Vermont · Nonprofit
TOWNSHEND HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
TOWNSHEND HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC (Vermont) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $110,000 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($100,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $110k
- Net assets
- $40k
What Townshend Historical Society Inc does
Mission
To preserve and share the history of townshend, vt
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
the historic restoration of a West Townshend bridge project was completed in 2024
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
THS Newsletter- Published twice a year. it contains interesting articles of local history and pictures of Historical Townshend. it is mailed to THS members, friends in the community, town officials, local organizations. it is also available on the THS website www.townshendvt.org.
$859 spent62% of program spendingTHS Store- Sales of Townshend-related items online, by consignment and directly. Includes books, note cards, prints and puzzles. Profits from sales benefit current projects. Items sold serve to educate Townshend residents and the larger world community about our local history
$527 spent$795 earned by the program38% of program spendingThe townshend historical society spearheaded, directed and oversaw the restoration of an historic james follet stone arch bridge in west townshend. The project was funded by $256,366 in private donations raised by the townshend historical society, a $221,000 save america's treasures grant from the historic preservation fund administered by the national park service of the department of the interior, a $20,000 grant from the vermont division for historic preservation and $315,670 in town appropriations. The project was completed in 2024 with a total budget of $813,036 and it was finished within the scheduled five months by standing stone, llc. The townshend historical society is proud and grateful to have been part of such a monumental success.
$0 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,386.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 $244k to $37k (−85%).
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: 2024 91% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of TOWNSHEND HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (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
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
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 91% 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 TOWNSHEND 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
TOWNSHEND HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% 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
91% 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 TOWNSHEND HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC.
“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
91% of TOWNSHEND 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 $10k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Vermont, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $100k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
TOWNSHEND HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters 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 TOWNSHEND HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $258k on record — $238k federal, $20k state.
- Department of the Interior$221k
- Department of Agriculture$17k
- Other Grants$20k
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 TOWNSHEND HISTORICAL SOCIETY 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 Vermont
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
32% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TOWNSHEND HISTORICAL SOCIETY 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 TOWNSHEND HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC?
- TOWNSHEND HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC (Vermont) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $110,000 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($100,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does TOWNSHEND HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $110,000 in grants to TOWNSHEND HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC.
- Who is the largest funder of TOWNSHEND HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TOWNSHEND 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 2023–2025), 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