New York · Nonprofit
RUSSIAN HISTORY FOUNDATION
RUSSIAN HISTORY FOUNDATION (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $631,203 to it, the largest being IVAN V KOULAIEFF FOUNDATION ($462,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $727k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $631k
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Russian History Foundation does
Mission
The Russian History Foundation promotes the understanding and appreciation of the rich history and culture of russia and the russian diaspora. The foundation acquires, preserves and exhibits a collection of historically significant materials relating to russia and the russian immigrant experience. It engages the public through exhibitions and educational programming, and encourages research by facilitating access to the resources in its care. The foundation operates a museum (russian history museum) that showcases its collection for the edification and enjoyment of the general public.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The foundation expanded its in-person offerings with public lectures, showcases, pop-up exhibitions, special tours, children's programs, and book clubs. It also partnered with other museums to reach broader audiences, including lending dozens of artifacts to the icon museum and study center for two special exhibitions. The foundation continued to grow and steward its collections through more than thirty acquisitions spanning dozens of artifacts and hundreds of books and archival documents; supported preservation through professional conservation; and hosted visiting researchers. Staff shared the collection through monthly articles, online presentations, and at major scholarly gatherings such as the association for slavic, east european, and eurasian studies annual convention
$182,030 spent$7,057 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $182,030.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2024 to 2025, from $1.1M to $1.6M (+45%).
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.
82% of RUSSIAN HISTORY FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Chief executive
Michael Perekrestov
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $6k → $212k.
From the IRS filings of RUSSIAN HISTORY FOUNDATION’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
RUSSIAN HISTORY FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
27% 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 RUSSIAN HISTORY FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 62% · 2022 95% · 2023 95% — 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.
Where its funders are
RUSSIAN HISTORY FOUNDATION draws 73% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 2 states in all.
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.
Against its field
RUSSIAN HISTORY FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like RUSSIAN HISTORY FOUNDATION
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
41%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds RUSSIAN HISTORY FOUNDATION?
- RUSSIAN HISTORY FOUNDATION (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $631,203 to it, the largest being IVAN V KOULAIEFF FOUNDATION ($462,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RUSSIAN HISTORY FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $631,203 in grants to RUSSIAN HISTORY FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RUSSIAN HISTORY FOUNDATION?
- IVAN V KOULAIEFF FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $462,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RUSSIAN HISTORY FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 5 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