Michigan · Nonprofit
LITTLE TRAVERSE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
LITTLE TRAVERSE HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Michigan) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $67,310 to it, the largest being PETOSKEY-HARBOR SPRINGS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($45,720). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $81k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $67k
- Net assets
- $637k
What Little Traverse Historical Society does
Mission
The Little Traverse Historical Society enriches our community by preserving, showcasing, and sharing the history of the little traverse bay area. The Little Traverse Historical Society will be considered a cultural cornerstone of the community by becoming a highly valued resource for information and education on the history of the little traverse bay area through expanded programming, facilities, and archives.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The Little Traverse Historical Society is organized to preserve, advance, and disseminate knowledge of the history of the little traverse bay area. Major fundraisers include the corn roast, ice cream social, gift shop, and tours. Typically, the museum has approximately 3,500 visitors a year tour the museum and another 1,100 for events and special tours. So, it is estimated there are 4,500 area visitors and local residents that experience the area's unique and varied history.
$57,904 spent$14,059 earned by the program66% of program spendingThe Little Traverse Historical Society is organized to preserve, advance, and disseminate knowledge of the history of the little traverse bay area. Major fundraisers include the corn roast, ice cream social, gift shop, and tours. Typically, the museum has approximately 3,500 visitors a year tour the museum and another 1,100 for events and special tours. So, it is estimated there are 4,500 area visitors and local residents that experience the area's unique and varied history.
$30,000 spent34% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $87,904.
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 2021 to 2022, from $76k to $658k (+766%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 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 2 funders, grant income rose $2k → $10k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 68% 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 LITTLE TRAVERSE 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
LITTLE TRAVERSE HISTORICAL SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
87% 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 LITTLE TRAVERSE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 95% · 2018 95% · 2019 82% · 2020 64% · 2021 64% · 2022 100% · 2023 99% — 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
68% of LITTLE TRAVERSE HISTORICAL SOCIETY's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $22k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $46k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Organizations like LITTLE TRAVERSE 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 Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
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 LITTLE TRAVERSE 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 LITTLE TRAVERSE HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- LITTLE TRAVERSE HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Michigan) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $67,310 to it, the largest being PETOSKEY-HARBOR SPRINGS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($45,720). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LITTLE TRAVERSE HISTORICAL SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $67,310 in grants to LITTLE TRAVERSE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LITTLE TRAVERSE HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- PETOSKEY-HARBOR SPRINGS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $45,720 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LITTLE TRAVERSE HISTORICAL SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 4 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