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MAIN STREET WATERBURY INC DBA MAIN STREET WATERBURY

MAIN STREET WATERBURY INC DBA MAIN STREET WATERBURY (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,565 to it, the largest being SAINT MARY'S HOSPITAL INC ($5,065). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$114k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$8k
Net assets
$44k
0/2 repeat funders
01What it does

What Main Street Waterbury Inc Dba Main Street Waterbury does

Mission

To advocate, educate, and collaborate for the revitalization and enhancement of downtown waterbury following the main street four-point approach.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Revitalize & preserve downtown waterbury through improving its physical appearance, promoting its architectural and cultural assets, organizing volunteer initiatives & sponsoring events.

    $101,178 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $101,178.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($121k) Expenses 100 ($149k) Net assets 100 ($69k)2018 Revenue 98 ($119k) Expenses 87 ($129k) Net assets 86 ($59k)2019 Revenue 98 ($119k) Expenses 89 ($132k) Net assets 67 ($46k)2020 Revenue 101 ($123k) Expenses 85 ($127k) Net assets 61 ($42k)2021 Revenue 80 ($97k) Expenses 80 ($119k) Net assets 28 ($19k)2022 Revenue 74 ($90k) Expenses 67 ($99k) Net assets 14 ($10k)2023 Revenue 77 ($94k) Expenses 58 ($87k) Net assets 24 ($16k)2024 Revenue 100 ($121k) Expenses 65 ($96k) Net assets 61 ($42k)2025 Revenue 94 ($114k) Expenses 75 ($111k) Net assets 64 ($44k)
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Revenue (94)Expenses (75)Net assets (64)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 2021 to 2022, from $20k to $65k (+230%).

$71k
$91k
$51k
$48k
$20k
$65k
$94k
$61k
$55k
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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
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

67% of MAIN STREET WATERBURY INC DBA MAIN STREET WATERBURY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$27k
’17
−$10k
’18
−$13k
’19
−$4k
’20
−$22k
’21
−$10k
’22
$7k
’23
$25k
’24
$2k
’25
4.2
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.

Chief executive

Lynn Ward

Chief executive officer

Board chair

Heather Price

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

202320242025
Listed161715
Joined·+5+3
No longer listed·45
03Who funds it

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 MAIN STREET WATERBURY INC DBA MAIN STREET WATERBURY’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

MAIN STREET WATERBURY INC DBA MAIN STREET WATERBURY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% 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

67% 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 MAIN STREET WATERBURY INC DBA MAIN STREET WATERBURY.

67%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

“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 MAIN STREET WATERBURY INC DBA MAIN STREET WATERBURY's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.

CT

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

MAIN STREET WATERBURY INC DBA MAIN STREET WATERBURY receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $8k to it.

Operating margin2% · below the median
Months of reserve4.2mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−1% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

91% of spending goes to programs.

Program 91%Management 9%Fundraising 0%

Governance

15
board members
93%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

99%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CT

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Questions and answers

Who funds MAIN STREET WATERBURY INC DBA MAIN STREET WATERBURY?
MAIN STREET WATERBURY INC DBA MAIN STREET WATERBURY (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,565 to it, the largest being SAINT MARY'S HOSPITAL INC ($5,065). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MAIN STREET WATERBURY INC DBA MAIN STREET WATERBURY have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $7,565 in grants to MAIN STREET WATERBURY INC DBA MAIN STREET WATERBURY.
Who is the largest funder of MAIN STREET WATERBURY INC DBA MAIN STREET WATERBURY?
SAINT MARY'S HOSPITAL INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,065 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MAIN STREET WATERBURY INC DBA MAIN STREET WATERBURY 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.

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 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