Indiana · Nonprofit
LAPORTE CO HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
LAPORTE CO HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC (Indiana) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $469,650 to it, the largest being Peter C and Charlene J Kesling Foundation ($407,460). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $229k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $470k
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Laporte Co Historical Society Inc does
Mission
Operate county museum, preserve laporte county history.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
To operate county museum - open 5 days a week, preserve laporte county history.
$54,196 spent100% of program spendingTo operate county museum - open 5 days a week, preserve laporte county
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $54,196.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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.
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 $1.4M to $1.5M (+11%).
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.
8% of LAPORTE CO HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 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
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income rose $77k → $152k.
From the IRS filings of LAPORTE CO 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.
How concentrated its funding is
LAPORTE CO HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 92% · 2018 81% · 2019 85% · 2020 83% · 2021 81% · 2022 57% · 2023 95% — growing more concentrated.
“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
88% of LAPORTE CO HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC's grant income comes from Indiana 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.
Against its field
LAPORTE CO HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like LAPORTE CO HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
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In Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
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 LAPORTE CO HISTORICAL SOCIETY 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 LAPORTE CO HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC?
- LAPORTE CO HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC (Indiana) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $469,650 to it, the largest being Peter C and Charlene J Kesling Foundation ($407,460). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LAPORTE CO HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $469,650 in grants to LAPORTE CO HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LAPORTE CO HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC?
- Peter C and Charlene J Kesling Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $407,460 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LAPORTE CO HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 2024–2025), 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