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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
0/2 repeat funders
01What it does

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

  1. 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 spent
    55% of program spending
  2. Preserve, and periodically operate a historic working blacksmith shop in village of manchester michigan.

    $6,746 spent
    36% of program spending
  3. Publish an annual calendar promoting the history of manchester michigan and its surrounding townships.

    $1,513 spent
    8% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $18,527.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($34k) Expenses 100 ($24k) Net assets 100 ($203k)2021 Revenue 182 ($62k) Expenses 98 ($23k) Net assets 119 ($242k)2022 Revenue 133 ($45k) Expenses 107 ($25k) Net assets 128 ($260k)2023 Revenue 159 ($54k) Expenses 162 ($38k) Net assets 131 ($266k)2024 Revenue 125 ($42k) Expenses 125 ($30k) Net assets 135 ($275k)2025 Revenue 132 ($45k) Expenses 117 ($28k) Net assets 144 ($292k)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (132)Expenses (117)Net assets (144)

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%).

$316k
$332k
$327k
$318k
$314k
$310k
202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$10k
’20
$38k
’21
$19k
’22
$15k
’23
$13k
’24
$17k
’25
03Who funds it

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

75%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

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.

MI
OH

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’18
’19
Michigan out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

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05Profile & governance

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