Connecticut · Nonprofit
NORWALK PRESERVATION TR INC
NORWALK PRESERVATION TR INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,825 to it, the largest being CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC ($10,800). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $31k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $11k
- Net assets
- $441k
What Norwalk Preservation Tr Inc does
Mission
Our mission is to protect Norwalks irreplaceable historic buildings and neighborhoods landscapes and streetscapes by raising awareness and taking appropriate action when necessary. We fulfill this mission through advocacy and education including public events like tours and workshops. We are a voice for preservation and an information resource for homeowners residents businesses and developers as well as city state and national organizations and government agencies.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Educational program focused on historic preservation. Our "Houses of Change" tour on October 13 2024 explored architectural adaptation and change in 19th-century residential homes. Restorations and renovations can and should be done with sensitivity to traditional building methods and materials. Helping you to "get your house right" is part of our mission. 48 people attended the tour. 60 people attended the reception afterwards. You can learn more and see photos on our web site under Current News.
$5,120 spent94% of program spendingAs a lead-in to our Houses of Change tour see above on September 22 we presented a keynote lecture "Buildings of Change," by Christopher Wigren a prominent architectural historian of Connecticut. 28 people attended the lecture at the Norwalk Public Library free and open to the public. You can learn more and see photos on our web site under Current News.
$310 spent6% of program spendingCommunity-building exercise focused on historic preservation and urban renewal related to our organizational mission. Our 2024 Janes Walk program featured a walking tour of South Norwalks historic districts focused on two major projects in this urban space the replacement of the railroad bridge and two historic buildings that will be demolished to make way for a hotel project. We talked with residents in front of their homes and with business owners in their establishments. More than 20 people attended. This was a free event with NPT leadership donating their time and expertise. You can learn more and see photos on our web site under Current News.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $5,430.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2023 to 2024, from $365k to $441k (+21%).
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: 2023 23%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
21% of NORWALK PRESERVATION TR INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $25 → $5k.
From the IRS filings of NORWALK PRESERVATION TR 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
NORWALK PRESERVATION TR INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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
100% 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 NORWALK PRESERVATION TR INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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
100% of NORWALK PRESERVATION TR 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
NORWALK PRESERVATION TR INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like NORWALK PRESERVATION TR 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.
Public support
56%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NORWALK PRESERVATION TR INC?
- NORWALK PRESERVATION TR INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,825 to it, the largest being CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC ($10,800). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORWALK PRESERVATION TR INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $10,825 in grants to NORWALK PRESERVATION TR INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORWALK PRESERVATION TR INC?
- CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC is the largest funder on record, with $10,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORWALK PRESERVATION TR 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 FY2024 (financials across 2023–2024), 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