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HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF OLD YARMOUTH INC

HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF OLD YARMOUTH INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,911 to it, the largest being BILEZIKIAN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($15,050). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$130k
Funders on record
7
Grants received
$26k
Net assets
$1.0M
3/7 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 6%
01What it does

What Historical Society of Old Yarmouth Inc does

Mission

To further the society's mission; to develop interest in the history of yarmouth, ma; to collect and preserve information, documents, relics and landmarks relating to the past.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. To further the society's mission; to develop interest in the history of yarmouth, ma; to collect and preserve information, documents, relics and landmarks relating to the past.

    $137,389 spent$9,159 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $137,389.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($124k) Expenses 100 ($135k) Net assets 100 ($901k)2019 Revenue 108 ($134k) Expenses 103 ($139k) Net assets 101 ($906k)2020 Revenue 107 ($133k) Expenses 91 ($123k) Net assets 111 ($1.0M)2021 Revenue 257 ($320k) Expenses 148 ($199k) Net assets 115 ($1.0M)2022 Revenue 106 ($131k) Expenses 113 ($153k) Net assets 100 ($902k)2023 Revenue 104 ($129k) Expenses 113 ($152k) Net assets 106 ($958k)2024 Revenue 126 ($156k) Expenses 118 ($159k) Net assets 111 ($1.0M)2025 Revenue 105 ($130k) Expenses 118 ($160k) Net assets 115 ($1.0M)
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Revenue (105)Expenses (118)Net assets (115)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $1.0M to $905k (−13%).

$901k
$906k
$1.0M
$1.0M
$905k
$958k
$1.0M
$1.0M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$10k
’17
−$4k
’19
$11k
’20
$121k
’21
−$21k
’22
−$22k
’23
−$3k
’24
−$29k
’25
0.9
months of
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.

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Listed2323182020181513
Joined··+2+3+0+5+1+1
No longer listed··710743
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $1k → $1k.

1 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF OLD YARMOUTH INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 6 of 7 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

HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF OLD YARMOUTH INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

58%
largest funder
95%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 99% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% · 2023 92% — 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

92% of HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF OLD YARMOUTH INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.

IL
NY
MA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’20
’21
’23
Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $343 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.

04Its place in the field

Government funding HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF OLD YARMOUTH INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3k on record.

State$3k
Top programs
  • (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$3k

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.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

86% of spending goes to programs.

Program 86%Management 12%Fundraising 2%

Governance

13
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

78%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

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Questions and answers

Who funds HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF OLD YARMOUTH INC?
HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF OLD YARMOUTH INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,911 to it, the largest being BILEZIKIAN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($15,050). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF OLD YARMOUTH INC have?
IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $25,911 in grants to HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF OLD YARMOUTH INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF OLD YARMOUTH INC?
BILEZIKIAN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $15,050 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF OLD YARMOUTH 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 7 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