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Historic Mobile Preservation Society Inc

Historic Mobile Preservation Society Inc (Alabama) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $43,715 to it, the largest being HEARIN - CHANDLER FOUNDATION ($20,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$141k
Funders on record
9
Grants received
$44k
Net assets
$185k
3/9 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 41%
01What it does

What Historic Mobile Preservation Society Inc does

Mission

To create tangible links to the past for the benefit of present and future generations.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The society promotes the study of local history in schools and organizations through art and education programs. It supports the development of publications concerning local history and preservation of landmarks. The Archives preserves records books documents and pictures related to local area history. Thousands of items are stored here and are available for research by the public.

    $88,564 spent$95,369 earned by the program
    68% of program spending
  2. The organization is responsible for maintaining the operations of the Oakleigh and Cox Deasy historical museums including a gift shop. Attendance averages over 3,000 people per year.

    $41,710 spent$4,173 earned by the program
    32% of program spending
  3. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $130,274.

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 ($180k) Expenses 100 ($163k) Net assets 100 ($350k)2018 Revenue 89 ($159k) Expenses 114 ($187k) Net assets 92 ($323k)2019 Revenue 83 ($149k) Expenses 79 ($129k) Net assets 98 ($343k)2020 Revenue 51 ($91k) Expenses 81 ($133k) Net assets 86 ($301k)2021 Revenue 48 ($86k) Expenses 62 ($101k) Net assets 82 ($286k)2022 Revenue 67 ($120k) Expenses 97 ($158k) Net assets 71 ($248k)2023 Revenue 53 ($95k) Expenses 76 ($125k) Net assets 62 ($218k)2024 Revenue 78 ($141k) Expenses 110 ($180k) Net assets 53 ($185k)
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Revenue (78)Expenses (110)Net assets (53)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 $267k to $185k (−31%).

$375k
$328k
$344k
$336k
$341k
$269k
$267k
$185k
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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.

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2018
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2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

65% of Historic Mobile Preservation Society Inc’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. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$16k
’17
−$27k
’18
$20k
’19
−$42k
’20
−$15k
’21
−$38k
’22
−$30k
’23
−$39k
’24
5.9
months of
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.

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Listed1210599999
Joined·+0+0+6+0+0+0+7
No longer listed·2520007
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $2k → $90.

From the IRS filings of Historic Mobile Preservation Society Inc’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

Historic Mobile Preservation Society Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

37% 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 Historic Mobile Preservation Society Inc.

46%
largest funder
89%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 57% · 2020 100% · 2021 57% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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

0% of Historic Mobile Preservation Society Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 33% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

97% of Historic Mobile Preservation Society Inc's grant income comes from Alabama funders.

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AL

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

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Alabama 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

Historic Mobile Preservation Society Inc is better cushioned than half of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−28% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve5.9mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−3% · bottom quartile

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

Organizations like Historic Mobile Preservation Society Inc

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 Alabama

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

92% of spending goes to programs.

Program 92%Management 8%Fundraising 0%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds Historic Mobile Preservation Society Inc?
Historic Mobile Preservation Society Inc (Alabama) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $43,715 to it, the largest being HEARIN - CHANDLER FOUNDATION ($20,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Historic Mobile Preservation Society Inc have?
IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $43,715 in grants to Historic Mobile Preservation Society Inc, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Historic Mobile Preservation Society Inc?
HEARIN - CHANDLER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Historic Mobile Preservation Society Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. 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