New Jersey · Nonprofit
Westfield Historical Society
Westfield Historical Society (New Jersey) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,857 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($5,200). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $285k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $11k
- Net assets
- $2.1M
What Westfield Historical Society does
Mission
The mission of the Westfield Historical Society (WHS) is to preserve, interpret and encourage an interest in history, Westfield, and its residents through educational efforts and community outreach programs. (Contd Sch. O)
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Other educational programs include guest speakers and films on historic matters, presentations at public schools and local clubs on colonial living, field trips to historic sites and monthly luncheons with speakers on historic and community subjects. Attendance at these programs is estimated at approximately 4,000.
$143,881 spent76% of program spendingThe Miller-Cory House (circa 1740) is owned and operated by the Society as a living museum and is registered a State and National historic site. Approximately 2,000 individuals visited the museum, with 13 showcases provided and approximlately 60 tours given. Presentations include shearing of live sheep and making wool, demonstrations of weaving, tin piercing, lace making and crafts for children.
$45,114 spent24% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $188,995.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $2.2M to $2.1M (−8%).
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 16% · 2022 30% · 2023 17% · 2024 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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 2 funders, grant income rose $25 → $218.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 48% 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 Westfield Historical Society’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
Westfield Historical Society leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
48% 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 Westfield Historical Society.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 83% · 2020 81% · 2021 47% · 2022 93% · 2023 92% — 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.
Where its funders are
82% of Westfield Historical Society'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. $5k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Government funding Westfield Historical Society receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $63k on record.
- GRANT IN AID$33k
- DEDICATED$15k
- TRUST FUND$15k
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 Westfield Historical Society
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.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
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 Westfield Historical Society: 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 Westfield Historical Society?
- Westfield Historical Society (New Jersey) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,857 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($5,200). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Westfield Historical Society have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $10,857 in grants to Westfield Historical Society, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Westfield Historical Society?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $5,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Westfield Historical Society 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 7 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