CHERYL KING FISCHER	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 1057	AddressLine1
City	MONTPELIER	City
State	VT	State
ZIP Code	05601	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	654154	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	www.grassrootsfund.org	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	2000	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	VT	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	Support grassroots environmental work. The Organization seeks to energize and nurture long-term civic engagement in local initiatives that create and maintain healthy, just, safe and environmentally sustainable communities. The Organization uses grantmaking, networking and skills-building to fuel local activism and social change.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	9	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	9	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	4	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	30	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	585114	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	641794	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	10180	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	7013	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	1859	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	757	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	321	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	592884	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	654154	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	342050	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	417987	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	265235	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	283206	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	81206	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	71360	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	102497	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	678645	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	803690	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-85761	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-149536	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	548094	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	399439	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	9668	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	17739	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	538426	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	381700	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	Support grassroots environmental work.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	539553	Expense
Grants	417987	Grants
Description	GRANT MAKING - THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED GRANTS TO OVER 185 ORGANIZATIONS TO FUND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN PROJECTS ADDRESSING A VARIETY OF NEW ENGLAND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	112385	Expense
Revenue	10180	Revenue
Description	EDUCATION AND OUTREACH - THE ORGANIZATION CONDUCTED A NUMBER OF CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS TARGETING BOTH GRANTEES AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ADDRESSING A VARIETY OF MISSION-RELATED PROJECTS.	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expense	651938	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	true	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	false	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	true	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	true	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	4	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Number Of Employees	4	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	9	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	9	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	true	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	true	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	true	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	CHERYL KING FISCHER	NamePerson
Telephone Number	8022234622	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	52 STATE STREET	AddressLine1
City	MONTPELIER	City
State	VT	State
ZIP Code	05602	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (10 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector
CHERYL KING FISCHER
Executive Director	40.00	X	85413	0	0
DEA BRICKNER-WOOD
President	2.00	X	0	0	0	X
CURTIS OGDEN
Vice-President	2.00	X	0	0	0	X
INA SMITH
Secretary	2.00	X	0	0	0	X
JESUS GERENA
Treasurer	2.00	X	0	0	0	X
VALENTINE DOYLE
Director	2.00		0	0	0	X
DENISE HART
Director	2.00		0	0	0	X
RUPERT FRIDAY
Director	2.00		0	0	0	X
DR CAROLY SHUMWAY
Director	2.00		0	0	0	X
JOHN MOYERS
Director	2.00		0	0	0	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	85413	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Number Individuals GT100 K	0	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	0	NumberOfContractorsGT100K
All Other Contributions	641794	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	641794	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn
Conference Fees	900099	4180
Stipends & Other PSR	900099	6000

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	10180	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	1859	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$1,859	ExclusionAmount

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	Other Income	Description
Business Code	900099	BusinessCode
Total Revenue Column	321	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$321	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	321	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	654154	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	10180	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Exclusion	$2,180	ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	417987	Total
Program Services	417987	ProgramServices

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembers

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	85413	Total
Program Services	17082	ProgramServices
Management And General	25624	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	42707	Fundraising

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	149817	Total
Program Services	110122	ProgramServices
Management And General	22256	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	17439	Fundraising

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	30205	Total
Program Services	19621	ProgramServices
Management And General	5218	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	5366	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	17771	Total
Program Services	9830	ProgramServices
Management And General	3555	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	4386	Fundraising

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	4680	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	4680	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForServicesInvstMgmntFees

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	17850	Total
Program Services	17850	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	10277	Total
Program Services	5660	ProgramServices
Management And General	2092	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	2525	Fundraising

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Royalties Royalties

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	7920	Total
Program Services	4381	ProgramServices
Management And General	1584	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1955	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1710	Total
Program Services	946	ProgramServices
Management And General	342	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	422	Fundraising

Travel Entrtnmnt Public Officials TravelEntrtnmntPublicOfficials

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	41257	Total
Program Services	38059	ProgramServices
Management And General	1432	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1766	Fundraising

Interest Interest

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliates

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	13947	Total
Program Services	7715	ProgramServices
Management And General	2790	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	3442	Fundraising

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2889	Total
Program Services	1598	ProgramServices
Management And General	578	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	713	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral	FundraisingFundraising
Staff Development	1017	563	203	251
Miscellaneous	950	524	192	234

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	803690	Total
Program Services	651938	ProgramServices
Management And General	70546	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	81206	Fundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Joint Costs	X	JointCosts

Total Joint Costs TotalJointCosts

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1027	BOY
EOY	66121	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	440122	BOY
EOY	220371	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	50000	BOY
EOY	58500	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3483	BOY
EOY	4783	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	73910	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	24246	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	53462	BOY
EOY	49664	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	548094	BOY
EOY	399439	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	418	BOY
EOY	12739	EOY

Grants Payable GrantsPayable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	9250	BOY
EOY	5000	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	9668	BOY
EOY	17739	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	197356	BOY
EOY	163180	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	341070	BOY
EOY	218520	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	538426	BOY
EOY	381700	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	548094	BOY
EOY	399439	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartXI
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-149536	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	-7190	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Separate	X	FinancialStatementSeparate
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	550688	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	778972	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	657601	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	585114	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	641794	CurrentTaxYear
Total	3214169	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	550688	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	778972	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	657601	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	585114	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	641794	CurrentTaxYear
Total	3214169	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total	1113369	AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total170	2100800	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	5180	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	3020	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	12166	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	7013	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	1859	CurrentTaxYear
Total	29238	Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	1545	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	757	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	321	CurrentTaxYear
Total	2623	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	3246030	TotalSupport
Gross Receipts From Admissions Etc	32507	GrossReceiptsFromAdmissionsEtc
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.64720	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.58350	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170
Public Support Total509	0	PublicSupportTotal509
Public Support Percentage509	0	PublicSupportPercentage509
Investment Income Percentage	0	InvestmentIncomePercentage
Facts And Circumstances Test	OTHER INCOME PART II, LINE 10; DESCRIPTION: MISCELLANEOUS; 2007: 0.; 2008: 0.; 2009: 1545.; 2010: 757.; 2011: 321.;	FactsAndCircumstancesTest

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	12370	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	8294	Depreciation
Book Value	4076	BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	61540	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	15952	Depreciation
Book Value	45588	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	49664	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Total Revenue	654154	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	803690	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	-149536	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	-149536	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	654154	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Revenue Subtotal	654154	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	654154	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	803690	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Expenses Subtotal	803690	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	803690	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Records Maintained	true	RecordsMaintained

Recipient Table RecipientTable (15 entries)

Address Line1AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressUS/City	StateAddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressUS/ZIPCode	EIN Of RecipientEINOfRecipient	IRC SectionIRCSection	Amount Of Cash GrantAmountOfCashGrant	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrant
GROUNDWORK SOMERVILLE
240 ELM STREET B7	SOMERVILLE	MA	02144	043537152	501(c)(3)	6000	Youth & Adult Stipends
CHELSEA COLLABORATIVE
300 BROADWAY	CHELSEA	MA	02150	222906521	501(c)(3)	7000	Garden Expansion
LITTLETON ENDANGERED RESOURCE GROUP
694 OLD WATERFORD ROAD	LITTLETON	NH	03563		N/A	13253	Stop industrial granite mining operation.
MASSACHUSETTS CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK
PO BOX 51563	BOSTON	MA	02205	263880797	501(c)(3)	5600	Add Bilingual Staff
NO COUNTRY ALLIANCE FOR BALANCED CHANGE
PO BOX 553	LITTLETON	NH	03561	264679830	N/A	12854	Stop racetrack.
NUBIA
149 ROXBURY STREET	ROXBURY	MA	02119	320203488	501(c)(3)	8000	Various Projects
SEACOAST EAT LOCAL
3 PORT WAY	RYE	NH	03870	208841990	N/A	15508	Expand winter farmers' markets.
CHINATOWN RESIDENT ASSOCIATION
29 OAK STREET	BOSTON	MA	02111	300121046	501(c)(3)	5400	Highway Pollution Education
VIETNAMESE AMERICAN CIVIC ASSOCIATION
42 CHARLES STREET E	DORCHESTER	MA	02122	042844165	501(c)(3)	5400	Refugee Gardening Project
ERITREAN COMMUNITY CENTER
590 SHAWMUT AVENUE	ROXBURY	MA	02118	042983904	501(c)(3)	5400	Gardening Project
ALLSTONBRIGHTON NORTH NEIGHBORS FORUM
28 MANSFIELD STREET	ALLSTON	MA	02134		N/A	6000	Improve Collins Square
BOSTON CYCLISTS UNION
PO BOX 301394	JAMAICA PLAIN	MA	02130		N/A	6000	General Support
PROJECT RIGHT
320A BLUE HILL AVENUE	GROVE HALL	MA	02104	043265420	501(c)(3)	7500	Create Greenspace
CHELSEA NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPERS
162 SHAWMUT STREET	CHELSEA	MA	02150	042660283	501(c)(3)	8000	Relocate Farmers Market
BROOKWOOD COMMUNITY FARM
18 CAPEN STREET	MILTON	MA	02186	204238472	501(c)(3)	8000	Produce Distribution Model

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Nbr Of501 C3 And Govt Grants	10	TotalNbrOf501C3AndGovtGrants
Total Nbr Of Other Organizations	5	TotalNbrOfOtherOrganizations

Form990 Schedule I Part IV Form990ScheduleIPartIV (3 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Pt I Line 2	The Organization has well-established, formal application, evaluation
Pt I Line 2	and monitoring procedures including the requirement to provide a final
Pt I Line 2	report on the use of all grant funds.

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (11 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	ExplanationExplanation
Pt VI, Line 11a	A working draft of the Form 990 is reviewed by the Executive Director
	with a final draft, in .pdf format, circulated to the Board prior to filing.
Pt VI, Line 12c	The Executive Director monitors compliance with the annual reporting
	requirement by Board members related to conflicts of interest.
Pt VI, Line 15	The governing Board reviews relevant data and approves management
	salary changes.
Pt VI, Line 19	Copies of the relevant forms are available at the Organization's
	Montpelier, Vermont office and by mail upon request.
Pt XI	Prior period adjustment to recognize accrued vacation at 12/31/10.
Form 990EZ, Part II, Line 24	GRANTS RECEIVABLE PREPAID EXPENSES OFFICE EQUIPMENT, NET OF DEPRECIATION
Form 990EZ, Part II, Line 26	ACCOUNTS PAYABLE GRANTS PAYABLE