Georgia · Nonprofit
GEORGIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC
GEORGIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC (Georgia) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $660,343 to it, the largest being FEDERATION OF STATE HUMANITIES COUNCILS ($319,793). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $660k
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Georgia Humanities Council Inc does
Mission
Georgia humanities connects people and communities to encourage understanding and inspire hope.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
In 2025, Georgia Humanities advanced education statewide through two major programs: the New Georgia Encyclopedia, a free digital resource accessed by more than 3.8 million visitors and National History Day Georgia, which engaged over 15,000 students, teachers, and volunteers in historical research skills.
$688,582 spent93% of program spendingGrants are made with State of Georgia funds, according to provisions from the state. Approximately 29 grants were awarded during the fiscal year, and more than 7,946 individuals attended a local humanities event.
$49,874 spentof which $49,874 as grants7% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $738,456.
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 2022 to 2023, from $1.1M to $1.6M (+43%).
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 84% · 2018 85% · 2020 87% · 2021 91% · 2022 96% · 2023 84% · 2024 95% · 2025 73%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of GEORGIA 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. 4 of the last 8 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
Cameron Bean
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $40k → $182k.
1 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 GEORGIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 11 of 12 funders by total. 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
GEORGIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
50% 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 GEORGIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 88% · 2018 100% · 2019 87% · 2020 91% · 2021 63% · 2022 100% · 2023 82% — 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 GEORGIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 25% 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
50% of GEORGIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC's grant income comes from Georgia 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
GEORGIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding GEORGIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $12.8M on record.
- National Endowment for the Humanities$12.8M
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 GEORGIA 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 Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
57% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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 GEORGIA 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 GEORGIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC?
- GEORGIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC (Georgia) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $660,343 to it, the largest being FEDERATION OF STATE HUMANITIES COUNCILS ($319,793). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GEORGIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $660,343 in grants to GEORGIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GEORGIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC?
- FEDERATION OF STATE HUMANITIES COUNCILS is the largest funder on record, with $319,793 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GEORGIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 12 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