Mississippi · Nonprofit
HANCOCK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM INC
HANCOCK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM INC (Mississippi) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,250 to it, the largest being LEO W SEAL JR FAMILY FOUNDATION ($17,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $43k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $28k
- Net assets
- $184k
What Hancock County Historical Society and Museum Inc does
Mission
The mission of the hancock county historical society (the society) is to discover and memorialize the history and architecture of hancock county, mississippi; to discover, purchase, commission, or procure writings, newpapers, blueprints, maps, journals, etc. To shed light on the history and architecture of hancock county.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Sale of books and other historically relevent information concerning the history of hancock county mississippi. Such items can be purchased at the society's bay st louis location or on-line at hancockcountyhistoricalsociety.com. Much of the information is written by local authors.
$10,461 spent$8,655 earned by the program45% of program spendingThe society hosts a luncheon with a speaker each month except in december.
$10,518 spent$6,500 earned by the program45% of program spendingThe society publishes a monthly news letter.
$2,388 spent$3,550 earned by the program10% of program spendingThe society advertises and promotes events via its website, hancockcountyhistoricalsociety.com. Brincks are inscribed in memory/honor of local residents and others and inserted in the society's walkay. The society hosts a tour of local cedar rest cemetery and highlights its history and that of those buried there. Plaques are placed on live oak trees older than 100 years.
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $23,367.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $211k to $189k (−11%).
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: 2023 2% · 2024 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $10k → $1k.
From the IRS filings of HANCOCK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM 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
HANCOCK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% 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
35% 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 HANCOCK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 91% · 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 HANCOCK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM INC's grant income comes from Mississippi 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.
Organizations like HANCOCK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM INC
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In Mississippi
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
49% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 HANCOCK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM 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 HANCOCK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM INC?
- HANCOCK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM INC (Mississippi) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,250 to it, the largest being LEO W SEAL JR FAMILY FOUNDATION ($17,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HANCOCK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $28,250 in grants to HANCOCK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HANCOCK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM INC?
- LEO W SEAL JR FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $17,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HANCOCK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Mississippi. 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 2023–2025), 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