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RACINE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY & MUSEUM INC

RACINE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY & MUSEUM INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $680,219 to it, the largest being RACINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($597,261). 8 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
$427k
Funders on record
11
Grants received
$680k
Net assets
$3.1M
8/11 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 23%
01What it does

What Racine County Historical Society & Museum Inc does

Mission

Racine County Historical Society & Museum, Inc. serves the community by advancing an understanding and appreciation of history and cultural heritage through research, publications, educational activities and the display of collections.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Operation, preservation and maintenance of a historical museum- 20,000 visitors during 2024

    $266,200 spent$7,280 earned by the program
    100% of program spending
  2. Operation of historical schoolhouse- 1200 visitors during 2024

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $266,200.

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 ($273k) Expenses 100 ($410k) Net assets 100 ($1.9M)2018 Revenue 159 ($433k) Expenses 75 ($307k) Net assets 102 ($1.9M)2019 Revenue 128 ($348k) Expenses 77 ($316k) Net assets 109 ($2.1M)2020 Revenue 126 ($344k) Expenses 74 ($304k) Net assets 114 ($2.2M)2021 Revenue 534 ($1.5M) Expenses 79 ($324k) Net assets 172 ($3.3M)2022 Revenue 0 ($0) Net assets 0 ($0)2023 Revenue 182 ($497k) Expenses 125 ($514k) Net assets 161 ($3.1M)2024 Revenue 156 ($427k) Expenses 99 ($403k) Net assets 162 ($3.1M)
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Revenue (156)Expenses (99)Net assets (162)

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 $3.3M to $0 (−100%).

$1.9M
$2.0M
$2.1M
$2.2M
$3.3M
$0
$3.1M
$3.1M
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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
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 37% · 2018 24% · 2019 36% · 2020 41% · 2021 7% · 2023 20% · 2024 23%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$137k
’17
$126k
’18
$32k
’19
$40k
’20
$1.1M
’21
’22
−$17k
’23
$23k
’24
14
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.

Board chair

Pat Bohon

Chairman

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

2017201820192020202120232024
Listed14121214131210
Joined·+2+0+3+1·+4
No longer listed·4012·6
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $63k → $88k.

2 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.

From the IRS filings of RACINE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY & MUSEUM INC’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

RACINE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY & MUSEUM INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 88% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

92% 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 RACINE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY & MUSEUM INC.

88%
largest funder
94%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 84% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 90% · 2021 81% · 2022 74% · 2023 84% — 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

86% of RACINE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY & MUSEUM INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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 RACINE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY & MUSEUM INC'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 $83k that is directly attributable, 67% of it comes from Wisconsin funders.

WI
MO
FL

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

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’20
’21
’22
’23
Wisconsin out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $597k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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

Organizations like RACINE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY & MUSEUM INC

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

66% of spending goes to programs.

Program 66%Management 27%Fundraising 7%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

79%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

WI

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Questions and answers

Who funds RACINE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY & MUSEUM INC?
RACINE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY & MUSEUM INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $680,219 to it, the largest being RACINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($597,261). 8 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 RACINE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY & MUSEUM INC have?
IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $680,219 in grants to RACINE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY & MUSEUM INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of RACINE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY & MUSEUM INC?
RACINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $597,261 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like RACINE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY & MUSEUM INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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