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Olmsted Historical Society

Olmsted Historical Society (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $62,178 to it, the largest being ORIS B HASTINGS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($59,178). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2023
$75k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$62k
Net assets
$43k
0/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 83%
01What it does

What Olmsted Historical Society does

Mission

Preserve HIstorical Depot

As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. To preserve and restore HIstorical Train Depot

    $30,508 spentof which $62,178 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $30,508.

02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

From the IRS filings of Olmsted 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

Olmsted Historical Society leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% 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

95%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

“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 Olmsted Historical Society's grant income comes from Illinois funders.

IL

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.

03Its place in the field

Against its field

Olmsted Historical Society runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 14,279 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin58% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,279 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2023

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In Illinois

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04Profile & 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 Olmsted Historical Society?
Olmsted Historical Society (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $62,178 to it, the largest being ORIS B HASTINGS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($59,178). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Olmsted Historical Society have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $62,178 in grants to Olmsted Historical Society.
Who is the largest funder of Olmsted Historical Society?
ORIS B HASTINGS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $59,178 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Olmsted Historical Society find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2023–2023), 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