New York · Nonprofit
AMERICAN SOCIAL HISTORY PRODUCTIONS INCORPORATED
AMERICAN SOCIAL HISTORY PRODUCTIONS INCORPORATED (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $198,265 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($150,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $31k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $198k
- Net assets
- $115k
What American Social History Productions Incorporated does
Mission
To revitalize interest in u.s. History through the production of a wide range of educational materials and collaboration with scholars, media producers and educators.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Who built america? An open educational resource:development of an open educational resource based on our groundbreaking two-volume history textbook, who built america? Working people and the nation's history, in combination with our award-winning history teaching website, history matters: the u.s. Survey course on the web. The oer will offer instructors and students a wholly free, multi-layered, and customizable resource for u.s. History classrooms. Along with adding new content to the oer, conducted in-person and online workshops and shared information at the annual conference of the national social studies association.mission us:development of a series of award-winning, free online history games for middle school classrooms in collaboration with thirteen/wnet. The series has been used by over 3,000,000 students and 80,000 teachers nationwide. In fy25, ashp completed work on mission 8,spirit of a nation, which was publicly launched in 2025. In addition, we have been developing ideas and strategies for continuing funding, testing, and updating of the series.visual culture of the american civil war and its aftermath:we continued developing an existing website that used resources…
$47,081 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $47,081.
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. 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 2017 to 2018, from $574k to $398k (−31%).
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.
0% of AMERICAN SOCIAL HISTORY PRODUCTIONS INCORPORATED’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Anne Valk
Executive director and member
Board chair
Ellen Noonan
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $150k → $22k.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN SOCIAL HISTORY PRODUCTIONS INCORPORATED’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
AMERICAN SOCIAL HISTORY PRODUCTIONS INCORPORATED leans on a few funders — its largest provides 76% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2022 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
76% of AMERICAN SOCIAL HISTORY PRODUCTIONS INCORPORATED's grant income comes from New York 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
AMERICAN SOCIAL HISTORY PRODUCTIONS INCORPORATED's revenue fell 74% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like AMERICAN SOCIAL HISTORY PRODUCTIONS INCORPORATED
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 York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
74%
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 AMERICAN SOCIAL HISTORY PRODUCTIONS INCORPORATED: 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 AMERICAN SOCIAL HISTORY PRODUCTIONS INCORPORATED?
- AMERICAN SOCIAL HISTORY PRODUCTIONS INCORPORATED (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $198,265 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($150,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN SOCIAL HISTORY PRODUCTIONS INCORPORATED have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $198,265 in grants to AMERICAN SOCIAL HISTORY PRODUCTIONS INCORPORATED, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN SOCIAL HISTORY PRODUCTIONS INCORPORATED?
- THE FORD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN SOCIAL HISTORY PRODUCTIONS INCORPORATED find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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