New York · Nonprofit
CANAAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
CANAAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $74,040 to it, the largest being The Tianaderrah Foundation (NY) ($30,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $162k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $74k
- Net assets
- $287k
What Canaan Historical Society does
Mission
Keeping history alive through education and preservation.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Education: CHS offered 4 educational programs this FY covering local history with ~200 attendees. Recent programs included archeology, historic trades, a historic house tour and a celebration of the Town's unique position as the only NYS town to sign a Resolution to separate from Great Britain on June 24 1776.
$493 spent1% of program spendingPreservation: CHS is currrently addressing the restoration of the Society's 1829 Meeting House. Having replaced the roof in 2021, we engaged a historic preservation architect and contractor to undertake a $110,000 structural stabilization program in 2024 which is nearing completion.
$39,667 spent99% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $40,160.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $200 → $21k.
From the IRS filings of CANAAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY’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
CANAAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 58% · 2022 89% · 2023 48% — 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
100% of CANAAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY's grant income comes from New York funders.
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.
Organizations like CANAAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CANAAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- CANAAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $74,040 to it, the largest being The Tianaderrah Foundation (NY) ($30,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CANAAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $74,040 in grants to CANAAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CANAAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- The Tianaderrah Foundation (NY) is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CANAAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 6 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