Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $260,844 to it, the largest being THE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION ($240,344). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $208k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $261k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Historical and Genealogical Society does
Mission
The Historical and Genealogical Society of indiana county seeks to promote a greater appreciation of the indiana community's rich heritage and a better understanding of life today. The society's purpose is to collect and preserve materials illustrative to indiana county, its families, businesses, organizations, etc.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The helman library houses an exceptional collection of documents and research material used to interpret local history. Approximately 1,800 visitors yearly use the collections to gather information to complete genealogical and other research projects. Volunteers respond to approximately 1,200 research request annually.
The indiana county historical museum's function is to collect and preserve local historal artifacts and to tell the story of our county and it's people. Various tours, events and programs are held in the museum and in the county's communities. Students are actively involved and benefit from their experiences.
$70,301 spent100% of program spendingPreservation: the society maintains two buildings, both on the national register of historic places. The clark house, built in 1869, contains two restored parlors and archival storage and work areas. The old armory, built in 1922, houses the administrative offices, museum and library.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $70,301.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $1.3M to $1.1M (−13%).
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 9% · 2018 9% · 2019 9% · 2020 18% · 2021 8% · 2022 9% · 2023 10% · 2024 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $29k → $33k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 96% 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 HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL 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
HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% 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
96% 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 HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 92% · 2021 92% · 2022 95% · 2023 95% — 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
96% of HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL 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 $11k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $250k 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.
Organizations like HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL 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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
38% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
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 HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL 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 HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY?
- HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $260,844 to it, the largest being THE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION ($240,344). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $260,844 in grants to HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY?
- THE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $240,344 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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