How many funders does NASHUA HISTORICAL SOCIETY have?

IRS filings report 3 grantmakers giving $131,292 in grants to NASHUA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.

Who is the largest funder of NASHUA HISTORICAL SOCIETY?

FLORENCE H SPEARE MEM BLDG is the largest funder on record, with $123,300 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.

How can an organization like NASHUA HISTORICAL SOCIETY find more funders?

Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Hampshire. 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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NASHUA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

NASHUA HISTORICAL SOCIETY (New Hampshire) is funded by 3 grantmakers whose IRS filings report $131,292 in grants to it, the largest being FLORENCE H SPEARE MEM BLDG ($123,300). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

$295k

Revenue FY2024

Funders on record

$131k

Grants received

$6.2M

Net assets

1/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 18%

01The organization over time

The organization over time

Revenue, expenses and net assets — each indexed to 100 at its first filing year, so you read the trajectory, not the magnitude.

20212024

Revenue (109)Expenses (109)Net assets (95)

02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

The base broadened — 1 funders to 2 as grant income moved $39k → $44k.

'20

'22

'23

'24

total

Florence H Speare Mem Bldg

$123k

New Hampshire Humanities Council

$5k

Saul O Sidore Memorial Foundation

$3k

funders

From the IRS filings of NASHUA HISTORICAL SOCIETY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation.

How concentrated its funding is

NASHUA HISTORICAL SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% 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

94%

largest funder

100%

top three

effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% · 2024 94% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration.

Where its funders are

NASHUA HISTORICAL SOCIETY draws 94% of its grant income from funders outside New Hampshire — its reputation reaches beyond the state, across 2 states in all.

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

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’22

’23

’24

New Hampshire out of state home

03Its place in the field

Funders to approach

Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.

From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.

Organizations like NASHUA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In New Hampshire

Grace Fellowship of Nashua Inc66%The National Society of the Colonial64%New Hampshire Bible Society62%Nashua Association for the Elderly62%Milford Historical Society61%Hampton Falls Historical Society60%Salem Historical Society60%New Hampshire Antiquarian Society60%

Nationally

Native American Heritage Association70%North Haven Historical Society70%Waseca County Historical Society69%Lebanon Historical Society69%Central Historical Society69%Kandiyohi County Historical Society68%Johnstown Historical Society68%Holliston Historical Society68%

04Profile & governance

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

Questions and answers

Who funds NASHUA HISTORICAL SOCIETY?: NASHUA HISTORICAL SOCIETY (New Hampshire) is funded by 3 grantmakers whose IRS filings report $131,292 in grants to it, the largest being FLORENCE H SPEARE MEM BLDG ($123,300). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does NASHUA HISTORICAL SOCIETY have?: IRS filings report 3 grantmakers giving $131,292 in grants to NASHUA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of NASHUA HISTORICAL SOCIETY?: FLORENCE H SPEARE MEM BLDG is the largest funder on record, with $123,300 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NASHUA HISTORICAL SOCIETY find more funders?: Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Hampshire. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

Every figure is read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML — this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 3funders 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. view filing

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