Illinois · Nonprofit
HIGHLAND PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
HIGHLAND PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,250 to it, the largest being ZIVIN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($4,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2022
- $11k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $4k
- Net assets
- $757k
What Highland Park Historical Society does
Mission
Historical society and museum
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.
Program
Ongoing maintenance and preservation of stupey log cabin. Provides local history education based on common core to grade school children. Demonstrates life in the era of the musuem house, review the timeline of development of highland park, show historic photos and stories highlighting local history. Information and photos are provided for teachers, authors, file makers and historians.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2019 to 2020, from $839k to $804k (−4%).
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.
50% of HIGHLAND PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY’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. 3 of the last 4 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
2021 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $100 → $150.
From the IRS filings of HIGHLAND PARK 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
HIGHLAND PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 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 HIGHLAND PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY's grant income comes from Illinois 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.
Against its field
HIGHLAND PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 14,184 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,184 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2022
Organizations like HIGHLAND PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
78%
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 HIGHLAND PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: 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 HIGHLAND PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- HIGHLAND PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,250 to it, the largest being ZIVIN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($4,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HIGHLAND PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $4,250 in grants to HIGHLAND PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HIGHLAND PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- ZIVIN FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HIGHLAND PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 FY2022 (financials across 2019–2022), and the filings of 2 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