Georgia · Nonprofit
Cherokee County Historical Society
Cherokee County Historical Society (Georgia) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,603,817 to it, the largest being WHITE FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($618,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $730k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $4.0M
What Cherokee County Historical Society does
Mission
History Cherokee is a nonprofit organization engaged in the collection, preservation, and interpretation of Cherokee County History.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Welcomed over 4,000 visitors to the Cherokee County History Center, which features high and low tech interactive exhibits. Hosted 28 educational programs including childrens events such as Homeschool Days, History Camps, Archaeology Day and Flag Day.
$276,003 spent45% of program spendingInstalled a new permanent exhibit about the history and habitat of the Etowah River. This outdoor exhibit is accessible to all and includes conservation facts and information provided by the Upper Etowah River Alliance.
$184,003 spent30% of program spendingProduced Black History Driving Tours in both digital and print format, for the Georgia cities of Canton and Woodstock. Both versions included historic photographs, information about each site, and a map of all 19 sites. This project is supported by Georgia Humanities, in partnership with the Georgia Department of Economic Development, through funding from the Georgia General Assembly. The digital tour was created using Open Tour Building, a free software platform created by the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship.
$153,336 spent25% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $613,342.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $4.0M to $5.8M (+46%).
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 21% · 2018 18% · 2019 50% · 2020 14% · 2021 4% · 2022 9% · 2023 19% · 2024 25%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
Stefanie Joyner
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $16k → $129k.
4 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 Cherokee 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
Cherokee County Historical Society leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 52% · 2019 99% · 2020 73% · 2021 78% · 2022 51% · 2023 54% — 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.
How long its funders stay
71% of Cherokee County Historical Society's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
96% of Cherokee County Historical Society's grant income comes from Georgia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $165k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Organizations like Cherokee 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 Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
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 Cherokee County Historical 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 Cherokee County Historical Society?
- Cherokee County Historical Society (Georgia) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,603,817 to it, the largest being WHITE FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($618,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Cherokee County Historical Society have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $1,603,817 in grants to Cherokee County Historical Society, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Cherokee County Historical Society?
- WHITE FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $618,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Cherokee County Historical Society find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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