Florida · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF FLORIDA HISTORY INC
FRIENDS OF FLORIDA HISTORY INC (Florida) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,093 to it, the largest being BILL KENT FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($2,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $374k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $3k
- Net assets
- $5.4M
What Friends of Florida History Inc does
Mission
To enhance and perpetuate the archaeology, historic sites, museums, folklife, and historic preservation programs of the division (including, but not limited to, mission san luis, the grove, and florida main street) for the people of florida and its visitors.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
To enhance and perpetuate, through prudent stewardship and non-state financial support, the archaeology, historic sites, museums, folklife, historic preservation sites and programs of the florida division of historical resources (including, but not limited to, miami circle, florida folklife program, florida main street) and the office of external affairs (mission san luis and the grove museum) for the people of florida and its visitors.
$206,400 spent$46,289 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $206,400.
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 2020 to 2021, from $4.1M to $4.8M (+17%).
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.
8% of FRIENDS OF FLORIDA HISTORY INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue 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. 1 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.
Board chair
Don Slesnick
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $500 → $27.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 FRIENDS OF FLORIDA HISTORY 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
FRIENDS OF FLORIDA HISTORY INC 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: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 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 FRIENDS OF FLORIDA HISTORY INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $593 arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
FRIENDS OF FLORIDA HISTORY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FRIENDS OF FLORIDA HISTORY 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
56%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Fdos Div of Historical Resources · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRIENDS OF FLORIDA HISTORY 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 FRIENDS OF FLORIDA HISTORY INC?
- FRIENDS OF FLORIDA HISTORY INC (Florida) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,093 to it, the largest being BILL KENT FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($2,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF FLORIDA HISTORY INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $3,093 in grants to FRIENDS OF FLORIDA HISTORY INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF FLORIDA HISTORY INC?
- BILL KENT FAMILY FOUNDATION INC 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 FRIENDS OF FLORIDA HISTORY 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 3 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