Michigan · Nonprofit
ELK RAPIDS AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
ELK RAPIDS AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Michigan) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $26,181 to it, the largest being THE HERRINGTON-FITCH FAMILY FOUNDATION INC C/O LESLIE LEE ($12,350). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $43k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $26k
- Net assets
- $789k
What Elk Rapids Area Historical Society does
Mission
Vision statement to be a distinguished leader in defining the unique history of the region by connecting the past, present & future through: historical preservation, community collaboration, educational programs, and research documentation.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Program
Inspire people to explore the past, understand the present and envision the future by: serving as the authority on regional history, preserving artifacts pertinent to the region, promoting, collaborating and supporting community activities, providing a center for community engagement and education, assisting with research and learning, ensuring history is an integral component of community development, and sharing our past as the foundation for the future.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income fell $400 → $366.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 ELK RAPIDS 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
ELK RAPIDS AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
38% 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 ELK RAPIDS AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 71% · 2019 42% · 2020 41% · 2021 41% · 2022 53% · 2023 68% — 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.
Where its funders are
86% of ELK RAPIDS AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k 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 ELK RAPIDS 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 Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
59% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ELK RAPIDS AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- ELK RAPIDS AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Michigan) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $26,181 to it, the largest being THE HERRINGTON-FITCH FAMILY FOUNDATION INC C/O LESLIE LEE ($12,350). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ELK RAPIDS AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $26,181 in grants to ELK RAPIDS AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ELK RAPIDS AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- THE HERRINGTON-FITCH FAMILY FOUNDATION INC C/O LESLIE LEE is the largest funder on record, with $12,350 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ELK RAPIDS AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 6 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