New York · Nonprofit
HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE TOWN OF BOLTON
HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE TOWN OF BOLTON (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,009 to it, the largest being GREATER HUDSON HERITAGE NETWORK ($6,009). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $264k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $11k
- Net assets
- $332k
What Historical Society of the Town of Bolton does
Mission
Mission is to educate townspeople and visitors about the history of bolton, lake george and the surrounding area. Thte museum displays extensive collections of regional artifacts and memorabilia and sponsors a summber lecture series with the darrin fresh water institute in bolton landing.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
To educate townspeople and visitors about the history of bolton, lake george and the surrounding area through displays of extensive collections of regional artifacts & memorabilia as well as special exhibits.
$128,514 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $128,514.
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. 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 $176k to $332k (+89%).
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: 2024 29%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE TOWN OF BOLTON’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. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE TOWN OF BOLTON’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
HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE TOWN OF BOLTON leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
55% 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 HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE TOWN OF BOLTON.
“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 HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE TOWN OF BOLTON's grant income comes from New York funders.
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
HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE TOWN OF BOLTON runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE TOWN OF BOLTON
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE TOWN OF BOLTON?
- HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE TOWN OF BOLTON (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,009 to it, the largest being GREATER HUDSON HERITAGE NETWORK ($6,009). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE TOWN OF BOLTON have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $11,009 in grants to HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE TOWN OF BOLTON.
- Who is the largest funder of HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE TOWN OF BOLTON?
- GREATER HUDSON HERITAGE NETWORK is the largest funder on record, with $6,009 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE TOWN OF BOLTON 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 2 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