Massachusetts · Nonprofit
WESTFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
WESTFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $156,982 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($120,273). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $49k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $157k
- Net assets
- $545k
What Westford Historical Society Inc does
Mission
The mission of the Westford Historical Society is to promote the understanding and appreciation of Westfords unique history to the community. By providing programming that features aspects of Westford residents daily lives activities and achievements we strive to expand and enrich our understanding of how our town continues to evolve. We foster an environment of teaching and learning that strengthens our sense of community. We will collect preserve and exhibit documents photographs objects and sites historically significant to Westford and encourage outside efforts to do the same.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Many Voices One Freedom - a community reading of Frederick Douglass speech What to the Slave is the Fourth of July Free program for members.
$2,104 spent15% of program spendingTea with George and Martha Washington - ticketed event for members and nonmembers
$1,500 spent$1,620 earned by the program11% of program spendingWild Women of Westford - ticketed event for members and nonmembers
$975 spent$2,465 earned by the program7% of program spendingAdvertiments and membership development
$532 spent$10,502 earned by the program4% of program spendingWebsite development
$800 spent6% of program spendingAffiliate historical organizations membership dues
$298 spent2% of program spendingSpeaker fees for programming
$7,657 spent$4,285 earned by the program55% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $13,866.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2023 to 2024, from $399k to $455k (+14%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $3k → $2k.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 83% 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 WESTFORD 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
WESTFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
88% 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 WESTFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 75% · 2019 100% · 2020 97% · 2021 94% · 2022 83% · 2023 96% — 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
83% of WESTFORD 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 $26k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $131k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 WESTFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $9k on record.
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$9k
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 WESTFORD 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
33% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
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 WESTFORD 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 WESTFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC?
- WESTFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $156,982 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($120,273). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WESTFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $156,982 in grants to WESTFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WESTFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $120,273 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WESTFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2022–2026), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing