Connecticut · Nonprofit
LYME PUBLIC HALL AND LOCAL HISTORY ARCHIVES INC
LYME PUBLIC HALL AND LOCAL HISTORY ARCHIVES INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,400 to it, the largest being CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC ($12,300). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $137k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $12k
- Net assets
- $739k
What Lyme Public Hall and Local History Archives Inc does
Mission
Lyme public hall & local history archives, inc. Is an historical organization preserving the history of the town and its lifeways in addition to being a community center.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
The organization provides the community with a variety of events and exhibits focused on the town history and surrounding community. The town archives is maintained and available for research by community members and educational purposes.
The lyme public hall & local history archives, inc. Organizes several exhibits highlighting the town's historical signficance, as well as maintaining an archives for the town of lyme.
$14,096 spent100% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,096.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2025 to 2026, from $635k to $739k (+17%).
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: 2026 28%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
42% of LYME PUBLIC HALL AND LOCAL HISTORY ARCHIVES INC’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. 2 of the last 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $7k → $6k.
From the IRS filings of LYME PUBLIC HALL AND LOCAL HISTORY ARCHIVES 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
LYME PUBLIC HALL AND LOCAL HISTORY ARCHIVES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% 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
99% 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 LYME PUBLIC HALL AND LOCAL HISTORY ARCHIVES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 98% — broadly stable.
“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
99% of LYME PUBLIC HALL AND LOCAL HISTORY ARCHIVES INC's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
LYME PUBLIC HALL AND LOCAL HISTORY ARCHIVES INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 630 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 630 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Government funding LYME PUBLIC HALL AND LOCAL HISTORY ARCHIVES INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1k on record.
- Pass thru Grant Non-State$1k
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 LYME PUBLIC HALL AND LOCAL HISTORY ARCHIVES INC
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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
43% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
66%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LYME PUBLIC HALL AND LOCAL HISTORY ARCHIVES INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LYME PUBLIC HALL AND LOCAL HISTORY ARCHIVES INC?
- LYME PUBLIC HALL AND LOCAL HISTORY ARCHIVES INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,400 to it, the largest being CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC ($12,300). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LYME PUBLIC HALL AND LOCAL HISTORY ARCHIVES INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $12,400 in grants to LYME PUBLIC HALL AND LOCAL HISTORY ARCHIVES INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LYME PUBLIC HALL AND LOCAL HISTORY ARCHIVES INC?
- CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC is the largest funder on record, with $12,300 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LYME PUBLIC HALL AND LOCAL HISTORY ARCHIVES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2020–2026), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing