Mississippi · Nonprofit
HISTORIC NATCHEZ FOUNDATION
HISTORIC NATCHEZ FOUNDATION (Mississippi) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $328,285 to it, the largest being 1772 FOUNDATION INC ($100,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $872k
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $328k
- Net assets
- $7.0M
What Historic Natchez Foundation does
Mission
To foster, encourage, and engage in the preservation, restoration, and development of historic sites, buildings, and personal property, in every way deemed to be feasible, including acquisition of buildings, sites, and other property for preservation and restoration and establishment of a revolving fund for that purpose.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Education - information related to natchez regional history, genealogy, architecture, and decorative arts is provided on a daily basis to local citizens, governmental and other organizations, visitors, scholars, writers, genealogists, historical associations, museums, filmmakers, and others. The staff lectures and consults on natchez history; historic preservaton; architecture; archival and collections management; decorative arts; landscapes; and gardens to local citizens, local and visiting organizations, and to tourists. Displays exhibits related to the themes previously cited, as well as contemporary fine art by artists currently or formerly associated with natchez. The foundation allows other non-profit and governmental entities to use the facilities at no charge for meetings and educational programming.
$111,410 spent$13,501 earned by the program27% of program spendingPreservation - works to preserve historic buildings, which sometimes involves acquisition and restoration. The foundation places preservation easements in perpetuity on all historic properties that are acquired for preservation purposes before any resale of the property.the foundation solicits preservation and restoration grants and other funding and administers two funds dedicated to preservation and restoration activities.the foundation works with the city to insure that public and private projects meet historic preservation guidelines.the foundation advises on proper preservation and restoration methodology and on the design of new buildings to make them compatible within a historic context.
$177,366 spent$62,140 earned by the program43% of program spendingCollections - has a significant collection of important archival material, museum artifacts, and public records related to the history of the natchez region. The foundation's collections include books, photographs, documents, site files, subject files, public records, and artifacts. The archives and public records are made available on a daily basis to the public under supervision of foundation staff. The foundation maintains a research library with books and reference material on natchez and regional history, mississippi history, historic preservation, architecture, decorative arts, fine arts, and museum management. The adams county board of supervisors has entrusted the foundation with the care and management of public courthouse records dating to the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.the county began relocating circuit court records to the foundation in 1992, and the program expanded in 2008 to include the chancery court records. The county provides a small amount of funding for records management. The foundation has sponsored the program in conjunction with universities and the national park service to preserve and catalogue these valuable historic documents. Staff members…
$127,266 spent$1,522 earned by the program31% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $416,042.
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 2023 to 2024, from $7.6M to $6.8M (−10%).
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 0% · 2018 39% · 2019 2% · 2020 22% · 2021 31% · 2022 9% · 2023 11% · 2024 3% · 2025 26%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
43% of HISTORIC NATCHEZ FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $11k → $28k.
3 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 HISTORIC NATCHEZ FOUNDATION’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 NATCHEZ FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
60% 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 NATCHEZ FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 94% · 2018 99% · 2019 97% · 2020 82% · 2021 90% · 2022 79% · 2023 91% — 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.
How long its funders stay
33% of HISTORIC NATCHEZ FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 41% 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
HISTORIC NATCHEZ FOUNDATION draws 69% of its grant income from funders outside Mississippi, across 10 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $28k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
HISTORIC NATCHEZ FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding HISTORIC NATCHEZ FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $450k on record.
- Department of the Interior$450k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like HISTORIC NATCHEZ FOUNDATION
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 Mississippi
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
58%
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 NATCHEZ FOUNDATION?
- HISTORIC NATCHEZ FOUNDATION (Mississippi) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $328,285 to it, the largest being 1772 FOUNDATION INC ($100,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HISTORIC NATCHEZ FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $328,285 in grants to HISTORIC NATCHEZ FOUNDATION, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HISTORIC NATCHEZ FOUNDATION?
- 1772 FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HISTORIC NATCHEZ FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Mississippi. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 17 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing