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HISTORIANS OF NETHERLANDISH ART

HISTORIANS OF NETHERLANDISH ART (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $46,000 to it, the largest being SAMUEL H KRESS FOUNDATION ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$266k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$46k
Net assets
$481k
1/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 26%
01What it does

What Historians of Netherlandish Art does

Mission

To foster communication and collaboration among historians of northern european art from medieval to modern times though international conferences, newsletters and other activities as permitted.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Journal of Historians of Netherlandish Art- electronic journal comprised of peer reviwed articles that focus on art produced in the netherlands during the early modern periods and in other countries and later periods as they relate to netherlandish art.

    $69,575 spentof which $10,000 as grants$57,167 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $69,575.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($26k) Expenses 100 ($56k) Net assets 100 ($219k)2018 Revenue 421 ($108k) Expenses 91 ($51k) Net assets 110 ($242k)2019 Revenue 194 ($50k) Expenses 84 ($47k) Net assets 125 ($273k)2020 Revenue 213 ($55k) Expenses 71 ($39k) Net assets 143 ($312k)2021 Revenue 256 ($66k) Expenses 77 ($43k) Net assets 159 ($348k)2022 Revenue 304 ($78k) Expenses 130 ($72k) Net assets 129 ($282k)2023 Revenue 209 ($54k) Expenses 90 ($50k) Net assets 134 ($293k)2024 Revenue 1038 ($266k) Expenses 149 ($83k) Net assets 220 ($481k)
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Revenue (1038)Expenses (149)Net assets (220)Peer revenue range

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 $303k to $491k (+62%).

$219k
$242k
$273k
$312k
$348k
$292k
$303k
$491k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

70% of HISTORIANS OF NETHERLANDISH ART’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$30k
’17
$58k
’18
$3k
’19
$15k
’20
$23k
’21
$6k
’22
$3k
’23
$183k
’24
11
months of
reserve
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $10k → $6k.

From the IRS filings of HISTORIANS OF NETHERLANDISH ART’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

HISTORIANS OF NETHERLANDISH ART leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% 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

65%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 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

HISTORIANS OF NETHERLANDISH ART draws 87% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 2 states in all.

NY
MA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20
’22
’23
Massachusetts out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

HISTORIANS OF NETHERLANDISH ART runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin69% · top quartile
Months of reserve11.3mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)40% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

84% of spending goes to programs.

Program 84%Management 16%Fundraising 0%

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

39%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HISTORIANS OF NETHERLANDISH ART: 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 HISTORIANS OF NETHERLANDISH ART?
HISTORIANS OF NETHERLANDISH ART (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $46,000 to it, the largest being SAMUEL H KRESS FOUNDATION ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does HISTORIANS OF NETHERLANDISH ART have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $46,000 in grants to HISTORIANS OF NETHERLANDISH ART, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of HISTORIANS OF NETHERLANDISH ART?
SAMUEL H KRESS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like HISTORIANS OF NETHERLANDISH ART find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 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