ECOTRUST

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2025 · Form 990PF · revenue $1.4M · expenses $1.0M · assets $2.8M

EIN
41-1735062
Address
PO BOX 16570, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55416-0570
NTEE code
-
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
June 1993 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (private foundation) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Private non-operating foundation
Cross-check
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Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 3 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

3 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Peter W Vaughan President2020-2025 10 $0 reported 1
Catherine K Anson Director2020-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Angus M Vaughan Director2020-2025 1 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Peter W Vaughan President10 $0-- $01
Catherine K Anson Director1 $0-- $01
Angus M Vaughan Director1 $0-- $01
2024 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Peter W Vaughan President10 $0-- $01
Catherine Anson Director1 $0-- $01
Angus M Vaughan Director1 $0-- $01
2023 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Peter W Vaughan President10 $0-- $01
Catherine Anson Director1 $0-- $01
Angus M Vaughan Director1 $0-- $01
2022 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Peter W Vaughan President10 $0-- $01
Catherine Anson Director1 $0-- $01
Angus M Vaughan Director1 $0-- $01
2021 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Peter W Vaughan President5 $0-- $01
Catherine Anson Director1 $0-- $01
Angus M Vaughan Director1 $0-- $01
2020 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Peter W Vaughan President2 $0-- $01
Catherine Anson Director1 $0-- $01
Angus M Vaughan Director1 $0-- $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

2025 · 59 grants to organizations · $1.0M
2024 · 57 grants to organizations · $963K
2023 · 55 grants to organizations · $890K
2022 · 55 grants to organizations · $833K
2021 · 56 grants to organizations · $809K
2020 · 54 grants to organizations · $672K

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

Who gave

Contributors listed on Schedule B of the Form 990-PF: name, city and state as filed (street addresses are not shown), with total and noncash contributions for the year. A link to an organization's page is tagged Fuzzy with its name-similarity score (0 to 1) when it rests on name and state; Schedule B lists no EIN, so no link here is an exact identifier match.

2025 · 3 contributors · $1.1M
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 V Wurtele Trust Organization or other Minneapolis, MN $750,000- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2025 · filing
2 Peter W Vaughan Person Minneapolis, MN $238,635$238,635 Form 990PF Sch. B, 2025 · filing
3 Peter W Vaughan Person Minneapolis, MN $152,245$152,245 Form 990PF Sch. B, 2025 · filing
2024 · 2 contributors · $873K
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 V Wurtele Trust Organization or other Minneapolis, MN $650,000- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2024 · filing
2 Peter W Vaughan Person Minneapolis, MN $222,915$222,915 Form 990PF Sch. B, 2024 · filing
2023 · 2 contributors · $770K
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 V Wurtele Trust Organization or other Minneapolis, MN $550,000- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2023 · filing
2 Peter W Vaughan Person Minneapolis, MN $220,335$220,335 Form 990PF Sch. B, 2023 · filing
2022 · 3 contributors · $804K
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 V Wurtele Trust Organization or other Minneapolis, MN $500,000- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2022 · filing
2 Peter W Vaughan Person Minneapolis, MN $229,264$229,264 Form 990PF Sch. B, 2022 · filing
3 Peter W Vaughan Person Minneapolis, MN $75,000- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2022 · filing
2021 · 3 contributors · $854K
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 V Wurtele Trust Organization or other Minneapolis, MN $480,000- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2021 · filing
2 Peter W Vaughan Person Minneapolis, MN $201,289$201,289 Form 990PF Sch. B, 2021 · filing
3 Peter W Vaughan Person Minneapolis, MN $172,997$172,997 Form 990PF Sch. B, 2021 · filing
2020 · 2 contributors · $687K
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 V Wurtele Trust Organization or other Minneapolis, MN $440,000- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2020 · filing
2 Peter W Vaughan Person Minneapolis, MN $246,700$246,700 Form 990PF Sch. B, 2020 · filing

Contributors listed here are as reported on the filing. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990PF period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$1,376,477$1,031,716 $2,822,720$2,822,720 $1,140,880- ---
2024 · Form 990PF period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$1,086,666$965,667 $2,483,775$2,483,774 $872,915- ---
2023 · Form 990PF period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$830,778$892,469 $2,365,319$2,365,319 $770,056- ---
2022 · Form 990PF period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$849,846$837,385 $2,428,322$2,428,322 $804,264- ---
2021 · Form 990PF period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$1,078,426$813,561 $2,419,060$2,419,059 $854,286- ---
2020 · Form 990PF period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$896,617$676,639 $2,158,007$2,158,007 $686,700- ---

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $290,000 in all, tax years 2021 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
ZG FOUNDATION INC Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “ECOTRUST” 2021-2024 4$290,000 2024$75,000
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Similar organizations

Ranked without any AI: same NTEE code first, then the same NTEE group; then revenue within 2x, 5x or 10x; then the same state; then similar name and mission text. Same state only

OrganizationStateNTEELatest revenueLatest expensesTop-paid titleTop payWhy similar
ECOTRUSTORZ99 $9,927,665$11,743,783 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR$250,569 Similar name, revenue within 10x

Who funds organizations like this

Grantors that funded the 1 most similar organizations. Ranked by total given to them. Foundations (990-PF) and donor-advised fund sponsors only. Same matching as Funders above (by EIN, or by name for foundations).

GrantorTypeTotal givenGrantsOrganizations fundedYearsWhich ones
OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$3,736,78911 12014–2024 ECOTRUST
RAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND DAF sponsor$2,108,00012 12013–2024 ECOTRUST
WAVERLEY STREET FOUNDATION Private foundation$2,000,0002 12022–2023 ECOTRUST
KATTOM FOUNDATION Private foundation$1,600,0004 12016–2019 ECOTRUST
MEYER MEMORIAL TRUST Private foundation$1,583,47513 12017–2024 ECOTRUST
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING DAF sponsor$1,244,2649 12014–2024 ECOTRUST
GORDON E AND BETTY I MOORE FOUNDATION Private foundation$1,099,0449 12011–2020 ECOTRUST
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND DAF sponsor$974,4548 12017–2024 ECOTRUST
TOMKAT CHARITABLE TRUST Private foundation$950,0002 12014–2015 ECOTRUST
ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION Private foundation$800,0003 12012–2014 ECOTRUST
SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$793,50014 12010–2024 ECOTRUST
NORTHWEST AREA FOUNDATION Private foundation$700,0004 12018–2023 ECOTRUST
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$623,0006 12019–2024 ECOTRUST
BUILDERS INITIATIVE Private foundation$531,1574 12023–2024 ECOTRUST
THE SCHMIDT FAMILY FOUNDATION Private foundation$499,2003 12020–2024 ECOTRUST

The full list · all similar organizations

Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990PF · $1,031,716 spent · pay $0 · grants $1,029,150 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $1,029,150 99.8%
Taxes $1,935 0.2%
Printing and publications $271 0.0%
Fees: accounting $219 0.0%
Fees: other professional $116 0.0%
Fees: legal $25 0.0%
Total$1,031,716100%

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2024 · Form 990PF · $965,667 spent · pay $0 · grants $963,300 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $963,300 99.8%
Taxes $1,856 0.2%
Printing and publications $248 0.0%
Fees: other professional $120 0.0%
Fees: accounting $118 0.0%
Fees: legal $25 0.0%
Total$965,667100%

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2023 · Form 990PF · $892,469 spent · pay $0 · grants $889,881 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $889,881 99.7%
Taxes $2,092 0.2%
Printing and publications $232 0.0%
Fees: other professional $121 0.0%
Fees: accounting $118 0.0%
Fees: legal $25 0.0%
Total$892,469100%

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2022 · Form 990PF · $837,385 spent · pay $0 · grants $833,200 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $833,200 99.5%
Taxes $3,497 0.4%
Printing and publications $282 0.0%
Fees: other professional $263 0.0%
Fees: accounting $118 0.0%
Fees: legal $25 0.0%
Total$837,385100%

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2021 · Form 990PF · $813,561 spent · pay $0 · grants $808,817 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $808,817 99.4%
Taxes $4,157 0.5%
Fees: other professional $354 0.0%
Fees: accounting $118 0.0%
Printing and publications $90 0.0%
Fees: legal $25 0.0%
Total$813,561100%

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2020 · Form 990PF · $676,639 spent · pay $0 · grants $672,331 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $672,331 99.4%
Taxes $4,110 0.6%
Other expenses $108 0.0%
Printing and publications $90 0.0%
Total$676,639100%

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