Missouri · Nonprofit
JOHN WHITMER HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
JOHN WHITMER HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION (Missouri) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,656 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($9,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $168k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $16k
- Net assets
- $904k
What John Whitmer Historical Association does
Mission
To promote interest in latter day saint history, especially the history of the community of christ. To stimulate scholary research and publication in the field of latter day saint history.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Hold annual meeting where scholarly papers on latter day saint history are presented and discussed. In addition, the association presents annual awards, invites distinguished scholars to address the conference, holds its board and general business meetings and conducts tours of nearby historic sites. A triennial spring banquet is held in conjunction with the community of christ world conference.
$60,112 spent$36,326 earned by the program53% of program spendingPublish books relating to latter day saint history.
$24,673 spent$3,767 earned by the program22% of program spendingPublish two annual peer reviewed journals containing the latest research in the field of latter day saint history, as well as reviews of recently published books in the field. The journal is the primary benefit of membership in the organization.
$23,087 spent$4,178 earned by the program20% of program spendingWeb site and newsletter scholarships podcast spring event
$6,577 spent$3,950 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $114,449.
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 2024 to 2025, from $769k to $904k (+18%).
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: 2023 41%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Chief executive
Cheryle Grinter
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $6k → $29.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 62% 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 JOHN WHITMER HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION’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
JOHN WHITMER HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% 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
62% 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 JOHN WHITMER HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 99% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 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
62% of JOHN WHITMER HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION'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 $6k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Missouri, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k 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 JOHN WHITMER HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
61%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds JOHN WHITMER HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION?
- JOHN WHITMER HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION (Missouri) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,656 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($9,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does JOHN WHITMER HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $15,656 in grants to JOHN WHITMER HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JOHN WHITMER HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $9,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JOHN WHITMER HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 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