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WASHBURN-NORLANDS FOUNDATION INC WASHBURN-NORLANDS LIVING HISTORY CENTER
WASHBURN-NORLANDS FOUNDATION INC WASHBURN-NORLANDS LIVING HISTORY CENTER (Maine) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $158,201 to it, the largest being Maine Community Foundation Inc ($82,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $534k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $158k
- Net assets
- $3.7M
What Washburn-Norlands Foundation Inc Washburn-Norlands Living History Center does
Mission
The Washburn-Norlands Living History Centers mission is to preserve the heritage and traditions of rural life of Maines past. We accomplish this by celebrating the achievements of Livermores Washburn Family and sharing the values, activities and issues of the past in a way to make them relevant to future generations.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Farm to Table:As a result of Farm to Table barn and mansion dinners, the Norlands is able to connect with the local community of small farms and farmers. The menu entrees include meats and produce purchased and showcased from surrounding farms. Dinner guests learn of the traditional and seasonal foods in Maine.
$56,220 spent$17,881 earned by the program38% of program spendingEducation: The Washburn Norlands Living History Center (WNLHC) provided educational programming for a variety of youth groups. These groups included public and private schools, homeschool co-ops, and scout groups. The young visitors who came on-site learned what 19th-century life was like in rural Maine. They also learned about the inspiring story of the Washburn family. Interpreters led programs using first-person role-play as the teaching method. Over 1,000 young learners participated in the programs. Maine state education standards for Social Studies were integrated into the programs to help students develop an understanding of the Civil War era.
$49,255 spent$19,582 earned by the program33% of program spendingHeritage Tourism:The Washburn Norlands Living History Center conducted site tours, living history days, and farm-to-table experiences for the public throughout the year. Visitors learned about the contributions of each member of the Washburn family in the building of our nation. Furthermore, as visitors walk among the buildings and fields of the history center, historical farm practices are revealed through a hands-on approach using authentic artifacts. Over 800 visitors participated in heritage tourism. Site tours were booked in advance and open history days were promoted and announced by season. Both were conducted throughout the year.
$42,873 spent$4,500 earned by the program29% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $148,348.
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 2019 to 2020, from $3.1M to $3.6M (+13%).
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 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
76% of WASHBURN-NORLANDS FOUNDATION INC WASHBURN-NORLANDS LIVING HISTORY CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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 5 funders, grant income rose $6k → $34k.
4 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 66% 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 WASHBURN-NORLANDS FOUNDATION INC WASHBURN-NORLANDS LIVING HISTORY CENTER’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
WASHBURN-NORLANDS FOUNDATION INC WASHBURN-NORLANDS LIVING HISTORY CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
73% 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 WASHBURN-NORLANDS FOUNDATION INC WASHBURN-NORLANDS LIVING HISTORY CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 69% · 2019 99% · 2020 71% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% · 2023 47% — 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 WASHBURN-NORLANDS FOUNDATION INC WASHBURN-NORLANDS LIVING HISTORY CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
66% of WASHBURN-NORLANDS FOUNDATION INC WASHBURN-NORLANDS LIVING HISTORY CENTER'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 $53k that is directly attributable, 52% of it comes from Maine funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $105k 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
WASHBURN-NORLANDS FOUNDATION INC WASHBURN-NORLANDS LIVING HISTORY CENTER 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
Government funding WASHBURN-NORLANDS FOUNDATION INC WASHBURN-NORLANDS LIVING HISTORY CENTER receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.4M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$3.4M
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 WASHBURN-NORLANDS FOUNDATION INC WASHBURN-NORLANDS LIVING HISTORY CENTER
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 Maine
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
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WASHBURN-NORLANDS FOUNDATION INC WASHBURN-NORLANDS LIVING HISTORY CENTER?
- WASHBURN-NORLANDS FOUNDATION INC WASHBURN-NORLANDS LIVING HISTORY CENTER (Maine) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $158,201 to it, the largest being Maine Community Foundation Inc ($82,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WASHBURN-NORLANDS FOUNDATION INC WASHBURN-NORLANDS LIVING HISTORY CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $158,201 in grants to WASHBURN-NORLANDS FOUNDATION INC WASHBURN-NORLANDS LIVING HISTORY CENTER, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WASHBURN-NORLANDS FOUNDATION INC WASHBURN-NORLANDS LIVING HISTORY CENTER?
- Maine Community Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $82,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WASHBURN-NORLANDS FOUNDATION INC WASHBURN-NORLANDS LIVING HISTORY CENTER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maine. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 10 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