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GREAT BRIDGE BATTLEFIELD & WATERWAYS HISTORY FOUNDATION
GREAT BRIDGE BATTLEFIELD & WATERWAYS HISTORY FOUNDATION (Virginia) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $109,587 to it, the largest being HAMPTON ROADS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($50,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $205k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $110k
- Net assets
- $763k
What Great Bridge Battlefield & Waterways History Foundation does
Mission
The Great Bridge Battlefield & Waterways History Foundation protects, preserves, and promotes the history of the battle of great bridge, december 9, 1775, and the region's revolutionary war and canal history to educate the public about the importance of these events in the creation and growth of america.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Protect and preserve the historic battlefield site and artifacts held in collection relating to the battle of great bridge and the region's revolutionary war and canal history. Interpret the historic site and exhibits in order to educate the public about these events in the creation and growth of america. Promote the site and its history through self-guided or docent -led tours in the park and museum, participation at community events, presentations to community groups, and assist the city by participating in the annual reenactment of the battle each december and the display of educational materials.
$115,279 spent$48,475 earned by the program55% of program spendingOperation of the great bridge battlefield & waterways museum to include management of staff and maintenance of museum exhibits and displays that are open to the public tuesday - saturday from 10am- 5pm and sundays 12pm-5pm.
$70,754 spent$18,850 earned by the program34% of program spendingPlanning and execution of educational programs, lectures, and events to promote the region's revolutionary war and canal history.
$24,045 spent$6,406 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $210,078.
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 2018 to 2019, from $2.0M to $833k (−59%).
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: 2020 7% · 2021 6% · 2022 33% · 2023 48% · 2024 19% · 2025 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
57% of GREAT BRIDGE BATTLEFIELD & WATERWAYS HISTORY FOUNDATION’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. 6 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.
Chief executive
Elizabeth Goodwin
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $60k → $3k.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 88% 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 GREAT BRIDGE BATTLEFIELD & WATERWAYS HISTORY FOUNDATION’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
GREAT BRIDGE BATTLEFIELD & WATERWAYS HISTORY FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
88% 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 GREAT BRIDGE BATTLEFIELD & WATERWAYS HISTORY FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 60% — 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
88% of GREAT BRIDGE BATTLEFIELD & WATERWAYS HISTORY FOUNDATION'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. Of the $14k that is directly attributable, 74% of it comes from Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $96k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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
GREAT BRIDGE BATTLEFIELD & WATERWAYS HISTORY FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half 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
Government funding GREAT BRIDGE BATTLEFIELD & WATERWAYS HISTORY FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $95k on record.
- Department of the Interior$64k
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$32k
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 GREAT BRIDGE BATTLEFIELD & WATERWAYS HISTORY FOUNDATION
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GREAT BRIDGE BATTLEFIELD & WATERWAYS HISTORY FOUNDATION?
- GREAT BRIDGE BATTLEFIELD & WATERWAYS HISTORY FOUNDATION (Virginia) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $109,587 to it, the largest being HAMPTON ROADS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($50,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GREAT BRIDGE BATTLEFIELD & WATERWAYS HISTORY FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $109,587 in grants to GREAT BRIDGE BATTLEFIELD & WATERWAYS HISTORY FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GREAT BRIDGE BATTLEFIELD & WATERWAYS HISTORY FOUNDATION?
- HAMPTON ROADS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GREAT BRIDGE BATTLEFIELD & WATERWAYS HISTORY FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 6 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