Massachusetts · Nonprofit
THE NATIONAL SOC OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE COMM OF MA
THE NATIONAL SOC OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE COMM OF MA (Massachusetts) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $555,794 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($398,990). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $941k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $556k
- Net assets
- $5.6M
What The National Soc of the Colonial Dames of America in the Comm of Ma does
Mission
The national society of the colonial dames of america actively promotes our national heritage through historic preservation, patriotic service and educational projects.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The massachusetts colonial dames owns or operates three historic houses in massachusetts - the prescott house in boston, quincy homestead in quincy, and martin house farm in swansea. Our properties are open to the public from may to november and at other times by special arrangement.prescott house:referred to as a "neighborhood hidden gem" by the beacon hill times. This beautiful mansion is located across from the boston common. Voted in 2018, one of the top 8 examples of federal architecture by boston curbed and one of the seven boston house museums to visit by boston magazine, the william hickling prescott house, at 55 beacon street, and the adjoining home at 54 beacon street, were built in 1808 for the boston merchant, james smith colburn. These federal period twin houses overlook boston common. The land was once owned by john singleton copley, america's most accomplished colonial portrait painter.quincy homestead:a national historic landmark, the quincy homestead is significant for its role in early american history, for its architecture, and for its quincy family association. The property, located at the corner of hancock street and butler road, is part of the original land…
$340,497 spent$91,978 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $340,497.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2020 to 2021, from $4.4M to $5.5M (+23%).
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 6% · 2022 6% · 2023 5% · 2024 25%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
54% of THE NATIONAL SOC OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE COMM OF MA’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 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 4 funders to 5 funders, grant income fell $71k → $15k.
4 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 79% 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 THE NATIONAL SOC OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE COMM OF MA’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 NATIONAL SOC OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE COMM OF MA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
79% 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 THE NATIONAL SOC OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE COMM OF MA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 61% · 2019 75% · 2020 65% · 2021 89% · 2022 59% · 2023 48% — 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.
How long its funders stay
63% of THE NATIONAL SOC OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE COMM OF MA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 75% 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
79% of THE NATIONAL SOC OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE COMM OF MA'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 $117k that is directly attributable, 98% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $439k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Against its field
THE NATIONAL SOC OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE COMM OF MA runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE NATIONAL SOC OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE COMM OF MA
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In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
64%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE NATIONAL SOC OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE COMM OF MA?
- THE NATIONAL SOC OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE COMM OF MA (Massachusetts) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $555,794 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($398,990). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE NATIONAL SOC OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE COMM OF MA have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $555,794 in grants to THE NATIONAL SOC OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE COMM OF MA, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE NATIONAL SOC OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE COMM OF MA?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $398,990 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE NATIONAL SOC OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE COMM OF MA 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 2019–2024), and the filings of 12 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