Illinois · Nonprofit
PUTNAM COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PUTNAM COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $329,893 to it, the largest being WALTER DURLEY BOYLE CHARITABLE TRUST ($329,893). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $25k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $330k
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What Putnam County Historical Society does
Mission
Collect, preserve, and display putnam county historical items. Educate public and disseminate information regarding putnam county history.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Historical and genealogical research responding to 1500 inquiries by individuals and schools annually. Museum house displays 1844 period items. The ag museum display implements and tools of the past. This is an all volunteer organization.
$76,754 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $76,754.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2019 to 2020, from $1.3M to $1.1M (−14%).
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: 2021 21% · 2022 22% · 2023 42% · 2024 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 7 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 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $4k → $28k.
From the IRS filings of PUTNAM 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.
Where its funders are
100% of PUTNAM COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY's grant income comes from Illinois 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.
Organizations like PUTNAM COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
58%
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 PUTNAM 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. Screen this nonprofit · How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds PUTNAM COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- PUTNAM COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $329,893 to it, the largest being WALTER DURLEY BOYLE CHARITABLE TRUST ($329,893). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PUTNAM COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $329,893 in grants to PUTNAM COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PUTNAM COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
- WALTER DURLEY BOYLE CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $329,893 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PUTNAM COUNTY 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.
Play a game about who funds Putnam County Historical Society →
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 1 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