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Albion Historical Society

Albion Historical Society (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,500 to it, the largest being WILLIAM AND KAREN DOBBINS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2023
$152k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$2k
Net assets
$0
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Albion Historical Society does

Mission

To encourage preservation, education , research, and interest in the history of Albion

As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.

Programs

On its FY2023 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.

Gardner House Museum is open May-September plus special events. Museum is a Victorian house with changing special exhibits.

Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).

  1. Gardner House Museum is open May-September plus special events. The museum is a Victorian House with changing special exhibits.

    $9,201 spent$290 earned by the program
    62% of program spending
  2. Five newsletters containing information about the Albion Historical Society and events plus local events. Also a website.

    $2,778 spent
    19% of program spending
  3. sti

    $2,778 spent
    19% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,757.

02The organization over time
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'25*
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of Albion 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.

Where its funders are

100% of Albion Historical Society's grant income comes from Michigan funders.

MI

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Albion Historical Society receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2k to it.

Operating margin100% · outside the comparable range

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,174 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023

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In Michigan

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

0% of spending goes to programs.

Program 0%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

0
board members
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MI

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds Albion Historical Society?
Albion Historical Society (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,500 to it, the largest being WILLIAM AND KAREN DOBBINS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Albion Historical Society have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,500 in grants to Albion Historical Society.
Who is the largest funder of Albion Historical Society?
WILLIAM AND KAREN DOBBINS FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Albion Historical Society find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2023 (financials across 2023–2023), and the filings of 1 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