How much does Society of Architectural Historians give?

Society of Architectural Historians reported 2 itemized grants totaling $40,753, out of $208,597 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does Society of Architectural Historians fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (84%), Education (11%), Employment (3%).

Who are Society of Architectural Historians's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Charnley-Persky House Museum Foundation ($229k), Regents of the University of California at Riverside ($27k), University of California Santa Barbara ($25k).

Does Society of Architectural Historians fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Where is Society of Architectural Historians based?

Society of Architectural Historians is based in IL.

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Society of Architectural Historians

The mission of the society is to advance the knowledge and understanding of architecture, design, landscape and urbanism worldwide among scholars, professionals in allied fields (including architecture, historic preservation and planning) and the interested general public. This mission is achieved by: sponsoring the pursuit and…

$209k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 2
Itemized grants FY2025: 3
Organizations funded FY2024: 33%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $41k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $34,753
Largest grant, FY2025: $34,753
Organizations funded a year: 1 to 11; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 2
Total assets, FY2025: $9.3M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Society of Architectural Historians funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

Arts & CultureEducationCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentHousing & ShelterOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	2	$41k	0%
FY2024	3	$50k	33%
FY2023	3	$73k	0%
FY2022	5	$111k	20%
FY2021	4	$26k	75%
FY2020	1	$7k	100%
FY2019	7	$51k	57%
FY2018	11	$63k	82%

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$377kEducation$48kEmployment$12kCommunity Improvement$6kEnvironment$4kHousing & Shelter$2k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
The Charnley-Persky House Museum Foundation	$229,117	8	40%
Regents of the University of California at Riverside	$26,710	2	n/a
University of California Santa Barbara	$24,677	2	n/a
Glessner House Museum	$22,869	3	2%
Dade Heritage Trust Inc	$22,500	3	2%
Cranbrook Educational Community	$19,300	3	0%
Seattle Architectural Foundation	$12,200	2	4%
THE H E ART PROJECT dba ARTWORXLA	$10,000	1	1%
Aia Chicago Foundation	$8,050	2	6%
Preservation Buffalo Niagara	$7,000	1	2%

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All grantees of Society of Architectural Historians by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
The Charnley-Persky House Museum Foundation	$229,117	8	40%
Regents of the University of California at Riverside	$26,710	2	n/a
University of California Santa Barbara	$24,677	2	n/a
Glessner House Museum	$22,869	3	2%
Dade Heritage Trust Inc	$22,500	3	2%
Cranbrook Educational Community	$19,300	3	0%
Seattle Architectural Foundation	$12,200	2	4%
THE H E ART PROJECT dba ARTWORXLA	$10,000	1	1%
Aia Chicago Foundation	$8,050	2	6%
Preservation Buffalo Niagara	$7,000	1	2%
Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia	$6,000	1	0%
Illinois Chapter of the National Organiz	$5,600	1	n/a
The Friends of the Cabildo Inc	$5,400	1	1%
The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation	$5,300	1	0%
We Are the Next	$5,000	1	n/a
San Antonio Conservation Society	$5,000	1	0%
Frank Lloyd Wright Trust	$5,000	1	0%
Atlanta Preservation Center Inc	$5,000	1	1%
Louisiana State University	$5,000	1	n/a
GuideStar USA Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Illinois Chapter American Society of Landscape Architects	$4,100	1	2%
Historic Columbia Foundation	$2,250	1	0%
Piedmont Housing Alliance	$2,000	1	0%

Society of Architectural Historians supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 18.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United StatesDC17.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Society of Architectural Historians

How much does Society of Architectural Historians give?: Society of Architectural Historians reported 2 itemized grants totaling $40,753, out of $208,597 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Society of Architectural Historians fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (84%), Education (11%), Employment (3%).
Who are Society of Architectural Historians's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Charnley-Persky House Museum Foundation ($229k), Regents of the University of California at Riverside ($27k), University of California Santa Barbara ($25k).
Does Society of Architectural Historians fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Society of Architectural Historians?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
Where is Society of Architectural Historians based?: Society of Architectural Historians is based in IL.