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Filipino American Historical Society of Chicago

Filipino American Historical Society of Chicago (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $68,663 to it, the largest being National Film Preservation Foundation ($56,190). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$282k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$69k
Net assets
$256k
1/2 repeat funders
01What it does

What Filipino American Historical Society of Chicago does

Mission

To record, preserve, and share Filipino American history within the greater Chicago area.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'21
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
2

From the IRS filings of Filipino American Historical Society of Chicago’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

Filipino American Historical Society of Chicago leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% 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

100% 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 Filipino American Historical Society of Chicago.

82%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

“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

Filipino American Historical Society of Chicago draws 82% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 2 states in all.

IL
CA

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.

03Its place in the field

Against its field

Filipino American Historical Society of Chicago runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,953 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin84% · top quartile
Months of reserve67.3mo · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,953 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like Filipino American Historical Society of Chicago

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In Illinois

Nationally

04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

70% of spending goes to programs.

Program 70%Management 30%Fundraising 0%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

64%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IL

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Questions and answers

Who funds Filipino American Historical Society of Chicago?
Filipino American Historical Society of Chicago (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $68,663 to it, the largest being National Film Preservation Foundation ($56,190). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Filipino American Historical Society of Chicago have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $68,663 in grants to Filipino American Historical Society of Chicago, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Filipino American Historical Society of Chicago?
National Film Preservation Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $56,190 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Filipino American Historical Society of Chicago find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing