New Jersey · Nonprofit
THE OLD FIRST HISTORIC TRUST INC
THE OLD FIRST HISTORIC TRUST INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $34,100 to it, the largest being New Jersey Council For The Humanities ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $89k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $34k
- Net assets
- $0
What The Old First Historic Trust Inc does
Mission
Our mission is to preserve historical landmarks and artifacts for future generations. We believe that by protecting these resources, we can better understand our past and create a brighter future. Where the city of elizabeth's rich heritage and diverse culture fosters the cultural arts, education and an appreciation of history and where social services strengthen the community
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Program expense - restoring historic buildings cataloging artifacts and developing educational programs.
$45,535 spent102% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $44,700. The per-program figures do not add up to the total the return states; both are shown as filed.
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 2024 to 2025, from $13k to $0 (−100%).
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: 2017 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of THE OLD FIRST HISTORIC TRUST INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations 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. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2018: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $23k → $12k.
From the IRS filings of THE OLD FIRST HISTORIC TRUST 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 OLD FIRST HISTORIC TRUST INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% 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
59% 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 OLD FIRST HISTORIC TRUST INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 89% · 2018 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
66% of THE OLD FIRST HISTORIC TRUST INC's grant income comes from New Jersey 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
THE OLD FIRST HISTORIC TRUST INC has grown faster than half of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Government funding THE OLD FIRST HISTORIC TRUST INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $427k on record — $25k federal, $402k state.
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$25k
- TRUST FUND$290k
- BOND FUND$79k
- GRANT IN AID$29k
- DEDICATED$3k
- DIRECT STATE SERVICES - NON-SALARY$700
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like THE OLD FIRST HISTORIC TRUST 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 New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE OLD FIRST HISTORIC TRUST INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE OLD FIRST HISTORIC TRUST INC?
- THE OLD FIRST HISTORIC TRUST INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $34,100 to it, the largest being New Jersey Council For The Humanities ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE OLD FIRST HISTORIC TRUST INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $34,100 in grants to THE OLD FIRST HISTORIC TRUST INC.
- Who is the largest funder of THE OLD FIRST HISTORIC TRUST INC?
- New Jersey Council For The Humanities is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE OLD FIRST HISTORIC TRUST INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 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