New York · Nonprofit
GREATER ASTORIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
GREATER ASTORIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,143 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($10,946). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 99% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $33k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $11k
- Net assets
- $-33194
What Greater Astoria Historical Society does
Mission
The Society, along with our associate, Forgotten NY have earned the respect of Queens Borough (and beyond!) for our tireless output of programs, news features (we have 4 boro wide with a readership well into the 6 figures), tours (we have covered most Queens communities, book publishing, school programs)
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The historical society and its affilate, the legendary Forgotten NY, has a strong and quite lively programs delivered to the public in lecture spaces, outdoor locatons, and a new effort to each out to school children at their schools. This year we are doing a series on year Revolutionary War locations in Queens, in the process of redoing our website, and have by-lines in Queens with three papers with a total readership of about 400,000. We are also involved in advocating the 150 year old Reformed Church of Astoria, a victom of a recent fire, into a community center.
$65,000 spentof which $55,000 as grants81% of program spendingThe Society has on record one of the most comprehensive image databases of New York City (yes, including seldom seen images of Queens) through the generosity the late William Steinway and Bob Stonehill (known as the "Post Card Man." A donation was granted to us last month of a major fashion photographer - 70 cartons of slides recording New York in the past 60 years. This year we have developed a series of outstanding programs around the Revolutoinary War in Queens (including the Blackwell Door). We REMAIN A source of images for authors, institutions, and the film industry (we helped Baz Lurhman with Great Gatzby - he got an Acedemy Award on Set Design us a special mention.)
$10,000 spentof which $20,000 as grants12% of program spendingOne of our favorite programs are Senior Books Groups. This year we are in the process of selecting readings for the year - on the docket for summer includes Driving While Blak, Jazz, Mad Bomber of New York, Shadows on the Hudsion, and Manhattan Transfer. We recently parntered with the the 150 Year Old Astoria Masonic Hall on sharing their space for both exhibits and lectures open to the general public. About $5000 is being allocated for an exhibit of the American Revoultion in New York City as well as a series of lectures to the public and local schools.
$5,500 spentof which $6,000 as grants7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $80,500.
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 2017 to 2018, from $24k to $9k (−63%).
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.
87% of GREATER ASTORIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Robert Singleton
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2022: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $6k → $59.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 99% 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 GREATER ASTORIA HISTORICAL 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
GREATER ASTORIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% 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
99% 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 GREATER ASTORIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 58% · 2021 99% · 2022 85% — 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.
Where its funders are
99% of GREATER ASTORIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY'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. Of the $110 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11k 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
GREATER ASTORIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY's revenue fell 70% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In New York
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GREATER ASTORIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- GREATER ASTORIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,143 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($10,946). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 99% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GREATER ASTORIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $11,143 in grants to GREATER ASTORIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GREATER ASTORIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $10,946 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GREATER ASTORIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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