Massachusetts · Nonprofit
BLACKSTONE RIVER VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR INC
BLACKSTONE RIVER VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $72,140 to it, the largest being TRUSTEES OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $452k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $72k
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Inc does
Mission
The blackstone river valley national heritage corridor, inc(brvnhc) is a non-profit corporation organized to preserve and protect the cultural, historical and natural resources of the blackstone river valley in worcester county, massachusetts and providence county, rhode island. The brvnhc will work with governmental and non-governmental, non-profit and for-profit entities, and with residents of and vistors to, the corridor to tell the story of american industrialization as it began and evolved in the corridor, strengthen the infrastructure for education and interpretation, and establish a framework for stewardship and a network of stewards that preserves and protects resources, enhances recreation and creates heritage-based opportunities for sustainable development and community recreation.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Corridor program: tell the story of american industrialization as it began and evolved in teh corridor, strengthen the infrastructure for education and interpretation, and establish a framework for stewardship and a network of stewards that preserves and protects resources, enhances recreation and creates heritage-based opportunities for sustainable development and community recreation.
$430,379 spent$4,650 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $430,379.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $1.5M to $1.7M (+16%).
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: 2018 55% · 2019 94% · 2020 87% · 2021 90% · 2022 95% · 2023 75% · 2024 70% · 2025 80%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of BLACKSTONE RIVER VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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.
Board chair
Jon Roberts
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $25k → $10k.
4 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BLACKSTONE RIVER VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 7 of 8 funders by total. 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
BLACKSTONE RIVER VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
76% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BLACKSTONE RIVER VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 99% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
60% of BLACKSTONE RIVER VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $30k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
BLACKSTONE RIVER VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR INC is better cushioned than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding BLACKSTONE RIVER VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.0M on record.
- Department of the Interior$3.0M
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 BLACKSTONE RIVER VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR 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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 BLACKSTONE RIVER VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR 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 BLACKSTONE RIVER VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR INC?
- BLACKSTONE RIVER VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $72,140 to it, the largest being TRUSTEES OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BLACKSTONE RIVER VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $72,140 in grants to BLACKSTONE RIVER VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BLACKSTONE RIVER VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR INC?
- TRUSTEES OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BLACKSTONE RIVER VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR 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 FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 8 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing