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FLORIDA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC
FLORIDA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC (Florida) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,145,891 to it, the largest being FEDERATION OF STATE HUMANITIES COUNCILS ($324,543). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.6M
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $2.8M
What Florida Humanities Council Inc does
Mission
Florida humanities' mission is to preserve, promote and share the history, literature, cultures, and personal stories that offer floridians a better understanding of themselves, their communities and their state. (continued on schedule o)as the state affiliate of the national endowment for the humanities, florida humanities promotes an appreciation of local and national history and heritage through its support of cultural enrichment and lifelong learning opportunities statewide.in fy25, we remained committed to our mission of working with cultural partners in communities across florida through three primary operational areas: grant making, public programming, and the production of print and digital resources.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Public programming: fy25 saw continued growth in audiences served by a diverse array of council-conducted programs. These activities included our cultural tourism trips, the gathering, a six-part book discussion series offered as part of our center for the book program, and four film screening and discussion programs for our "rising: surviving the surge" documentary created in partnership with wgcu public media. (continued on schedule o)we also hosted a weeklong celebration of the humanities in march 2025 along florida's gulf coast, culminating in a free festival at the selby library in downtown sarasota. Florida humanities staff also hosted a table at the 2025 national book festival's road mat to reading where we shared information about florida's literary heritage with more than 1,000 visitors. In total, in-person council-conducted programs served more than 2,400 in fy25.public programming supported by florida humanities in fy25 also included 140 florida talks programs from our speakers bureau that were attended by more than 7,000 people statewide.
$459,084 spentof which $20,000 as grants$44,541 earned by the program35% of program spendingGrant making: since 1973, florida humanities has awarded more than $20 million in funding for the development and presentation of humanities-rich cultural resources and public programs statewide. These projects help preserve florida's rich history and heritage, promote civic engagement and community dialogue, and provide opportunities for reflecting on the future of our state. Our grant making program primarily responds to community interests and initiatives, with preference given to projects that address important public issues, reach underserved audiences, create resources for communities and cultural institutions, and/or reach a broad public audience.(continued on schedule o)in fy25, $268,800 in funding was awarded to non-profit organizations statewide through florida humanities' various funding opportunities. These awards included thirty-three community project grants for locally initiated public humanities programming. Twenty-eight awards were made through our center for the book program including grants for eleven book festivals and fourteen public library summer reading programs statewide. Three public libraries also received funding for family literacy programming. Eight…
$454,619 spentof which $228,324 as grants35% of program spendingPrint and digital resources:florida humanities continued to reach additional audiences through our various print and digital programs in fy25. These included the publication of three issues of our forum magazine and eleven complementary episodes of our forum podcast, digital downloads of archived issues of forum, and downloads of our florida stories walking tours. Interactions with these council-conducted print and digital resources totaled more than 53,000 in fy25.(continued on schedule o)forum magazine - in fy25, forum magazine solidified its role as a flagship publication and a defining expression of florida humanities' identity as the storyteller of florida. Through compelling narratives, rich scholarship, and visually engaging design, forum continued to illuminate the people, places, and cultural currents that shape our state. Published three times annually, the magazine expanded its reach and resonance, delivering timely, thought-provoking content that bridges history, literature, and contemporary life.building on prior success, forum achieved an award-winning year in fy25, earning widespread recognition for editorial excellence, design, and storytelling from leading state…
$403,123 spent$8,372 earned by the program31% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,316,826.
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 2017 to 2018, from $1.6M to $2.0M (+25%).
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 88% · 2018 86% · 2019 92% · 2020 93% · 2021 89% · 2022 96% · 2023 93% · 2024 88% · 2025 48%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of FLORIDA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Nashid Madyun
Executive director
Board chair
Maria Goldberg
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $42k → $50k.
6 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 FLORIDA HUMANITIES COUNCIL 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
FLORIDA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
57% 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 FLORIDA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 64% · 2018 72% · 2019 71% · 2020 38% · 2021 55% · 2022 88% · 2023 50% — diversifying over time.
“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
50% of FLORIDA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
59% of FLORIDA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $309k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
FLORIDA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding FLORIDA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $20.0M on record — $20.0M federal, $150 state.
- National Endowment for the Humanities$20.0M
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $150
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like FLORIDA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC
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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
61% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 FLORIDA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC: 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 FLORIDA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC?
- FLORIDA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC (Florida) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,145,891 to it, the largest being FEDERATION OF STATE HUMANITIES COUNCILS ($324,543). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FLORIDA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $1,145,891 in grants to FLORIDA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FLORIDA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC?
- FEDERATION OF STATE HUMANITIES COUNCILS is the largest funder on record, with $324,543 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FLORIDA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 24 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