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JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE UPPER MIDWEST

JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE UPPER MIDWEST (Minnesota) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $610,541 to it, the largest being OREN AND SHARRON STEINFELDT FOUNDATION ($203,125). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$253k
Funders on record
20
Grants received
$611k
Net assets
$644k
12/20 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 50%
01What it does

What Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest does

Mission

The purpose of the society is to promote the vitality and continuity of jewish culture in the upper midwest through preservation, interpretation and education.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Interpretation - see schedule o

    $103,096 spent
    59% of program spending
  2. Education - see schedule o

    $67,415 spent$209 earned by the program
    39% of program spending
  3. Preservation - see schedule o

    $4,190 spent
    2% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $174,701.

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($188k) Expenses 100 ($70k) Net assets 100 ($646k)2018 Revenue 116 ($219k) Expenses 211 ($148k) Net assets 115 ($741k)2019 Revenue 68 ($127k) Expenses 280 ($197k) Net assets 102 ($660k)2020 Revenue 110 ($207k) Expenses 334 ($235k) Net assets 101 ($655k)2021 Revenue 77 ($145k) Expenses 250 ($176k) Net assets 111 ($715k)2022 Revenue 155 ($293k) Expenses 343 ($242k) Net assets 93 ($598k)2023 Revenue 131 ($248k) Expenses 369 ($260k) Net assets 91 ($585k)2024 Revenue 109 ($205k) Expenses 318 ($224k) Net assets 96 ($620k)2025 Revenue 134 ($253k) Expenses 349 ($246k) Net assets 100 ($644k)
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Revenue (134)Expenses (349)Net assets (100)

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 $715k to $598k (−16%).

$646k
$741k
$660k
$655k
$715k
$598k
$586k
$621k
$645k
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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
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2023 22%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$118k
’17
$71k
’18
−$70k
’19
−$29k
’20
−$31k
’21
$51k
’22
−$13k
’23
−$19k
’24
$7k
’25
1.8
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.

Chief executive

Robin Doroshow

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed101113141314151414
Joined·+3+2+2+2+1+2+0+0
No longer listed·20130110
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $53k → $76k.

8 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE UPPER MIDWEST’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

JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE UPPER MIDWEST leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% 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

73% 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 JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE UPPER MIDWEST.

33%
largest funder
72%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 42% · 2018 45% · 2019 49% · 2020 43% · 2021 55% · 2022 42% · 2023 39% — 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

64% of JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE UPPER MIDWEST's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

100% of JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE UPPER MIDWEST's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.

MN

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

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’22
’23
Minnesota out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $185k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE UPPER MIDWEST

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 Minnesota

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

71% of spending goes to programs.

Program 71%Management 20%Fundraising 9%

Governance

13
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

81%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MN

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Questions and answers

Who funds JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE UPPER MIDWEST?
JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE UPPER MIDWEST (Minnesota) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $610,541 to it, the largest being OREN AND SHARRON STEINFELDT FOUNDATION ($203,125). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE UPPER MIDWEST have?
IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $610,541 in grants to JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE UPPER MIDWEST, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE UPPER MIDWEST?
OREN AND SHARRON STEINFELDT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $203,125 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE UPPER MIDWEST find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 20 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