Kentucky · Nonprofit
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (Kentucky) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $248,520 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($121,220). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.8M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $249k
- Net assets
- $32M
What National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution does
Mission
To educate the membership and the general public about the american revolution and its patriots and to foster patriotism and appreciation of american freedoms
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Patriotic - the organization inspires the community with the principles on which our nation was founded by participating in civic and patriotic events with color guards that wear revolutionary war uniforms. The organization provides recognition for public service by presenting thousands of awards each year to law enforcement officers, public safety officers and other citizens who exemplify the best civic traditions of our nation.
$382,947 spent$116,087 earned by the program16% of program spendingGenealogy - the organization supports research and presentations related to the history and people of the period 1750-1800. Through genealogy research, organization members prove they are lineal descendants of an ancestor who was at all times unfailing in loyalty to, and rendered active service in the cause of american independence. The organization helps preserves these membership applications along with records relating to the events leading up to and during the american revolution.
$1,316,381 spent$399,049 earned by the program55% of program spendingEducation - education outreach is used to perpetuate knowledge of our founding documents and stories of patriotism, courage, sacrifice, tragedy, and triumph of the patriots who achieved the independence of the american people in the belief that these stories are universal ones of man's eternal struggle against tyranny, relevant to all time, and will inspire and strengthen each succeeding generation as it too is called upon to defend our freedoms on the battlefield and in our public institutions. The organization supports youth award contests that promote character and foster civic responsibility.
$694,093 spent$210,407 earned by the program29% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,393,421.
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 2021 to 2022, from $17M to $26M (+47%).
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: 2020 9% · 2021 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
83% of NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $10k → $40k.
6 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 88% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $16M from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Sar Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION raised.
From the IRS filings of NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION’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 SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
88% 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 SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 86% · 2021 81% · 2022 98% · 2023 63% — diversifying over time.
“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
40% of NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 36% give in more than one year at all.
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
88% of NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION'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 $29k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Kentucky, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $220k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Against its field
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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 Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
45%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- The Sar Foundation Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION?
- NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (Kentucky) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $248,520 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($121,220). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% 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 SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $248,520 in grants to NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $121,220 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. 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 11 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