Texas · Nonprofit
DICKINSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
DICKINSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,242 to it, the largest being PENLAND FOUNDATION ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $33k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $6k
- Net assets
- $59k
What Dickinson Historical Society does
Mission
Educational
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Identify historical landmarksdocumenting historystatues
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Joan Malmrose
Executive director
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2021: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $1k.
From the IRS filings of DICKINSON 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
DICKINSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 98% · 2021 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 DICKINSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY's grant income comes from Texas funders.
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.
Against its field
DICKINSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 14,279 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,279 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2023
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In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DICKINSON 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 DICKINSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- DICKINSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,242 to it, the largest being PENLAND FOUNDATION ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DICKINSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $6,242 in grants to DICKINSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DICKINSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- PENLAND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DICKINSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 2023–2023), and the filings of 2 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