Michigan · Nonprofit
BEAVER ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MICHIGAN
BEAVER ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MICHIGAN (Michigan) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $280,329 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($108,452). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $304k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $280k
- Net assets
- $909k
What Beaver Island Historical Society of Michigan does
Mission
The beaver island historical society has a mission to "share and preserve the unique history of beaver island and the archipelago". We advance our mission through well maintained collections and well-articulated exhibits in our clean and well cared for print shop museum and marine museum, in addition to our two historic properties, the heritage park and the protar home. We offer several resources and services to our visitors, including genealogical research, copies of archival photos and a series of historical journals, a monthly publication, an annual arts and culture magazine and other historical themed books for purchase. Additionally, we host many events throughout the year aligning with beaver island's cultural landscape. Museum week and kids camp are our most popular events. The beaver island historical values: financial sustainability community close interpersonal relation emphasis on education knowledge and expertise quality exhibits historic preservations traditional values co
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The historical society currently operates two museums on the island, the print shop museum and the marine museum, as well as two additional historical sites, heritage park and the protar home. In addition, we offer several historical resources to our visitors, including genealogical research, copies of archival photos, and a series of historical journals and other historical themed books for purchase. Additionally, we host many events throughout the year to promote the island's unique history. We also publish the northern islander, our community's monthly publication and an annual arts and culture magazine, the beaver beacon.
$264,118 spent$81,509 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $264,118.
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 2019 to 2020, from $907k to $1.1M (+18%).
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: 2017 4% · 2018 51% · 2019 38% · 2020 33% · 2021 37% · 2022 27% · 2023 23% · 2024 27% · 2025 24%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
64% of BEAVER ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MICHIGAN’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $17k → $45k.
6 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 63% 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 BEAVER ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MICHIGAN’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
BEAVER ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MICHIGAN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
81% 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 BEAVER ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MICHIGAN.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 58% · 2019 99% · 2020 100% · 2021 42% · 2022 76% · 2023 39% — 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.
How long its funders stay
40% of BEAVER ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MICHIGAN's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
63% of BEAVER ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MICHIGAN'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 $104k that is directly attributable, 51% of it comes from funders outside Michigan, across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $176k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Against its field
BEAVER ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MICHIGAN's revenue fell 53% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
79%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BEAVER ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MICHIGAN?
- BEAVER ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MICHIGAN (Michigan) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $280,329 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($108,452). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BEAVER ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MICHIGAN have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $280,329 in grants to BEAVER ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MICHIGAN, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BEAVER ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MICHIGAN?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $108,452 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BEAVER ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MICHIGAN 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.
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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 13 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