Minnesota · Nonprofit
HENNEPIN HISTORY MUSEUM
HENNEPIN HISTORY MUSEUM (Minnesota) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $935,032 to it, the largest being THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION ($435,220). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $562k
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $935k
- Net assets
- $90k
What Hennepin History Museum does
Mission
We preserve and explore history, creating spaces where our communities' stories can be told.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
See schedule o.educational programs - the museum operates exhibit galleries and public programs both inside the museum building and out in the community, and in the research library. We also engage people online through our website and various social media platforms. Hennepin history magazine is published two times a year, and is sent to members as well as sold in the museum store.collections management and care - work has continued on collections documentation projects: catologuing, inventorying, and processing the overall collection; determining long-term value; and identifying future collection needs. Community partnerships - the museum continues to partner with several other oranizations in the area. Of particular note are internships and classwork with local universities; a variety of organizations related to work on our haha wakpadan project and the minnesota sports hall of fame.
$465,939 spentof which $4,500 as grants$20,798 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $465,939.
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 $333k to $166k (−50%).
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 54% · 2018 61% · 2019 64% · 2020 57% · 2021 65% · 2022 52% · 2023 50% · 2024 43%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of HENNEPIN HISTORY MUSEUM’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
John Crippen
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $35k → $100k.
4 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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 HENNEPIN HISTORY MUSEUM’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 21 of 22 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
HENNEPIN HISTORY MUSEUM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
82% 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 HENNEPIN HISTORY MUSEUM.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 33% · 2018 51% · 2019 54% · 2020 38% · 2021 58% · 2022 30% · 2023 40% — growing more concentrated.
“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
58% of HENNEPIN HISTORY MUSEUM's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% 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
69% of HENNEPIN HISTORY MUSEUM's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $465k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
HENNEPIN HISTORY MUSEUM's funding base is broadening — from 9 funders to 14 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% 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
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HENNEPIN HISTORY MUSEUM: 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 HENNEPIN HISTORY MUSEUM?
- HENNEPIN HISTORY MUSEUM (Minnesota) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $935,032 to it, the largest being THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION ($435,220). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HENNEPIN HISTORY MUSEUM have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $935,032 in grants to HENNEPIN HISTORY MUSEUM, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HENNEPIN HISTORY MUSEUM?
- THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $435,220 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HENNEPIN HISTORY MUSEUM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 22 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