Missouri · Nonprofit
GERMAN AMERICAN HERITAGE SOCIETY OF ST LOUIS
GERMAN AMERICAN HERITAGE SOCIETY OF ST LOUIS (Missouri) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,999 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $19k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $30k
- Net assets
- $105k
What German American Heritage Society of St Louis does
Mission
To foster the educational aspects that German ancestry had on Missouri and the city of St. Louis, we aim to educate the public about German culture and the social impact of German heritage on various domains, including the arts, sciences, industry, farming, food, laws, architecture, and education.German immigrants have significantly influenced Missouris history and culture. Here are some key points:Economic Impact: German immigrants played a crucial role in shaping Missouris economy. They were not destitute peasants but included professionals, skilled craftsmen, and unskilled workers. Carpenters, coopers, shoemakers, tailors, bakers, brewers, stonemasons, and bricklayers contributed to the citys growth and diversity.Settlements: St. Louis attracted a large number of German immigrants during the 19th century. By 1880, most Germans coming to St. Louis were displaced farm laborers or urban workers from northern Germany. They settled throughout the city, taking advantage of social mobility
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Completed refirvishing the freidrich karl franz hecker monument in its original bronze patina. Located in benton park in the city of st. Louis, missouri. The monument first dedicated in 1882 honors a lawyer, politician, us army colonel, and leader in both germany and the united states.
$37,996 spent87% of program spendingFounders event awards were given out
$4,206 spent10% of program spendingTaste of germany event took place to educate attendees on german foods
$1,316 spent3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $43,518.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $133k to $105k (−21%).
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.
37% of GERMAN AMERICAN HERITAGE SOCIETY OF ST LOUIS’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
3 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 GERMAN AMERICAN HERITAGE SOCIETY OF ST LOUIS’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
GERMAN AMERICAN HERITAGE SOCIETY OF ST LOUIS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 GERMAN AMERICAN HERITAGE SOCIETY OF ST LOUIS.
“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 GERMAN AMERICAN HERITAGE SOCIETY OF ST LOUIS's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $30k 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
GERMAN AMERICAN HERITAGE SOCIETY OF ST LOUIS's revenue fell 65% between 2023 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like GERMAN AMERICAN HERITAGE SOCIETY OF ST LOUIS
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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GERMAN AMERICAN HERITAGE SOCIETY OF ST LOUIS: 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 GERMAN AMERICAN HERITAGE SOCIETY OF ST LOUIS?
- GERMAN AMERICAN HERITAGE SOCIETY OF ST LOUIS (Missouri) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,999 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GERMAN AMERICAN HERITAGE SOCIETY OF ST LOUIS have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $29,999 in grants to GERMAN AMERICAN HERITAGE SOCIETY OF ST LOUIS.
- Who is the largest funder of GERMAN AMERICAN HERITAGE SOCIETY OF ST LOUIS?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GERMAN AMERICAN HERITAGE SOCIETY OF ST LOUIS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2023–2024), 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