Michigan · Nonprofit
MANCHESTER AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
MANCHESTER AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,000 to it, the largest being THE CHELSEA HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOUNDATION ($1,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $45k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $292k
What Manchester Area Historical Society Inc does
Mission
To promote and preserve the history of manchester michigan and its surroundings, through the establishment of and operations of a museum and public meeting rooms, and through history related programs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Preserve, rehabilitate and repurpose a historic home in the village of manchester into a museum, public meeting space and headquarters for manchester area historical society.
$10,268 spent55% of program spendingPreserve, and periodically operate a historic working blacksmith shop in village of manchester michigan.
$6,746 spent36% of program spendingPublish an annual calendar promoting the history of manchester michigan and its surrounding townships.
$1,513 spent8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $18,527.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2020 to 2021, from $316k to $332k (+5%).
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. 0 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2019: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $2k → $500.
From the IRS filings of MANCHESTER AREA 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
MANCHESTER AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% 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: 2018 100% · 2019 100% — broadly stable.
“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
75% of MANCHESTER AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC's grant income comes from Michigan 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.
Organizations like MANCHESTER AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
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.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MANCHESTER AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC?
- MANCHESTER AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,000 to it, the largest being THE CHELSEA HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOUNDATION ($1,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MANCHESTER AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $2,000 in grants to MANCHESTER AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC.
- Who is the largest funder of MANCHESTER AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC?
- THE CHELSEA HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MANCHESTER AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC 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 FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 2 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