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OCEANA COUNTY HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

OCEANA COUNTY HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY (Michigan) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $397,562 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR OCEANA COUNTY ($366,668). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$105k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$398k
Net assets
$624k
3/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 91%
01What it does

What Oceana County Historical & Genealogical Society does

Mission

Collect, preserve & disseminate Oceana County History.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Operated a research center/headquarters building in Hart, Michigan which collects and preserves historical records and documents including genealogical records; Researches and answers requests from public; Conducts Tours of Building; Approximately 265 persons served

    $14,062 spent
    48% of program spending
  2. Operated a Historical Park in Mears, Michigan consisting of 9 buildings; Acquired and preserved historical artifacts; Held Open-Houses at the Historical Park and conducted tours of the buildings; Approximately 600 persons were served

    $13,310 spent
    45% of program spending
  3. Published Oceana History articles in local newspapers and in its Quarterly Newsletter. Approximately 14,000 persons were able to view these publications. Also produced video of activities that was viewed on website and social media. These advertising activities exposed the Society to approximately an additional 10,000 people.

    $1,950 spent
    7% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $29,322.

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($133k) Expenses 100 ($40k) Net assets 100 ($491k)2018 Revenue 71 ($95k) Expenses 101 ($40k) Net assets 111 ($545k)2019 Revenue 13 ($17k) Expenses 111 ($44k) Net assets 105 ($517k)2022 Revenue 15 ($20k) Expenses 114 ($45k) Net assets 97 ($474k)2023 Revenue 49 ($65k) Expenses 187 ($75k) Net assets 99 ($487k)2024 Revenue 137 ($182k) Expenses 190 ($76k) Net assets 121 ($593k)2025 Revenue 79 ($105k) Expenses 187 ($74k) Net assets 127 ($624k)
2017201820192022202320242025
Revenue (79)Expenses (187)Net assets (127)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $487k to $593k (+22%).

$491k
$545k
$517k
$474k
$487k
$593k
$624k
2017201820192022202320242025
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
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$93k
’17
$54k
’18
−$27k
’19
−$25k
’22
−$10k
’23
$107k
’24
$31k
’25
3.9
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.

2018201920242025
Listed15151515
Joined·+0·+0
No longer listed·0·0
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $18k → $60k.

4 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 OCEANA COUNTY HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL 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

OCEANA COUNTY HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% 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 OCEANA COUNTY HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY.

92%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 64% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.

“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 OCEANA COUNTY HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $398k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

39% of spending goes to programs.

Program 39%Management 61%Fundraising 0%

Governance

15
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MI

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Questions and answers

Who funds OCEANA COUNTY HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY?
OCEANA COUNTY HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY (Michigan) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $397,562 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR OCEANA COUNTY ($366,668). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does OCEANA COUNTY HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $397,562 in grants to OCEANA COUNTY HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of OCEANA COUNTY HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY?
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR OCEANA COUNTY is the largest funder on record, with $366,668 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like OCEANA COUNTY HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 4 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