Iowa · Nonprofit
LINN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
LINN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Iowa) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,291,887 to it, the largest being THE HALL-PERRINE FOUNDATION ($544,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $506k
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $5.6M
What Linn County Historical Society does
Mission
The history center engages people of all ages and backgrounds by preserving and telling stories of linn county's past and connecting the past to the present and future of linn county
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The history center (thc) is dedicated to connecting the past to the present and future of linn county. It serves as a unique community resource, making the history of linn county both accessible and enjoyable for everyone. In fy2025, thc hosted several engaging events and programs:temporary exhibits at thc rotate every six to nine months, with two galleries telling compelling stories of linn county's history. Topics are diverse and range from the communal impact of quilting to iowa's struggles with civil rights. The smith gallery focuses on linn county's history, organized by areas of interest, while the west gallery highlights entrepreneurial stories and emphasizes linn county's role as iowa's second-largest economic engine. The wilson gallery features a variety of themes and exhibits. These galleries attract over 5,000 visitors annually from across the country.walking tours cover downtown cedar rapids, various neighborhoods, and other linn county downtowns, showcasing over 16 different routes. Participants gain insights into the evolution of these spaces, with over 250 people joining annually.bite of history is a popular program held at different linn county restaurants,…
$469,683 spent$46,733 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $469,683.
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. 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 2023 to 2024, from $5.2M to $5.6M (+9%).
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 28% · 2018 30% · 2019 15% · 2020 1% · 2021 27% · 2022 31% · 2023 20% · 2024 13% · 2025 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of LINN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Wright Jason
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 9 funders, grant income fell $308k → $101k.
7 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $714k from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money LINN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY raised.
From the IRS filings of LINN 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.
How concentrated its funding is
LINN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
44% 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 LINN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 81% · 2018 77% · 2019 49% · 2020 30% · 2021 62% · 2022 66% · 2023 44% — 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
36% of LINN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 81% 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
95% of LINN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY's grant income comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $540k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.
Against its field
LINN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY's revenue fell 77% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like LINN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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In Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LINN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- LINN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Iowa) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,291,887 to it, the largest being THE HALL-PERRINE FOUNDATION ($544,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LINN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $1,291,887 in grants to LINN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LINN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- THE HALL-PERRINE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $544,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LINN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. 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 21 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