Wisconsin · Nonprofit
Columbus Area Historical Society
Columbus Area Historical Society (Wisconsin) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $165,872 to it, the largest being Columbus Downtown Development Corp ($165,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $356k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $166k
- Net assets
- $38k
What Columbus Area Historical Society does
Mission
The purpose of this organization is exclusively educational and shall be to preserve, advance and disseminate the history of Columbus, WI and the surrounding areas to the publc.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
To educate the public and to preserve, advance and disseminate the history of Columbus, WI and the surrounding areas to the public.
$71,684 spent$56,249 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $71,684.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $61.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 Columbus Area 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
Columbus Area Historical Society leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% 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
100% 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 Columbus Area Historical Society.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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 Columbus Area Historical Society's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $122 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
Columbus Area Historical Society runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Columbus Area 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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 Columbus Area 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 Columbus Area Historical Society?
- Columbus Area Historical Society (Wisconsin) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $165,872 to it, the largest being Columbus Downtown Development Corp ($165,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Columbus Area Historical Society have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $165,872 in grants to Columbus Area Historical Society, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Columbus Area Historical Society?
- Columbus Downtown Development Corp is the largest funder on record, with $165,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Columbus Area Historical Society find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 2024–2024), 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