North Carolina · Nonprofit
Downtown Newton Development Association
Downtown Newton Development Association (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $44,500 to it, the largest being THE CLAUDE S JR AND RAENELLE ABERNE TESTAMENTARY CHARITABLE TRUST ($44,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $97k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $45k
- Net assets
- $57k
What Downtown Newton Development Association does
Mission
Historic Preservation: Promoting the preservation, protection, and use of Newton's traditional downtown area, including its commercial, civic, and religious enterprises, as well as residences.Remedial Actions: Addressing and mitigating physical, economic, and social deterioration in Newton's traditional downtown area.Education and Dissemination: Holding meetings and distributing information to foster understanding and appreciation of Newton's history, culture, and architecture.Community Engagement: Working with other organizations, individuals, and entities, both within and outside Newton, that share similar purposes.Fund Administration: Soliciting, receiving, and managing funds for educational and preservation purposes, including managing gifts, grants, and other financial assets.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
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$20,813 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $20,813.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 $35k to $56k (+60%).
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.
0% of Downtown Newton Development Association’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Mary Yount
Executive director
Board chair
Jennifer Stiver
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $9k → $3k.
From the IRS filings of Downtown Newton Development Association’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 Downtown Newton Development Association's grant income comes from North Carolina 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.
Against its field
Downtown Newton Development Association runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 9,787 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,787 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like Downtown Newton Development Association
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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
0%
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 Downtown Newton Development Association: 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 Downtown Newton Development Association?
- Downtown Newton Development Association (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $44,500 to it, the largest being THE CLAUDE S JR AND RAENELLE ABERNE TESTAMENTARY CHARITABLE TRUST ($44,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Downtown Newton Development Association have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $44,500 in grants to Downtown Newton Development Association, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Downtown Newton Development Association?
- THE CLAUDE S JR AND RAENELLE ABERNE TESTAMENTARY CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $44,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Downtown Newton Development Association find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 2023–2025), 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