Vermont · Nonprofit
STRAFFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
STRAFFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC (Vermont) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $226,040 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($95,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 84% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $179k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $226k
- Net assets
- $506k
What Strafford Historical Society Inc does
Mission
Founded in 1955, the mission of the strafford historical society is to preserve the sites, records, objects, and related materials pertaining to the history of the town of strafford for educational purposes and to apply the lessons of history for the solution and betterment of the current affairs of said town.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The strafford historical society continues to renovate the historic 120 year old masonic temple that was purchased in 2021. Before the exhibits, artifacts and displays of early life in strafford can be moved into the building, significant improvements must be made. Current year projects included weatherproofing the basement, including the installing of a concrete floor; upgrading the electrical and plumbing systems; newly plastered first floor walls and ceilings; adding handicap parking and access; and a new climate-controlled attic storage area for fragile archives. The building is expected to be ready for occupancy in the spring of 2026.
$12,382 spent70% of program spendingAll of the materials that were damaged in the 2023 flooding have been restored, thanks to the work of the dartmouth college conservation lab, and have been returned. These items, collections, and furnishings are now stored in the masonic hall. The society began sending quarterly electronic newsletters in the fall of 2024, in addition to the annual newsletter which is mailed to all members. The website is updated periodically with construcion photos and blog posts exploring strafford's people, places, and events from the past.
$4,608 spent26% of program spendingCurrent year events included walking tours of strafford village during the summer and fall. During the tours, the shs historian highlights the histories of the buildings located in the village, both present and in the past, including anecdotes about who lived and worked in the village. The society offered one program during the year, held in the unfinished building, a film about the ransom family farm. The 2025 annual meeting included a demonstration of a new research project, "history in the present". The goal of this project is to create a digital archive of events and people's memories that help us understand how people in a small town in vermont create community today. As part of this project, over the summer two student interns began documenting the history and importance of coburn's store. Contributions to the oral history of the store continue to be accepted.
$683 spent4% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $17,673.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2024 to 2025, from $346k to $506k (+46%).
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: 2022 30% · 2023 20% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $50 → $68k.
4 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 84% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of STRAFFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY 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
STRAFFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
92% 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 STRAFFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 98% · 2021 67% · 2022 31% · 2023 52% — 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.
How long its funders stay
25% of STRAFFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
84% of STRAFFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $36k that is directly attributable, 50% of it comes from funders outside Vermont, across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $190k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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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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 Vermont
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
63%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds STRAFFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC?
- STRAFFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC (Vermont) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $226,040 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($95,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 84% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does STRAFFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $226,040 in grants to STRAFFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of STRAFFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC?
- VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $95,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STRAFFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Vermont. 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 2022–2025), and the filings of 9 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