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NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE STATE OF GA

NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE STATE OF GA (Georgia) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $195,101 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE ($50,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$1.2M
Funders on record
13
Grants received
$195k
Net assets
$4.5M
6/13 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 4%
01What it does

What National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Ga does

Mission

The national society of the colonial dames of america in the state of georgia is a historical society whose objective is to engage in activities for historical, patriotic, educational, literary, and charitable purposes.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Preservation and maintenance of colonial dames historic house in savannah, ga. The house is open to the public on a regular basis and on special occassions.

    $832,364 spent$534,521 earned by the program
    100% of program spending
  2. Promotion and education about united states history to members and the community at large through student essay contests, scholarships, etc.

The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $832,364.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($864k) Expenses 100 ($672k) Net assets 100 ($2.5M)2018 Revenue 103 ($887k) Expenses 122 ($816k) Net assets 106 ($2.7M)2019 Revenue 284 ($2.5M) Expenses 144 ($967k) Net assets 163 ($4.1M)2020 Revenue 111 ($957k) Expenses 151 ($1.0M) Net assets 156 ($3.9M)2021 Revenue 114 ($982k) Expenses 110 ($739k) Net assets 177 ($4.5M)2022 Revenue 128 ($1.1M) Expenses 126 ($849k) Net assets 182 ($4.6M)2023 Revenue 130 ($1.1M) Expenses 163 ($1.1M) Net assets 177 ($4.4M)2024 Revenue 135 ($1.2M) Expenses 176 ($1.2M) Net assets 179 ($4.5M)2025 Revenue 143 ($1.2M) Expenses 193 ($1.3M) Net assets 179 ($4.5M)
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Revenue (143)Expenses (193)Net assets (179)Peer revenue range

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 $2.7M to $4.6M (+67%).

$2.6M
$2.7M
$4.6M
$4.2M
$4.6M
$4.7M
$4.5M
$4.6M
$4.6M
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

56% of NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE STATE OF GA’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 5,377 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$193k
’17
$71k
’18
$1.5M
’19
−$60k
’20
$244k
’21
$255k
’22
$24k
’23
−$14k
’24
−$63k
’25
10
months of
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.

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Listed161818161514141414
Joined·+7+5+15+3+4+1+4+5
No longer listed·551745145
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $2k → $17.

7 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 55% 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 NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE STATE OF GA’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

NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE STATE OF GA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

98% 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 NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE STATE OF GA.

26%
largest funder
60%
top three
~7
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 45% · 2020 56% · 2021 97% · 2022 36% · 2023 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.

How long its funders stay

0% of NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE STATE OF GA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

55% of NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE STATE OF GA'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 $88k that is directly attributable, 98% of it comes from Georgia funders.

NC
GA

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

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Georgia out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $108k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE STATE OF GA holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−5% · below the median
Months of reserve10.4mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)5% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

71% of spending goes to programs.

Program 71%Management 29%Fundraising 0%

Governance

13
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

88%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

GA

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Questions and answers

Who funds NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE STATE OF GA?
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE STATE OF GA (Georgia) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $195,101 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE ($50,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE STATE OF GA have?
IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $195,101 in grants to NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE STATE OF GA, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE STATE OF GA?
UNITED WAY OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE STATE OF GA find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 13 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