South Carolina · Nonprofit
LANCASTER COUNTY SOCIETY FOR HISTORICAL PRESERVATION INC
LANCASTER COUNTY SOCIETY FOR HISTORICAL PRESERVATION INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $899,048 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ($306,296). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $446k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $899k
- Net assets
- $4.9M
What Lancaster County Society for Historical Preservation Inc does
Mission
The Lancaster County Society for Historical Preservation LCSHPs mission is to preserve and protect buildings and sites of historic interest in Lancaster County SC; to advance historic preservation as an instrument of economic and social revitalization of neighborhoods in Lancaster County; to acquire historic structures in Lancaster County restore and adapt them for modern uses; to promote and encourage research on the history of Lancaster County; and to foster public knowledge of and interest in local and regional history. The LCSHP owns and operates the Lancaster Cultural Arts Center at 207 W. Gay St. Lancaster SC. The purpose of the Center is to provide a historic venue for concerts lectures and other cultural events that advance the quality of life in the City and surrounding region. The LCSHP also owns the adjacent Old Presbyterian Church Cemetery which it preserves and promotes use of it for historic and genealogical research. The LCSHP leads in Lancaster revitalization.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Organizing and financing 33 classical music jazz rock and folk music concerts; monthly educational lectures; performing arts events; public ceremonies; and civic leadership functions at the Cultural Arts Center. More than 3,000 people attended events or toured the Center in 2024. Musical concerts feature performance by nationally recognized professional musicians each year. The monthly lecture series features book authors historians. and experts on current event topics. Events are underwritten by private donors
$104,561 spent$55,918 earned by the program75% of program spendingPreservation & Maintenance of the Old Presbyterian Church Cemetery 307 W. Gay St. Lancaster SC. Historic monuments going back to the 1820s have been restored and more than 1000 people visit the Cemetery annually to conduct genealogical and historical research or as tourists. historic circa
$20,315 spent$2,500 earned by the program14% of program spendingPreservation of the Lancaster Cultural Arts Center 307 w. Gay St. Lancaster SC. This was originally the Old Presbyterian Church built in 1862--the towns first brick church building. In 2021 we completed major additions to the historic structure which provide it all the modern facilities needed for its function.
$13,311 spent$3,500 earned by the program10% of program spendingRestoring historic houses on W. Gay St Downtown Lancaster,SC
$1,919 spent1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $140,106.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $2.9M to $4.6M (+58%).
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: 2018 0% · 2020 7% · 2021 0% · 2022 19% · 2023 0% · 2024 3% · 2025 18%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Board chair
John Craig
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $3k → $105k.
4 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% 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 LANCASTER COUNTY SOCIETY FOR HISTORICAL PRESERVATION 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.
How concentrated its funding is
LANCASTER COUNTY SOCIETY FOR HISTORICAL PRESERVATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
37% 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 LANCASTER COUNTY SOCIETY FOR HISTORICAL PRESERVATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 89% · 2019 54% · 2020 82% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 57% — 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
14% of LANCASTER COUNTY SOCIETY FOR HISTORICAL PRESERVATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% give in more than one year at all.
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
LANCASTER COUNTY SOCIETY FOR HISTORICAL PRESERVATION INC draws 54% of its grant income from funders outside South Carolina, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $325k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
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In South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 LANCASTER COUNTY SOCIETY FOR HISTORICAL PRESERVATION INC: 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 LANCASTER COUNTY SOCIETY FOR HISTORICAL PRESERVATION INC?
- LANCASTER COUNTY SOCIETY FOR HISTORICAL PRESERVATION INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $899,048 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ($306,296). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LANCASTER COUNTY SOCIETY FOR HISTORICAL PRESERVATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $899,048 in grants to LANCASTER COUNTY SOCIETY FOR HISTORICAL PRESERVATION INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LANCASTER COUNTY SOCIETY FOR HISTORICAL PRESERVATION INC?
- FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS is the largest funder on record, with $306,296 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LANCASTER COUNTY SOCIETY FOR HISTORICAL PRESERVATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 9 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