New York · Nonprofit
GREENWICH VILLAGE SOCIETY FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION
GREENWICH VILLAGE SOCIETY FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION (New York) receives grants from 45 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,769,727 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,405,345). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.1M
- Funders on record
- 45
- Grants received
- $3.8M
- Net assets
- $6.7M
What Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation does
Mission
The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation ("village preservation") preserves the architectural heritage and cultural history of greenwich village, the east village, and noho.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Preservation & advocacy - undertake research, documentation, and advocacy to preserve and extend the historic districts of greenwich village, the east village, gansevoort market, noho, and the south village. Village preservation researches the historic resources in our community, advocates against inappropriate development in our neighborhoods, and provides tools to the general public to help them preserve their communities through civic engagement. We provide regular oversight of our area's landmark districts, conduct research on undocumented buildings, and advocate for threatened properties within our neighborhoods.
$587,642 spent37% of program spendingMembership services, newsletter, & blog- village preservation has 1,842 members, including individuals, families, and businesses. Our bi-annual newsletter features news, research, and cultural and historic information and is distributed to 11,000 individuals.
$515,171 spent32% of program spendingLectures, tours, and meetings - lectures, tours, exhibits, and programs about the architecture and history of greenwich village, the east village, south village, and noho.
$321,824 spent20% of program spendingChildren's educational, broker education, and archive and oral history. Total students served: 2,854.
$180,444 spent$63,547 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,605,081.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2022 to 2023, from $4.9M to $5.8M (+18%).
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: 2018 3% · 2019 4% · 2020 14% · 2021 12% · 2022 9% · 2023 2% · 2024 5% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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
Andrew Berman
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 19 funders, grant income rose $87k → $590k.
10 of 45 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 83% 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 GREENWICH VILLAGE SOCIETY FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 45 funders by total. 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
GREENWICH VILLAGE SOCIETY FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
86% 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 GREENWICH VILLAGE SOCIETY FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 34% · 2018 64% · 2019 63% · 2020 72% · 2021 65% · 2022 59% · 2023 68% — 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.
How long its funders stay
46% of GREENWICH VILLAGE SOCIETY FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
83% of GREENWICH VILLAGE SOCIETY FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION'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 $643k that is directly attributable, 68% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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.
Organizations like GREENWICH VILLAGE SOCIETY FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GREENWICH VILLAGE SOCIETY FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION?
- GREENWICH VILLAGE SOCIETY FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION (New York) receives grants from 45 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,769,727 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,405,345). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GREENWICH VILLAGE SOCIETY FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION have?
- IRS filings report 45 organizations giving $3,769,727 in grants to GREENWICH VILLAGE SOCIETY FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GREENWICH VILLAGE SOCIETY FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $2,405,345 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GREENWICH VILLAGE SOCIETY FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 45 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