Minnesota · Nonprofit
MCLEOD COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
MCLEOD COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Minnesota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $547,927 to it, the largest being MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ($546,627). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $378k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $548k
- Net assets
- $2.1M
What McLeod County Historical Society does
Mission
We are dedicated to connecting with the past, understanding the present, and making informed choices about the future by finding, preserving, explaining and sharing McLeod County History.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The museum collects, catalogs, and preserves artifacts for exhibit and for future reference. Museum visitors amount to 3,900 to 4,300 annually. An exhibit hall and artifact storage areas are maintained in an environmentally protected setting with temperature and humidity controls. Visitors to the museum are provided with an education related to historical aspects of daily living and business operations related to McLeod County.
$184,541 spent98% of program spendingPrograms on historical topics an genealogical research are provided frequently. Attendance at these programs is about 1,500 to 1,800 annually. The museum also offers tours to school children, adult groups, and other organizations. Other programs provide attendees with information about the care and preservation of their personal items. Many programs focus on elements of McLeod County history. A specific theme is emphasized each year in programs, printed materials, and related exhibits.
$2,264 spent1% of program spendingA comprehensive library and archives collection are maintained for use by researchers. Library contents included printed media, microfilms, photographs, and historical media. A dedicated group of volunteers organizes, catalogs, and indexes material to provide ease of access. Volunteers also provide research to interested parties across the USA. Microfilm readers and printers are available for users as are computer terminals for online research. Volunteers assist researchers on site when requested. Reproduction of photographs, documents, and other material provided by copiers, scanners, and communication medial equipment.
$2,206 spent1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $189,011.
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 2018 to 2019, from $1.6M to $2.2M (+38%).
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 13% · 2019 10% · 2020 63% · 2021 43% · 2022 64% · 2023 50% · 2024 46% · 2025 20%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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
Brian Haines
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2020: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $130k → $73k.
From the IRS filings of MCLEOD 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
MCLEOD COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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
100% 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 MCLEOD COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 99% · 2020 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
100% of MCLEOD 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.
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In Minnesota
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
82%
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 MCLEOD 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 MCLEOD COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- MCLEOD COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Minnesota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $547,927 to it, the largest being MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ($546,627). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MCLEOD COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $547,927 in grants to MCLEOD COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MCLEOD COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY is the largest funder on record, with $546,627 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MCLEOD 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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