Massachusetts · Nonprofit
BARRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
BARRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $159,902 to it, the largest being RICE FAMILY FOUNDATION ($102,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $77k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $160k
- Net assets
- $652k
What Barre Historical Society Inc does
Mission
The barre historical society was started in 1909 and has been a public charity since 1964. The board of directors is made up of diverse individuals such as teachers, farmers and business people. There are no disqualified individuals. The organization preserves, protects, interprets, displays and restores rare historical artifacts and documents for the education of the general public. It's public programs provide education about the history of barre, ma and surrounding towns in the state of massachusetts. The organization provides a place for study and research for writers and educators. The organization receives it's support from the general public, trusts and private foundations through donations and memberships. The organization solicits donations from local businesses and the general public through letters, postcards through public programs. Members of the organization attend an annual cemetery event in order to receive support from a local trust. The organization does not support o
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Program
Tours and gatherings are provided to the general public providing historical artifacts and documents to educate individuals about the history of the greater barre, ma area.
$15,245 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2026 Form 990. Program spending in total: $15,245.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $398k to $506k (+27%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2022 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 10 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $15k → $6k.
From the IRS filings of BARRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BARRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 56% · 2020 76% · 2021 71% · 2022 78% · 2023 81% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
BARRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC draws 69% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Government funding BARRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3k on record.
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$3k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BARRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
29% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
69%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BARRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BARRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC?
- BARRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $159,902 to it, the largest being RICE FAMILY FOUNDATION ($102,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BARRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $159,902 in grants to BARRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BARRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC?
- RICE FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $102,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BARRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing