Iowa · Nonprofit
BUENA VISTA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
BUENA VISTA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Iowa) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $34,617 to it, the largest being AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION ($22,317). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $108k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $35k
- Net assets
- $208k
What Buena Vista County Historical Society does
Mission
Preserving buena vista county's past for the future.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Preserving buena vista county's past for the future. We have open houses and projects that invite the public to see what we have and what great things we are doing.
$42,182 spent38% of program spendingThe storm on april 18 2025 left us with a major clean up to do. The south 3/4 of the roof was missing, exposing stored box items and soaking many boxes, floor carpet runners, and water was running in the south east corner upstairs. Many items were too wet to save and thus went in the dumpster.
$69,513 spent62% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $111,695.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $700 → $23k.
From the IRS filings of BUENA VISTA COUNTY 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.
How concentrated its funding is
BUENA VISTA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% 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
64% 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 BUENA VISTA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 71% · 2018 71% · 2019 63% · 2020 55% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 98% — growing more concentrated.
“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
BUENA VISTA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY draws 64% of its grant income from funders outside Iowa, across 2 states in all.
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.
Organizations like BUENA VISTA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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 Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BUENA VISTA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- BUENA VISTA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Iowa) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $34,617 to it, the largest being AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION ($22,317). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BUENA VISTA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $34,617 in grants to BUENA VISTA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BUENA VISTA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $22,317 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BUENA VISTA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 3 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