Illinois · Nonprofit
HINCKLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
HINCKLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $122,549 to it, the largest being DEKALB COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($109,858). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 90% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2022
- $71k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $123k
- Net assets
- $256k
What Hinckley Historical Society does
Mission
Nonprofit museum and historical education
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Operated a museum to preserve artifacts from the community, expanded the museum area, and created 20 new displays. Considerable research and construction occurred over the year.
$0 spent0% of program spendingConducted research into various historical topics, digitized community newspapers, operated a website for the public to view the society's collections, and published 5 newsletters about local history. Provided computer access for the public to use in their research. Reached over 809 people with these activities
$1,575 spent23% of program spendingProvided three band concerts in the park to tell the story about music in the community and the benefits of playing for youth in the school band. A historical marker was created to honor a former band director. Over 250 people attended the concerts
$5,312 spent77% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $6,887.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $1k → $14k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 90% 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 HINCKLEY 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
HINCKLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% 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
90% 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 HINCKLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 63% · 2020 100% · 2021 90% · 2022 100% · 2023 78% — 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
90% of HINCKLEY 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 $13k that is directly attributable, 52% of it comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $110k 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
HINCKLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY runs a healthier operating margin 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
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In Illinois
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 HINCKLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- HINCKLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $122,549 to it, the largest being DEKALB COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($109,858). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 90% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does HINCKLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $122,549 in grants to HINCKLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HINCKLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- DEKALB COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $109,858 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HINCKLEY 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 2022–2022), and the filings of 4 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