Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
EMMAUS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
EMMAUS HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $35,612 to it, the largest being HARRY C TREXLER ESTATE ($26,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $139k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $36k
- Net assets
- $715k
What Emmaus Historical Society does
Mission
The mission of the Emmaus Historical Society is to collect, preserve and exhibit Emmaus artifacts, documents, histories, photographs and genealogy for display and research and to offer educational programs and events throughout the year.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Collect and preserve artifacts, historical and genealogical information. Answer questions on local history and geneaology for anyone presenting an inquiry.
$46,616 spent100% of program spendingConduct educational monthly meetings for members and general public with speakers on artifacts and historical information.
Maintain a museum with historical artifacts which is open on Saturdays and by appointment, school children tours, and for special events (Heritage Festival and Old Fashioned Christmas).
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $46,616.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $679k to $760k (+12%).
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: 2017 30% · 2018 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of EMMAUS HISTORICAL SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $11k → $3k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 EMMAUS 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
EMMAUS HISTORICAL SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% 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: 2017 78% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 99% · 2021 97% · 2022 94% · 2023 98% — 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
100% of EMMAUS HISTORICAL SOCIETY's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $312 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
EMMAUS HISTORICAL SOCIETY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like EMMAUS 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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 EMMAUS 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 EMMAUS HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- EMMAUS HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $35,612 to it, the largest being HARRY C TREXLER ESTATE ($26,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EMMAUS HISTORICAL SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $35,612 in grants to EMMAUS HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EMMAUS HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- HARRY C TREXLER ESTATE is the largest funder on record, with $26,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EMMAUS HISTORICAL SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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