Minnesota · Nonprofit
LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $319,229 to it, the largest being MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ($319,229). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $147k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $319k
- Net assets
- $919k
What Lake of the Woods County Historical Society does
Mission
Maintain county historical museum
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Organization maintains and develops historical aspects of lake of the woods county events and citizens and the evolution of its society through the years by collecting artifacts, pictures, and histories.
$59,082 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $59,082.
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 2023 to 2024, from $749k to $926k (+24%).
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 73% · 2018 52% · 2019 54% · 2020 59% · 2021 45% · 2022 64% · 2023 49% · 2024 28% · 2025 64%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $14k → $56k.
From the IRS filings of LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY 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.
Where its funders are
100% of LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Organizations like LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY HISTORICAL 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 Minnesota
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
25%
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 LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY 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 LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $319,229 to it, the largest being MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ($319,229). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $319,229 in grants to LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY is the largest funder on record, with $319,229 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY 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 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing