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KNICKERBOCKER HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC

KNICKERBOCKER HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $46,000 to it, the largest being RA HUNSDORFER FOUNDATION ($46,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$44k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$46k
Net assets
$479k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 10%
01What it does

What Knickerbocker Historical Society Inc does

Mission

Organization is dedicated to restoring the knickerbocker mansion and educating the public about the historical, cultural, and literary impact of the knickerbocker family.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Mansion tours, celebrations, family cemetery tours, authentic dutch meal preparation, educational tours for school youth groups and general public.

    $6,766 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $6,766.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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.

100 = 20222022 Revenue 100 ($61k) Expenses 100 ($31k) Net assets 100 ($418k)2024 Revenue 87 ($54k) Expenses 44 ($14k) Net assets 110 ($458k)2025 Revenue 72 ($44k) Expenses 72 ($23k) Net assets 115 ($479k)
202220242025
Revenue (72)Expenses (72)Net assets (115)Peer revenue range

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 $458k to $479k (+5%).

$418k
$458k
$479k
202220242025
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.

2022
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of KNICKERBOCKER HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 18,808 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

$30k
’22
$40k
’24
$22k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $10k → $7k.

Funder
'18
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of KNICKERBOCKER HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC’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.

Where its funders are

100% of KNICKERBOCKER HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY

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

’18
’20
’21
’22
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

Against its field

KNICKERBOCKER HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin49% · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−10% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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In New York

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

100%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds KNICKERBOCKER HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC?
KNICKERBOCKER HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $46,000 to it, the largest being RA HUNSDORFER FOUNDATION ($46,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does KNICKERBOCKER HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $46,000 in grants to KNICKERBOCKER HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of KNICKERBOCKER HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC?
RA HUNSDORFER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $46,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like KNICKERBOCKER HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2022–2025), and the filings of 1 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