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FORT LAUDERDALE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
FORT LAUDERDALE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC (Florida) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $233,981 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF BROWARD INC ($89,257). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $772k
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $234k
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What Fort Lauderdale Historical Society Inc does
Mission
History fort lauderdale brings the stories of our diverse community to life through educational experiences, cultural exhibits, research, and preservation for future generations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Research and development of museum exhibits - contributions of scholarly research and writings to the body of historical knowledge. Formed in 1962, the society is responsible for the restoration, preservation and interpretation of the fort lauderdale history center (flhc). Flhc is home to six different buildings (four of which are historic). The new river inn, built in 1905, the philemon bryan house, built in 1905, the acetylene building, built in 1905, the king-cromartie house, built in 1907, the hoch heritage center, built in the 1940's as a post office warehouse, and the 1899 replica schoolhouse. All of the buildings are open to the public over 300 days a year. The hoch heritage center is considered one of florida's most important artifact and research collections of state and local history. The stranahan manuscripts, over 250 oral history recordings of broward pioneers, over 8,000 artifacts, 5,000 architectural drawings and 2,000 maps. The hoch center also has a non-circulating library collection of approximately 3,000 books on state and local history.
$432,203 spent$67,483 earned by the program73% of program spendingEducational programs - tours and outreach for local residents, visitors, and schools that share the story of the history of the community and the individuals that shaped it. Programs include speakers bureau, historic walking tours, and the pioneer school day program. The organization's speakers bureau provides presentations to groups at no cost on subjects that include fort lauderdale history, sandy nininger, ivy and frank stranahan, henry flagler, and the florida east coast railway historic walking tours, which are offered from october - may through the original neighborhood of fort lauderdale. Admission is free. Tour guides provide stories about old fort lauderdale and the early pioneers, henry flagler and the florida east coast railroad, and also guide visitors to some of the oldest buildings in the city. The pioneer school day program teaches students how life was led by children and adults 100 years ago. Students tour three different buildings, and each has a different activity. The pioneer school day program emphasizes the importance of the intersection of the new river and the florida east coast railway to the development of fort lauderdale.
$103,776 spent$6,863 earned by the program18% of program spendingResearch and examination of historical materials - for the purpose of preservation, cataloging, and storing historical materials. Additionally, consulting services regarding local buildings and neighborhoods are provided to broward county, local cities, and local communities.
$52,778 spent9% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $588,757.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $2.0M to $1.8M (−8%).
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 43% · 2018 25% · 2019 19% · 2020 59% · 2021 59% · 2022 79% · 2023 28% · 2024 35% · 2025 21%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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
Patricia Zeiler
CEO/executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $17k → $40k.
3 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% 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 FORT LAUDERDALE HISTORICAL SOCIETY 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
FORT LAUDERDALE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 63%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
52% 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 FORT LAUDERDALE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 58% · 2019 67% · 2020 41% · 2021 89% · 2022 78% · 2023 58% — broadly stable.
“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
36% of FORT LAUDERDALE HISTORICAL SOCIETY 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
82% of FORT LAUDERDALE HISTORICAL SOCIETY 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. $91k 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.
Government funding FORT LAUDERDALE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $57k on record.
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$47k
- National Endowment for the Arts$10k
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 FORT LAUDERDALE HISTORICAL SOCIETY 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
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FORT LAUDERDALE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC?
- FORT LAUDERDALE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC (Florida) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $233,981 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF BROWARD INC ($89,257). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FORT LAUDERDALE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $233,981 in grants to FORT LAUDERDALE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FORT LAUDERDALE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF BROWARD INC is the largest funder on record, with $89,257 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FORT LAUDERDALE HISTORICAL SOCIETY 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.
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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 16 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