Massachusetts · Nonprofit
PETERSHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCORPORATED
PETERSHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCORPORATED (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $8,402 to it, the largest being EDWARD L & ELEANOR L SCHMIDT TR ($8,402). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $11k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $8k
- Net assets
- $48k
What Petersham Historical Society Incorporated does
Program
The ongoing operation and maintenance of the petersham historical society phs museum and oneroom schoolhouse in order to perserve promote and pass on the history of the town of petersham ma. This includes the development and care of the societys collection the creation and presentation of exhibits and the presentation of educational materials as well as the display of various historical items specific to the town of petersham ma. Finally the general activities necessary to maintain preserve repair and restore the museum and schoolhouse buildings.
$14,765 spent
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
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.
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 $71k to $15k (−78%).
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
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $1k → $1k.
From the IRS filings of PETERSHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCORPORATED’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.
Where its funders are
PETERSHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCORPORATED draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 1 state 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.
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In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PETERSHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCORPORATED?
- PETERSHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCORPORATED (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $8,402 to it, the largest being EDWARD L & ELEANOR L SCHMIDT TR ($8,402). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PETERSHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCORPORATED have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $8,402 in grants to PETERSHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCORPORATED, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PETERSHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCORPORATED?
- EDWARD L & ELEANOR L SCHMIDT TR is the largest funder on record, with $8,402 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PETERSHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCORPORATED 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 1 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