Massachusetts · Nonprofit
CHARLESTOWN PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC
CHARLESTOWN PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,000 to it, the largest being LEGACY FUND FOR BOSTON INC ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $60k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $33k
- Net assets
- $48k
What Charlestown Preservation Society Inc does
Mission
To preserve Charlestown's historic character by protecting the historic architecture and landscape, advocating for preservation, guiding responsible development and educating people about the unique character of our community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The Charlestown Peace Park renovation reflects CPS's commitment to the community and restoration of historical green space preservation. Project stewardship was transferred to the City of Boston with a return of remaining funds.
$104,667 spent76% of program spendingHistorical House Tour to provide greater awareness of historical significance of homes in Charlestown and encourage preservation of history.
$15,805 spent11% of program spendingBunker Hill 250 Commemoration. Charlestown is preparing to commemorate the 250th Anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill and is a significant public opportunity to raise historical and preservation awareness of its history.
$11,297 spentof which $12,000 as grants8% of program spendingHouse Markers recognize and educate the community of historical significance of homes. Markers are places on homes after research and education assistance by Charlestown Preservation Society.
$4,894 spent4% of program spendingCharlestown Preservation Park maintenance, including adding electrical & irrigation. Park is public use in the center of town.
$1,790 spent1% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $138,453.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2023 to 2024, from $148k to $48k (−68%).
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: 2021 88%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
16% of CHARLESTOWN PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of CHARLESTOWN PRESERVATION 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
CHARLESTOWN PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 76% 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
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 CHARLESTOWN PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC.
“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 CHARLESTOWN PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
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.
Against its field
CHARLESTOWN PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC's revenue fell 70% between 2021 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,247 public benefit nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
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In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
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 CHARLESTOWN PRESERVATION 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 CHARLESTOWN PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC?
- CHARLESTOWN PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,000 to it, the largest being LEGACY FUND FOR BOSTON INC ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHARLESTOWN PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $33,000 in grants to CHARLESTOWN PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC.
- Who is the largest funder of CHARLESTOWN PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC?
- LEGACY FUND FOR BOSTON INC 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 CHARLESTOWN PRESERVATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 2 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