Ohio · Nonprofit
HUDSON LIBRARY & HISTORICAL SOCIETY
HUDSON LIBRARY & HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Ohio) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $266,258 to it, the largest being BURTON D MORGAN FOUNDATION INC ($231,900). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.9M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $266k
- Net assets
- $9.0M
What Hudson Library & Historical Society does
Mission
The Hudson Library and Historical Society known for its commitment to intellectual freedom shall meet its patrons needs in a timely responsive and dependable manner. The Hudson Library and Historical Society will provide access to information assist in the preservation of community history and provide genealogical and historical resources.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Hudson Library and Historical Society is a community lending library and its primary service is the maintenance and addition of resources for the use of its service population. Resources include books DVDs CDs audiobooks computer classes databases electronic devices and periodicals. The library provides computers study rooms meeting rooms and general areas of research. The Hudson Library and Historical Societys holdings include 250,000 items. The building is 55,000 square feet with the area divided into children adult archives teen and popular libraries. The library circulated almost 1,100,000 items in 2024. The library also provides notary services to patrons.
$2,387,630 spentof which $19,986 as grants64% of program spendingDuring the year the Hudson Library and Historical Society gives or hosts many programs of interest to the community. Award-winning authors come and give book talks and there are musical and theatrical performances almost weekly. The Childrens department has story hours of reading skills Kindermusik of the awareness of the arts and animal bubble and music shows for entertainment. The library provides many programs dedicated to entrepreneurial and business studies. In 2025 the library over 1,200 programs mostly virtual with over 44,800 in total attendance.
$1,146,026 spentof which $3,144 as grants31% of program spendingThe Historical Society division of the library focuses on local history and genealogical research. The archives hold artifacts related to Hudsons history and house records from community groups. Database microform and print materials help patrons research local ancestors. A full-time archivist manages collections aids in research and provides classes and instruction.
$181,060 spentof which $1,889 as grants5% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,714,716.
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 2021 to 2022, from $6.6M to $7.6M (+14%).
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 93% · 2020 81% · 2021 95% · 2022 94% · 2023 90% · 2024 86% · 2025 90%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of HUDSON LIBRARY & HISTORICAL SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 7 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.
Chief executive
E Leslie Kanter Polott
Executive Director
Board chair
Basil Musnuff
Board President
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $6k → $60k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 HUDSON LIBRARY & 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
HUDSON LIBRARY & HISTORICAL SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 99% · 2021 98% · 2022 88% · 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
100% of HUDSON LIBRARY & HISTORICAL SOCIETY's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $27k 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
HUDSON LIBRARY & HISTORICAL SOCIETY holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
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In Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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 HUDSON LIBRARY & HISTORICAL 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 HUDSON LIBRARY & HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- HUDSON LIBRARY & HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Ohio) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $266,258 to it, the largest being BURTON D MORGAN FOUNDATION INC ($231,900). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HUDSON LIBRARY & HISTORICAL SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $266,258 in grants to HUDSON LIBRARY & HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HUDSON LIBRARY & HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- BURTON D MORGAN FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $231,900 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HUDSON LIBRARY & HISTORICAL SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 5 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