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DESCENDANTS OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE INC
DESCENDANTS OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,950 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($6,950). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $177k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $7k
- Net assets
- $2.2M
What Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence Inc does
Mission
To strengthen in american life the principles set forth in the declaration of independence by its signers; to promote fellowship among their descendants; to inspire and cultivate a spirit of unselfish patriotism; to aid and encourage historical research and education, the preservation of relics and records of the american revolution and marking of historic sites; to perpetuate the memory of those men as well as their wifes who, in signing the declaration of independence, mutually pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor in the cause of liberty; and to provide a national organization for the promotion of these purposes.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
To draw public and government attention to the needs of historical landmarks and to indicate publicly, by resolutions, their non-political support of patriotic activities in keeping with the high ideals of the 56 signers
$46,002 spent60% of program spendingAnnual scholarships are awarded to deserving men and women descended from one of the signers.
$30,147 spentof which $30,147 as grants$15,887 earned by the program40% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $76,149.
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. 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 2020 to 2021, from $1.5M to $1.9M (+29%).
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.
34% of DESCENDANTS OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 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
D Jill Haimes
Scholarship chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 DESCENDANTS OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 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.
Where its funders are
100% of DESCENDANTS OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7k 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.
Against its field
DESCENDANTS OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters 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
Organizations like DESCENDANTS OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE INC
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In Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
60%
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 DESCENDANTS OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 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 DESCENDANTS OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE INC?
- DESCENDANTS OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,950 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($6,950). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DESCENDANTS OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $6,950 in grants to DESCENDANTS OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE INC.
- Who is the largest funder of DESCENDANTS OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $6,950 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DESCENDANTS OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE INC 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 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