Massachusetts · Nonprofit
Friends of Memorial Hall Inc
Friends of Memorial Hall Inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $114,000 to it, the largest being GEORGE B HENDERSON FOUNDATION JH5090 ($95,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $319k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $114k
- Net assets
- $41k
What Friends of Memorial Hall Inc does
Mission
The mission of the Friends is the historic preservation of Memorial Hall including its design and reconstruction. Built in 1793 as the residence of Samual Dexter a member of President John Adams Cabinet the building was converted in 1888 into the Abraham Lincoln Post 11 of the Grand Army of the Republic. Post 11 later expanded to serve all veterans. Today the building is being renovated to provide a stable headquarters for veteran support and community services.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Historic Preservation NTEE code A84: Under a contract with the City of Boston the organization continued restoring the historic building and grounds to their 1888 appearance. Several vendors provided services and materials with principal craftsmanship from the Preservation Carpentry program of the North Bennet Street School. The building nearly condemned in the 1990s has undergone extensive structural and exterior rehabilitation and is on track for completion by the end of 2024. These expenses were covered by the Community Preservation Committee of the City of Boston with additional assistance provided by the fundraising efforts of the Friends.
$344,395 spent96% of program spendingOperating Support for Memorial Hall at 14 Green Street Charlestown NTEE Code A80. This program offers supplemental operating assistance to sustain the buildings operations housing the Charlestown Learning and Lacrosse Center and the Movement Lab LLC. These non-profit programs serve more than 200 Charlestown youth. Additionally 7,000 is allocated for scholarships benefiting the children and grandchildren of Charlestown veterans with no individual grant exceeding 1,000.
$10,702 spent3% of program spendingThis total includes a number of small expenses that were for the restoration of the building. Included are hardware store purchases for tools and equipment Home Depot expenses for additional tools etc.
$4,715 spent1% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $359,812.
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 2023 to 2024, from $94k to $41k (−57%).
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: 2017 10% · 2023 15% · 2024 86%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of Friends of Memorial Hall Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $40k → $9k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 Friends of Memorial Hall 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
Friends of Memorial Hall Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 78% · 2022 100% · 2023 89% — 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 Friends of Memorial Hall Inc's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
Friends of Memorial Hall Inc has grown faster than half of the 17,953 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,953 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding Friends of Memorial Hall Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $150k on record.
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$150k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Friends of Memorial Hall Inc
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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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 Friends of Memorial Hall 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 Friends of Memorial Hall Inc?
- Friends of Memorial Hall Inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $114,000 to it, the largest being GEORGE B HENDERSON FOUNDATION JH5090 ($95,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Friends of Memorial Hall Inc have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $114,000 in grants to Friends of Memorial Hall Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Friends of Memorial Hall Inc?
- GEORGE B HENDERSON FOUNDATION JH5090 is the largest funder on record, with $95,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Friends of Memorial Hall 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 4 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing