Connecticut · Nonprofit
Coventry Historical Society Incorpporated
Coventry Historical Society Incorpporated (Connecticut) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,352 to it, the largest being CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC ($12,052). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $51k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $12k
- Net assets
- $428k
What Coventry Historical Society Incorpporated does
Mission
Historical Museum: To discover collect and preserve whatever pertains to the history of the Town of Coventry and the surrounding area; To promote and encourage historical research in all its aspects and to make available to the members of the society and to the public the results of this research; To hold meetings and to discuss such matters as are of interest to the members of the society and the public; And in general to carry on any and all activities appropriate for a historical society.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Combined fundraiser Program lecture on 20th century Amercian herbalist Adelma Grenier-Simmons known as The First Lady of Herbs. The luncheon serves authentic recipes published by her and discusses the recipes being served. The meal is preceded by a keynote speaker.
$2,378 spent$3,956 earned by the program100% of program spendingThe program is a winter potlock or pay dinner lecture series focused on local history topics
$0 spent$400 earned by the program0% of program spendingThe program is an annual event to appraise and explain the historical signifgance of the publics personal artifacts. A covered charged is assessed at $5 3 appraisals
$0 spent$185 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,378.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $419k to $428k (+2%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $49 → $72.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 Coventry Historical Society Incorpporated’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
Coventry Historical Society Incorpporated leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% 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
100% 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 Coventry Historical Society Incorpporated.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 90% · 2021 100% · 2022 98% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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 Coventry Historical Society Incorpporated's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $295 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
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In Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
36%
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 Coventry Historical Society Incorpporated: 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 Coventry Historical Society Incorpporated?
- Coventry Historical Society Incorpporated (Connecticut) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,352 to it, the largest being CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC ($12,052). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Coventry Historical Society Incorpporated have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $12,352 in grants to Coventry Historical Society Incorpporated, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Coventry Historical Society Incorpporated?
- CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC is the largest funder on record, with $12,052 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Coventry Historical Society Incorpporated find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 2024–2025), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing