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Blair County Geneological Society

Blair County Geneological Society (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $550 to it, the largest being THE BRUNO & LENA DEGOL FAMILY FOUND ($500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$77k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$550
Net assets
$1.9M
0/2 repeat funders
01What it does

What Blair County Geneological Society does

Mission

To compile study and exchange information of a genealogic and historic nature and to preserve perpetuate and publish the genealogic and historic heritage of the blair county area for the benefit of its members schools and general public

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Library operations: the library was open to the public 151 days with 330 paid memberships and 2,622 patron visits. Research secretary answered 31 inquiries via mail and email. Library operation and maintenance was accomplished by 57 volunteers with 7,189 recorded volunteer hours updating genealogical records and obituaries creating new information books for publication and maintaining the building and equipment.

    $289,454 spent$3,324 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $289,454.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($140k) Expenses 100 ($29k) Net assets 100 ($1.8M)2023 Revenue 71 ($100k) Expenses 164 ($48k) Net assets 102 ($1.9M)2024 Revenue 41 ($57k) Expenses 171 ($50k) Net assets 103 ($1.9M)2025 Revenue 55 ($77k) Expenses 983 ($289k) Net assets 105 ($1.9M)
2020202320242025
Revenue (55)Expenses (983)Net assets (105)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 2024 to 2025, from $1.9M to $1.9M (+2%).

$1.8M
$1.9M
$1.9M
$1.9M
2020202320242025
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.

2020
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

72% of Blair County Geneological Society’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 18,808 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$110k
’20
$52k
’23
$7k
’24
−$213k
’25
1.7
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.

2020202320242025
Listed8899
Joined··+1+1
No longer listed··01
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

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

From the IRS filings of Blair County Geneological 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.

How concentrated its funding is

Blair County Geneological Society leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% 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

91%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

“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

100% of Blair County Geneological Society's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.

PA

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

Blair County Geneological Society's revenue fell 45% between 2020 and 2025.

Operating margin−277% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve1.7mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−11% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

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

PA

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Blair County Geneological Society: 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 Blair County Geneological Society?
Blair County Geneological Society (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $550 to it, the largest being THE BRUNO & LENA DEGOL FAMILY FOUND ($500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Blair County Geneological Society have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $550 in grants to Blair County Geneological Society.
Who is the largest funder of Blair County Geneological Society?
THE BRUNO & LENA DEGOL FAMILY FOUND is the largest funder on record, with $500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Blair County Geneological Society find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 2020–2025), 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