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HARRISONBURG-ROCKINGHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY
HARRISONBURG-ROCKINGHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Virginia) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $78,430 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HARRISONBURG & ROCKINGHAM COUNTY ($72,338). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $234k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $78k
- Net assets
- $2.2M
What Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society does
Mission
So that our communities find inspiration and connection in the rich histories of harrisonburg and rockingham, we keep and tell the stories of the area and its people and their influences on our lives and shared future. We fulfill our mission by: preserving, sharing, innovating, partnering.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Rocktown history initiated the formation of va250 committees in harrisonburg and rockingham county and coordinated, along with harrisonburg tourism, regular meetings to stimulate community involvement in the 2026 commemorative year. Rocktown history also designed a trifold brochure to establish america's 250th as an "event for everyone" with themes to help inspire connection, activity, and volunteerism.
$272 spent$24,756 earned by the program0% of program spendingThe rockingham county baseball league celebrated 100 years in 2024. As one of the oldest continuous leagues in the nation, the rcbl games have long been a true community gathering place. To commemorate this history, rocktown history installed an exhibition, hosted a panel discussion, and created a digital 360-degree exhibition for online viewing. The exhibition was on display from april to october to mirror the major league calendar. "game ticket" bookmarks were distributed at each of the rcbl ballfields and other venues to provide reduced museum entry for visitors.
$8,860 spent3% of program spendingRocktown history expanded its free programming with more topics and more accessibility, including some digital platforms. Nine monthly traditional thursday talks presented music from the mountain saxhorn band, a look at the lives of appalachian women, and recognition of massanutten village's 50th year. Twenty two coffee mills events introduced a wide variety of topics in a more casual setting. A monthly history book club began to meet in partnership with the daughters of the american revolution massanutton chapter. Other educational outreach included the quarterly newsletter, innumerable responses to research requests, the introduction of online retail for our unique titles, and tours for private groups, including citizenship classes for skyline literacy.
$313,767 spent89% of program spendingThe audio/visual orientation program under development met milestones which required the installation of a new a/v system in the lecture hall and payment for digital design work. This program will provide an historical overview of the development of rockingham county and harrisonburg by following the movement of people into, out of, and within the central shenandoah valley. The a/v equipment also benefits other programming in the lecture hall.
$29,464 spent8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $352,363.
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 2021 to 2022, from $2.4M to $2.2M (−9%).
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 12% · 2018 8% · 2019 9% · 2020 27% · 2021 4% · 2022 2% · 2023 3% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
60% of HARRISONBURG-ROCKINGHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% 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.
Chief executive
Penelope Imeson
Executive director
Board chair
Randy Atkins
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $16k → $8k.
2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 92% 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 HARRISONBURG-ROCKINGHAM 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
HARRISONBURG-ROCKINGHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
92% 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 HARRISONBURG-ROCKINGHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 97% · 2019 97% · 2020 56% · 2021 95% · 2022 99% · 2023 67% — 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
43% of HARRISONBURG-ROCKINGHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
92% of HARRISONBURG-ROCKINGHAM 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 $6k that is directly attributable, 82% of it comes from Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $73k 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
HARRISONBURG-ROCKINGHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY is better cushioned than half of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
58%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HARRISONBURG-ROCKINGHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- HARRISONBURG-ROCKINGHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Virginia) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $78,430 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HARRISONBURG & ROCKINGHAM COUNTY ($72,338). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does HARRISONBURG-ROCKINGHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $78,430 in grants to HARRISONBURG-ROCKINGHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HARRISONBURG-ROCKINGHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HARRISONBURG & ROCKINGHAM COUNTY is the largest funder on record, with $72,338 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HARRISONBURG-ROCKINGHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 9 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