Illinois · Nonprofit
FOX VALLEY FOLKLORE SOCIETY
FOX VALLEY FOLKLORE SOCIETY (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,100 to it, the largest being DUNHAM FOUNDATION ($2,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $54k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $3k
- Net assets
- $39k
What Fox Valley Folklore Society does
Mission
Keep the arts of folk music,dance, and storytelling alive and thriving. The organization is a living archive, a joyful gathering place, and a cultural cornerstone. The organization consults with arts centers, venues, and event organizers to champion and connect folk artists with new audiences throughout the midwest.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Educate the general public in folk music, folk dance, story telling and related folk arts - festival, barn dance and story telling
$38,899 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $38,899.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $300.
From the IRS filings of FOX VALLEY FOLKLORE 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
FOX VALLEY FOLKLORE SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% 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: 2019 100% · 2020 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of FOX VALLEY FOLKLORE SOCIETY's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
FOX VALLEY FOLKLORE SOCIETY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
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 FOX VALLEY FOLKLORE 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 FOX VALLEY FOLKLORE SOCIETY?
- FOX VALLEY FOLKLORE SOCIETY (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,100 to it, the largest being DUNHAM FOUNDATION ($2,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FOX VALLEY FOLKLORE SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $3,100 in grants to FOX VALLEY FOLKLORE SOCIETY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOX VALLEY FOLKLORE SOCIETY?
- DUNHAM FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOX VALLEY FOLKLORE SOCIETY 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 FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing