Cushing Nature And Preservation Center in Boston, Massachusetts (MA)

Cushing Nature And Preservation Center
Employer Identification Number (EIN)	043408662
Name of Organization	Cushing Nature And Preservation Center
Address	Boston, MA 02115
Tax Period	2005
Asset Amount	$1,963,677
Amount of Income	$93,983
Form 990 Revenue Amount	$93,983
National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE)	Environmental Quality, Protection and Beautification: Environmental Education and Outdoor Survival Programs

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Amount of income in 2005: $93,983

This organization:	$93,983
Other organizations performing similar types of work:	$337,459

Assets in 2005: $1,963,677

This organization:	$1,963,677
Other organizations performing similar types of work:	$490,874

Expenses in 2005: $2,057,660

Cushing Nature And Preservation Center:	$2,057,660
Other organizations performing similar types of work:	$344,840

Income to expenses ratio in 2005: 0.0

This organization:	0.0
Other organizations performing similar types of work:	1.1

Expenses allocated to program services in 2005: 100.0%

This organization:	100.0%
Other organizations performing similar types of work:	77.7%

Grants share in income in 2005: 0.0%

Cushing Nature And Preservation Center:	0.0%
Other organizations performing similar types of work:	46.5%

Financial snapshot ($)

Revenue for 2005

Income-Producing Activities for 2005

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Revenue, Expenses, and Changes in Net Assets or Fund Balances
Total revenue	$33,484	$50,604	$106,509	$37,152	$3,728,149	$93,983
Contributions, gifts, grants, and similar amounts received	$33,475	$50,582	$106,490	$37,151	$22,447	$0
Contributions to donor advised funds
Direct public support	$33,475	$50,582	$106,490	$37,151	$22,447	$0
Indirect public support	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Government contributions (grants)	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Program service revenue including government fees and contracts	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Membership dues and assessments	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Interest on savings and temporary cash investments	$9	$22	$19	$1	$19,322	$7,846
Dividends and interest from securities	$0	$0	$0	$0	$3,689	$0
Net rental income or (loss)	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Gross rents	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Less: rental expenses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Other investment income	$0	$0	$0	$0	$108,000	$86,137
Gain or (loss) from sales of assets other than inventory	$0	$0	$0	$0	$3,574,691	$0
Gross amount from sales of assets other than inventory	$0	$0	$0	$0	$7,534,066	$0
Less: cost or other basis and sales expenses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$3,959,375	$0
Net income or (loss) from special events and activities	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Gross revenue	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Less: direct expenses other than fundraising expenses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Gross profit or (loss) from sales of inventory	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Gross sales of inventory, less returns and allowances	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Less: cost of goods sold	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Other revenue	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total expenses	$61,022	$51,378	$39,138	$34,190	$4,317,536	$2,057,660
Program services	$41,647	$41,303	$25,079	$31,620	$4,315,846	$2,057,660
Management and general	$18,888	$10,075	$14,059	$2,570	$1,690	$0
Fundraising	$487	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Payments to affiliates	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Net assets or fund balances at end of year	$2,483,505	$2,482,731	$2,550,102	$2,553,064	$1,963,677	$0
Excess or (deficit) for the year	$-27,538	$-774	$67,371	$2,962	$-589,387	$-1,963,677
Net assets or fund balances at beginning of year	$2,511,043	$2,483,505	$2,482,731	$2,550,102	$2,553,064	$1,963,677
Other changes in net assets or fund balances	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

	Total	Program services	Management and general	Fundraising
Statement of Functional Expenses (for 2005)
Total functional expenses	$2,057,660	$2,057,660	$0	$0
Grants paid from donor advised funds
Other grants and allocations		$2,057,660
Specific assistance to individuals		$0
Benefits paid to or for members		$0
Compensation of current officers, directors, key employees, etc.	$0	$0	$0	$0
Compensation of former officers, directors, key employees, etc.
Compensation and other distributions, not included above, to disqualified persons (as defined under section 4958(f)(1)) and persons described in section 4958(c)(3)(B)
Salaries and wages of employees not included above	$0	$0	$0	$0
Pension plan contributions not included above	$0	$0	$0	$0
Employee benefits not included above	$0	$0	$0	$0
Payroll taxes	$0	$0	$0	$0
Professional fundraising fees	$0	$0	$0	$0
Accounting fees	$0	$0	$0	$0
Legal fees	$0	$0	$0	$0
Supplies	$0	$0	$0	$0
Telephone	$0	$0	$0	$0
Postage and shipping	$0	$0	$0	$0
Occupancy	$0	$0	$0	$0
Equipment rental and maintenance	$0	$0	$0	$0
Printing and publications	$0	$0	$0	$0
Travel	$0	$0	$0	$0
Conferences, conventions, and meetings	$0	$0	$0	$0
Interest	$0	$0	$0	$0
Depreciation, depletion, etc.	$0	$0	$0	$0
Other expenses not covered above	$0	$0	$0	$0

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Balance Sheets
Total assets	$2,559,428	$2,550,914	$2,550,102	$2,553,064	$5,222,716	$0
Cash - non-interest-bearing	$0	$0	$102	$1,539	$55,519	$0
Savings and temporary cash investments	$8,185	$292	$0	$0	$3,313,197	$0
Accounts receivable less allowance for doubtful accounts	$0	$0	$0	$1,525	$0	$0
Pledges receivable less allowance for doubtful accounts	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Grants receivable	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Receivables from current and former officers, directors, trustees, and key employees	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Receivables from other disqualified persons (as defined under section 4958(f)(1)) and persons described in section 4958(c)(3)(B)
Other notes and loans receivable less allowance for doubtful accounts	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,854,000	$0
Inventories for sale or use	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Prepaid expenses and deferred charges	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Investments - publicly-traded securities
Investments - other securities	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Investments - land, buildings, and equipment less accumulated depreciation	$2,550,000	$2,550,000	$2,550,000	$2,550,000	$0	$0
Investments - other	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Land, buildings, and equipment less accumulated depreciation	$1,243	$622	$0	$0	$0	$0
Other assets, including program-related investments	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total liabilities	$75,923	$68,183	$0	$0	$3,259,039	$0
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$75,923	$68,183	$0	$0	$0	$0
Grants payable	$0	$0	$0	$0	$3,259,039	$0
Deferred revenue	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Loans from officers, directors, trustees, and key employees	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Tax-exempt bond liabilities	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Mortgages and other notes payable	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Other liabilities	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total liabilities and net assets/fund balances	$2,559,428	$2,550,914	$2,550,102	$2,553,064	$5,222,716	$0
Total net assets or fund balances	$2,483,505	$2,482,731	$2,550,102	$2,553,064	$1,963,677	$0

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Reconciliation of Revenue per Audited Financial Statements With Revenue per Return
Total revenue	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total revenue, gains, and other support per audited financial statements	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Other expenses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Net unrealized gains on investments	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Donated services and use of facilities	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Recoveries of prior year grants	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Other	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Other revenue	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Investment expenses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Other	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Reconciliation of Expenses per Audited Financial Statements With Expenses per Return
Total expenses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total expenses and losses per audited financial statements	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Other revenue	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Donated services and use of facilities	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Prior year adjustments	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Losses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Other	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Other expenses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Investment expenses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Other	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Current Officers, Directors, Trustees, and Key Employees

Total number of officers, directors, and trustees permitted to vote on organization business at board meetings	3
Are any officers, directors, trustees, or key employees listed in Form 990, Part V-A, or highest compensated employees listed in Schedule A, Part I, or highest compensated professional and other independent contractors listed in Schedule A, Part II-A or II-B, related to each other through family or business relationships?	No
Do any officers, directors, trustees, or key employees listed in Form 990, Part V-A, or highest compensated employees listed in Schedule A, Part I, or highest compensated professional and other independent contractors listed in Schedule A, Part II-A or II-B, receive compensation from any other organizations, whether tax exempt or taxable, that are related to the organization?	Yes
Does the organization have a written conflict of interest policy?	No

Other Information
Did the organization have unrelated business gross income of $1,000 or more during the year covered by this return, and has it filed a tax return on Form 990-T for this year?	No
Was there a liquidation, dissolution, termination, or substantial contraction during the year?	Yes
Is the organization related (other than by association with a statewide or nationwide organization) through common membership, governing bodies, trustees, officers, etc., to any other exempt or nonexempt organization?	Yes
Direct and indirect political expenditures	$0
Did the organization file Form 1120-POL for this year?	No
Were substantially all dues nondeductible by members?
Did the organization make only in-house lobbying expenditures of $2,000 or less?
Dues, assessments, and similar amounts from members	$0
Section 162(e) lobbying and political expenditures	$0
Aggregate nondeductible amount of section 6033(e)(1)(A) dues notices	$0
Taxable amount of lobbying and political expenditures	$0
Does the organization elect to pay the section 6033(e) tax on the amount above?
If section 6033(e)(1)(A) dues notices were sent, does the organization agree to add the amount above to its reasonable estimate of dues allocable to nondeductible lobbying and political expenditures for the following tax year?
Initiation fees and capital contributions	$0
Gross receipts for public use of club facilities	$0
At any time during the year, did the organization, directly or indirectly, own a controlled entity within the meaning of section 512(b)(13)?
Amount of tax imposed on the organization during the year under: section 4911	$0
Amount of tax imposed on the organization during the year under: section 4912	$0
Amount of tax imposed on the organization during the year under: section 4955	$0
Did the organization engage in any section 4958 excess benefit transaction during the year or did it become aware of an excess benefit transaction from a prior year?	No
Amount of tax imposed on the organization managers or disqualified persons during the year under sections 4912, 4955, and 4958	$0
Amount of tax above, reimbursed by the organization	$0
At any time during the tax year, was the organization a party to a prohibited tax shelter transaction?
Did the organization acquire a direct or indirect interest in any applicable insurance contract?
Did the supporting organization, or a fund maintained by a sponsoring organization, have excess business holdings at any time during the year?
Number of employees employed in the pay period that includes March 12, 2006	0

	Unrelated business income		Excluded by section 512, 513, or 514		Related or exempt function income
Analysis of Income-Producing Activities (for 2005)
	Business code	Amount	Exclusion code	Amount	Related or exempt function income
Total		$0		$93,983	$0
Program service revenue
Program service revenue 1	000000	$0	00	$0	$0
Program service revenue 2	000000	$0	00	$0	$0
Program service revenue 3	000000	$0	00	$0	$0
Program service revenue 4	000000	$0	00	$0	$0
Program service revenue 5	000000	$0	00	$0	$0
Medicare/Medicaid payments	000000	$0	00	$0	$0
Fees and contracts from government agencies	000000	$0	00	$0	$0
Membership dues and assessments	000000	$0	00	$0	$0
Interest on savings and temporary cash investments	000000	$0	Dividends, interest, payments with respect to securities loans, annuities, income from notional principal contracts, loan commitment fees, and other substantially similar income from ordinary and routine investments excluded by section 512(b)(1)	$7,846	$0
Dividends and interest from securities	000000	$0	00	$0	$0
Net rental income or (loss) from real estate
debt-financed property	000000	$0	00	$0	$0
not debt-financed property	000000	$0	00	$0	$0
Net rental income or (loss) from personal property	000000	$0	00	$0	$0
Other investment income	000000	$0	Dividends, interest, payments with respect to securities loans, annuities, income from notional principal contracts, loan commitment fees, and other substantially similar income from ordinary and routine investments excluded by section 512(b)(1)	$86,137	$0
Gain or (loss) from sales of assets other than inventory	000000	$0	00	$0	$0
Net income or (loss) from special events	000000	$0	00	$0	$0
Gross profit or (loss) from sales of inventory	000000	$0	00	$0	$0
Other revenue	000000	$0	00	$0	$0

EIN of corporation, partnership, or disregarded entity	Percentage of ownership interest	Total income	End-of-year assets
Information Regarding Taxable Subsidiaries and Disregarded Entities (for 2005)
	0%	$0	$0
	0%	$0	$0
	0%	$0	$0
	0%	$0	$0

Compensation	Contributions to employee benefit plans & deferred compensation	Expense account and other allowances
Compensation of the Five Highest Paid Employees Other Than Officers, Directors, and Trustees (for 2005)
$0	$0	$0
$0	$0	$0
$0	$0	$0
$0	$0	$0
$0	$0	$0

Total number of other employees paid over $50,000	0

Total number of other employees paid over $50,000

Statements About Activities (for 2005)
Expenses paid or incurred in connection with the lobbying activities	$0
Did the organization receive or hold an easement for conservation purposes, including easements to preserve open space, the environment, historic land areas or historic structures?
Did the organization provide credit counseling, debt management, credit repair, or debt negotiation services?
Did the organization maintain any donor advised funds?
Did the organization make any taxable distributions under section 4966?
Did the organization make a distribution to a donor, donor advisor, or related person?
The total number of donor advised funds owned at the end of the tax year
The aggregate value of assets held in all donor advised funds owned at the end of the tax year
The total number of separate funds or accounts owned at the end of the tax year (excluding donor advised funds included above) where donors have the right to provide advice on the distribution or investment of amounts in such funds or accounts
The aggregate value of assets held in all funds or accounts included above at the end of the tax year

Reason for Non-Private Foundation Status
The organization is not a private foundation because it is	Organization that receives a substantial part of its support from a governmental unit or from the general public

	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Support Schedule
Total	$18,041	$33,484	$50,604	$106,509	$37,152	$153,458
Gifts, grants, and contributions received	$18,025	$33,475	$50,582	$106,490	$37,151	$22,447
Membership fees received	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or furnishing of facilities in any activity that is related to the organization's charitable, etc., purpose	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Gross income from interest, dividends, amounts received from payments on securities loans (section 512(a)(5)), rents, royalties, and unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired by the organization after June 30, 1975	$16	$9	$22	$19	$1	$23,011
Net income from unrelated business activities not included above	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to it or expended on its behalf	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
The value of services or facilities furnished to the organization by a governmental unit without charge. Do not include the value of services or facilities generally furnished to the public without charge	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Other income	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$108,000

Lobbying Expenditures by Electing Public Charities (for 2005)
Total exempt purpose expenditures	$0
Total lobbying expenditures	$0
Total lobbying expenditures to influence public opinion (grassroots lobbying)	$0
Total lobbying expenditures to influence a legislative body (direct lobbying)	$0
Other exempt purpose expenditures	$0
Lobbying nontaxable amount	$0
Grassroots nontaxable amount	$0

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2	Thompson Island Education Center Inc	PO BOX 127, South Boston, MA 02127-0002	MA	1951-05	$190,388
3	Cushing Nature And Preservation Center	Boston, MA 02115	MA		$93,983
4	Natures Classroom Inc	19 Harrington Rd, Charlton, MA 01507-5234	MA	1977-10	$8,554,226
5	Surfrider Foundation	PO BOX 6010, San Clemente, CA 92674-6010	CA	1990-04	$6,445,070
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7	Coastal America Foundation Inc	100 Muron Ave, Bellingham, MA 02019-2112	MA	1998-04	$602,243
8	South Shore Natural Science Center Inc	PO BOX 429, Norwell, MA 02061-0429	MA	1995-02	$575,414
9	Thornton W Burgess Society Inc	6 Discovery Hill Rd, East Sandwich, MA 02537-1316	MA	1976-01	$569,618
10	Johnny Appleseed Trail Association Inc	860 South St, Fitchburg, MA 01420-6903	MA	1999-10	$542,216
11	Mystic River Watershed Association Inc	20 Academy Road, Arlington, MA 02476-6401	MA	1976-03	$499,098
12	Native Ecology Iniative Inc	PO BOX 470829, Brookline Vlg, MA 02447-0829	MA	2000-03	$217,580
13	Bolton Conservation Trust Inc	PO BOX 14, Bolton, MA 01740-0014	MA	1975-06	$110,235
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15	Institute For Environmental Awareness Inc	39 Glasheen Rd, Petersham, MA 01366-9715	MA	1973-12	$40,779
16	Cape Outdoor Discovery Inc	84 Antone Ave, East Falmouth, MA 02536-4904	MA	1989-11	$30
17	Northeast Business Environmental Network Inc	49 Junction Square Dr, Concord, MA 01742-3049	MA	1995-05	$0
18	Solar Now Incorporated	100 Sohier Road, Beverly, MA 01915	MA	1998-09	$0
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Number of organizations performing similar types of work

Alaska	3
Alabama	2
Arkansas	1
Arizona	6
California	47
Colorado	15
Connecticut	14
District of Columbia	4
Delaware	2
Florida	9
Georgia	10
Hawaii	3
Iowa	2
Illinois	7
Indiana	4
Kansas	2
Kentucky	1
Louisiana	4
Massachusetts	20
Maryland	7
Maine	3
Michigan	7
Minnesota	15

Missouri	1
Mississippi	1
Montana	3
North Carolina	4
Nebraska	2
New Hampshire	5
New Jersey	8
New Mexico	3
Nevada	1
New York	25
Ohio	15
Oregon	11
Pennsylvania	17
South Carolina	2
Tennessee	5
Texas	16
Utah	2
Virginia	8
Vermont	2
Washington	8
Wisconsin	11
West Virginia	2
Wyoming	2

Total

342

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