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BETTS HOUSE RESEARCH CENTER INC

BETTS HOUSE RESEARCH CENTER INC (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being THE OLIVER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$169k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$1k
Net assets
$1.5M
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Betts House Research Center Inc does

Mission

The mission of the Betts House Research Center Inc is to interpret the history of the Greater Cincinnati region through exhibits and programs on the built environment, including architecture, historic preservation, building trades and materials and construction.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Extensive work done at one of our historic properties, Betts House, and more restoration is expected over the summer. We had one open house,participated in the Betts Longworth Historic District summer event and offered the house to their society for meetings. We enlarged the BettsHouse board to include community members. Planning for the permanent exhibit focusing on the changing shape of the Betts acreage and how it relates to the history of Cincinnati continuedRegular upkeep of the building and garden was performed.

    $71,976 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $71,976.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($148k) Expenses 100 ($82k) Net assets 100 ($1.0M)2018 Revenue 71 ($106k) Expenses 96 ($79k) Net assets 103 ($1.1M)2020 Revenue 209 ($310k) Expenses 499 ($409k) Net assets 105 ($1.1M)2021 Revenue 210 ($312k) Expenses 41 ($33k) Net assets 132 ($1.4M)2022 Revenue 18 ($26k) Expenses 28 ($23k) Net assets 132 ($1.4M)2023 Revenue 46 ($68k) Expenses 49 ($40k) Net assets 135 ($1.4M)2024 Revenue 130 ($194k) Expenses 201 ($164k) Net assets 138 ($1.4M)2025 Revenue 114 ($169k) Expenses 98 ($80k) Net assets 145 ($1.5M)
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Revenue (114)Expenses (98)Net assets (145)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $1.1M to $1.4M (+25%).

$1.0M
$1.1M
$1.1M
$1.4M
$1.4M
$1.4M
$1.4M
$1.5M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

46% of BETTS HOUSE RESEARCH CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$66k
’17
$27k
’18
−$99k
’20
$278k
’21
$3k
’22
$28k
’23
$29k
’24
$89k
’25
5.4
months of
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.

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Joined·+0·+1+0+0+0+2
No longer listed·0·10002
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

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

Funder
'17
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of BETTS HOUSE RESEARCH CENTER 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.

Where its funders are

100% of BETTS HOUSE RESEARCH CENTER INC's grant income comes from Ohio funders.

OH

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

BETTS HOUSE RESEARCH CENTER INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin53% · top quartile
Months of reserve5.4mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)2% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

90% of spending goes to programs.

Program 90%Management 10%Fundraising 0%

Governance

3
board members
200%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

OH

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Natl Society of the Colonial Dames · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds BETTS HOUSE RESEARCH CENTER INC?
BETTS HOUSE RESEARCH CENTER INC (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being THE OLIVER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BETTS HOUSE RESEARCH CENTER INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,000 in grants to BETTS HOUSE RESEARCH CENTER INC.
Who is the largest funder of BETTS HOUSE RESEARCH CENTER INC?
THE OLIVER FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BETTS HOUSE RESEARCH CENTER INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 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