Wisconsin · Nonprofit
DE PERE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
DE PERE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,498,631 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE FOX VALLEY REGION INC ($1,000,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2023
- $115k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $297k
What De Pere Historical Society Inc does
Mission
To promote understanding and knowledge of De Peres history from 1836 thru the 21st century.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Operation and Maintenance of the White Pillars Museum and the restored "Polo Resto" filling station. White Pillars is the oldest building in De Pere 1836 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Buildings. The Polo Resto 1925 is maintained by the Society; it is located at the entrance to the largest city park.
$9,505 spentof which $7,000 as grants33% of program spendingCommunity Outreach exhibits in Museum quarterly 8 page newsletters were published and mailed to members 900 Newsletters for all fourth grade students in De Pere schools were printed and distributed. The Society awarded Historical Awards to businesses and homeowners recognizing historic preservation efforts.
$7,942 spent28% of program spendingThe Historical Society continues to maintain a searchable computer-based digital archive as a service to the local community.This archive contains over 100,000 scanned pages of local newspapers from 1880 thru 2000 and over 160,00- pages from local businesses and civic organizations at no charge to users.
$10,932 spent39% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $28,379.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $199k to $252k (+27%).
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: 2018 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $50 → $19k.
2 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 67% 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 DE PERE HISTORICAL SOCIETY 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
DE PERE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
67% 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 DE PERE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 95% · 2021 66% · 2022 95% · 2023 82% — 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.
How long its funders stay
75% of DE PERE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% 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
67% of DE PERE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $499k that is directly attributable, 90% of it comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 DE PERE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
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.
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DE PERE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC?
- DE PERE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,498,631 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE FOX VALLEY REGION INC ($1,000,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DE PERE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $1,498,631 in grants to DE PERE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DE PERE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE FOX VALLEY REGION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DE PERE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC 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 FY2023 (financials across 2018–2023), and the filings of 8 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