Wisconsin · Nonprofit
EPHRAIM HISTORICAL FOUNDATION INC
EPHRAIM HISTORICAL FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $156,176 to it, the largest being Bernal T Chomeau Private Foundation ($75,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $472k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $156k
- Net assets
- $2.0M
What Ephraim Historical Foundation Inc does
Mission
Preserve and foster preservation of historical monuments, buildings, structures, sites and collections. Act as a resource in support of cultural organizations and civic services within the village of ephraim and the community at large. Act as a vehicle and custodian of financial contributions for the preservation of historic properties and collections. Enrich the concept of ephraim as a village of values for the enjoyment and understanding of our cultural traditions and natural beauty. Share the heritage and stories of the people of ephraim through research, outreach and education.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Preservation of historic properties: the ephraim historical foundation (ehf), with the financial assistance of its endowment, the ephraim foundation heritage fund, owns, operates, and preserves a total of seven historic buildings in the village of ephraim. In addition to the historic buildings, the ehf maintains the grounds of these buildings, a green space in the village, and an administrative building equipped with climate-controlled storage, offices, and a conference room. Each property presents its own preservation and maintenance challenges, such as ensuring the historical integrity of the properties, but under the direction of a dedicated buildings & grounds committee (made up entirely of volunteers) and the support of our membership, the ehf is able to meet these challenges in a timely and responsible manner. The committee routinely does walk-throughs of all the ehf properties and compiles a list of repairs and maintenance needed. These needs are then prioritized and completed, often through the generous donations of our members. These building serve as museums, archives, and administrative offices for the ehf so that we may continue to fulfill our mission.pioneer school…
$116,108 spent37% of program spendingEducation and outreach programs: an important part of our mission is educational and outreach programs, all of which are designed to engage a wide variety of audience with the history and heritage of the ephraim community, and to provide a strong sense of community. We offer a wide variety of children programs, adult programs, family programs and tours. We also strive to be a cooperative member of both the ephraim and door county community; a number of our programs are done in collaboration with other area organizations.teaching trunk program: an outreach program conducted in the gibraltar schools in fish creek, wi. A trunk, containing authentic artifacts and related activities, is presented to several classes. A staff member and volunteer accompany the trunk dressed in costume representing historical figures from ephraim's past. They were able to describe what life was like for their characters. Each trunk was designed to be grade-specific and related to current curriculum. In 2013-2014, the ehf visited the 4th graders and kindergarteners a total of three times with three different trunks (trunk topics relate to the history of ephraim and door county and included: early years in…
$70,369 spent22% of program spendingPreservation and presentation of the history of ephraim: a great deal of work goes on behind the scenes in the ehf archives and in our artifact storage areas. The ehf is the steward for a large and varied collection of artifacts and archives. From the objects and documents in our collection we conduct research on the history and heritage of ephraim and this research is then used in programs, exhibits, publications, research requests from ehf members and the public, and to add to our own understanding of the community we represent.archives and collection care and documentation: the ehf has a professional curatorial staff (executive director/curator and collection manager) tasked to work with an archives committee of volunteers to ensure the proper care and documentation of the ehf's collection. The ehf is the only historical organization in door county equipped with climate-controlled (temperature and humidity) storage area and the staff needed to care for the collections. The ehf staff often serves as a resource for other historic organization and history societies in door county. The community recognizes the ehf's ability to responsibly and professionally care for artifacts and…
$128,532 spent41% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $315,009.
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 2022 to 2023, from $2.4M to $2.0M (−18%).
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: 2021 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of EPHRAIM HISTORICAL FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Chief executive
Cody Schreck
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $16k → $54.
4 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.4M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Ephraim Foundation Heritage Fund Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money EPHRAIM HISTORICAL FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of EPHRAIM HISTORICAL FOUNDATION 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
EPHRAIM HISTORICAL FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
26% 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 EPHRAIM HISTORICAL FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 62% · 2018 65% · 2019 99% · 2020 49% · 2021 37% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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.
How long its funders stay
43% of EPHRAIM HISTORICAL FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
EPHRAIM HISTORICAL FOUNDATION INC draws 65% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $41k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Against its field
EPHRAIM HISTORICAL FOUNDATION INC's revenue grew 36% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Ephraim Foundation Heritage Fund Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EPHRAIM HISTORICAL FOUNDATION INC?
- EPHRAIM HISTORICAL FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $156,176 to it, the largest being Bernal T Chomeau Private Foundation ($75,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EPHRAIM HISTORICAL FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $156,176 in grants to EPHRAIM HISTORICAL FOUNDATION INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EPHRAIM HISTORICAL FOUNDATION INC?
- Bernal T Chomeau Private Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $75,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EPHRAIM HISTORICAL FOUNDATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 9 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