Massachusetts · Nonprofit
NORTHEAST DOCUMENT CONSERVATION CENTER INC
NORTHEAST DOCUMENT CONSERVATION CENTER INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,702,569 to it, the largest being MIAMI VALLEY PUBLIC MEDIA INC ($1,003,876). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.6M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $5.0M
What Northeast Document Conservation Center Inc does
Mission
Nedcc's mission is to improve the conservation efforts of libraries, archives, historical organizations, museums and other repositories; to provide the highest quality services to institutions without in-house conservation facilities or those that seek specialized expertise; and organizations, museums and other repositories; to provide the highest quality services to institutions without in-house conservation facilities or those that seek specialized expertise; and to provide leadership in the preservation and conservation fields.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Conservation services - nedcc conservators' expertise includes conservation of books, documents, maps, photographs, parchment, architectural plans, wallpaper, and works of art on paper, including drawings and paintings in all media, prints, collage, and contemporary works. Conservators treat works with unusual formats such as globes and other composite objects with paper components. Treatment options range from basic stabilization to complete restoration.
$1,994,404 spent$2,457,998 earned by the program38% of program spendingDigital service - nedcc's imaging services assists collections-holding institutions with planning digitization projects, implementing digital preservation programs, and with digitally reformatting entire collections. Digital reformatting is done to "best practices" standards in the museum and archives fields.
$1,077,359 spent$1,258,828 earned by the program21% of program spendingPreservation services - nedcc offers consultation and training to help institutions preserve collections as a whole through collections care and preservation planning. The department conducts general preservation assesments that include a site visit followed by a report. Preservation assessment reports offer practical recommendations for improving environmental and storage conditions and provide the foundation for writing a long-term preservation plan. A preservation assessment can help ensure that limited funds are allocated according to carefully identified priorities, increasing the longevity of an institution's collections. Nedcc also provides detailed condition assessments of specific collections of objects. Nedcc's preservation department presents educational programs in the u.s. And education & outreach. A variety of workshops and other presentations are provided each year to help cultural institutions preserve their valuable collections. Nedcc's educational programs provide training for professionals seeking to learn the basics as well as those who want to be kept up to date on the latest trends.
$1,401,599 spent$1,481,925 earned by the program27% of program spendingAudio preservation - nedcc's audio preservation services provides individuals and institutions with expertise services and advice on audio preservation, which includes: digitization of audio files that meet fadgi and iasa standards, discovery services, condition assessments, cleaning services, rehousing services and conservation treatment of audio carriers.
$756,086 spent$649,616 earned by the program14% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,229,448.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $8.4M to $15M (+78%).
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: 2021 11% · 2022 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
4% of NORTHEAST DOCUMENT CONSERVATION CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
William Veillette Non Voting
Executive director
Board chair
Michael Comeau
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $500k → $37k.
From the IRS filings of NORTHEAST DOCUMENT CONSERVATION CENTER 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
NORTHEAST DOCUMENT CONSERVATION CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
59% 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 NORTHEAST DOCUMENT CONSERVATION CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 96% · 2021 100% · 2023 81% — 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
NORTHEAST DOCUMENT CONSERVATION CENTER INC draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 3 states in all.
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
NORTHEAST DOCUMENT CONSERVATION CENTER INC's revenue grew 39% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding NORTHEAST DOCUMENT CONSERVATION CENTER INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.1M on record.
- National Endowment for the Humanities$2.1M
- Department of the Interior$751k
- Smithsonian Institution$219k
- National Archives and Records Administration$12k
- Department of Defense$11k
- Department of Homeland Security$3k
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 NORTHEAST DOCUMENT CONSERVATION CENTER 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NORTHEAST DOCUMENT CONSERVATION CENTER 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 NORTHEAST DOCUMENT CONSERVATION CENTER INC?
- NORTHEAST DOCUMENT CONSERVATION CENTER INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,702,569 to it, the largest being MIAMI VALLEY PUBLIC MEDIA INC ($1,003,876). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORTHEAST DOCUMENT CONSERVATION CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $1,702,569 in grants to NORTHEAST DOCUMENT CONSERVATION CENTER INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTHEAST DOCUMENT CONSERVATION CENTER INC?
- MIAMI VALLEY PUBLIC MEDIA INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,003,876 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTHEAST DOCUMENT CONSERVATION CENTER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 6 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