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COLUMBUS INDIANA ARCHITECTURAL ARCHIVES INC

COLUMBUS INDIANA ARCHITECTURAL ARCHIVES INC (Indiana) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $96,250 to it, the largest being CLARENCE E CUSTER AND INEZ R CUSTER ($47,250). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$83k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$96k
Net assets
$1.1M
2/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 32%
01What it does

What Columbus Indiana Architectural Archives Inc does

Mission

The mission of the columbus indiana architectural archives is to collect, conserve and promote the use of records that document the architectural engineering and arts associated with built environments of columbus, indiana.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. To preserve material pertaining to the built environment, public arts, sculptures, and landscaping in barthomew county, indiana.

    $34,210 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $34,210.

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 ($79k) Expenses 100 ($148k) Net assets 100 ($830k)2019 Revenue 100 ($79k) Expenses 22 ($32k) Net assets 105 ($874k)2020 Revenue 73 ($58k) Expenses 7 ($10k) Net assets 116 ($964k)2021 Revenue 89 ($70k) Expenses 15 ($23k) Net assets 128 ($1.1M)2022 Revenue 67 ($53k) Expenses 40 ($60k) Net assets 106 ($880k)2023 Revenue 85 ($67k) Expenses 18 ($27k) Net assets 117 ($970k)2024 Revenue 105 ($83k) Expenses 25 ($37k) Net assets 129 ($1.1M)
2017201920202021202220232024
Revenue (105)Expenses (25)Net assets (129)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 2021 to 2022, from $1.1M to $880k (−17%).

$830k
$874k
$964k
$1.1M
$880k
$970k
$1.1M
2017201920202021202220232024
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
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

28% of COLUMBUS INDIANA ARCHITECTURAL ARCHIVES INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (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. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$70k
’17
$47k
’19
$48k
’20
$47k
’21
−$7k
’22
$39k
’23
$46k
’24
17
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.

2017201920202021202220232024
Listed7666889
Joined··+2+1+3+0+3
No longer listed··21102
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $13k → $21k.

1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 INDIANA ARCHITECTURAL ARCHIVES 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.

How concentrated its funding is

COLUMBUS INDIANA ARCHITECTURAL ARCHIVES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

49%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 60% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 63% · 2021 67% · 2022 63% · 2023 57% — diversifying over time.

“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 INDIANA ARCHITECTURAL ARCHIVES INC's grant income comes from Indiana funders.

IN

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Indiana out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

COLUMBUS INDIANA ARCHITECTURAL ARCHIVES INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin55% · top quartile
Months of reserve17.2mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)1% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

92% of spending goes to programs.

Program 92%Management 8%Fundraising 0%

Governance

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

Public support

23%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IN

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Questions and answers

Who funds COLUMBUS INDIANA ARCHITECTURAL ARCHIVES INC?
COLUMBUS INDIANA ARCHITECTURAL ARCHIVES INC (Indiana) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $96,250 to it, the largest being CLARENCE E CUSTER AND INEZ R CUSTER ($47,250). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does COLUMBUS INDIANA ARCHITECTURAL ARCHIVES INC have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $96,250 in grants to COLUMBUS INDIANA ARCHITECTURAL ARCHIVES INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of COLUMBUS INDIANA ARCHITECTURAL ARCHIVES INC?
CLARENCE E CUSTER AND INEZ R CUSTER is the largest funder on record, with $47,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like COLUMBUS INDIANA ARCHITECTURAL ARCHIVES INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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 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