Rhode Island · Nonprofit
WESTERLY ARMORY RESTORATION INC
WESTERLY ARMORY RESTORATION INC (Rhode Island) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $154,946 to it, the largest being THE CHAMPLIN FOUNDATION ($75,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $340k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $155k
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Westerly Armory Restoration Inc does
Mission
The mission of westerly armory restoration, inc is to restore the historic westerly armory (national register of historic places and a save americas treasures site) for use by its community as a museum and community building.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Building maintenance, insurance and utilities to keep building available to community groups and events and also to house the museum portion of the property. This also includes a 90% allocation of depreciation on the building, equipment, fixtures and museum equipment.
$66,387 spent71% of program spendingOur sole paid employee handles general maintenance, booking community events in the hall, and access for the public. 75% of the wages and related payroll taxes are included.
$21,460 spent23% of program spending70% of office expenses, and general supplies are deemed to support the programs.
$5,288 spent6% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $93,135.
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 $1.4M to $1.6M (+15%).
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 30% · 2018 23% · 2019 36% · 2020 32% · 2021 23% · 2022 16% · 2023 23% · 2024 34% · 2025 59%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of WESTERLY ARMORY RESTORATION INC’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. 0 of the last 9 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 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $13k → $31k.
From the IRS filings of WESTERLY ARMORY RESTORATION 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
WESTERLY ARMORY RESTORATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 92% · 2018 67% · 2019 58% · 2020 87% · 2021 76% · 2022 100% · 2023 96% — 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.
How long its funders stay
40% of WESTERLY ARMORY RESTORATION INC'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
WESTERLY ARMORY RESTORATION INC draws 57% of its grant income from funders outside Rhode Island, across 5 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
WESTERLY ARMORY RESTORATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like WESTERLY ARMORY RESTORATION 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 Rhode Island
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WESTERLY ARMORY RESTORATION 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 WESTERLY ARMORY RESTORATION INC?
- WESTERLY ARMORY RESTORATION INC (Rhode Island) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $154,946 to it, the largest being THE CHAMPLIN FOUNDATION ($75,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WESTERLY ARMORY RESTORATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $154,946 in grants to WESTERLY ARMORY RESTORATION INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WESTERLY ARMORY RESTORATION INC?
- THE CHAMPLIN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $75,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WESTERLY ARMORY RESTORATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Rhode Island. 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 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing