Connecticut · Nonprofit
WINDHAM TEXTILE AND HISTORY MUSEUM INC
WINDHAM TEXTILE AND HISTORY MUSEUM INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $34,500 to it, the largest being CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC ($25,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $76k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $35k
- Net assets
- $134k
What Windham Textile and History Museum Inc does
Mission
The windham textile and history museum (the mill museum), located in the historic former headquarters of the american thread company of willimantic, connecticut, is a private, membership-based, nonprofit, 501(c)3 educational institution and historical society, incorporated in 1989 in the state of connecticut, serving the general public. Located in the historic former headquarters of the american thread company in willimantic, connecticut, the museum houses a museum, a library, and an archive. Through its exhibits, programs, and collections, the museum preserves and interprets the history of textiles, the textile arts, and the textile industry, with special emphasis on the experiences of craftspeople, industrial workers, manufacturers, inventors, designers, and consumers. The museum also promotes a greater understanding of the major trends and changes in technology, the economy, immigration, society, the environment, and culture that shaped the history of textiles, the textile arts, and
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The museum is open all year round that attracts about 1,500 visitors, operating with multiple staff members and plenty of active volunteers for tours. The museum also maintains a collection of 25,000 plus of historic artifacts and as well as a library. They conduct a series of education history and textile programs that include speakers, weaving lessons, school programs and walking tours.
$74,361 spent$7,049 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $74,361.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2021 to 2022, from $32k to $154k (+386%).
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: 2022 37% · 2023 54% · 2024 28%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
84% of WINDHAM TEXTILE AND HISTORY MUSEUM 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. 3 of the last 4 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 held at 1 funder, grant income rose $3k → $7k.
From the IRS filings of WINDHAM TEXTILE AND HISTORY MUSEUM 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
WINDHAM TEXTILE AND HISTORY MUSEUM INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% 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
74% 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 WINDHAM TEXTILE AND HISTORY MUSEUM INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of WINDHAM TEXTILE AND HISTORY MUSEUM INC's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.
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
WINDHAM TEXTILE AND HISTORY MUSEUM INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like WINDHAM TEXTILE AND HISTORY MUSEUM 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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 WINDHAM TEXTILE AND HISTORY MUSEUM 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 WINDHAM TEXTILE AND HISTORY MUSEUM INC?
- WINDHAM TEXTILE AND HISTORY MUSEUM INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $34,500 to it, the largest being CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC ($25,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WINDHAM TEXTILE AND HISTORY MUSEUM INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $34,500 in grants to WINDHAM TEXTILE AND HISTORY MUSEUM INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WINDHAM TEXTILE AND HISTORY MUSEUM INC?
- CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC is the largest funder on record, with $25,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WINDHAM TEXTILE AND HISTORY MUSEUM INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 2021–2024), 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