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IMPROVE NORWICH NOW INC

IMPROVE NORWICH NOW INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $364,151 to it, the largest being THE HIGLEY FOUNDATION INC ($324,822). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$37k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$364k
Net assets
$20k
1/2 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Improve Norwich Now Inc does

Mission

This organization is exclusively charitable and intends to have a focus on mentoring community members. The organization is committed to making a difference in one life, one family, one situation at a time with a particular emphasis toward the community of norwich.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Fostering futures new york chenango county (ffnycc) is to support foster and kinship families in building better futures for children and youth.

    $25,913 spent
    81% of program spending
  2. Aunt mary's house is a community initiative focused on providing a safe haven for pregnant and parenting mothers to gain opportunities, resources, and knowledge toward becoming self-sufficient.

    $1,118 spent
    3% of program spending
  3. As we strive to improve our community by helping people reach their full potential, we are focused on breaking through the barrier of illiteracy. Four methods we have put into action include one community, one book, the ymca reading reef, all I.n.n. For reading, and the paperback book exchange.

    $5,046 spent
    16% of program spending
  4. Housing renovation and sale of residential property to benefit local community members.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $32,077.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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.

100 = 20222022 Revenue 100 ($171k) Expenses 100 ($114k) Net assets 100 ($13k)2023 Revenue 119 ($204k) Expenses 77 ($87k) Net assets 978 ($130k)2024 Revenue 20 ($35k) Expenses 47 ($54k) Net assets 149 ($20k)2025 Revenue 21 ($37k) Expenses 32 ($36k) Net assets 153 ($20k)
2022202320242025
Revenue (21)Expenses (32)Net assets (153)Peer revenue range

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 $14k to $131k (+833%).

$14k
$131k
$20k
$20k
2022202320242025
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.

2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

90% of IMPROVE NORWICH NOW INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,233 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$58k
’22
$117k
’23
−$19k
’24
$537
’25
3.1
months of
reserve
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $76k → $288k.

From the IRS filings of IMPROVE NORWICH NOW 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

IMPROVE NORWICH NOW INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 89% 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

89%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 86% — 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 IMPROVE NORWICH NOW INC's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY

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

’22
’23
New York out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

IMPROVE NORWICH NOW INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin1% · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−40% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,277 public benefit nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

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

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds IMPROVE NORWICH NOW INC?
IMPROVE NORWICH NOW INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $364,151 to it, the largest being THE HIGLEY FOUNDATION INC ($324,822). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does IMPROVE NORWICH NOW INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $364,151 in grants to IMPROVE NORWICH NOW INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of IMPROVE NORWICH NOW INC?
THE HIGLEY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $324,822 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like IMPROVE NORWICH NOW INC 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 2022–2025), 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