Minnesota · Nonprofit
LYON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
LYON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $461,868 to it, the largest being MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ($461,868). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $227k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $462k
- Net assets
- $828k
What Lyon County Historical Society does
Mission
The purpose of the society shall be the collection, preservation and dissemination of the knowledge about the history of lyon county and to relate it to the history of the region and the state of minnesota.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Exhibits promoting the history of lyon county and the occupancy costs, including insurance, of the museum which is open to the public.
$40,789 spent$1,035 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $40,789.
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 2018 to 2019, from $218k to $521k (+139%).
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: 2019 47% · 2020 44% · 2021 71% · 2022 73% · 2023 55% · 2024 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of LYON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $17k → $62k.
From the IRS filings of LYON 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 LYON 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.
Against its field
LYON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,130 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,130 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like LYON 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
56% 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 LYON 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 LYON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- LYON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $461,868 to it, the largest being MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ($461,868). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LYON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $461,868 in grants to LYON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LYON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY is the largest funder on record, with $461,868 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LYON 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing