Connecticut · Nonprofit
THE HISTORIC SHARON BURYING GROUND INC
THE HISTORIC SHARON BURYING GROUND INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $91,050 to it, the largest being THE RHOADES-ROBINSON FUND ($90,750). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $381k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $91k
- Net assets
- $950k
What The Historic Sharon Burying Ground Inc does
Program
This year we continued to repair broken headstones and re-set fallen ones. This is ongoing work. Through our adopt a grave project, we also continued to clean many more head stones. We thanked our donors, and we hosted a cocktail party to thank our donors and others who had contributed in various ways to the historic sharon burying ground. The upper housatonic valley heritage walks took place in the cemetery on september 7 and on september 14. Ongoing annual maintenance of the grounds and the chapel included again addressing an invasion of bees.
$49,529 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $49,529.
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 2023 to 2024, from $621k to $950k (+53%).
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: 2020 3% · 2021 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
8% of THE HISTORIC SHARON BURYING GROUND INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (1% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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 2 funders, grant income fell $20k → $12k.
From the IRS filings of THE HISTORIC SHARON BURYING GROUND 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
THE HISTORIC SHARON BURYING GROUND 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% · 2023 99% — 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
THE HISTORIC SHARON BURYING GROUND INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 2 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
THE HISTORIC SHARON BURYING GROUND INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,872 membership benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,872 membership benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE HISTORIC SHARON BURYING GROUND 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.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
41%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE HISTORIC SHARON BURYING GROUND INC?
- THE HISTORIC SHARON BURYING GROUND INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $91,050 to it, the largest being THE RHOADES-ROBINSON FUND ($90,750). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE HISTORIC SHARON BURYING GROUND INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $91,050 in grants to THE HISTORIC SHARON BURYING GROUND INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE HISTORIC SHARON BURYING GROUND INC?
- THE RHOADES-ROBINSON FUND is the largest funder on record, with $90,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE HISTORIC SHARON BURYING GROUND 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 2017–2024), 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